A kick of the ball separated Moynalvey & Trim in round 11 of the Division 2 A League game played at Moynalvey on Saturday evening July 19th.
Moynalvey 0-13 Trim 0-14
Prior to this game Trim needed to ensure the win to dig themselves from relegation trouble at the basement of the league table, while a win for Moynalvey would have maintained a push for promotion which has now faded.
It was the home side who took an early lead in the 1st minute with a converted free from Ciaran Ennis after former Trim player Shane Lenehan was fouled. Trim’s opening point arrived in the 4th minute courtesy of a Mark McCormack free, before Moynalvey regained the lead with a Darren Brennan point. Trim drew level in the 8th minute with a Robert Burke free and took the lead sixty seconds later with a Ciaran O’Rourke effort from play. A couple of pointed frees from Trim’s full forward Mark McCormack left the town side three points to the good after 11 minutes of play. A brace of Moynalvey points from a Ciaran Ennis free and Shane Lenehan put just one between the sides midway through the first half, 0-5 to 0-4. A Mark McCormack ’45 and a Robert Burke free in the 16th and 17th minutes extended Trim’s lead to three points again. County panellist Anthony Forde opened his account for the evening when slotting over in the 22nd minute, leaving it 0-7 to 0-5. Moynalvey were awarded a penalty in the 23rd minute but the kick from John Donoghue was saved by Trim ‘keeper Brendan Murphy. Two minutes later the ever accurate Mark McCormack put three between the sides once again when pointing from a placed ball. Another McCormack free was sandwiched in between Moynalvey points from Shane Lenehan and Ciaran Ennis rounding off the first half scoring, leaving the visitors two points ahead at half time on a 0-9 to 0-7 score line.
Thirty seconds after the restart Anthony Forde sent over his second point of the evening, leaving just a point separating the sides again. Trim’s Ciaran O’Rourke pointed in the 34th minute, with Moynalvey’s Ciaran Ennis converting his fourth free of the evening in the seventh minute of the second half. Trim’s Alan Douglas split the uprights in the 39th minute, with Moynalvey responding with an Ennis free and a third point from Anthony Forde, drawing the sides’ level for a second time. Two Trim frees from Mark McCormack & Robert Burke respectively left the men in red two points to the good after 47 minutes of play. A brace of Ciaran Ennis frees levelled matters once again, only for Trim’s McCormack to send over his eight and the game’s final point in the 55th minute, giving Trim the win they needed.
Moynalvey: Ray Ryan, Anthony Brien, Paul Weldon, Darragh Branigan, Darren Brennan (0-1), Brian Harnan, David Donoghue, Stephen Donoghue, Brian Conneely, Anthony Forde (0-3), John Donoghue, Paul Conneely, Shane Lenehan (0-2), Barry O’Keeffe, Ciaran Ennis (0-7).
Subs: David Reilly for Brien, William Harnan for O’Keeffe.
