Photo above – St Patrick’s goalkeeper Ruadham McKenna who hit three 2pointers inside five minutes to bring his team right back into the game
Antrim Football League – Division 2
Glenavy 0-16 St Patricks Lisburn 1-11
When St Patrick’s Lisburn turned around at half time seven points in arrears to their hosts Glenavy at Chapel Hill on Wednesday evening most of those in attendance must have thought this was going to be a drab old game with little incident. However all was to change in the second half as the Lisburn men got right back into the game, thanks mainly to three 2pointers by the visitors’ goalkeeper Ruadham McKenna that got his team right back into the game and though they ended two points short in the end, they certainly had the home fans worried for a while.
Glenavy started strongly with three points from Fergal Henry, James Gallagher and Henry again in the 9th minute. Lisburn hadn’t raised a flag by the end of the opening quarter but when Josh McMullan grabbed a goal on 16 minutes they were back on terms. However that was to be their only score of the first half as the home side hit seven in a row, three from Fergal Henry frees, two by Jack Shannon and one each from James Gallagher and Pearse O’Neill to lead by 0-10 to 1-00 at half time.
Clubmates Josh McMullan and Che Smyth clashed heads during the game and play was suspended for quite a while, Josh was able to return to the action after getting patched up but Che had to leave the field and was taken to hospital. All of us with the two speedy recoveries
When Shannon added another at the start of the second half things looked bleak for the Lisburn men, but after Josh McMullan sent over a point, goalkeeper McKenna lifted the spirits with a great 2pointer in the 38th minute. A clash of heads between two Lisburn players held the game up for a good few minute but once it going McKenna did it again and two minutes after that he added a third to bring his team back to within a point. Two in a row from James Gallagher gave Glenavy a bit of breathing space but Lisburn kept in touch when Rudi Smyth sent over a point. Fergal Henry and Eoin Dixon exchanged point to cut the deficit to just two, but Shannon and Henry pushed the gap out to four by the 56th minute. Lisburn kept up the pressure and landed two more points in added time, but the home team held on to win in the end by two.
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