Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
Next Fixture 10/18/2009
 
Donoughmore have a free weekend next weekend 24/25th October.
 
 
Donoughmore Athletic 4 Rylane 0

Donoughmore bounced back from last week’s disappointing defeat with a comprehensive victory over Rylane in Stuake on Saturday afternoon last. The pitch and weather conditions were perfect for football and Donoughmore duly obliged. The first twenty minutes was a case of both teams finding their feet and the exchanges were pretty even during this period. Donoughmore started to get a grip on the game after this and in the 25th minute Sean O’Mahony had a header brilliantly saved by Ray Moynihan in the Rylane goal. The chance was created after some excellent interchange play and a further good passing move 5 minutes later left Aidan O’Shea with the keeper to beat from 8 yards but again Donoughmore were foiled when a goal looked certain. Donoughmore were really on top now but needed a goal to show for their efforts. The goal looked odds on in the 40th minute when, from another excellent Pat Foley corner, the ball dropped invitingly for Colm O’Sullivan but his well hit shot was blazed over the bar. It looked liked it was going to be one of those days for Donoughmore until they were awarded a free kick out on the left wing in the 44th minute. Pat Foley swung a wonderful ball into the far post where Tom Daly ghosted in to plant a superb header low into the corner of the net to give Donoughmore a well deserved half-time lead. Rylane came out with a lot more purpose at the start of the second half and had Donoughmore under pressure for the first 15 minutes. However, Donoughmore gradually regained control as the half wore on. The all important second goal came in the 60th minute when another free kick this time from Connie Buckley was finished well at the back post by Damien Hennessy. Hennessy was causing a lot of problems for the Rylane full back on the right wing and Donoughmore had Rylane on the ropes at this stage. Aidan O’Shea scored an excellent third goal in the 75th minute. There looked to be little danger when O’Shea gained possession on the right wing; however he beat his marker and cut back inside before despatching a shot low to the bottom left hand corner. Conor Kelleher put the icing on the cake in the 85 minute when a defence splitting pass by O’Shea put him through one on one with Moynihan in the Rylane goal. Kelleher just got to the ball before Moynihan and he pushed the ball past him to his right before finishing brilliantly from a very acute angle. Donoughmore have conceded only three goals in their first five league games this season and again today the defence was superb throughout giving Rylane very little opportunities with Tom Daly and Connie Buckley in particular doing well. Today was a day that things clicked for Donoughmore going forward and every player played his part with Aidan O’Shea leading the line well and Damien Hennessy and Dan McSweeney causing a lot of problems out wide.   
           
Team: N. O'Connell, P. Foley, C. Buckley, T. Daly, R. O'Sullivan, A. McSweeney, D. McSweeney, D. Hennessy, C. O'Sullivan, S. O’Mahony, A. O'Shea.
 Subs: K. Cullinane for S. O’Mahony, C. Kelleher A. McSweeney and C. O’Hanlon    for T. Daly. 
 
Next Fixture 10/11/2009
 
Donoughmore entertain Rylane next Saturday the 17th October at 3pm in Stuake.
 
 
Donoughmore Athletic 0 Bohemians 1

Donoughmore suffered their first defeat in the league this season against Bohemians in Stuake on Saturday afternoon last. Donoughmore started well and Aidan O’Shea brought an excellent save from the Bohs keeper in the 15th minute when his left footed effort was touched over the bar. Damien Hennessy was unlucky ten minutes later when he saw his 25 yard screamer go straight at the keeper after some excellent build up work by Colm O’Sullivan and Kenneth Cullinane. In between these chances Donoughmore had a let off when a defensive slip up allowed a Bohs attacker to be one on one with Noel O’Connell in the Donoughmore goal but his effort was dragged wide. The score was 0-0 at half-time and at this stage the game was there for the taking by either team. Bohemians scored what turned out to be the winner in the 65th minute from a poorly defended corner, when a free header from 6 yards out was finished to the net. Donoughmore cannot be faulted for their effort or workrate but they did not trouble Bohs enough in the final third of the pitch in the second half. Conor Kelleher in his first full start caused Bohs a lot of problems throughout whilst Noel O’Connell, Rob O’Sullivan and Connie Buckley also did well.   Donoughmore can bounce back immediately next week when they entertain Rylane on Saturday in Stuake in what promises to be a closely contested local derby.
Team: N. O'Connell, C. O’Hanlon, C. Buckley, T. Daly, R. O'Sullivan, C. Kelleher, D. McSweeney, D. Hennessy, C. O'Sullivan, K. Cullinane, A. O'Shea, 
Subs: P. Foley for T. Daly, A. O’Brien for D. McSweeney and D. Hogan for K. Cullinane. 

 
 
Next Fixture 10/04/2009
 
There is a top of the table clash in Division 1A next Saturday in Stuake. Second placed Donoughmore welcome leaders Bohemians and Donoughmore can go top of the division with a win here. Kick-off is at 3pm.
 
 
Brooklodge 0 Donoughmore Athletic 0
(Donoughmore win 5-3 on pens AET)

Donoughmore advanced to the next round of the Munster Junior Cup with an extra-time win against Brooklodge in Glanmire on Sunday morning last. Donoughmore were missing a few first team regulars and for the first half the team failed to gain enough good possession and were unable to settle. The first half wasn’t a great spectacle with few chances created by either team and the standard of football was poor at times. Donoughmore upped their game at the start of the second half and were looking as if they would start to take control of the match. However, in what was a very clean match, a minor flare up and a stupid incident lead to Donoughmore been reduced to ten men on the hour. This knocked Donoughmore out of their stride but as the game progressed they looked liked the most likely team to score. Damien Hennessy, Aidan O’Shea and Conor Kelleher looked threatening in this period and also during the 20 minutes of extra time that failed to break the deadlock. The game was eventually decided by penalties where Donoughmore were successful with all of their attempts. Tom Daly, Rob O’Sullivan and Damien Hennessy did well for Donoughmore.
Team: N. O'Connell, T. Looney, C. Buckley, T. Daly, R. O'Sullivan, P. Murphy,
D. McSweeney, D. Hennessy, C. O'Sullivan, D. O’Shea, A. O'Shea, 
Subs: C. Kelleher for P. Murphy and D. Hogan for D. O’Shea.