02-03-2013
Tarbert up ante in second half to overpower
Moyvane
Tarbert 0-13
Moyvane 0-05
On a beautiful spring
afternoon in Shannon Park, Tarbert, the home side bagged the spoils against
near neighbours Moyvane in an entertaining game in Round 3 Division 1A of the 2013 North Kerry
Senior Football League.
After an evenly
contested first half, Tarbert moved through the gears in the second half, and
their greater scoring threat and tigerish defending, proved too much for a
committed, if understrength, Moyvane side.
Tarbert raced in to a 0-2
to 0-0 lead after six minutes after points from play by David Langan and impressive
wing forward Ambrose Lanigan. Moyvane responded
with a pointed free from Timmy Noonan and were unlucky not to level matters in
the 11th minutes when centre back Owen Stack burst through but he
was wide after great approach work by Donal Leahy and P.J. Reynolds.
Leahy was beginning to
dictate matters around the middle at this stage and he was ably assisted by the
hard working John Jack Mulvihill. Wing
back Shane Stack, driving forward once more, levelled matters in the 13th
minute with a measured effort from play.
And Moyvane had the
first clear goal chance of the game a minute later when midfielder Leahy was on
hand but his goal bound effort was well saved by the Tarbert keeper and the
resulting 45 was converted by Shane Stack to give the visitors the lead for the
first and only time. Tarbert responded
immediately when midfielder Michael Normoyle found himself in space and he converted
to tie up matters once more.
Both sides exchanged
free’s in the 18th and 19th minutes and the play went up
and down the field with very little separating the sides. Tarbert had one last chance before half time
and corner forward Gerald O’Sullivan converted from play to leave the home side
holding the narrowest of advantages at the half time break by 0-5 to 0-4.
Moyvane would have
been happy with their first half efforts but it was the home side who burst out
of the blocks in the second half, and with their quick counter attacking and
their inside forward line starting to cause the Moyvane defence serious
problems, they extended their lead to 0-7 to 0-4 by the 33rd
minute. After further wides by Kevin Wren
and wing forward Lanigan, Moyvane had a further goal chance when P.J. Reynolds
raced through but he blazed wide with the goal at his mercy.
Ambrose Lanigan was
now beginning to dictate the play for the home side with his pace and range of
passing, and he extended their lead with a further point from play in the 43rd
minute. And two further quick fire
efforts from play by the 45th minute had extended their lead to 0-10
to 0-4 and Moyvane were really struggling at this stage to make any inroads at
the other end.
Centre back Owen Stack
registered Moyvane’s first and only score of the second half in the 54th
minute to reduce the deficit to 0-11 to 0-5.
But any hopes of a revival did not materialise and Tarbert closed out
the game with further points from play in the 60th and 61st
minutes to give them a comfortable victory on a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-05.
One of the most
striking aspects from this game was how youthful both lineups were. Tarbert manager Stevie Deenihan will be
pleased with how his charges upped their game in the second half and kept their
foot on the accelerator until the very end.
Ambrose Lanigan was a very industrious playmaker, particularly in the
second half, and corner forward Gerald O’Sullivan thrived on his service. For Moyvane, midfielder Donal Leahy was
dominant in that area for large parts of the game with some fine fielding and defenders
Denis Kennelly and Niall Sheehan could not be faulted for their efforts. However, after three defeats on the trot,
manager Johnny Mulvihill will know that they require more of a scoring threat in
their forward line particularly with Paddy Curtin’s continued absence with the inter
county set up.
Moyvane:
D. Fitzmaurice, D. Kennelly, K. Stack, M.
Woods, S. Stack (2 pts, 1 45), O. Stack (1 pt), N. Sheehan, D. Leahy, J.J.
Mulvihill, K. Kennelly, P.J. Reynolds, E. Sweeney, T. Noonan (2 pts, 2 frees),
D.J. Keane, A. Finucane
Subs: T. Kennelly for M. Woods, N. Mulvihill
for E. Sweeney, I. McCarthy for K. Kennelly
Man of
the Match: Ambrose Lanigan, Tarbert
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