Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
 
Fairview 1 Donoughmore Athletic 2

Donoughmore put a little pressure on leader’s Bohemians with a hard fought but deserved win over Fairview at Hillington Park on Saturday last. Weather conditions were awful with heavy showers and a sometimes gale force wind. Donoughmore played the first half with this wind at their backs and were ahead after 10 minutes. Pat Foley won possession with an excellent tackle on the right wing and then Colm O’Sullivan played a great crossfield pass to Aidan O’Shea’s feet. O’Shea had a lot to do but after beating his man he raced through on goal and drew the keeper from his line before slipping the ball under him into the corner of the net. Donoughmore dominated most of the exchanges in the first half and despite creating a number of half chances were unable to build on their lead. The score was 1-0 at half-time and straight from the restart Donoughmore could have doubled their lead. Aidan O’Shea broke down the left, beat two defenders and cut in to the byline before squaring the ball for Colm O’Sullivan. However under pressure O’Sullivan hit the ball first time and it flew narrowly wide. Fairview came more into the game at this stage and looked dangerous on the break. Fairview equalised in the 70th minute when one of their strikers found himself unmarked 8 yards out and he gave Noel O’Connell in goal no chance. That goal was always going to test Donoughmore’s character and with the weather conditions’ deteriorating it was really going to be an uphill struggle.  In the 77th minute Conor Kelleher, starting his first game up front for Donoughmore, went rampaging down the left flank and when he looked up he spotted Aidan O’Shea free on the edge of the box. Kelleher found him with an excellent pass and O’Shea took one touch before hitting an unstoppable shot to the Fairview net from 20 yards for what proved to be a brilliant winner. Donoughmore could have added to their advantage as Fairview then threw everything forward but some last gasp defending denied them the third goal. Donoughmore worked hard for each other throughout and had a man of the match performance from Aidan O’Shea with Conor Kelleher, Alan McSweeney and Peter Murphy doing very well. Donoughmore have now closed the gap on leader’s Bohemian’s to just two points but of course it is very early days yet. Donoughmore are away to Springfield next Sunday morning in the second round of the Munster Junior Cup.
Team: N. O'Connell, T.Daly, C. Buckley, P. Murphy, R. O'Sullivan, D. McSweeney, , C. O'Sullivan, A. McSweeney, P. Foley, C. Kelleher, A. O'Shea, 
Subs: K. Cullinane for D. McSweeney, S. O’Mahony for A. McSweeney.  

 
 


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