Ulster Intermediate Football Club League
Moneyglass 0-18 Desertmartin 3-13
Three second half goals proved the difference in the end as Desertmartin came from behind to pip Moneyglass in an entertaining Ulster Intermediate Football League encounter on Sunday.
On a good day for football it was St. Ergnat’s who were quickest out of traps scoring from the throw in through full forward Colum Duffin. The same player would remain prominent in the early stages, helping his side to a 0-4 to 0-0 lead after 5 minutes as the South West side opened strongly.
Slowly Desertmartin stemmed the tide as they registered the next 2 scores but this wasn’t to disrupt the Moneyglass dominance scoring as they came back with 4 more points with a single Desertmartin reply leaving the score 0-8 to 0-3 after 20 minutes.
During this period of dominance the Antrim side missed a couple of goal chances which would have put them in a strong position and to their credit Desertmartin went score for score with the opposition for the remainder of the half to leave the score at the midway point 0-11 to 0-7 in favour of St Ergnat’s
2nd half
Trailing by four, Desertmartin knew they would need the better start as they hit the first 2 scores of the second half with Colum Duffin responding for St. Ergnat’s to leave it 0-12 to 0-9 in favour of the Marian Hill side.
Desertmartin began to settle, slowing but surely cutting into their opponents lead and would turn the game on its head as they fired home the first major of the evening and more importantly drawing the teams level 1-09 to 0-12. Following this the teams traded points before Moneyglass stepped it up again, reeling off 3 on the trot and seemingly back in control.
But as before Desertmartin refused to go away and by the 20th minute it was still anyone’s game with St. Ergnat’s leading 0-717 to 1-12. With the game now entering the final minutes Desertmartin again turned the game on its head again with a second goal to move them one ahead. goal putting them 1 up.
It was still anybody’s game with both teams now going for it score by score but as the South West side pushed for an equaliser they were turned over and it was Desertmartin who broke up field to score their 3rd goal of the afternoon, leaving final score 3-13 to 18 points in what was a very competitive and entertaining game.
