Na Fianna defeated Moynalvey by a point late into injury time on a 0-17 t0 1-13 score line in this Feis cup tie played under lights at Dunganny on Friday Night March 20th.
Moynalvey 1-13 Na Fianna 0-17
A fourth minute injury time point from Na Fianna midfielder Brian Quenney proved to be the difference between the sides at the full time whistle, as little separated the sides throughout this entertaining contest. A kick of the ball was all that remained between the teams at the interval, 0-10 to 1-6 in favour of the Enfield/Baconstown combination side, as it did at the full time whistle. It was Na Fianna who opened the scoring in the 2nd minute when centre half forward Conor Downey split the uprights, which was quickly countered by a close range effort by Moynalvey’s Shane Lenehan following a David McLoughlin free rebounding off the upright. Points from Na Fianna’s Daniel Queeney, Dalton McDonagh & Dean Barrett left the score reading 0-4 to 0-1 after 10 minutes. A brace of Moynalvey points from James Weldon and David McLoughlin reduced the deficit to the minimum on the quarter hour mark. The Queeney brothers Daniel and Brian hit two points each, with Moynalvey’s John Donoghue opening his account and McLoughlin sending over his second of the night, leaving the score 0-8 to 0-5 after 28 minutes. Two points from Dean Barrett & Dalton McDonagh looked to have given Na Fianna a healthy half time lead. However Moynalvey narrowed the margin between the sides to a solitary point in first half injury time. Shane Lenehan raised the only green flag of the game when he broke a high ball into the danger area down to himself before rounding his man near the end line and blasting past Na Fianna stand in ‘keeper Harrison Silke. David McLoughlin fired over the black spot with his third point of the game in the 33rd minute, leaving the half time score reading 0-10 to 1-6 in favour of Na Fianna.
Two minutes after the restart the sides were level when Stephen Donoghue gave a superb cross field pass to Shane Lenehan who showed quick hands to feed McLoughlin who stroked over his fourth point of the game. Six minutes later it was McLoughlin again who pointed handing Moynalvey the lead for the first time, 1-8 to 0-10. A trio of Na Fianna points from Daniel Quenney, Barry Clancy and Michael Collins were countered by Moynalvey full forward William Harnan. The sides were level for a fourth time in the 43rd minute when David McLoughlin gained possession before feeding Shane Lenehan who ran crossfield before sending over a super score under pressure from Na Fianna defence. Three more Na Fianna points with a McLoughlin effort for Moynalvey sandwiched in between left the score at 0-16 to 1-11. Lenehan scored his third point of the night before midfielder Stephen Donoghue drove forward to fire a rasping effort just over the crossbar to draw the sides level for a fifth time in the first minute of additional injury time. As the result looked to be heading for a draw it was Na Fianna midfielder Brian Queeney who pointed in the fourth minute of injury time ensuring Na Fianna progressed to the next round of the Feis Cup at Moynalvey’s expense.
Best for Moynalvey were Darren Brennan, Shane Lenehan & David McLoughlin.
Moynalvey: R. Ryan, D. Brennan, C. McCabe, D. Branigan, D. Reilly, D. Treacy, E. Walsh, S. Donoghue (0-1), D. Smith, J. Weldon (0-1), J. Donoghue (0-1), D. Donoghue, S. Lenehan (1-3), W. Harnan (0-1), D. McLoughlin (0-6).
Subs: J. O’Neill for D. Smith, C. Ennis for Harnan, A. Brien for D. Donoghue
