St
Josephs E/W, Section A, NDSL, in driving rain & freezing conditions in
Porterstown on Sunday 20th October. Despite the bitter conditions,
Celtic put on a magnificent first half display that saw them score 4 goals
without reply.20/10/02 U-15 Molly Martin Cup
U15B’s freeze out opposition
Castleknock
Celtic 4 St Josephs East Wall 2
The under 15B’s, section C, NDSL,
played St
Josephs E/W, Section A, NDSL, in driving rain & freezing conditions in
Porterstown on Sunday 20th October. Despite the bitter conditions,
Celtic put on a magnificent first half display that saw them score 4 goals
without reply.
The section A side were fighting a defensive battle from the tip off and it was not long before the ball was in the visitors net, courtesy of Mark O’Toole. Further goals from Daniel Ennis & Robbie Semple (2) meant that St Josephs were left with a mountain to climb. Indeed. Celtic could have been further ahead when a shot from Robbie struck the crossbar with the visiting keeper well beaten. Stephen Lynch also put the ball into the net with a great free kick but the referee judged one of the Celtic players to be offside.
The second half saw Josephs get more
possession
but
Celtic keeper, Gary Creaner, was well in control of his area and pulled off some
good saves. Celtics dominance was never really threatened until a long through
ball picked out a Josephs forward who fired past the Celtic keeper
to register first blood for the visitors. Both sides battled bravely in
the biting conditions in a much better balanced second half with some lovely
football on display. About 20 minutes into the half a scuffle erupted in the
Celtic penalty area, which resulted in the Celtic keeper & a Josephs forward
being red carded and a penalty being awarded to the visitors. Defender Colin
Hayden stepped between the posts but could do nothing to stop a well-struck
penalty bringing the score to 4 –2.
A quick re-shuffle of the Celtic formation covered the absent players position and the defence, under captain Vincent Corry, held firm. Celtic constantly probed the visitor’s defence and kept their keeper busy until the final whistle saw Celtic deservedly progress to the next round.
Celtic Team:
Gary Creaner (keeper) Daniel Ennis, Colin Hayden, Vincent Corry (Capt.), Darren Keogh, Stephen Ring, Cian Kennedy, Stephen Lynch, Robert Semple, Mark O’Toole, Stephen Mulhair, Thuan Kuang Minh, Michael O’Donoghue, Mark McLoughlin, Mustafa Magdelin, Michael Jacobs.
