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| Finn Harps |
V |
Waterford United |
| Date |
22/09/2001
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| Score (Blues First) |
2 - 1 |
| Venue |
Finn
Park, Ballybofey |
| Kick Off |
7.30 PM |
| Attendance |
??? |
| Weather |
Calm |
| Referee |
D. Hancock |
| Goal Scorers |
Dempsey (2) |
| Cards |
Yellow: ????? |
| Pitch |
Great surface for passing
football |
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Player
|
Rating
|
Comment
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| Binder |
8
|
Outstanding
saves to keep us in game |
| O'Brien |
6
|
Solid
at back |
| Leahy |
7
|
Played
well for suspended Frosty |
| Dempsey |
9
|
Dominated
midfield playing superb passes to front men 2 goals |
| Breen |
7
|
Made
up for last weeks disappoointment |
| Whittle D |
7
|
Worked
hard in heart of defence |
| K. Whittle |
7
|
Good
workman performance |
| Moore |
6
|
tried
hard on right wing |
| Watson |
7
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Never
gave up kept running |
| Waters |
6
|
Had
a few scoring chances |
| Fitzgerald |
7
|
Very
quick but should have scored during match |
| SUBS |
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| Bradley |
7
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Big
and powerful caused many problems up front |
| Fitzgerald |
6
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Shored
up midfield |
| Moroney |
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Not
on long enough for rating |
Two players
went through fitness tests pior to match in Finn Park, but David Whittle
and Kevin O'Brien came through with flying colours as the Blues long drive
to Donegal was a happy one.
After the
disappointment of the 3-3 draw with Cobh Ramblers the Blues produced one
of their best performances of the season and getting 3 points for it.
A well placed shot into the roof of the net by Gary Dempsey left the home
crowd in complete silence. Harps then came at the blues but Paul Binder
and his defence kept everything at bay. Finn Harps equalised in the second
half from a well struck free kick from Player/Manager Johnathen Speak.
It looked as if the Blues had blown all their hard work until that man
Gary Dempsey struck again with a perfectly timed shot into the bottom
corner. A really excellent result in Ballybofey not many teams will win
up here, this result is just what the blues needed and hopefully we can
keep up this sort of performance against Drogheda on Friday.
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