Senior
Football 09/07/2007
The Seniors played Rostrevor
in foggy conditions at Dunavil.
We started quite well shooting
three great long range points
but then began to take too
much out of the ball, losing
it in the tackle and allowing
Rostrevor hit us on the
break, one of their strengths.
This week again decent goal
chances were spurned, three
at least, and a two point
defeat (0.10 to 1.9) shows
the significance of those
misses. Scorers N Doran
0.4, P Cole 0.3, L Harper
0.1, L Fitzpatrick 0.1,
F Doyle 0.1. There will
be a lot of improvement
required over the holiday
break in readiness for the
second half of the league
and the Championship.
Senior
Football 02/07/2007
The Senior footballers lost
in Longstone on Friday night,
0.13 to 3.11. Despite giving
away a soft goal in the
first minute we dominated
the first half but trailed
at the break 0.6 to 1.6
having shot ten wides to
Longstones three. Kieran
Mc Veigh had hard luck when
he fisted over the advancing
keeper but into the side
netting. Liam Harper got
clear but missed the target,
and Paddy Coles rising shot
flew just the wrong side
of the bar. We began the
second half with great purpose
racing through for two points
in as many minutes but in
their first attack Longstone
seized on a loose clearance
to force a save from Brendan
Mc Veigh with the ball ricocheting
to Mark Poland who scuffed
it over the line. We hit
four wides in a row in response
before Kieran Mc Veigh pointed
from way out on the left
but again Longstone replied
with a goal. Ambrose Rogers
strode through the middle
of our defence leaving a
clearly hobbling James Colgan
in his wake before sending
a well placed low shot wide
off the keeper and into
the bottom corner. 0.9 to
3.6 behind with twenty minutes
remaining we never looked
like making up the deficit
and the home side got stronger
in what time was left. That’s
two losses in a row making
it important we take something
from Thursdays visit from
Rostrevor. Best wishes to
Kieran Mc Veigh for a full
and speedy recovery from
the serious facial injury
sustained in an off the
ball assault.
Team:
B Mc Veigh; M Rodgers, L
Mc Veigh, C Mc Veigh; D
O’Reilly, F Doyle, L Fitzpatrick;
A Flanagan, J Colgan 0.2
(1f); P Cole 0.2, P Sherry
0.2, N Doran 0.4 (4f); L
Harper 0.1, K Mc Veigh 0.2,
J Cunningham.
Senior
Football 24/06/2007
The Senior footballers lost
to Kilcoo, 1.19 to 1.10,
on Friday. The visitors
gave a near perfect display
of pacy direct football
with superb support play
and an inventive attack
brilliantly led by Anthony
Devlin. To our boys credit
they never gave up and though
playing catch up from an
early stage we pressed to
the finish without really
threatening to repeat the
draw secured at Eoin Roe
Park in the first meeting.
Kilcoo led 1.4 to 1.1 after
fifteen minutes, John Clarke
netting our goal after a
great move begun by Conor
Mc Veigh and added to by
Paddy Cole. However the
visitors accelerated away
in the second quarter to
lead 1.10 to 1.2 at the
break. The second half was
equally end to end though
we improved the return on
our possession but not enough
to make inroads to the Kilcoo
lead. Team B Mc Veigh; C
Mc Veigh, F Doyle, M Rodgers;
L Fitzpatrick, Jim Clarke,
D O’Reilly; J Colgan, A
Flanagan 0.2; P Cole, N
Doran 0.4, P Sherry 0.1;
L Harper, John Clarke 1.3,
K Mc Veigh.
ACTION FROM AN RIOCHT v
CLONDUFF
Senior
Football 18/06/2007
The Senior footballers played
Clonduff on the worse night
so far for football this
season and despite a below
par performance came away
with the points. After Paddy
Cole had opened the scoring
the teams were level on
four first half occasions
with the home side leading
by the minimum, five points
to four, at the break. It
continued in similar fashion
on the restart, only this
half An Riocht finished
the stronger with the final
two scores for a ten nine
victory. Two point blank
Brendan Mc Veigh saves were
probably the difference
between the teams. Elsewhere
Michael Rodgers and Liam
Mc Veigh were the pick of
the defence, Aidan Flanagan
the better midfielder, and
Paddy Cole and Paul Sherry
our hardest working forwards
though the switch of Neil
Doran and John Clarke enhanced
both players performances.
This was a great win even
if the display was not.
Team B Mc Veigh; C Mc Veigh,
L Mc Veigh, M Rodgers; D
O’Reilly, F Doyle, L Fitzpatrick;
A Flanagan (2), J Colgan;
P Cole (2), P Sherry (1),
John Clarke (2); L Harper
(1), Jim Clarke, N Doran
(2). Subs C Killen, M Trainor.
ACTION FROM SENIORS V BURREN
Senior
Football 11/06/2007
The Senior footballers played
Burren on Friday past and
while a draw was a good
enough result in that it
ended a run of defeats and
also kept Burren below us
in the table, there was
still a feeling we had let
a win slip from our grasp.
Ahead by four points with
six minutes to play we should
have held on. Paddy Cole
and Neil Doran (2) got us
off to a flyer and in general
we dominated the first half
but should have led by more
than eight points to four
at the break. Immediately
after the break we should
have wrapped up the result
but again failed to transfer
our superiority onto the
scoreboard. Burren mainly
through free kicks just
about kept in touch and
a late flurry saw them level
at thirteen points apiece.
Scorers An Riocht P Cole
5, N Doran 3 (2f), F Doyle
2, P Sherry 1, A Flanagan
1, Jim Clarke 1. Burren
K Mc Givern 9 (8f), PJ Mc
Alinden 2, C Murdock 1,
E Mc Govern 1.
Senior
Football 05/06/2007
The
Senior footballers played
Liatroim, losing by a point
1:8 to 0:12. Fontenoys just
edged a thoroughly entertaining
first match on their newly
refurbished pitch. A difficult
diagonal breeze was of little
help to the teams and it
was our team who enjoyed
the best play of the first
quarter. After Aidan Flanagan
had converted a fifty, a
close in free was despatched
by Michael Harper for two
nil. A Colin Mc Crickard
free was answered by a Paddy
Cole point though with us
spurning two good goal chances
the home side had gotten
on level terms by the fifteenth
minute. We were counter
attacking in waves and Aidan
Flanagan and Kieran Mc Veigh
pointed before Noel Mc Ardle
finished a five man move
with a tap in at the far
post. However with Mc Crickard
to the fore Liatroim dominated
the second quarter pointing
five times without reply
for a 1:5 to 0:8 interval
score line. The teams were
level at nine, then ten
all before Liatroim edged
into a two point lead by
the fifty third minute with
An Riocht replying with
our first score in some
fourteen minutes but try
as we might we could not
get the equaliser, hindered
no doubt by our eleven wides
to their five. For An Riocht
this was a heartening display
by a young and inexperienced
team. A good overall team
performance was over shadowed
by Ruairi Doran making a
solid debut between the
posts with some excellent
handling while in front
of him the full back line
of Conor Mc Veigh, Fergal
Doyle and Michael Rodgers
were impeccable. Team R
Doran; C Mc Veigh, F Doyle,
M Rodgers; P Sherry, D O’Reilly,
L Fitzpatrick; J Colgan,
A Flanagan 0:2; M Trainor,
K Mc Veigh 0:1, P Cole 0:2;
L Harper, M Harper 0:1,
N Mc Ardle 1:1. Subs C Killen
0:1, S Annett.
Senior
Football 29/05/2007
The Senior footballers played
Loughinisland away on Friday
and lost for the second
time in eight outings. Resources
were stretched pretty thin
with half the first choice
team missing for a variety
of reasons but for all that
we made the home side work
for their win. Five three
down midway through the
first half we conceded two
goals in as many minutes
in a free scoring first
half. By the break we were
0:9 to 2:7 behind. The second
half was a strange affair
with the scoring dried up;
they added five points to
our two, and we had two
good goal chances come to
nothing. John Clarke had
a brilliant first half kicking
five points from play, while
substitutes Liam Harper
and Gary Cunningham showed
well in attack. Team B Mc
Veigh; C Mc Veigh, D O’Reilly,
M Rodgers; P Sherry, L Fitzpatrick,
M Trainor; J Colgan 0:1,
K Mc Veigh; R Annett, J
Clarke 0:6, N Doran 0:2;
P Cole 0:1, M Harper 0:1,
N Mc Ardle. Subs L Harper,
C Doyle, G Cunningham, B
Sloan.
Senior
Football 22/05/2007
The
Senior footballers played
Bryansford at Dunavil on
Friday and showed great
spirit to win again in difficult
circumstances. A treacherous
diagonal cross field wind
proved of little advantage
to either team but we started
the better. After a couple
of early wides, Neill Doran
fired over a huge point
from way out near the half
way line and added a second
after a more patient build
up. Conor Gribben replied
for the visitors in the
seventh minute and with
points hard to come by,
five minutes later Chris
Branagan leveled. Neill
Doran and Branagan exchanged
frees before Branagan lofted
over a lead point for the
Ford. Given the possession
we had enjoyed we should
not have been behind. Michael
Harper almost got in for
a goal. A double dummy opened
the Bryansford defence and
with only the keeper to
beat he fired a shot across
the goals which only just
escaped the inside of the
far post. Then five minutes
to half time Liam Mc Veigh
limped out of the match.
Noel Mc Ardle came on with
James Cunningham dropping
back to defence.
On
the restart Neill Doran
leveled with a free and
then expertly curled in
another to put us back in
front. Paddy Cole soloed
through for a memorable
score and Neill forced Peter
Travers to touch over a
dangerous shot for our fourth
point in a row which put
us three clear. At the other
end Brendan Mc Veigh plucked
a Joe Ireland shot from
above the bar but again
we had begun to miss chances
to put the game beyond Bryansford.
In the fiftieth minute Branagan
pointed from top of the
left, then a minute later
added a free. Five minutes
from time Gribben leveled
and it looked like we had
let another one slip away
but from the kick out the
ball made its way to James
Colgan and despite failing
from an earlier free, he
had the confidence to go
for it and from all of fifty
yards into the breeze he
swung over the winning score.
Bryansford did have a late
chance to draw but solid
defensive play denied them.
On Monday the Senior footballers
match in Mayobridge was
postponed.
Senior
Football 14/05/2007
The
Senior footballers played
Atticall away on a wet dark
Friday evening and after
a gritty performance came
away with both league points.
Once again Brendan Mc Veigh,
James Colgan and Neill Doran
provided on field leadership
and the other players are
responding in greater numbers
each week. Paul Sherry had
a stormer in defence while
Paddy Cole in attack improved
greatly after the break.
This was always going to
be a difficult game, made
doubly so by absentees due
to suspension, injury and
county duty. Atticall needed
the result to kick start
their season and in the
first half gave as good
as they got. However after
the break An Riocht looked
comfortable and the win
was never in any real doubt.
Neil
Doran opened the scoring
with a free but the home
side were soon ahead through
Louis and Miceal Sloan.
Michael Harper took a quick
free from James Colgan and
angled over the equalliser.
James Colgan pointed us
ahead but Mark Doran leveled
for Atticall and as they
enjoyed their best spell
Gary Morgan and Martin Trainor
added further points. They
almost goaled when Oliver
Sloan out fielded Liam Mc
Veigh and raced goalwards,
but Brendan Mc Veigh turned
away the shot. Just before
the break Kieran Mc Veigh
left the minimum between
the teams.
On
the restart Fergal Doyles
timely interception prevented
an Atticall goal chance
and at the other end Neill
Doran tied the match for
the fourth time. Miceal
Sloan fired over a reply
but this proved Atticalls
last score until added time.
In between times Paddy Cole
pointed two classics, the
second one after a mazy
solo run, and Neil Doran
converted two long frees.
An Riocht have become difficult
to beat in this position
and despite not running
up any great tally of points
they defend stubbornly and
frustrate the opposition.
Best Wishes to Jim who broke
his wrist during the match.
Team B Mc Veigh; F Doyle,
L Mc Veigh, P Sherry; D
O’Reilly, Jim Clarke, L
Fitzpatrick; J Colgan 0:1,
A Flanagan; N Doran 0:4,
K Mc Veigh 0:1, R Annett;
J Cunningham, M Harper 0:1,
P Cole 0:2.
Senior
Football 07/05/2007
The
Senior footballers beat
Rostrevor. Two goals in
our first two attacks set
An Riocht up for our first
win of the season. Aidan
Cole had already opened
the scoring for Reds when
Michael Harper punched in
the first goal after a bout
of volleyball in the box.
Lloyd Parr hit back with
a free but with scores scarce
a quarter hour had gone
when Harper released James
Cunningham and he tipped
the ball over the advancing
keeper for goal number two.
The same player added a
point and the deficit was
definitely significant.
Joe Fegan soloed in for
a good point and Lloyd Parr
converted a free off an
upright as Reds rampaged
down the right wing. However
they found our defence resolute
and the next score actually
fell to Neill Doran. Rostrevor
replied with Lloyd Parr
doing well to keep the ball
in before pointing and the
final score came off a Jim
Clarke solo, finished over
the bar by Richard Annett.
Rostrevor scored the first
three points of the second
half, subs Adrian Mackin
and Martin Doran marking
their introduction with
points apiece and another
Parr free left the minimum
between the teams. Michael
Harper angled over an important
point for An Riocht and
Neil Doran put a goal in
it with the best point of
the day. Parr cancelled
that with a difficult free
but Neil Dorans long range
effort kept us ahead. When
Parr struck over his fourth
free in the fiftieth minute
it proved the last score
of the game. Reds dominated
possession as An Riocht
withdrew into our own half
but even five additional
minutes were not enough
to yield another score.
In the sixty fourth minute
a quite brilliant diving
block from James Colgan
denied Lloyd Parr what would
have been a winning goal.
In a poor quality game the
result was all. The midfield
generalship of James Colgan
stood out. Neill Doran was
again our best attacker,
while the positional switch
of Jim Clarke and Liam Mc
Veigh delivered each his
best game to date.
Senior
Football
30/04/2007
The
Senior footballers drew
with Kilcoo on Monday 3:9
apiece then on Friday Longstone
inflicted our first defeat.
At
Owen Roe Park we shared
the spoils in a six goal
thriller. We were slow to
get going at the back early
on and poor judgement allowed
Kilcoo to open a two point
lead. In a preview of how
the game would develop we
hit back with a goal. Neill
Dorans fifty was fisted
on by John Clarke and James
Colgan arrived at the back
post to hammer the ball
to the net. It was a short
lived lead as Anthony Devlin
forced a fine save from
Brendan Mc Veigh only for
the ball to fall kindly
for Dominic Mc Avoy who
volleyed in a Kilcoo goal.
Neill and John worked hard
to claw back points but
on twenty minutes we gave
away another soft goal as
Devlins dummy left defenders
flat footed and he finished
with a powerful shot to
the roof of the net. Showing
great resilience we shot
four points in a row from
Neil (2), John and a free
from James to go level at
1:6 to 2:3. Again however
it was a short respite as
a simple ball over the top
let Devlin in for another
goal and with the last kick
of the half Lavery added
a free. Half Time Kilcoo
3:4 An Riocht 1:6. Kilcoo
extended their lead on the
restart and though we had
chances we were trying for
goals too soon into the
half and the gap widened
rather than narrowed. Despite
points from James Colgan
(0:2) and Kieran Mc Veigh
we trailed by two goals
with five minutes remaining.
Then at last a pass and
move play came off and John
Clarke drilled low to the
net. Kilcoo went up the
field but Joe Mc Veigh won
back possession and six
passes later there was John
to drive home his second
goal. Late chances for both
sides came to nothing and
our third draw from three
games resulted.
At
Dunavil on Friday we faced
into the first of three
games without John Clarke
as the ‘starred’ system
kicked in and how we missed
his presence in attack.
In a poor game any forward
worth his salt would have
won the game for either
side, as Mark Poland 0:8
and Kieran Doran 0:4 did
for Longstone. Only Neill
Doran of our attackers managed
to score a point, actually
he got four as did James
Colgan who again gave a
great display at midfield.
Paddy Cole scrambled a goal
but too often we squandered
decent possession with wayward
shooting and loose hands
conspiring to ensure we
were not going to reach
a winning tally. Twice we
had the deficit cut to two
points but our cause was
not helped by playing out
the final quarter a man
down. Team: B Mc Veigh;
P Sherry, J Mc Veigh, Jim
Clarke; D O’Reilly, L Mc
Veigh, F Doyle; A Flanagan,
J Colgan; N Doran, K Mc
Veigh, J Cunningham; R Annett,
P Murney, P Cole.
Senior
Football
v Clonduff 24/04/2007
The
Senior footballers drew
with Clonduff on Friday
0:16 to 1:13. After Brendan
Mc Veigh had dived full
length to turn away an early
Clonduff effort we really
ran the first half but failed
to show our superiority
on the scoreboard. Clonduff
scored a fisted goal after
a free had come off the
top of the post to keep
in touch at 0:9 to 1:4 at
the break. The second half
followed a similar trend
until the final ten minutes
when Clonduff scored three
points in a row to hit the
front for the first time,
perhaps we did not work
hard enough when not in
possession. We were not
to be undone however and
Neill Doran equalized. Liam
Mc Veigh then crashed a
shot off the post and Clonduff
went up the field to go
back in front. In further
added time James Colgan
scored his fourth point
and tied the game with the
last kick. It was probably
a fair result. Last week
added time cost us a point,
this week it rescued one.
Though we dominated possession
we continue to not reflect
that with scores and are
therefore always catchable
in close games. Joe Mc Veigh
and Liam Mc Veigh; James
Colgan; Neill Doran and
John Clarke were best over
the hour.
Team B Mc Veigh; P
Sherry Jim Clarke J Mc Veigh;
D O’Reilly, L Mc Veigh 0:1,
F Doyle; A Flanagan 0:2,
J Colgan 0:4; N Doran 0:3,
K Mc Veigh 0:1, John Clarke
0:3; J Cunningham, P Murney
P Cole 0:2.
Senior Football
16/04/2007
The
Senior footballers played
Liatroim in our first game
back in Division One. It
took us a while to get to
terms with the pace and
power of the visitors and
Brendan Mc Veigh kept us
in the game during this
time, a penalty save one
of several top class stops.
As the game went on we improved
greatly and but for some
narrow wides we could have
won it. From two nil up
we went five two behind
only to level at five, six
and seven apiece before
Kieran Mc Veigh pointed
us ahead just on half time,
0:8 to 0:7. We were much
tighter at the back on the
restart and were level again
on two occasions before
points from John Clarke
and Paddy Cole opened what
looked like a winning gap,
0:11 to 0:9. Then twice
we lost possession within
scoring range and twice
Liatroim put together length
of the field moves to salvage
a draw in added time. Team
B Mc Veigh; P Sherry Jim
Clarke J Mc Veigh; D O’Reilly,
L Mc Veigh, F Doyle 0:1;
A Flanagan, J Colgan 0:3;
N Doran 0:1, K Mc Veigh
0:2, John Clarke 0:2; J
Cunningham, P Murney R Annett
0:1. Subs P Cole 0:1, S
Clarke. The match v Burren
on Monday evening was postponed.
Senior Football
09/04/2007
The Seniors played Warrenpoint
at Moygannon in a challenge
game and came away with
a four point win, 2:11 to
1:10. Kieran Mc Veigh got
through for two early goals
and John Clarke added several
points. At the break we
led 2:5 to 0:7. Team Brendan
Mc Veigh; Paul Sherry Jim
Clarke Joe Mc Veigh; Deaglan
O’Reilly Liam Mc Veigh Fergal
Doyle; Paul Murney, Michael
Harper; Neill Doran, Kieran
Mc Veigh John Clarke; Paddy
Cole, Sean Clarke, Richard
Annett. Subs Aidan Flanagan,
James Colgan,
Brian Sloan, Damian
Sherry, Conor Mc Veigh,
Michael Rodgers, Noel Mc
Ardle, Michael Trainor.
Senior
Football 02/04/2007
The
Seniors had Silverbridge
as visitors. The Armagh
side was certainly up for
the game and took some good
first half points with long
passing into shoot on sight
forwards paying dividends
for them. We were slower
in our build up but still
got enough scores to be
level on five occasions
before edging into a seven
five interval lead. Though
Silverbridge scored first
on the restart we responded
with the only goal of the
game, Paul Murney taking
a reverse pass from Paddy
Cole to shoot low to the
net. The second half was
a dogged affair with committed
play from both sides limiting
time on the ball. Eventually
Kieran Mc Veigh added two
points, then Fergal Doyle
picked off the point of
the game and Aidan Flanagan
with a long range effort
left us 1:11 to 0:6 clear
with eight minutes to play.
Silverbridge finished in
the ascendancy with four
unanswered scores to leave
the final score 1:11 to
0:10. Team Brendan Mc Veigh;
Conor Mc Veigh Jim Clarke
Joe Mc Veigh; Deaglan O’Reilly
Liam Mc Veigh Michael Trainor;
Neill Doran 0:1 Aidan Flanagan
0:3; Fergal Doyle 0:2 Kieran
Mc Veigh 0:3 James Cunningham;
Paddy Cole Paul Murney 1:1Richard
Annett 0:1. Subs Brian Sloan
Damian Sherry Paul Sherry
Sean Clarke Michael Rodgers
Noel Mc Ardle.
Senior
Football
28/03/2007
The Seniors
traveled to Downpatrick
and came away victors by
3:6 to 0:5. Team B Mc Veigh;
C Mc Veigh J Clarke J Mc
Veigh; D O’Reilly L Mc Veigh
L Fitzpatrick; P Murney
A Flanagan; F Doyle K Mc
Veigh J Cunningham; P Cole
R Annett P Sherry.
