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sport@eastcorkjournal.ie East Cork Soccer Notes Corkbeg Reports by PAUL O’RILEY
St Michaels Cup - Corkbeg 3 Fairview 2 Corkbeg
advanced to
the next round of the St Michaels Cup with a hard fought 3-2 win over an excellent Fairview side in Whitegate on a blustery Saturday afternoon. Both sides were well matched throughout the 90 minutes, but Corkbeg will feel that it was a deserved victory fol- lowing an end to end affair. Fairview were first to
threaten and Corkbeg goalkeeper Eric Higgins produced a fine block at his front post to keep out
a rising strike from the Fairview striker after only two minutes. From the re- sulting corner, another fine strike came back off the crossbar. Both sides were passing the ball well and Stephen O’Halloran had an excellent shot from 25 yards brilliantly pushed over by Fairview ‘keeper Seamus Miller. But, Cork- beg were first to break the deadlock, when O’Hal- lorans corner was headed to the roof of the net by Ian Casey after 12 minutes. But, Fairview respond- ed immediately and were level on 15 minutes, when their striker Paul Coveney slotted home from close range after a mistake at the back. And then a let-off for Corkbeg, as the Northsid-
ers were awarded a penalty after 18 minutes, but Eric Higgins produced another fine save to keep out Ken Kearneys penalty. Corkbeg lifted their
game again,
with Dylan Casey, Dylan O’Neill, Jordan Ryan and Shane Bennett heavily in- volved and retook the lead on 25 minutes, when Jor- dan Ryan took advantage of a kind ricochet at
the
back to slot past Miller for a 2-1 lead. And it was 3-1 on the half hour, when an- other poor defensive clear- ance was volleyed to the net by Shane Bennett from 12 yards. Fairview responded in
the second half and drew a couple of routine saves from Eric Higgins. There was one moment of wor-
ry for the Beg on the hour, when Kearney got on the end of a long clearance, but
again, Higgins pro-
duced a fine block to keep Corkbegs two goal lead intact. But, it was game on again on 65 minutes, as Fairview were awarded their second penalty of the afternoon. It looked pretty dubious to say the least, but Gavin Duggan blast- ed home from the spot to make it 3-2. But a Fairview onslaught never really ma- terialised. Corkbeg were fairly comfortable, despite lots of Fairview pressure and apart from one header, that was taken off the line by Dylan Casey, they never really tested Eric Higgins again. Good defensive per- formances from Ian Casey, Tom Smyth and Alan Horgan and Aidan Cotter in midfield, were keep-
ing Fairview at bay, but it wasn’t all one-way traffic. Fairview ‘keeper Seamus Miller produced anoth- er good save low down to deny
Jordan Ryan with 10 minutes left and close
to the end, both substitute Damien O’Driscoll and Jordan Ryan wasted glo- rious chances to make the game safe for Corkbeg. But we got there in the end. Team: E. Higgins, M.
Collins, T. Smyth, I. Casey, A. Horgan, A. Cotter, S. O’Halloran, D. Casey, D. O’Neill, S. Bennett, J. Ryan. Sub: D. O’Driscoll for M. Collins(45mins)
Thursday, 28th
September 2017
• Aoibhinn O’Regan at the Corkbeg Spinathon
• Ber Reaney and Pauline Ryan at the Corkbeg Spinathon
• Cian Murphy and Jack Knowles at the Corkbeg Spinathon
• Damien Kerins and Gavin Roche feeling the heat.
• Daragh O’Mahony and Shaun Land.
• Deccie Crowley and Sarah O’Reilly.
• Donal Godfrey and Tosh Shanahan
• Evan and Cormac Crowley at the Corkbeg Spinathon Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
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