Senior Football An Riocht v Bryansford 06/06/2005

The seniors got off the mark on Friday night with a draw against Bryansford. Yet again we conceded an early goal, Colm Kearney’s looping cross well gathered and rifled to the net by Conor Gribben.

 

Free kicks from John and Martin Clarke kept An Riocht in touch and as the half progressed we began to play some refreshingly direct football and were good value for our 0:9 to 1:2 interval lead. Indeed Peter Travers was forced into two fine saves to deny first John Clarke, then Paddy Cole. Bryansford came more into it as we lost our grip at midfield in the second half but kicked some poor wides. At the other end we began to take a touch too much and the pace went out of our play.

 

John Clarke fisted us 0:12 to 1:6 ahead with a quarter hour to play but Bryansford got a deserved draw in the final minutes with three unanswered scores. Aidan Flanagan, Aidan Cunningham and Colin Flanagan (first half) were best in defence; the midfield and forwards faded after the break and the changes did not improve things.

 

In the first half John Clarke, Paddy Cole and Ciaran Walsh impressed while Martin Clarke was the top player on the pitch