Templenoe 3-05, Castleisland Desmonds 1-05
Templenoe hosted their first ever home Division 1 match against Castleisland Desmond on a terrible evening for football. It was bitterly cold with very intermittent showers that made conditions for both teams very difficult.
Despite this Templenoe started off the game with a bang, and after an opening point from Sean Sheehan straight off the throw in, the next attack yielded a goal when Brian Crowley palmed a pass into the back of the net. Stephen O’Sullivan followed this with a shot that skimmed the crossbar for another Templenoe point.
This early burst of scoring did not become a pattern for the rest of the match, and it took until the 15th minute for Desmonds to get their first point, a point from play from Maurice Hickey. The final 15 minutes of the half witnessed only a point apiece from both teams. John Spillane scoring Templenoe’s point, and Cian O’Connor who had come in as an early sub, scoring a free for the Desmonds.
The 2nd half continued in the same vein, and the 1st score was registered on the 40th minute with a Stephen O’Sullivan free. Templenoe had kicked a lot of wides throughout the match, but a Stephen O’Sullivan goal on the 45th minute put daylight between the Teams. Cian O’Connor kicked another free for the visitors, but an intercepted cross field pass by the Desmonds goalie, was intercepted by Sean Sheehan who fed Stephen O’Sullivan to score his 2nd goal of the match.
Sean Sheehan kicked Templenoe’s last point of the match, with the last two scores coming the way of the visitors. After a few near goal chances for Castleisland, substitute Graham O’Connor finished off a goal, which was quickly followed by Desmonds point leaving the final score, Templenoe 3-05, Castleisland Desmonds 1-05.
Templenoe Scorers: Stephen O'Sullivan 2-03, Brian Crowley 1-00, Sean Sheehan 0-01, John Spillane 0-01
Templenoe Team: Anthony Sheehan, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, Mike Hallissey, Patrick Clifford, John Spillane, Gavin Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Adrian Spillane, Josh Holland, Brian Crowley, Danny Cahalane, Pat Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Stephen O’Sullivan.
Subs: Denis O’Neill, Joey Sheehan, Kieran McCarthy, Martin Reilly
Castleisland Desmonds Team: Steven Bartlett, Mike Brosnan, Denis O’Connor, Tadgh O’Connell, Maurice Hickey, Brian Leonard, Stan Divane, Maurice O’Connell, Pa White, Sean Lynch, Kieran Brennan, Barry Lynch, Thomas Hickey, Thomas Lynch, Eoin Murphy.
Subs: Cian O’Connor, Graham O’Connor, Chris Brosnan
