Goitse, Aibreán 1979

RTSPORTSPORTSPORTSPORTSPORTSPORTSPOR SOCCER celtic march on GV2EDORE CELTIC quali:f'ied for the the Ulster Cup when tl1ey '.~efea t ed t:t.e Inishowen Le~• : ;ue cl:at:1pions ~ .P.S. 2 - 1 ut Na~heraGallon last Sunday. The crossf'ield wind spoiled this t:;arr1e as a .f ootballine contest where players .from both teaii1s had dif'ficul ty in controlling ~_.Le ball. Gweedore t ook the lead a:rter 14 minutes whe n Cha1•lie Dohe~·ty carried t :. e ball forv;apd ancl p laced it neatly in the net from 10 yards. Q.P.S. hit back a couple of' rr1inutes later and equal– ised wh en Michael O Kane heade d in across from the richt. Gweedore we i~e awarded u :µenal ty seven minutes into the second half for hand-hall a n d Penalty expert Donnchadh Mc Ne li s r,mde no mistake t: o i~ive his side a 1 ' ard earned Victory. ManaGer, Colm Mc Bride co~mented "al though we di ~.ln 1 t play a8 well as we would like to, howe ver at the end of Lhe day we won the matc h and t Lat is w!:"1at we .t->la med to do. Q. ~) .s. are the Inish– owen Le a -ue winners ror the l ast t Lree ses.sons ancl of course a victory over such op.t)ositi on is satisfying at any time~ keadue level again :tc:'.:ADUE ROVERS 3 L3':2 ':,.' BnlillHNY 1 Ke adue Rovers defe ated old rivals Lette :~ke J.ny in a ga,1e p layed in very wind y cond i t ions at Central ?ur k r~ea d.ue on Sunday. L.Ke ,,ny p lay ing with the strong Wi!d in t he f irst ~alf were quick on to t!:le attack, f orceing the Keadue keeper t o irlake two t;ood saves in the fi rst 1'i ve , iinut o s. L . I~enny :-riounted attack a fter attac k on the Keadue g oal but found the J:\eadue defence in eood form, in particul ar keever ~ 3oyle and swe eper D. 3 onner. Des 1 )i te all t h is preas ure L .Knnny had to wait unti Ll the 35th minute b e f ore s coreinc; , the g oal cm1rii ng from t hei r best player Davie Cowan. The Keadue defenders must take some blaflle for t ~i is goal backing off and allowing Cowan to score frorn inside t; ie area. They almost got No. two a few winutes later but keever Boyle made a magnificent save pushins a fierce drive from C. Collins over t h e bar. Keadue cleared t Le resultant corner and f'ro: 1 1 a gGo d move down the right involving ~or ker, Ga ~ lagher, and G Uard, who sent over a low cross which was first timed to the net by Ciiarlie Ws.;--d, Leaving the half time score one each. After the ifiterval Keadue substituted G Ward bringing on P Galla '.:her. Keadue wi t l1 tbe wind a ;, t z1eir backs were quick on t h e attack forceing five corners in the first ten minutes. At this ~eriod the L. i\:ermy _; o!ll was unler constant v r e asure bLl.t t h ank s t o some c ood de fensive wo~k and wild erratic shooting by the Keadue forw:ird s they managed to hold out until the 70th minute when Keadue too/.: the lead, this g oal canine; from a corner tu.ken by Eddie ilc Gonac le and headed to the net by the Keadue ski pper Hugh Hoy. Ke ad .le scored tLeir third g oal five n i nutes later by Liam O Donnell. . This goal cai1e after a good rlin by P Gal l a g her who g aye 0 Donnell a r, reat pass. 0 ~onnell's :first e f fort wa~ bri ~l iant l y saved by the L.Konny k e eper Smith, but he coul d not liold the ball and O Donnell was in like a f las h to send the re b ound to the net. L.Kenny at ~ acks were few in the s e cond La lf t h eir :)est e r.for t co ining t owa.rds t}-e end when Gerry I··1e ehan '.12.d a c o od sLo . punched away by P )oyl e . 'I'his defeat puts an end. to L.Ke ~: nJr 1 s ti t le hopes fo 1~ tLi s y e ar . '.l'hi s v ie t ory :rn ei) s Ee a due very nuch involved in t he lea; ue Ch ami->ionship race indeeJ Lad t h ey displ a y ed 'uhe same deter.:1inat i on tLe same s~irit and skill t h a t they displayed in this ;aatc h all season, the l e a gu e f l a t:: would ; 1av e its r estin g place for another year in the Hos s es. Keadue 11us t win their two re r;w.ining games and hope t h a t the oth er championsh ip contenders will drop point s in their re..iaining games. --~~!~~~~~- -- -- ---- ------------ -- --- ... --- .LIAM BRADY