Moynalvey ran out easy winners against St. Ultans on a 4-19 to 1-10 score line in this reserve league game played at Sean Newman Park on Monday evening May 23rd.
St. Ultans 1-10 Moynalvey 4-19
Having suffered their only defeat in this B league campaign so far seven days earlier at the hands of Castletown, Moynalvey recorded their third comfortable win from their four outings with all three wins having been by 17/18 point margins to date.
Right from the throw in a strong Moynalvey outfit took control of this game, clocking up three points in as many minutes, those scores coming from James O’Neill, Anthony Forde & Dan Treacy. A brace of frees from St. Ultan’s centre forward Emmet Costello left a point between the sides after eight minutes.
The first of the game’s five goals arrived in the 9th minute when a shot at goal by David Reilly was poked home by team mate Conor Shirren. The goal was followed two minutes later by Dan Treacy’s second point of the evening, extending Moynalvey’s advantage to five points, 1-4 to 0-2.
Ultan’s midfielder Barry Brady registered his side’s first point from play in the 13th minute, before Moynalvey’s dominance began to count on the score board. The visitors hit 1-6 without reply with points from Forde, O’Neill (3), Ennis (2) and the goal coming from Dan Treacy who blasted home after being set up by midfielder David Reilly. St. Ultan’s full forward Cian Dolan pointed on the stroke of half time to leave the score board reading 2-10 to 0-4 to the visitors at the break.
Six minutes after the restart St. Ultans raised a green flag of their own when a handling error on the Moynalvey goal line resulted in an Ultan’s forward being left with the simplest of tap in to the net. A Shaun Deering point for Moynalvey had been sandwiched in between the goal and an earlier Paidin Boggins point for St. Ultans, leaving it 2-11 to 1-5.
Anthony Forde and Emmet Costello traded points in the 39th and 41st minutes before Moynalvey reeled off another 1-3, with a brace of points from Dominic O’Brien followed by one from Conor Shirren and the goal coming from Shaun Deering who finished brilliantly across St. Ultan’s goalkeeper Shane Rennicks’ when left one on after being placed inside by James O’Neill, leaving the score board reading 3-15 to 1-6 after 43 minutes played.
The home side added two points to their tally courtesy of Emmet Costello and Barry Brady in the 45th & 48th minutes. Moynalvey’s Conor Shirren scored his second point of the evening in the 49th minute and sixty seconds later he added his second goal with David Reilly heavily involved in the set up. Three more points for Moynalvey, a third of the evening for midfielder Dominic O’Brien and a point each for substitutes Gary Crowley and John Donoghue along with two late consolation points for the hosts left the score board reading 4-19 to 1-10 at full time.
Best for Moynalvey were Eoghan Mitchell, Robbie Kiernan, David Reilly, Dan Treacy, Athony Forde, James O’Neill & top scorer Conor Shirren.
Moynalvey: G. Drum, E. Mitchell, D. Kane, R. Kiernan, J. Carey, A. Brien, D. Branigan, D. O’Brien (0-3), D. Reilly, C. Ennis (0-2, 2f), D. Treacy (1-2), A. Forde (0-3), C. Shirren (2-2), S. Deering (1-1), J. O’Neill (0-4).
Subs: J. Donoghue (0-1) for Treacy, S. Cummins for Carey, G. Crowley (0-1) for O’Neill, P. Donoghue for Kane, B. Conneely for Forde.
