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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 10.

Templenoe 2-05, Listowel Emmets 0-08.

Templenoe welcomed the visit of Listowel Emmets for the penultimate round of the county league last Sunday. A strong finish by the hosts saw them come from behind to bag a full share of the spoils and move up to fifth place in the table. Although promotion is now out of reach for Templenoe, neither Templenoe nor Listowel will have any relegation concerns coming into the final round, after Firies lost out to Glenbeigh/Glencar in their round 10 game.

Listowel Emmets had the aid of a strong breeze for the first half, but probably fair to say they didn’t capitalize on this advantage in a way they would liked. The visitors kicked five points in the first half and although they did keep Templenoe scoreless for the first 30 minutes, they never really got a run on them. David Keane opened the scoring five minutes in with a point from play. Then with Listowel dominating midfield, pressing the kickouts and turning over numerous Templenoe attacks, they tagged on three more points through Bryan Sweeney (2f) and David Keane to make the score 0-00 to 0-04 by the end of the first quarter. However, Listowel failed to push on with their shooting letting them down – hitting four wides on the trot, while at the other end Templenoe were still trying to find ways to open-up the Listowel defence. Then towards the end of the first half a high long-range kick from Sean Sheehan got held up by the strong breeze, before the vigilant Patrick Clifford gathered possession in the square and finished the ball to the net to bring the hosts to within a point of Listowel. Buoyed by the goal, Templenoe won the subsequent kick out to launch another offensive with Patrick Clifford immediately adding a point to their tally. However, a pointed free from David Keane gave the visitors the edge at the break.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-01, Listowel Emmets 0-05.

At the restart Listowel Emmets almost had a goal only for Templenoe keeper Mark Looney to divert the ball out for a 45. Listowel continued to probe the Templenoe defence but had to wait until the 37^th minute to extend their lead with centre forward Darragh Lynch splitting the posts. Stephen O’Sullivan responded with a monstrous free making full use of the strong wind behind him to pull one back for Templenoe. The hosts had chances to level the scores in the ensuing plays but were off target with their efforts, until Aidan Crowley made no such mistake from a placed ball in the 45^th minute to tie the contest at 1-03 to 0-06. The game was now there for the taking for either side and by the 57^th minute it was Listowel who were in the ascendancy by the minimum, courtesy of scores from Bryan Sweeney (f) and Eddie Browne either side of another pointed free from Stephen O’Sullivan. Then came the pivotal score of the game, when a great team move by the hosts ended with Hugh Granville giving a precision pass to Stephen O’Sullivan who was through on goal and duly dispatched the ball to the net to put the hosts in front for the first time. Templenoe then sealed the contest with Patrick Clifford thumping over their last point.

Final Score: Templenoe 2-05, Listowel Emmets 0-08.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-02 (2f), Patrick Clifford 1-02, Aidan Crowley 0-01 (1f)

Listowel Emmets: David Keane 0-03 (1f), Bryan Sweeney 0-03 (3f), Darragh Lynch 0-01, Eddie Browne 0-01.

Wides: Templenoe 4, Listowel Emmets 8.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Ciaran Crowley, Kieran O’Neill, John Moriarty, Kieran McCarthy, Joseph Sheehan ©, Martin Reilly, Sean Sheehan, Michael F O’Connor, Hugh Granville, Patrick Clifford, Daniel Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Ronan O’Connor.

Subs used: Danny Cahalane.

Listowel Emmets: Tom Harte, Ciaran Pierse, Eddie Healy, Micheal Kennedy, Jack McElligott, Darragh Leahy, Eddie Browne, Dylan Quinn, Joe Grimes, Adam O’Rourke, Darragh Lynch, Cillian Holly, Bryan Sweeney, Cormac Mulvihill, David Keane.

Subs Used: Tiernan Pierse, Ger McCarthy, Tony Boland.

Credit Union County Senior Football League Division 2