Moynalvey and Dunderry took a point apiece from this entertaining Div. 2 B football league game in Dunderry on Monday evening July 22nd which ended up all square on a 1-11 to 2-8 score line.
Dunderry 1-11 Moynalvey 2-8
Moynalvey were first to trouble the score board 30 seconds into the game when Cathal McCabe laid on Johnny Carey for the openi ng score of the game. Dunderry equalised in the 3rd minute through the boot of wing half forward Paul Bartley. Sixty seconds later Dunderry took the lead, before a PJ Walsh free for Moynalvey restored parity between the sides in the 6th minute. The first goal of the game came 10 minutes later when Shaun Deering received a short free from PJ walsh and sent a rocket of a shot to the back of the Dunderry net, handing Moynalvey a three point advantage. Veteran Walsh pushed Moynalvey’s advantage out to four points when finding the range from play in the 18th minute. Two Dunderry points from their centre forward left two between the sides with three minutes of the opening half remaining. Three Moynalvey points before the break from Ger Fagan, David Durkan and Robert Quinlan left the visitors with a five point half time lead on a 1-6 to 0-4 score line.
Dunderry started the second period the sharper of the two sides racking off the first two scores of the half and reducing the deficit to just the goal. Just as the home side were building momentum Moynalvey scored a somewhat fortuitous goal as Cathal McCabe’s effort ricocheted off an upright onto the Dunderry ‘keeper and across the line for Moynalvey’s second goal. Two minutes later the home side raised a green flag of their own when a punched clearance from Moynalvey ‘keeper Giles Drum was insufficiently dealt with and resulted in Paul Bartley finishing th the back of the Moynalvey net for the games third goal. McCabe and Bartley exchanged points in the 42nd and 45th minute respectively, leaving the goal between the sides 2-7 to 1-7 on the three quarter mark. Three Dunderry points in quick succession left the sides tied 1-10 to 2-7 with five minutes remaining. A minute into injury time a pointed free from Ivan McCormack looked to have snatched the win for the home side before a late PJ Walsh point in the 33rd minute ensured both sides took a point from the game.
Moynalvey: G. Drum, B. Byrne, S. Whyte, J. Munnelly, A. Brien, D. Donoghue, J. Carey (0-1), P. Conneely, G. Fagan (0-1), R. Quinlan (0-1), C. McCabe (1-1), S. Deering (1-0), PJ Walsh (0-3), C. Collins, D. Durkan (0-1). Subs: E. Maher for Durkan.
