Moynalvey come from behind to share the spoils with Kilmainhamwood

Moynalvey overcame a 5 point half time deficit to ensure they gained a valuable point in this intermediate championship group B game played under lights in Pairc Tailteann on Tuesday night 15^th September.

Moynalvey 0-11 Kilmainhamwood 2-5

Moynalvey were slow out of the stalls as Kilmainhamwood raced into a 5 point lead within 8 minutes after registering a goal and two points. The men in maroon & white eventually found their feet in the 10^th minute when Cathal Sheridan found the range from a free kick. Moynalvey tagged on a further 3 points through frees from the accurate boot of Sheridan to leave just a point between the sides with only 5 minutes of the half remaining. However they missed the chance to go ahead, when a superb ball in from Sheridan resulted in David Donoghue being fouled in the area, only for Sheridan to send the resulting penalty wide of the target. Kilmainhamwood then hit Moynalvey with a sucker punch when after tagging on another point, put themselves 5 points to the good just before the interval when finding the net for a second time.

While Kilmainhamwood added the first point of the second half, Moynalvey dug deep & emerged from the dressing room determined to close the gap, drawing the scores level in the 49^th minute after adding 6 points without response, 3 frees along with 2 pointed efforts from play from veteran Sheridan, added by a Stephen Donoghue point from play. With only 7 minutes remaining on the clock Kilmainhamwood looked to have sealed matters when their wing back foraged forward to kick the lead point. However top scorer Sheridan still had something to say on the matter when landing a monstrous ’45 in the 55^th minute leaving the scores tied once again. With only seconds remaining on the clock Sheridan once again tried his luck from a placed ball from an almost impossible angle, which resulted in the ball being finished to the net only for the score to be disallowed.

Best performances for the men in maroon came from Paul Weldon, Robbie Kiernan, Padraig Donoghue, Brendan Dixon, John Donoghue & top scorer Sheridan.

Team & scorers: O. Regan, R. Kiernan, P. Donoghue, P. Weldon, S. Reilly, D. Dixon, B. Dixon, S. Donoghue (0-1), J. Donoghue, J. Weldon, D. Donoghue, D. Treacy, B. Gilsenan (0-1), C. Sheridan (0-9), M O’Sullivan. Subs used: W. Byrne for J. Weldon, P. Durnin for O’Sullivan, C. Collins for Gilsenan.