FL Div 1: O'Mahony's go top
February 11, 2019
O'Mahony's Stephen Bray
NAVAN O’MAHONYS 2-13 SYDDAN 3-3
NAVAN O’MAHONYS turned the screw in the third quarter to finish comfortable winners and maintain their 100% winning start to their FL campaign at Paddy O’Brien Park on Sunday.
Following a slow start the hosts led 0-7 to 1-2 at the break and then added a further 2-3 without reply in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.
Padraic Dillon struck for a Syddan goal, his side’s opening score of the second half on 48 minutes and Gary Farrelly followed up with a similar effort from the next kick out after a mistake by keeper Aaron O’Byrne.
Farrelly’s goal left it 3-2 to 2-11 and that was as close as Syddan got. Their only point of the second half came from wing back Stuart Fedigan on the hour mark.
Syddan had made a great start to proceedings with a goal from Gary Farrelly in the opening minute following fine work by Padraic Dillon. Stephen Bray missed a gilt-edged chance when crashing a shot against the crossbar from a couple of metres after five minutes.
Ruairi O Coileain accounted for all of his side’s points in the opening quarter and another effort from the centre forward levelled the sides at 0-4 to 1-1.
O Coileain then pointed his side in front before Daire Rowe, with his second score levelled matters. Points from Stephen Bray and Shane Gillespie eventually left the town side ahead at the break.
O’Mahonys hit five wides before O Coileain edged them further ahead on 38 minutes. The eventual winners were well on top at that stage and Gillespie and O Coileain added further points while new signing Oisin O’Brien slapped to the net after the ball had rebounded off the woodwork.
A second goal from Stephen Bray left it 2-10 to 1-2 after 44 minutes. David Bray added to the O’Mahonys tally with a brace of points when coming off the bench in the second half.
O’MAHONYS – Aaron Byrne; Michael Reilly, Niall McKeague, James O’Malley; Evan Power, Darragh Maguire, Evan Coffey; Conor Finnegan, Dylan Regan; David Dillon, Ruairi O Coileain 0-6 (2f, 1 ’45), Cathal Smyth 0-1; Shane Gillespie 0-2, Stephen Bray 1-2, Oisin O’Brien 1-0. Subs – David Bray 0-2 for Regan, Aodhan Mallon for Smyth, Paddy Dillon for Power, Henry Finnegan for O Coileain.
SYDDAN – Ciaran Farrelly; Mark Fedigan, Cormac Rowe, Kevin Garland, Stuart Fedigan 0-1, Jack Reid, Ryan Summersby; Sean Clare, Cathal Dardis; Graham Garland, Paddy Farrelly, Michael Fedigan; Padraic Dillon 1-0, Gary Farrelly 2-0, Daire Rowe 0-2 (1f). Subs – Stephen Tallon for K Garland, Gary McManus for Dardis, Cormac Rafferty for Summersby, Tommy Meade for C Rowe.
REF- Liam O’Brien (Duleek-Bellewstown)
