Donoughmore Athletic Football Club
 
Bohemians 3 Donoughmore AFC 3
This game finished up with honours even after a pulsating and very entertaining game at the Fairfield on Saturday. This was a vital game for both sides with title aspirations and it certainly lived up to it’s billing as the AUL’s match of the week. Donoughmore found themselves a goal down in the 2nd minute when a good interchange put the Bohs attacker through on goal and even though Noel O’Connell got a hand to the ball he couldn’t prevent it crossing the line. The game was then thrown wide open with a brilliant hat-trick by Jamie Lewis in the next 20 minutes. The first came in the 5th minute when a pass by Sean O’Mahony found Lewis thirty yards from goal and after taking on his man he unleashed an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box into the top corner. In the 12th  minute a poor clearance from the Bohs keeper hit his own man  and Lewis reacted fastest to the breaking ball and he finished clinically from 15 yards. Lewis completed his hat-trick in the 25th minute when he got the ball to his feet at the edge of the penalty area. He rolled his man superbly before curling a brilliant shot low into the bottom corner. Pat Foley had an excellent effort then just go over the top as Donoughmore looked to finish the game off before half-time. Bohs passing and movement was always a threat but Donoughmore seemed to be coping comfortably enough. Sean O’Mahony then had a half chance in the 35th minute but his effort was off target. Donoughmore finished the half strongly and the score was 3-1 at half-time. Donoughmore were aware that Bohs would throw everything at them at the start of the second half and this is how it turned out. Like the first half Donoughmore conceded in the 2nd minute after some dreadful defending from a Bohs free-kick. The free kick itself was badly hit but a poor clearance was pounced on by the Bohs winger on the by-line and some poor marking in the middle meant that a simple cross was finished to the net from 6 yards. This gave Bohs the lifeline that they needed and suddenly their tails were up. However Donoughmore seemed comfortable defending in open play and it was from set pieces that Bohs posed the biggest threat. The equaliser came in the 60th minute when the Bohs attacker powered a header into the top corner from a well taken corner despite the best efforts of Cathal O’Hanlon on the goal line. The final quarter of the game was very open as Donoughmore picked themselves up and chased the winner. Damien Hennessy had a well hit shot from the edge of the area turned goalwards by Sean O’Mahony but his effort was blocked on the line. Jamie Lewis continued to be a huge threat throughout but Darragh O’Shea couldn’t provide the finish to Lewis’ excellent cross from the left in the 75th minute. Pat Foley then had an excellent effort parried by the Bohs keeper from 20 yards as Donoughmore pushed on. Donoughmore should have grabbed the winner in the 85th minute when Pat Foley delivered a perfect corner to the far post where at least four Donoughmore attackers were inches from what would have been a simple finish. Colm O’Sullivan put in some huge tackles throughout this game and his midfield partners Damien Hennessy and Pat Foley also worked tirelessly and played well throughout. The man of the match award deservedly went to Jamie Lewis who on top of scoring a brilliant hat-trick also seemed to be all over the pitch  and his tackling and link-up play was excellent. Donoughmore are now approaching the business end of the season and the next three or four weeks will tell a lot in terms of who of the four or five teams still in contention will finish top of the pile come the end of the season.

Team: N. O’Connell, T. Daly, P. Murphy, R.  O’Sullivan, C. O’Hanlon, P. Foley. D. McSweeney,  C. O’Sullivan,        D. Hennessy, S. O’Mahony, J.Lewis.                                                                                                              Subs: D. O’Shea for S. O’Mahony, A. O’Shea for D. McSweeney and T. Looney for P. Murphy.

 
 


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