Antrim Football League Division 3
St Patrick’s Lisburn 0-15 St Agnes 0-9
Photos by Gerard Dixon
St Patrick’s Lisburn all but secured their place in the semi-final of the Division 3 League when they beat one of their nearest rivals St Agnes in Wednesday night’s league game at Kirkwoods Park. A penalty save from goalkeeper Peter O’Neill helped them to a 0-7 to 0-3 lead at half time and they pushed on in the second half to stretch their advantage and win by six.
Che Smyth, Sionan O’Sullivan and Aaron Thompson had St Patrick’s 0-3 to 0-0 ahead after six minutes. The Aggies had a great chance to get back on terms in the eighth minute but St Patrick’s goalkeeper Peter O’Neill made a great save and his team took advantage by pushing on to lead by 0-7 to 0-3 at the interval, Thompson and Dixon getting two apiece while the Aggies scores came from Conor Gilligan (2) and Ronan Carroll.
David McGaharan pulled a point back early in second half for St Agnes and on three occasions they had the gap back to just three points. However three in a row from Conor Dixon (2) and Ben McMullan helped give the home team a bit of breathing space and they held on for the win.
NAOMH PADRAIG
Peter O’Neill Jack McMullan, Kevin Gallagher, Conor Ewing, Josh McMullan, Colm Burns, Tiernan O’Malley, Ben McMullan, Paul Law, Denver Taggart, Che Smyth, Aaron Thompson, Conor Dixon
ST AGNES’
Colum Carroll, James Grieve, Ryan Reilly, Fintan McBride, Conal Turley, Cormac Flannery, Mark Caldwell, Shane Moran, James Halleron, Declan McLarnon, Brian Crossan, David McGaharan, Cormac McBride, Conor Gilligan, Ronan Carroll
