ACFL Division 1
Moneyglass 0-11 Creggan 5-19
Kickham’s Creggan continue to set the early pace in the ACFL Division 1 and after an opening day win in Cargin they lowered the flag of another neighbour, St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass in Moneyglass on Sunday.
The visitors opened strongly and were 1-2 to 0-0 ahead after 10 minutes with their points coming from Conor Small before Liam Quinn fired home the game’s opening goal.
Aidan McErlain finally got the hosts off the mark with a point in the 13th minute but Creggan replied through Shea McCann 0-2 and Liam Quinn before Ruairi McCann fired home their second goal with 19 minutes gone.
It was all Creggan at this point as Joe McAteer 0-2, Conor Johnston, Dominic McAteer and Ruairi McCann added points but St. St. Ergnat’s showed some response on the lead up to half time.
Seanchan Duffin, Aidan McErlain 0-3 and Sean Boyd weighed in with points but they looked to have a lot to do if they were going to get back into contention in the second half.
Despite leading by 10 points, there would be no let up from Creggan on the restart as they struck with a third goal through Kealan McCann after five minutes to add to points from Conor Johnston and Dominic McAteer.
St. Ergnat’s opened the half better themselves and recorded points from Tyler Cassidy and Aidan McErlain and an impressive 2 pointer from Conor O’Kane but even at this early juncture it looked like an exercise in damage limitation.
The Kickham’s were in rampant mood with Conor Small and Ruairi McCann adding further goals and a flurry of points coming from Conor Johnston 0-2, Shea McCann 0-2, Sean Duffin and Fintan Kelly.
To their credit Moneyglass fought hard to the end but could only add two further points from Tyler Cassidy and their best player on the day, Aidan McErlain.
This was a solid performance from the Division 1 league holders and while it’s early days they could well be in the running to retain that title come seasons end.
Newly promoted Moneyglass have found the going tough in their opening few games but when they get all their players back on board things will improve as they look forward to the visit of St. Mary’s Aghagallon on Saturday the 4th April.
Moneyglass: 1 James McLaughlin, 2 Bobby Kennedy, 3 Zach McCaughan, 4 Matthew Mullan, 5 Connor O’Hare, 6 Paul Duffin, 7 Eunan McErlain, 8 Seanchan Duffin, 9 Conleth McCann, 10 Callum Murray, 11 Colum Duffin, 12 Sean Boyd, 13 Tyler Cassidy, 14 Aidan McErlain, 15 Caolan Boyd
Creggan: 1 Hoisin Kerr, 2 Sam Maguire, 3 Eunan Cater, 4 Aidan Maguire, 5 Anton Martin, 6 Ethan Carey-Small, 7 Dominic McAteer, 8 Jamie McCann, 9 Kealan McCann, 10 Shea McCann, 11 Liam Quinn, 12 Ruairi McCann, 13 Joe McAteer, 14 Conor Small, 15 Conor Johnston, 20 Aidan McKeown
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