Moynalvey kept their J.M Food Services Div. 2 league unbeaten run intact when overcoming St. Patricks on a 3-13 to 2-9 score line at Stamullen on Friday night 23rd May.
St. Patricks 2-09
Moynalvey 3-13
The long journey to Stamullen proved to be a successful one for Moynalvey who made it six wins and a draw from their seven outings in the Div. 2 league to date, in what was a prep run for the championship meeting of the two sides ahead of their third round championship clash at the end of August.
Moynalvey opened the scoring with a brace of points, the first an Adam Murphy free and the second a David McLoughlin effort from play. St. Patricks responded with the game’s first goal when Barry Mooney netted to leave it 1-0 to 0-2 after seven minutes.
Moynalvey responded to the goal immediately when midfielder Craig Gilsenan split the St. Patricks uprights to draw the game level for the first and only time throughout.
A trio of points from the home side, a pair from Jamie Murphy, the first a ’45 and second from play along with a Shane Dowling point left the goal between the sides, 1-3 to 0-3, with eighteen minutes played.
A David McLoughlin free after Cillian O’Sullivan was fouled briefly interrupted the St. Pats scoring, however the home side then reeled off a further three unanswered points, the first a Sean Emmanuel drive at goal palmed over by Moynalvey ‘keeper Ray Ryan, the second from Shane Dowling and the third from Jamie Murphy to leave St. Patricks leading 1-6 to 0-4 with five minutes of the half remaining.
Despite dominating most of the first half on the scoring front at least, St. Patricks found themselves a point down at half time as Moynalvey pounced for two goals within two minutes before referee Liam Reddy’s half time whistle, to make it 2-4 to 1-6 at half time in favour of the men in maroon, Vinny Walsh finding the net from a breaking ball after a David McLoughlin ball in from a’45 and the second goal finished by Padraic Harnan.
Half Time Score:
St. Patricks 1-6
Moynalvey 2-4
Moynalvey stepped their performance up a gear or two in the second half to outscore their opponents 1-9 to 1-3 to wrap up the two points on offer.
Three unanswered points after the resumption from Adam Murphy, Cillian O’Sullivan and David McLoughlin extended Moynalvey’s advantage to four, 2-7 to 1-6, six minutes into the second half.
A brace of points from St. Patricks Jamie Murphy narrowed the deficit to two, but from here on Moynalvey took control registering 1-6 without response, those scores coming from Adam Murphy (2), Cillian O’Sullivan (2), Mark O’Sullivan (2) and the goal a second of the evening for Vinny Walsh, leaving it 3-13 to 1-8.
The home side did add two late consolation scores, the first a Sean Emmanuel point and the second a goal deflected to the net with the last kick of the game, meaning Moynalvey ran out seven point winners on a 3-13 to 2-9 score line.
Next up for Moynalvey is a trip to Navan to play O’Mahonys on Saturday afternoon 7th June.
Moynalvey team and scorers:
Ray Ryan, Charlie McCormack, Conor Harnan, David Regan, Ciaran Harnan, Brian O’Reilly, Cathal McCabe, Padraic Harnan (1-0), Craig Gilsenan (0-1), Barry Walsh, Adam Murphy (0-4, 3f), Shane Lenehan, David McLoughlin (0-3, 1f), Cillian O’Sullivan (0-3), Vinny Walsh (2-0).
Subs used:
Mark O’Sullivan (0-2) for Ciaran Harnan, Darragh Branigan for Regan, Conor Quinn for B. Walsh, Luke O’Halloran for Lenehan, Cillian Kelly for McCabe, Ronan Thompson for V. Walsh.
