HL Division 3A final: 14-man Fingal claim silverware
April 13, 2013
Fingal 1-9
Donegal 1-5
Fingal claimed the HL Division 3A title with a four-point win over Donegal in the final at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Peter Daly's 55th minute goal put down a large deposit on the victory for the table toppers.
Ronan McDermott's 11th minute goal had give Donegal the early initiative but their Dublin opponents fought back to claim the silverware despite playing the final 20 minutes with 14 men after full-forward Dave Smyth was red-carded.
Fingal - H Murray Hession; A Morris, D Markey, G Morris; N Ring, D Vaughan, P Sheridan; K O'Flynn, A Richardson; D Flood (0-3), P Daly (1-0), J M Sheridan (0-2); C Foley, D Smyth (0-2), B McCarthy (0-1). Subs: C O'Flynn for Foley, P McAlllister (0-1) for McCarthy, N Feeney for Morris, R Sheridan for Daly.
Donegal - P Burns; M McGrath, J McGee, B Harigan; C McDermott, J Boyle, J Donnelly; P Sheridan, D Cullen; S McVeigh, E McDermott, L Henderson (0-2); S Boyle, P Hannigan (0-1), R McDermott (1-0). Subs: C Mathewson (0-2) for E McDermott, K Campbell for S Boyle.
Referee - G Chapman.
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