Biddies hold on for the win at Marian Hill

ACFL Division 1

Moneyglass 1-12 St. Brigid’s 2-13

This was a clash between 2 sides from opposite ends of table with Moneyglass hoping to bounce back from defeat last time out. It was Brigid’s, playing against the strong breeze who would make the early running, scoring 1 -01 through James Smith with only 3 minutes gone.

Moneyglass replied with a point from Fearghal Duffin but St Brigid’s cancelled this out with a point from King but the home-side, aided by a strong breeze weren’t about to go away and following a swift break up field Conor O’Kane fired to the St. Brigid’s net.

Inspired by this score St. Ergnat’s pushed forward again and Sean Boyd fired over the equaliser with10 minutes gone and it looked like we were in for a battle at Marian Hill.

St Brigid’s showed just why they are joint top of the league as they rattled off the next 3 scores to put them 3 ahead again but the next passage of play would have a significant bearing on the game when a Moneyglass goal chance was cleared off the line.

The visitors broke up field, leading to a 2nd goal to put six between the sides at 2 -6 to 1-3 but to their credit Moneyglass weren’t about to throw in the towel. They replied with 3 points on the bounce from a Conor Boyd free followed by 2 from the impressive Aidan McErlain to leave the halftime score 2-6 to 1-6

St. Ergnat’s made a blistering start to the second half with a Conor Boyd free and 1 from Seanchan Duffin leaving the minimum between the sides and barely 5 minutes on the clock.

Try as they might Moneyglass couldn’t get on level terms however with St Brigids registering the next 2 points to stretch the lead to 3 again, but Moneyglass refused to go away as they came back with two of their own through Colum Duffin leaving 1 in it at 1-10 to 2-08.

St Brigid’s didn’t panic with things opening up and as both sides went in search of scores it was the visitors who would hit the last 3 scores of game to win on a scoreline of 2-13 to 1-22 but great credit must go to both sides for an entertaining game in difficult conditions.