Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
 
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.  

 
 


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