Moynalvey secured a narrow win when overcoming Na Fianna by a single point in the 5th round of the B league at Kilmore Park Moynalvey on Monday 21st June.
Moynalvey 0-10 Na Fianna 1-6
As the old cliché says this was a game of two halves. Moynalvey completely dominated possession in the opening period, leading 0-4 to 0-1 at the break, despite losing goalkeeper Giles Drum to injury early on. Brian Gilsenan opened the scoring for Moynalvey when sending over in the 8th minute. Ciaran Collins, PJ Walsh & Ray Ryan had the home side four points to the good after 18 minutes. Na Fianna registered their only score of the half with a free kick in the 22nd minute, but could well have been level at the interval only for an excellent save by replacement keeper Ciaran Ennis.
It was double scores a minute into the second period as Na Fianna converted another free kick. Five minutes later Paul Corcoran restored Moynalvey’s three point advantage when splitting the posts with an effort off the outside of his right boot. However Na Fianna enjoyed a large amount of possession over the remaining third of the game. Four unanswered points from play had the Baconstown/Enfield combination ahead for the first time in the 44th minute. Two minutes later Na Fianna looked to be on their way to victory when they led by four after raising the only green flag of the game. However Moynalvey failed to give in and over the remaining quarter two converted free kicks from Ray Ryan and a Brian Conneely effort brought the sides level with two minutes remaining, before the experienced PJ Walsh slotted over in the dyeing seconds to earn Moynalvey a hard earned victory.
Team & scorers: G. Drum, B. Byrne, Z. Donoghue, A. Brien, P. Conneely, G. Fagan, R. Quinlan, B. Conneely (0-1), P. Corcoran (0-1), L. Duffy, B. Gilsenan (0-1), R. Ryan (0-4), P.J Walsh (0-2), A. Donnelly, C. Collins (0-1). Subs: C. Ennis for Drum, G. McHale for Duffy, S. Courtney for Donnelly.
