Moynalvey endured their second defeat of the 2010 A league when going down at the hands of Nobber under lights in Nobber on Monday night March 1st.
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Nobber 2-7 Moynalvey 1-5
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It was the home side that were first off the mark with a fisted effort from play in the 5th minute, before Moynalvey responded with a point of their own four minutes later from the boot of David Donoghue. Moynalvey took the lead for the only time in the game in the 19th minute through a John Donoghue free kick. However, their advantage was short lived, as in the 22nd & 23rd minutes Nobber struck for a goal and a point. Two more pointed frees from the home side in the remaining six minutes of the half left the score reading 1-4 to 0-2 at the interval.
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After the restart, Moynalvey staged a revival bringing the scores to parity with two pointed frees from Willie Byrneand a fortuitous goal arrived in the 45th minute following a John Donoghue ’45 somehow dropping into the net after the Nobber defence seemingly having things under control. However Moynalvey were dealt a sucker punch two minutes later when a fisted effort at a point rebounded off the cross bar into the hands of a Nobber attacker leaving Moynalvey keeper Ollie Regan with little chance as Nobber raised their second green flag of the night. The goal remained the difference between the sides as the sides traded scores with Moynalvey’s effort coming from substitute Ciaran Ennis in the 55th minute, before Nobber finished stronger adding two more points over the final five minutes, leaving the full time score reading 2-7 to 1-5.
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Team & scorers: O. Regan, R. Kiernan, P. Donoghue, B. Dixon, P. Conneely, D. Dixon, P. Weldon, J. Donoghue (1-1), G. Fagan, D. Treacy, D. Donoghue (0-1), D. Durkan, W. Byrne (0-2), D. Smith, C. Collins. Subs: B. Conneely for Collins, C. Ennis (0-1) for Durkan, B. Byrne for P. Conneely.
