Geraldines 4 - Aisling Annacotty 4
9th April 2010
Aisling showed their fighting qualities again in this thrilling match at Garryowen Green on Friday evening. For the third match in succession they were down 2 nil in the first half and came back to get a result.
The first half exchanges were relatively even but Geradlines took their chances to go two up at the break. The first was a high lob from outside the box following a spectacular close range save from Domhnaill Dooley in goal and a scrambled clearance. The second came a few minutes later from a well worked Geraldines attack.
Aisling dominated the second half but Geradlines were always dangerous on the break. 5 minutes in, Sean McBrierty scored following a trademark strong run from the middle of the field. Geraldines then score two goals from balls over the top to lead 4 - 1 with about 20 minutes to go. Another Sean McBrierty run from half way was finished by the goalkeeper barging Sean over in the box. Sean slotted the penalty calmly home. With ten minutes to go a great Jason Daly ball over the top was headed over the keeper by Shane Hogan to leave one in it. Geraldines had one more good chance, but the excellent Kevin Gleeson at centre half cleared off the line. Jason Daly was now tormenting Geraldines down the right flank and won a series of corners that were scrambled clear. With a couple a minutes to go an excellent corner was whipped in to the box by Declan Long and finished cooly by Shane Hogan.
TEAM Domhnaill Dooley, Eoghan Whittle, Alan Costelloe, Ian Coates, Kevin Gleeson, Declan Long, Sean McBrierty, Jason Daly, Shane Mullins, Cian Enright, Shane Hogan, Ben Crowley.
Corbally United B 2 Aisling Annacotty B 2
2nd April 2010
For the second league match in a row, Aisling Annacotty 12b’s recovered from an early 2 nil deficit, in this case to share the points with Corbally at Athlunkard on Friday evening.
Corbally were two up after ten minutes. They capitalised on a mix up in defence for the first, but the second was as sweet a strike as you will see to the bottom corner from 20 yards or so out. Aisling came in to the game from that point on and got one back a few minutes before half time with a Shane Hogan finish after a very strong run from Sean McBrierty in midfield.
The second half was all Aisling. Shots from Sean McBrierty and Jason Daly shaved the posts before Shane Griffin finished well from the left. The effort was disallowed however for a very marginal offside. The Aisling defence of Ben Belazi, Colum Carroll, Ian Coates and Eoghan Whittle dealt decisively with the few breaks that Corbally had in the second half and, with about five minutes to go, Cian Enright finished well from an excellent Cameron Stephensen corner for a thoroughly deserved equaliser. Aisling continued to press for a winner in the dark for the last few minutes without success. It was an interesting scheduling decision by the LDSL to put the match on directly against the Munster Leinster clash in Thomond Park and in the dark.
TEAM: Dohmnall Dooley, Emmet Butler, Ben Belazi, Colum Carroll, Ian Coates, Jason Daly, Shane Griffin, Sean McBrierty, Cian Enright, Shane Hogan, Noel Brennan, Eoghan Whittle, Cameron Stephenson.
Aisling Annacotty 3 - Lisnagry 2
6th March 2010
Aisling eventually came on top in a hard fought and entertaining match played in Annacotty on Saturday afternoon.
Aisling started brightly with a number of well worked attacks down both flanks with Jason Daly, Sean McBrierty and Sean Corcoran prominent in the early stages. The Lisnagry defence coped well and on a counterattack after ten minutes capitalised on a mix up in the Aisling defence to go one up through Conor Myers. Lisnagry dominated the next fifteen minutes. They went two up with good quick passing out of defence and a pintpoint cross from the right wing to David Kennedy whose shot left Andrew Chan in the Aisling goal with no chance. Two spectacular sliding tackles from Ben Belazi in the Aisling box kept his team in the game and a scrambled goal by Shane Mullins before half time was crucial in getting Aisling back in the game.
The home side were on top for a lot of the second half, but Lisnagry continued to counter attack well. Coum Carroll in cetral defence for Aisling began to sweep up everything in his penalty area and distirbute it effectively through Sean McBrierty and Ian Coates in central midfield and on to Jason Daly and Shane Mullins on the wings. Ten minutes in to the half a perfect pass from Jason Daly to Shane Hogan on the right led to a Sean McBrierty equaliser. Late in the half Lisnagry had a strong claim for a penalty and shortly afterwards Aisling scored a peach of a winner with Jason Daly releasing Sean McBrierty on the right. Sean crossed well to Shane Hogan who calmly slotted the ball to the net. At the death,Sean McBrierty had the ball in the net again. The goal was disallowed as Sean Corcoran who had broken stongly through the central defence was ajudged to have fouled the keeper.
This was the second excellent tight match between both teams this season and a third is in store in the first round of the cup.
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