Antrim Football League Division 2
Davitt’s 1-14 Glenavy 1-14
Davitt’s staged a late comeback to earn a share of the spoils against visitors Glenavy at Davitt Park on Sunday, hitting three two-pointers in the last ten minutes to bring them level at the final whistle.
The visitors appeared to have it all wrapped up when they hit 1-6 without reply in the second half to go six clear, but two sweetly struck two-pointers from Sean Ó Suilleabháin and one from goalkeeper Aaron Slane saw the Falls Road men claw their way back to earn a share of the spoils.
The home team had the better of things in the early stages with a Deaglan Mooney goal sandwiched between two points by McLoughlin. Fergal Henry got Glenavy on the scoreboard with a point from a free but Ó Suilleabháin restored Davitt’s five point lead when he got the first of his scores. Two more by Fergal Henry and one by centre back McKevitt closed the gap for the Crumlin side and when Henry added a two pointer and John Phillips added one from play they were back on terms. However Davitt’s pushed on and a pointed free by McLauglin and a two pointer by goalkeeper Aaron Slane helped the Belfast men to a 1-6 to 0-07 lead at the break.
Most games since the switch over to the new rules haves seen the two point scores from outside the new arc very much in the minority, but Davitt’s showed that it doesn’t have to be that way as they showed great skill from long range, especially in the second half. Slane’s two pointer before the break may have been their first double, but incredibly all their four scores in the second half were also two-pointers. Their first after the change of ends was from corner forward Ó Suilleabháin saw them increase their lead to three, but Glenavy hit back with a barrage of points, four of them from the evergreen Fergal Henry plus a goal from Darragh Doherty which put them six clear with just a few minutes left on the clock. The visting fans must have felt they were heading home with the points, but Davitts’ ability to hit two pointers saw them claw their way back to level and two more excellent strikes from man of the match Ó Suilleabháin and another from goakkeeper Slane, which tied things up in injury time and left Glenavy fans wondering just how did this happen!
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