Moynalvey and Bective proved inseperable in round 3 of Division 3 of the A League with the sides finishing level on a 0-9 to 1-6 score line at Bective on Sunday morning March 18th.
Bective 0-9 Moynalvey 1-6
It was Moynalvey who had the better start to the game, opening up a two point lead with pointed efforts from John Donoghue and Mark O’Sullivan in the 10th and 11th minutes. Come midway through the half the home side took the lead hitting three unanswered points in a row. A Padraic Harnan goal restored Moynalvey’s lead in the 17thminute; however this was Moynalvey’s last score of the opening period as Bective registered a further 0-3 over the remaining 13 minutes of the half giving them a one point lead at the break.
Last year’s Division 4 champions added a further two points in the opening 12 minutes of the second half extending their advantage to three points. John Donoghue cut the deficit to two points with a converted free on the three quarter mark, and it was the same player who left two points between the sides once again with six minutes remaining. With sixty minutes up Bective looked to have secured the two points only for the Donoghue brothers, Stephen and John, to send over late points deep into injury time to ensure Moynalvey took a share of the spoils.
Moynalvey: O. Regan, R. Kiernan, P. Weldon, C. McCabe, P. Harnan (1-0), B.O’Keefe, A. Brien, S. Donoghue (0-1), P. Conneely, D. Brennan, J. Donoghue (0-4), D. Donoghue, M. O’Sullivan (0-1), K. Hyland, R. Quinlan. Subs: R. Ryan for Quinlan, P. Donoghue for Conneely, D. Smith for O’Keefe, L. Duffy for McCabe, J. Kelly for Brennan.
