ACFL Division 1
St. Mary’s Aghagallon 0-8 St. Enda’s 2-7
St. Enda’s got off to a perfect start when Sean McBride finished to the net following a goalmouth scramble after two minutes and the visitors would push on to collect the opening day points in a fixture that is usually tight.
Enda Mallon replied with a point for the home side in the 4th minute but Fionn Nagle was beginning to impose his influence on proceedings on the edge of the Aghagallon square and he fired over points in the 5th and 10th minutes to put the Glengormley men in control.
Sean Murray added a couple more to leave the visitors 1-4 to 0-1 ahead and when James McAuley came forward to grab a second goal in the 21st minute Naomh Eanna were in complete control.
Jonathan Hannon was busting a gut to get St. Mary’s going and he pointed from play and followed with another from a free but the final point of the half fell to the excellent Nagle to send the visitors 2-5 to 0-3 ahead at the short whistle.
Half time 0-3 to 2-5
Jonathan Hannon continued to provide Aghagallon’s greatest threat and he struck a great point from out on the left in the 7th minute and followed with another from a free to close the gap to six.
The wing half forward blotted his copy book however when he received a Black card and with him went the home side’s greatest threat as St. Enda’s re-established their dominance with a couple of pointed frees.
The last three scores of the game fell the way of the home side with the last falling to keeper, Luke Mulholland but they only served to put a better look on the final scoreline.
By this stage the damage had been done with James McAuley running the show from centre-half and Fionn Nagle proving a real handful in attack in a St. Enda’s side who could trouble a lot of sides this season.
Aghagallon: 1 Luke Mulholland, 2 Conlan MacAlonan, 3 Aidan Mulholland, 4 Kieran Hamill, 5 Paudie Gowdy, 6 Pat Brannigan, 7 Ciaran Maginnis, 32 Pauric Maginnis, 9 Enda Mallon, 10 Stephen Devlin, 11 Francis Bustard, 12 Jonathan Hannon, 13 Hugh Hannon, 14 Niall McShane, 15 Ruairi McShane, 32 Pauric Maginnis
St. Endas: 1 Senan Nagle, 2 Diarmuid McNulty, 3 Ciaran McKeown, 5 Ronan O’Neill, 6 James McAuley, 7 Conan Lyttle, 8 Cormac Morgan, 9 Sean McBride, 11 Stephen O’Connor, 12 Ronan Kalla, 13 Michael Kennedy, 14 Fionn Nagle, 15 Eoghan O’Hare, 28 Sean Murray, 18 Lorcan Murray, 19 Leo O’Loingsigh, 20 Ciaran McCabe, 22 Killian Jennings
