On an evening when both sides were able to blood new players and introduce them to Division 1 football it was Kickhams who came out on top with a score line of 1.14 to 1.10
Creggan appeared to have the game wrapped up at half time when the led by 0-09 to 0-02, and though St Brigid’s closed the gap to four midway through the second half when Shea McCann fired to the visitors net, but the Musgrave Park side fought their way back to within two points, only to be denied by two late points from Duffin and Rodgers for the home side.
The home side dominated the first half and Conor Small started the scoring inside a minute with a point with Paul Bradley replying for St Brigids on the 4th minute. Kickhams then hit 5 points in a row, three of them from centre forward Conor Small, who looks to be getting back to the form he is capable of playing, and a point from Sean Duffin who was covering every blade of grass. The fifth point came from Jamie McCann who along with Conor McCann was controlling the middle of the field, but John Morgan came back with a second point for the visitors soon afterward. However that was to be their last score of the half as the home taean took over and three excellent points from Jamie McCann stretched their lead to Kickhams 0.09 to St Brigids 0.02 by the time referee Colm McDonald blew the half time whistle.
The Musgrave Park men came flying out of the traps in the second half with three unanswered points from Peter King and Conan McNicholl from no15 and one from no10and when Patrick Finnegan added another they were right back in the game. Creggan reacted well to the pressure and they hit back with Dominic McAteer point and when young Shea McCann finished a great move with his goal at senior level the men from the Lough Shore were 9 to the good.
Most of the spectators were probably thinking the game was over at this stage but St Brigids had other ideas as they hit back brilliantly with four points in a row through Jack Dowling, Patrick Finnegan, Paul Bradley, and Shea Downey. On 51 minutes the gap was down to just two points when John Morgan found the Creggan net and suddenly the smart money was on the visitors to take the points However with the Kickhams rearguard under pressure they tightened up with young Fintan Close and Liam McLernon leading the way and on 25 minutes Ricky Johnston scored a nice individual point to ease the pressure. McNicholl came back with a good point for St Brigid’s to up the pressure yet again, but the last two scores went to Kickhams through Sean Duffin and Mathew Rodgers to put Kickhams 4 clear at the end.
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