U17 Football League Division 2
St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass 4-12 Aldergrove 2-11
Penalty conversions from Mark Duffin in the 27th Minute of the first half and the 7th minute of the second sent St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass on their way to victory over St. James Aldergrove at Marian Hill on Tuesday evening in division 2 of the U17 Football League
Tuesday night’s contestants served up an excellent game of football with only a point separated the sides at half time with the Marian Hill youngsters leading 3-5 to 2-7 and all still to play for in the second half.
It was the visitors who got off to a great start with Liam Og Cullen and Lewis Smith hitting early points before Logan Magee put them in a strong position with a goal in the 6th minute.
St. Ergnat’s were slow to start but were back on level terms by the 12th minute with Calum Murray and Ewan McGrath splitting the posts before full-forward McGrath got in for his side’s opening goal.
Christopher Robb restored the visitors lead with a goal in the 15th minute but Moneyglass replied with goals from Mark Duffin and another from Gareth Boyd, just before half time to take a one point lead into the second half.
Oisin O’Donnell and Finn McCloskey extended the St. Ergnat’s lead with early second half points and Mark Duffin put his side in a strong position when he fired to the net from the penalty spot with 7 minutes of the new half gone.
St. James replied through a good point from Liam Og Cullen and Caolan Boyd for the home side and Chris Boyd for the Crumlin lads exchanged further points to leave it evenly balanced at the end of the third quarter.
Slowly St. Ergnat’s began to gain the upper hand with Oisin O’Donnell, Odhran Duffin 0-2 and Ewan McGrath hitting unanswered points to move them six ahead by the 22nd minute.
The Moneyglass scoring finished at this point with St. James battling hard in the closing stages to get back into contention with the excellent Liam Og Cullen leading the way with two points but that was as close as they got.
Na Gaeil Oga lead the division with 14 points from 8 starts with All Saints in second place with 12 points from 7 starts and Roger Casement’s, St. John’s and Rossa close behind, all on 10 points.
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