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Division 3 Derby Ends In A Draw
16-05-2017

St Lomans Mullingar 1.14 Mullingar Shamrocks 1.14


St Lomans hosted neighbours Mullingar Shamrocks in the Division 3 League on a sunny Sunday morning last. The game was played on the 3G pitch and made for a fast-paced game of football with both team’s feeling they could have come away with maximum points.


It was the visitors who started better in the opening ten minutes with Gary Corroon kicking three points and Simon Quinn also on target. Garrett Hickey had given St Lomans a brief lead when his deflected shot found its way to the net. Billy O Loughlin levelled the game before a Jason Daly save denied Shamrocks a goal initially before Simon Quinn scored from the rebound. Both teams traded scores midway through the half with Garrett Hickey, James Cox, Chris Gilbert and Billy O Loughlin on target for the blues. Senan Russell made a number of crucial defensive blocks to deny Shamrocks further scores. Late points from Darren Kenna, Paddy Joyce and Simon Quinn saw the visitors two points up at half time.


A Garrett Hickey free cancelled out a Paddy Joyce point early in the second half. Fola Ayorinde enjoyed his best patch in the third quarter and a wonderful catch and run saw him raise the white flag. Garrett Hickey(3) added some wonderful scores while centre back Eoghan O Keeffe was also on target as St Lomans edged their way in front heading into the final ten minutes. Jack Tyrell made a wonderful goal line clearance to deny Shamrocks a goal while St Lomans were unlucky not to have a goal of their own soon after. Three unanswered points from the visitors gave them a one point lead heading into injury time. With Shamrocks defending deep to hold onto their lead it looked near impossible to score until a wonderful long range effort from Daniel Sheridan curled between the posts to level the scores with the last kick of the game.


Team; Jason Daly, Senan Russell, Darragh O Keeffe, Sean Regan, Sean Kelly, Eoghan O Keeffe(0.01), Jack Tyrrell, Daniel Sheridan(0.02), Fola Ayorinde(0.01), James Cox(0.01), Billy O Loughlin(0.02), Chris Gilbert(0.02), Jonathon Plunkett, Garrett Hickey(1.05,3f), Gerry Farrell. Sub Used; Shane Cleary.