02-10-2016
Fossa 2-07
Scartaglen
0-07
In this hard fought
and keenly contested encounter Fossa continued their impressive year by
advancing to the final of the Junior Football Championship by seeing off fellow
division four rivals Scartaglen.
In a wind swept Pairc
Eamon in Farranfore (which was in great shape considering the recent inclement
weather) John Evans charges struck for goals at crucial stages in both halves
and this allowed them to keep the Scartaglen challenge at arms length. Paudie Clifford was their go to man
throughout and was pulling all the strings before his dismissal on a second yellow
for an off the ball incident mid way through the second half. Wing back Daniel O’Keeffe was also very
prominent and corner forward Tadgh O’Shea finished with an impressive personal
tally of 1-3.
For the vanquished
Scartaglen side they defended resolutely and their counter attacking game kept
the Fossa defence on their toes all through.
Mike Coakley and Padraig Reidy impressed along with midfielders Daniel
Murphy and Mike Horan but unfortunately they struggled to get any major return
from their inside forward line.
Both sides exchanged
scores in the early moments through Mike Horan and Domnhaill O’Sullivan before
Scartaglen’s Brian Hanrahan had a goal bound effort in the 8th
minute which was well blocked by the Fossa defence.
Tadgh O’Shea edged Fossa
ahead but Daniel Murphy levelled up once more from a free to leave the sides
all square by the 15th minute.
Fossa increased their
wide tally to four shortly after before in the 21st minute they
struck for a very well worked goal. The
ball was moved through the hands of a number of players before Clifford palmed
the ball down to the in rushing midfielder Fintan Coffey who finished
emphatically to the net. O’Sullivan
tagged on a free almost immediately and now Fossa looked to have got a run on
their opponents with a four point lead by the 23rd minute.
Clifford was then
booked for hauling back his marker and this would come back to haunt him later
in the game. Horan converted a free to
keep Scartaglen in touch before O’Sullivan showed good alertness to follow up
on a shot by Clifford which was blocked to give Fossa a 1-4 to 0-3 point lead
at the break.
With the wind firmly
at Scartaglen’s back at the start of the second half they hit the ground
running and had the deficit cut to a single score by the 36th minute
with points from Brian Hanrahan, Horan once more and a rousing score from
Coakley after being fed by the hard working Pa Rahilly.
Fossa seemed a little
rattled by this early onslaught but midfielder Matthew Rennie settled the
nerves with a curling effort from play before corner forward O’Shea tapped over
a further free in the 43rd minute to extend the lead to three points
once again.
The decisive score of
the game then arrived in the 45th minute, when after great approach work
by Clifford , he laid off to O’Shea on his shoulder and he gave keeper David
Kerins no chance. Scartaglen really had
a mountain to climb now and it was hard to see them overcome it when working so
hard for their scores and a forward line that was just not firing.
They never gave up
however, and after Clifford was dismissed in the 49th minute after
referee Peter Lyons consulted his umpires, centre forward Pa Rahilly converted
to leave Fossa five ahead entering the final five minutes.
O’Shea completed his
impressive tally with a fisted effort, and try as they might, Scartaglen could
lust not pierce the dogged Fossa defence.
Fossa played keep ball in the final moments to advance to what should be
a cracking final meeting with Beale.
Man of the Match: Tadgh O’Shea, Fossa
Teams & Scorers:
Fossa: Colin Myers, Colm Walsh, Kevin McCarthy, Anthony Wharton, Darragh Rice,
Mark Dennehy, Daniel O’Keeffe, Fintan Coffey (1-0), Mathew Rennie (0-1), Mikey
O’Shea, Lorcan Daly, Paudie Clifford, Tadgh O’Shea (1- 3, 1f), Kenneth
Clifford, Domnhaill O’Sullivan (c)( 0-3, 1f)
Substitutes: Michael O’Keeffe for Kenneth Clifford, 32 Damien Dennehy for Anthony
Wharton, (Black) 52 Daniel O’Connell for Daniel O’Keeffe, (Black) 57 Brian
Myers for Mikey O’Shea, 58
Scartaglen: David Kerins, Alan Horan, Brendan
Rahilly (c), Ger O’Connor, Aaron Gallagher, Mike Coakley (0-1), Padraig Reidy,
Daniel Murphy (0-1, 1f), Mike Horan (0-3, 1f), Brian Hanrahan (0-1), Pa Rahilly
(0-1), Tom Forde, Kieran Herlihy, Niall Casey, Hugh O’Connor
Substitutes: Sean P. O’Connor for Alan Horan, (Black) 57 Thomas Fortune for Hugh
O’Connor, 59 William O’Connor for Kieran Herlihy, 59 Jack Walsh for Aaron
Gallagher 61
Referee: Peter Lyons, Cromane
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