Fernandes 3:3 Green Briar O30s
After taking the lead early in the second half, the Briar shipped three goals in quick succession before steadying the ship to come back and earn their second consecutive point on the road. A point that sees them keep pace with the leaders in Division 4S, but a point that so easily could have been three.
Despite the 60 mile trek and 8:30am kick off, the Briar players came out strong, seemingly learning from the harsh lessons of the poor start from the previous week. "Crossbar Challenge" Hickey (or CC for short) was particularly inspired, tormenting the Fernandes defense time and again. On more than one occasion he found himself racing in on goal, but unfortunately as his name suggests on more than one occasion he was unable to find the net.
Enjoying the majority of the possession in the first, the Briar were unlucky not to break the deadlock, but as is always in these games the defense needed to be vigilant also. "El Gato" Fallon produced a wonderful save from a point blank shot just before the break to insure the first half ended goalless.
The second half goal blitz was started by the Briar. Gavin Hall and Michael Graham combined to slip Leo O'Connor in behind the Fernandes defense. O'Connor strode in on goal and clipped the ball home for the 1-0 lead.
What happened next must have cost Gary Keane whatever non-grey hair he had left. The Briar conceded three unanswered goals, two of which came from set pieces the dreaded Achilles Heel of the team, and the other from a sloppy cross field pass that led to indecision amongst the Briar defenders.
The team showed great character however, conjuring up two goal in the remaining 20 minutes to secure a point. Firstly, Brian McGuinness curled in a nice free kick that David Coen managed to break for himself and blast home.
Secondly, as time was expiring, Leo O'Connor completed his brace. Once again McGuinness was the provider finding O'Connor in the box who turned to curl a superb shot into the top left hand corner of the net.
A much improved performance from the Green who still remain unbeaten, but Keane's men will feel it was two points dropped towards their goal of promotion. With four of six teams deadlocked on 5 point at the top of Division 4S, it is still all to play for in the coming weeks.
Line Up: Fallon, Glynn, Concagh, Hannick, Higgins, O'Donnell, Hall, Coen, Graham, Hickey, O'Connor, J Nolan, P Nolan, Kilber-Stearns, McKenna, Daly, McGuinness, McElwain
Despite the 60 mile trek and 8:30am kick off, the Briar players came out strong, seemingly learning from the harsh lessons of the poor start from the previous week. "Crossbar Challenge" Hickey (or CC for short) was particularly inspired, tormenting the Fernandes defense time and again. On more than one occasion he found himself racing in on goal, but unfortunately as his name suggests on more than one occasion he was unable to find the net.
Enjoying the majority of the possession in the first, the Briar were unlucky not to break the deadlock, but as is always in these games the defense needed to be vigilant also. "El Gato" Fallon produced a wonderful save from a point blank shot just before the break to insure the first half ended goalless.
The second half goal blitz was started by the Briar. Gavin Hall and Michael Graham combined to slip Leo O'Connor in behind the Fernandes defense. O'Connor strode in on goal and clipped the ball home for the 1-0 lead.
What happened next must have cost Gary Keane whatever non-grey hair he had left. The Briar conceded three unanswered goals, two of which came from set pieces the dreaded Achilles Heel of the team, and the other from a sloppy cross field pass that led to indecision amongst the Briar defenders.
The team showed great character however, conjuring up two goal in the remaining 20 minutes to secure a point. Firstly, Brian McGuinness curled in a nice free kick that David Coen managed to break for himself and blast home.
Secondly, as time was expiring, Leo O'Connor completed his brace. Once again McGuinness was the provider finding O'Connor in the box who turned to curl a superb shot into the top left hand corner of the net.
A much improved performance from the Green who still remain unbeaten, but Keane's men will feel it was two points dropped towards their goal of promotion. With four of six teams deadlocked on 5 point at the top of Division 4S, it is still all to play for in the coming weeks.
Line Up: Fallon, Glynn, Concagh, Hannick, Higgins, O'Donnell, Hall, Coen, Graham, Hickey, O'Connor, J Nolan, P Nolan, Kilber-Stearns, McKenna, Daly, McGuinness, McElwain
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