ACFL Division 1

St. James Aldergrove 4-14 Kickham’s Creggan 1-8

St. James Aldergrove recorded their second win in this year’s division 1 campaign when they proved too good for an understrength Creggan in Crumlin on Wednesday night.

A win would have given the visitors a place in the play-offs and Creggan started the match strongly scoring 1-3 against a strong wind in the first 10 minutes against 0-3 for Aldergrove.

In a purple patch, Aldergrove dominated the last 20 minutes of the opening half scoring 4 -6 to go in 4-9 to 1-3 ahead at the break. Prominent for Aldergrove in this period of dominance were, B McQuillan, S McGarry, C McGarry, K Jones and F Burke.

The game was effectively over as the sides changed ends but Creggan kept working hard to reduce the deficit in the second half but with little success. Aldergrove’s defence stood strong with both teams scoring 5 points each in the 2nd half to give Aldergrove the win 4-14 to 1-8.

This win comes too late for Aldergrove to affect their league position in what hasn’t been a great campaign but it will surely give them confidence as they go into the play offs in 10 days-time.