ACFL Division 1
Tir na nOg 1-12 St. Enda’s 1-11
A point from Eamon Og McAllister in the 29th minute of the second half swung this evenly balanced contest at Whitehill in favour of Tir na nOg Randalstown and earned them both points against a St. Enda’s team who looked to be heading for victory earlier in the contest.
The Glengormley side had led for long periods and were four ahead with 16 minutes of the second half gone but the Whitehill side staged a late rally with Eamon Og applying the coup de grace with time almost up.
St. Enda’s opened brightly and led 0-4 to 0-1 after 8 minutes and were good value for that lead. Eamon Og McAllister was the man on target for the home side and a couple more from Darragh Fagan had it back to one with 11 minutes on the clock.
It looked to be turning in the Randalstown side’s favour when Fagan fired home the opening goal of the game to put his side ahead for the first time but St. Enda’s kept plugging away with only two separating the sides at the break.
The Glengormley side were back on terms a minute into the second half with the scores standing at 1-7 to 1-7 and at this stage they began to take control and would move four clear as the game entered the final quarter.
Darragh Fagan began the comeback and aided by the impressive Emmet Murray they had it back to one with 9 minutes of normal time remaining and the momentum was now very much with Ryan Jackman’s side.
Fagan brought it level from a free, 24 minutes into the second half and it looked like it was going to end that way but Eamon Og McAllister popped up with the winner with time almost up, much to the delight of the home support.