Kilcock Celtic 1 Barnhall Rovers 0
KDFL Seniors D4
Sunday 26th April 2009
Kilcock Celtic won this north Kildare derby on Sunday morning last, played in excellent conditions at Scoil Dara. Celtic made a number of changes to their team from the previous game and it showed in the result. Kilcock were the better team in the opening period of this game. The home team had 2 efforts cleared off the Barnhall goal line from Stephen Shorthouse and Robert Cox.
Eoin Moriarty was also unlucky not to open the scoring after 20 minutes when his shot went wide of the Rovers post.
However, Barnhall almost took a shock lead after thirty seven minutes when a long range effort hit the Kilcock crossbar.
In the second half, Barnhall got more into the game, but failed to score. With the game looking like ending in a draw, Kilcock took the lead in the seventieth minute, when sub Paval Bazlade, with his first touch fired a shot from outside the box into the back of the Barnhall net. Barnhall looked set to get an equaliser after 87 minutes when a Barnhall forward was in on goal, but centre-half Ian O’Mahony made a great tackle to clear the danger. Claims of a penalty were waved away by the referee.
Best for Kilcock were Alan Gorski Alan O’Brien, Ian O’Mahony, Cormac Moran and Shane Harris. Kilcock team: Alan Gorski, Alan O’Brien, Eoin Gallagher, Stephen Shorthouse, Ian O’Mahony, Cormac Moran, Stephen Byrne, Jack Bagnall, Robert Cox, Shane Harris, Eoin Moriarty, Paul Maguire, Paval Bazlada.
Recent Results
Kilcock Celtic 2nd Senior team results:
19th April – Carbury SC 3 Kilcock Celtic 0
26th April – Kilcock Celtic 1 Barnhall Rovers 0
3rd May – Kilcock Celtic 1 Galhoy 3
