Antrim Football League – Division 2
Glenavy 2-11 Rasharkin 2-10
Rasharkin’s gallant second half comeback at Chapel Hill on Wednesday came up a point short as the St Mary’s side battled back from ten points down seven minutes into the second half to end up just one adrift at the end.
The St Joseph’s men had dominated the first half and led by seven at half time. When the increased their lead to ten seven minutes into the second half it all appeared to be one way traffic, but the men from Dreen started to close the gap and boosted by a Connor McFerran goal on forty minutes they clawed their way back.
Glenavy started the game well and with Fergal Henry and the Gallagher brothers Thomas and Patrick pulling the strings they produced a great second quarter, after the teams hand been level on 0-3 apiece, after 15 minutes. Two quick goals, the first from a penalty by Fergal Henry and the other from play by Thomas Gallagher, swung the game in the home team’s favour and they went on to lead by 2-5 to 0-4 at the interval.
The points from Fergal Henry and one from Thomas Gallagher, in reply to just one from Rasharkin’s Eamon McNeill, had the gap out to ten on 37 minutes and the only thing in question appeared to be the size of the winning margin. However Rasharkin found another gear and after Eamon McNeill pointed, full forward Connor McFerran found the net. The visitors kept chipping away at the Glenavy lead and after McNeill sent over two more points, McFerran grabbed his second goal to leave just a point in it.
Glenavy were rocking on the ropes but corner forward Fintan O’Boyle steadied the ship with a well taken point, and though McNeill came back with one more for the Dreen men, it was a case off too little, too late and Glenavy held on for the win.
