Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
 
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. 
 
 
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. 

 
 
 
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. 

 
 
Match Report 09/19/2009
 
Buttevant 0 Donoughmore Athletic 0
Donoughmore kept their unbeaten start to their League 1A campaign with a scoreless draw away to Buttevant on Saturday. Donoughmore started the game strongly and Aidan O’Shea had a seemingly certain goal cleared off the line from a good deep Darren Barrett cross. Donoughmore had much of the play in the first half but despite one or two half chances didn’t trouble the Buttevant goal enough. The second half went much the same way as the first with Donoughmore dominating possession. Colm O’Sullivan was linking the play well during this half and Donoughmore created enough chances to have won the game. After some good work by Alan McSweeney , Pat Foley did well to beat his marker to the ball in the 70th minute but his well struck shot from just outside the box was too close to the keeper. Darren Barrett and Aidan O’Shea were combining well to cause the Buttevant defense problems and they both had  a couple of half chances. A positional switch saw Rob O’Sullivan moved up to midfield and he nearly scored the winner in the 80th minute when he beat one man in the box only to see his shot well saved. Donoughmore should have scored 5 minutes later when O’Shea put Dan McSweeney free only to see his shot go just wide of the far post. Donoughmore had another half chance when a corner was not properly cleared but there was nobody there to apply the finishing touch. This was a game that on another day Donoughmore would have won comfortably but it keeps the unbeaten run going and they are now unbeaten in their last six league matches. Rob O’Sullivan,

Connie Buckley, Colm O’Sullivan and Aidan O’Shea played well throughout. Donoughmore have a real test next Saturday when they welcome Kinsale to Stuake in the first round of the FAI Junior Cup in what promises to be an interesting encounter.

Team: N. O'Connell, C. O'Hanlon, C. Buckley, R. O'Sullivan, P. Murphy, P. Foley,   D. Hennessy, C. O'Sullivan, D. Barrett, A. O'Shea, K. Cullinane.

Subs: A. McSweeney for D. Hennessy and D. McSweeney for K. Cullinane. 

 
 

See New Calendar Page to see whats happening for the rest of July and August.

 
Season Start 07/25/2009
 

New Season Starts on Weekend of August 22nd/23rd. There will be midweek games for the first two weeks. 

 
 

Pre-season Training commences on Tuesday 7th of July at the Community Centre in Donoughmore at 7.15pm.

Training will be every Tuesday & Thursday for the Month of July.

 
Post Title. 06/03/2009
 

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Link to Corkman story  

 
First Post! 04/30/2009
 

Donoughmore Athletic Football club was established in 1995 to cater for the growing demand for a soccer club in the local area. The club has been based in the Fr Condon Sports Field from the first and has benefited greatly from the excellent facilities.

The club first tasted success in the 97-98 season winning promotation from division 3A. The club made it's first appearence in Turners Cross in 2000 finishing runners up in the Saxone cup final.