U16 County League game Round 1
Ballymac played host to Gneeveguilla in Round 1 of the County League last Sunday night. This was a fairly even affair with some very good scores from both sides . The visitors were physically stronger but Ballymac gave it their all and came up just two points short at the final whistle.
Gneeveguilla had two points on the board before Ballymac registered a score, this came from the boot of Cillian Gallagher . A minute later they went into the lead when a long range free by Daire Keane was finished to the net by Barry Lyons . Evan Cronin cancelled out this goal when the visitors were awarded a penalty which he duly dispatched. Ballymac went out to score another 1.2 before half time, the goal was the result of a great passage of play by Ballymac which was finished to the net by Daire Keane. The two points came from Josh O Keefe and Daire Keane. The visitors went on to score four points before the short whistle to leave the half time score at Ballymac 2.3 Gneeveguilla 1.6
The second half was a tight affair with the lead changing hands on several occasions. Ballymac scored as many goals as points in this half , they scored three goals and three points. The goals came from Dara Broderick, Diarmuid Lynch and Dara Keane , the points came from Liam O’Brien , James MacDonald, and David Rogers. The visitors kicked 2.8 in this half.
The killer blow came in the 28th minute when Gneeveguilla were awarded a second penalty, Cian Godley made a great save in the Ballymac goals but the rebound was finished to the net by Evan Cronin. This centre forward was a thorn in the home side all during the game.
Ballymac tried hard to come back , but just came up short at the final whistle on a scoreline of Ballymac 5.6 Gneeveguilla 3.14
Cian Godley had a very good game in goals and was ably assisted in the backs by Tadgh Brick , Diarmuid Lynch, Cathal Dunne and Liam O’Brien. James MacDonald and Josh O’Keeffe tried hard against a more physical pairing at midfield. Daire Keane was Ballymac’s main scorer and got good support from Cillian Gallagher and Barry Lyons.
Ballymacelligott Team : Cian Godley , Dara Chawke, Tadgh Brick , Dean Lenihan , Liam O’Brien, Cathal Dunne, Diarmuid Lynch, James MacDonald , Josh O’Keeffe, Cillian Gallagher, David Rogers, Dara Lynch, Dylan McHugh, Barry Lyons , Daire Keane.
Subs Used : Dara Broderick, Aidan O’Brien , Brian Cassidy, Alisun Jah