Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
 
Donoughmore Athletic 1 Glen Celtic 1
Donoughmore played out an entertaining draw with Glen Celtic in a very cold Stuake on Saturday afternoon last. This was a real game of two halves where Glen dominated the first half but Donoughmore took control in the second half. Donoughmore started very poorly and were chasing shadows for most of the first half and were unable to get to grips with the opposition’s movement. Glen passed the ball around very well in the first 20 minutes but without creating many clear cut chances. Donoughmore had a good 15 minute spell in the middle of the half but most of their chances were from set pieces and they failed to trouble the Glen keeper at all. Glen took the lead in the 35th minute after some atrocious defending by Donoughmore. A cross from a Glen attack down the left was not cleared sufficiently from the 18 yard box. The ball was again crossed from the left and some shocking marking left a Glen striker with a simple finish from 8 yards. The score was 1-0 at half-time with Glen finishing the half strongly and dominating in all areas of the pitch. Donoughmore changed their formation at half-time and this seemed to settle the team a little and from the re-start they took the game to Glen. Donoughmore should have equalised in the 55th minute when Colm O’Sullivan released Jonathan Hennessy on goal, Hennessy rounded the keeper but his shot from a wide angle didn’t have enough power and was cleared off the line by the covering defender. Donoughmore now had the greater share of possession and equalised in the 60th minute. A free kick from Connie Buckley was delivered deep into the Glen penalty area and was not cleared well. The ball broke to Darragh O’Shea who controlled it well before coolly clipping it past the advancing keeper. Donoughmore should have gone on to win this game and had several chances in the last 20 minutes but couldn’t find the winner. Peter Murphy,who has been out injured for the past few weeks, made a huge difference when he came on as sweeper at half-time. Colm O’Sullivan, Robert O’Sullivan and Pat Foley also made a significant impact in the second half.
Team: N. O'Connell, T. Daly, R. O'Sullivan, C. Buckley, C. O’Hanlon,
C. O'Sullivan, P. Foley, T. Looney, J. Hennessy, C. Kelleher, D. O'Shea, 
Subs: P. Murphy for C. O’Hanlon, A. O’Brien for T. Looney, D. Hennessy for T. Daly.  

 
 


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