U14 Major Division
Kilcock Celtic 2 Kill Celtic 2
01/03/2008
This was a very exciting game with end-to-end football from start to finish. Both teams gave 100% as they battled with a swirling wind throughout the game.
The home team settled quicker and created their first real scoring chance after five minutes. Evan Comerford beat the offside trap and crossed the ball in from the left wing. Shane O’Brien controlled the ball beautifully and rounded the last defender. His curling shot beat the advancing keeper but went just wide of the upright. A few minutes later Kilcock’s Leon Glennon took possession in midfield and played the ball over the top for Conor Dully to run onto. Dully rounded two defenders but his shot was smothered brilliantly by Kill’s keeper Nathan Fitzharris.
Kilcock continued to pepper the visitor’s goal but had to wait until the twentieth minute to open the scoring. Cathal McCabe took the ball out of Kilcock’s box and found Dully on the halfway line, Dully passed to Leon Glennon who flicked it on for Niall Vorster. Vorster burst into the box and his delicate chip found the back of the visitor’s net.
Within five minutes Kilcock went two up when Adam Leonard went down the left wing, his cross found Jonathan McGrath and his blistering shot from thirty yards found the top corner of the net.
Kill responded well and forced there way back into the game on the half hour. Brian Coll capitalised on a mix up in the home teams defence and put Brian O’Connor in on goal and he shot pass the advancing keeper to open Kill’s account.
Kilcock Celtic were unlucky not to go into the interval further ahead with Jonathan McGrath hitting the crossbar on two occasions before the halftime whistle.
After the interval, Kill immediately won a corner. Brian Call sent in a lovely in-swinging corner the Ref adjudged that the keeper carried the ball across his own line and awarded a goal to Kill. This was just the start that Kill required and they mounted a serious campaign to capture the lead.
Kill now had the advantage of a strong breeze and they continued to play long balls over the top. The home defence of Cathal McCabe, Dane Hoban, Elliot Fowler and Adam Leonard were forced to work hard for the rest of the second half.
Kill created several chances as the vied for the lead. The most clear cut chance was created by Mena Lucav in the twenty second minute. He dribbled into the home team’s box but just as he was about to release the trigger Conor Dully slid in to push the ball out for a corner.
After surviving the Kill onslaught for two thirds of the half, Kilcock began to create a number of chances of their own. Ian Mooney moved over to the left wing and setup a number of opportunities for Shane O’Brien and Niall Vorster.
Both teams continued to play counter-attacking football for the remainder of the game. Cian McIntyre, in goal for Kilcock and his counterpart Nathan Fitzharris both had to make several saves to keep the scores level.
Mena Lucav had a great second half for Kill, while Adam Leonard played his best game of the season for Kilcock and deserved the Man of the Match reward.
This was a great exciting game to watch with counter attacking football and an unpredictable result until the final whistle.
