Moynalvey shipped a heavy defeat at the hands of high flying Seneschalstown in this Round 5 game of the JM Food Services Div. 2 football league played at Father Tully Park Seneschalstown on Saturday evening April 27th.
Seneschalstown 4-15
Moynalvey 2-7
Seneschalstown kept their unbeaten start to the league intact with this fourteen point defeat of visitors Moynalvey, Senechalstown sitting pretty at the top of the league table with ten points from five outings, while in contrast Moynalvey prop up the bottom place in the table with two points.
Seneschalstown opened the scoring in the first minute with centre back Brian Maguire splitting the uprights with the outside of the boot. A minute later Padraic Harnan registered Moynalvey’s first score when firing over under pressure from close range with half a goal chance on.
The lively Eoin Finnegan opened his account in the third minute with Moynalvey’s Vinny Walsh sending over a pointed free six minutes later to leave it two points apiece with nine minutes played.
Then the Beauparc/Kentstown side struck for the first of their four goals with Darren O’Brien shooting past Conor Egan in the Moynalvey net. The goal sparked the home side into a scoring spree, adding a further 2-4 without reply to lead 3-6 to 0-2 with twenty three minutes gone.
A solo run from Michael Brady saw him finish brilliantly to James Meade’s net for a fine individual goal to leave it 3-6 to 1-2 with ninety seconds of the half remaining.
Further Seneschalstown points from Darren O’Brien and Alan Mulvany followed by a Vinny Walsh free for Moynalvey meant the home side retreated to the dressing rooms with a commanding 3-8 to 1-3 half time lead.
Half Time Score:
Seneschalstown 3-8
Moynalvey 1-3
Any hopes of a Moynalvey revival were quickly dashed with Seneschalstown continuing where they left off in the first half, reeling off the first four points of the second half to extend their advantage out to fifteen points, 3-12 to 1-3.
A Vinny Walsh free briefly interrupted Seneschalstown’s shooting practice, with the home side adding another brace of points to lead 3-14 to 1-4 mid-way through the second half.
Moynalvey’s woes were further compounded with the concession of a fourth goal in the 52nd minute extending Seneschalstown’s advantage to nineteen points, 4-14 to 1-4.
With the home side home and hosed they rang the changes and taking the pedal off the gas slightly allowing Moynalvey to clock up a few late scores in the final ten minutes.
Michael Brady pointed followed by a Vinny Walsh free, with Walsh getting a consolation goal for his side from the penalty spot and Darren Brennan rounding off the scoring to leave the final score 4-15 to 2-7.
Moynalvey Team and Scorers:
Conor Egan, Conor Quinn, Cathal McCabe, Keelan Taylor, Craig Gilsenan, Darren Brennan (0-1), Darragh Branigan, Donal Smith, Eoin Corrigan, Charlie McCormack, Padraic Harnan (0-1), Barry Walsh, William Harnan, Vinny Walsh (1p & 4f), Michael Brady (1-1).
Subs: Luke O’Halloran for McCormack, Charlie Benson for Branigan, Patrick Roddy for Corrigan.
