Antrim Football League Division 1
Cargin 6-10 Lamh Dhearg 3-12
Cargin made it two wins out of two in Division 1 of the Antrim Football League when they beat Lamh Dhearg on Sunday in Toome in a high scoring encounter.
Ronan Devlin’s charges appeared to be cruising to a very one sided win when they moved nine points clear during the latter stages of the opening half, but the men from Hannahstown upped their game considerably in the second period and they made the county champions work for their win.
With both teams winning their opening games in Division 1 this game was expected to be close, but despite facing a stiff breeze Cargin were quick from the traps and after Callum Gribbin raised a white flag in the opening minute and things got even better when Gribbin’s brother Jamie set up Sean O’Neill for a goal one minute later.
The Lamhs hit back however and after Ben Rice sent over a point Conor Murray won a high ball near to the Cargin goal and fired home from close range to bring his team right back into the game.
Cargin soon settled and a good move saw the ever dangerous Tomas McCann grab a goal, following a good move involving O’Neill and Bennan Kelly, and goalkeeper John McNabb added to the tally with a well taken point to stretch the lead to 3-03 to 1-03. The visitors pulled a point back through the hard grafting Conor Murray but Cargin were in charge and goal number four arrived when Sean O’Neill set up big Pat Shivers. The pattern of Cargin dominance continued when Michael McCann got through on goal once again and blasted home to send the men in green to the changing rooms with a 5-06 to 1-06 half time advantage.
With the strong breeze now in their favour the visiting fans must have feared the worst, but the Lamhs came out with much more vigour than they had shown in the first half and they got a goal back when Owen Matassa fired home. Micahel McCann and Jamie Gribbin replied with points for the home side. Conor Murray and Terry McCrudden came back with points for Hannahstown.
The visitors were back in contention as they reduced the deficit to just five points, but any hopes they may have had of a dramatic turnaround were ended when the McCann brothers combined brilliantly again and Mick sent home goal number six to seal another two league points.
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