Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
 
Donoughmore Athletic 1 Killumney 6

Donoughmore were beaten in the second round of the St. Michael’s Cup on Saturday in Stuake in what was a somewhat flattering result. Donoughmore started the game very strongly with Damien Hennessy doing well in midfield. Hennessy put Aidan O’Shea through on goal in the 6th minute but his shot was blocked by the covering centre half. Sean O’Mahony went close moments later when he saw a free header go wide from an inswinging Pat Foley corner. Terence Looney was showing well at this stage and he got into some very good positions during this early period. Aidan O’Shea, Donoughmore’s leading scorer with ten goals, then had another effort wide from 15 yards. Damien Hennessy failed to take advantage of a good opportunity minutes later and at this stage Donoughmore were doing all the running. They were caught out with a sucker punch in the 20th minute when their defence failed to clear their lines and a  poor clearance was curled into the top corner from all of thirty yards. Donoughmore still put together some good moves after this but were again caught on the hop when a free kick out on the left was finished to the net from 8 yards. Killumney lead 2-0 at the break but Donoughmore, eventhough they hadn’t defended well, were unlucky to be two behind. Donoughmore conceded a third minutes into the second half when a corner was headed into the net at the near post from 6 yards. The game was over as a contest at this stage but Donoughmore to their credit kept plugging away. Sean O’Mahony , Colm O’Sullivan, Damien Hennessy and Jonathan Hennessy all had excellent opportunities to score. Sean O’Mahony did get one back when he headed an Aidan O’Shea Corner to the corner of the net. Donughmore then had Killumney on the back foot for a while but while pushing forward  Donoughmore were caught on the break a number of times in the final half hour and Killumney eventually ran out comfortable winners.

Best for Donoughmore were Sean O’Mahony, Aidan O’Shea and Damien Hennessy.

Team: N. O'Connell, R. O’Sullivan, P. Murphy, C. Buckley, D. Hennessy,

C. O'Sullivan, P. Foley, T. Looney, J. Hennessy, A. O’Shea, S. O’Mahony 

Subs: C. O’Hanlon for P. Foley, A. O’Brien for T. Looney and D. McSweeney for J. Hennessy.  

 
 
Next Fixture 01/25/2010
 
Donoughmore entertain Killumney in the last 16 of th St. Michael's Cup in Stuake on Saturday next, kick-off at 2.oopm.
 
 
Ballyvolane 1 Donoughmore Athletic 2

Donoughmore went top of division 1A with a hard working and sometimes fortuitous victory over Ballyvolane away on Saturday last. Donoughmore started the game really well and took the game to Ballyvolane from the outset. Donoughmore played some very good football in the first 35 minutes and had a number of chances to take the lead. Donoughmore also looked comfortable in defence with Connie Buckley, Tom Daly and Peter Murphy keeping the Ballyvolane attack quiet throughout the first half. Aidan O’Shea, back from a six week lay-off, was put through in the 25th minute and he got his shot off on goal but was then completely taken out of it by the keeper but Donoughmore’s blatant penalty claims went unheeded. Jonathan Hennessy then had a great chance minutes later when he found himself unmarked at the far post, however his shot didn’t hit the target. Donoughmore really improved their performance on last week and dominated play during the first half. Aidan O’Shea gave Donoughmore a well deserved lead in the 39th minute when he controlled the ball well in the penalty before turning and shooting the ball high into the net. This goal seemed to wake up Ballyvolane and they put Donoughmore under pressure for the remaining minutes of the half. The second half was more or less equal with Ballyvolane, if anything, slightly edging it. Donoughmore looked for the second goal early on and Aidan O’Shea was put through by an excellent pass by Colm O’Sullivan early on but his shot under pressure went wide. As the half wore on Ballyvolane came more into the game and they were rewarded with the equaliser in the 70th minute when a cross from the right was turned into his own goal unluckily by Peter Murphy. Donoughmore kept their heads up and got the winner in the 80th minute when an excellent deep cross by Terence Looney was headed under the keeper by Sean O’Mahony. Donoughmore absorbed a lot of pressure in the last 10 minutes but their defence and some excellent saves by Noel O’Connell ensured that Donoughmore came away with all three points. This was a very hard working performance from Donoughmore with Aidan O’Shea, Colm O’Sullivan, Connie Buckley and Damien Hennessy performing well.

Team: N. O'Connell, T. Daly, P. Murphy, C. Buckley, D. Hennessy,

C. O'Sullivan, P. Foley, T. Looney, J. Hennessy, A. O’Shea, D. O'Shea, 

Subs: S. O’Mahony for D. O’Shea, C. O’Hanlon for P. Foley and D. McSweeney for T. Looney.