Glenravel 2-12 Moneyglass 1-05

Con Magees Glenravel came out on top of the bottom of the table battle to help secure Division 1 status next year. Over the hour they were the better team but as appears to be the case at this time of year the teams are badly depleted, and Moneyglass suffered badly in this respect today. Both teams fielded depleted panels as they have all season, which probably contributed to their lowly league position but it was the men in green and white who had more fire power across the hour. Moneyglass’s main threat Dermot McErlain goaled after ten minutes against the run of play to put them within one point of their opponents but a thirty minute drought followed before they registered their next score during which time Glenravel had scored 1-07 and were home and hosed.

Daniel McQuillan and Eamon Fyfe opened for Glenravel before Aiden McErlain got Moneyglass off the mark. Glenravel were dominating the opening exchanges and secured the next three scores coming from Fyfe, Aiden O’Donnell and Callum Higgins. Then came that Moneyglass goal and suddenly they were back in the game. But forty seconds later Shea O’Broin goaled at the other end for the Con Magees- an excellent response from the Glenravel men, to regain a four point advantage 1-05 to 1-01. Glenravel would go on to record the next four points of the game and so the teams retired to the changing rooms with Glenravel ahead 1-09 to 1-01. Moneyglass would have been disappointed to be so far back but they had squandered at least half a dozen chances in the opening half which really cost them dearly.

Glenravel were out on the pitch for the second half well before their opponents and started it as they had left off the first half with the opening three scores to stretch their lead to eleven points with only one quarter remaining. Moneyglass did enjoy a short period of dominance recording three unanswered points to reduce the gap to eight but the game was effectively wrapped up when Eamon Fyfe blasted a penalty past  keeper Donal McErlain after Daniel McQuillan was upended in the square as he was about to pull the trigger. Sean Boyd got a consolation point for Moneyglass who by now had accepted their fate as Glenravel ran out winners 2-12 to 1-05.

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