Antrim football League – Division 1
Rossa 0-05 Portglenone 2-17
An excellent hardworking performance from Portglenone helped to defeat an under-strength Rossa side in Shaws Road on Wednesday evening. The Portglenone manager Mattie McGleenan will be delighted gaining two points and at times watching his side playing some quality football.
Early exchanges were equal with neither side able to stamp their authority on the game. However a facial injury at the end of the first quarter to Rossa’s Mick Byrne followed by a long delay seemed to disrupt the home team’s flow. From there until the end of the half Portglenone started to take their opportunities and It was the duo of Ronan Kelly and Oran Doherty, who had an excellent game throughout, that helped the scoreboard tick over. But it was Oisin Doherty who finally destroyed Rossa’s resilience when he travelled 45m with the ball before slotting it in the bottom corner. This left the half time score 1-8 to 0-1.
Halftime saw a massive rain shower that sent supporters running for cover but this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the Casements men. It was the excellent Aidan McAleese who did most of the damage as the big midfielder was fetching kick-outs and scoring points; indeed everything good that Casements achieved in the second period went through McAleese. He was supported by the experienced Dermot McAleese , Conor McGhee, Michael Donnelly, Caolan Tierney and Ruari Hagan .
Rossa battled hard throughout the final quarter but despite good performances from Corey Walsh Eoghan McMenamin, Darren Grego and Mattie McKiernan they found the hard working Casements side too tough to handle
Rossa
Rossa: M Byrne , M McKernan, P Moyes, F McDonald,, P Byrne, R Grant,D , N Crossan, , D Morgan, , E McMenamin 0-1, C McDonald ,M McEnhill, D Grego (0-1) ,C Fleming (0-2) , R McDonagh ,C Walsh (0-1)
Subs
D Rocks
S McDonald
D Armstrong
Portglenone
K Mullan,DMcNicholl,S Delargy,J Convery,D McAleese,(0-1) CMcghee, R Hagan, Aidan McAleese, (0-3)MDonnelly, CTierney (0-2) ,R Kelly (0-5) ,P Graffin, O Doherty, (1-3)O Doherty,(0-1) T Duffin (0-1)
Subs
R Convery
C McAleese
S Kelly