Moynalvey picked up their first B league win of 2017 at the third time of asking when scraping by Navan O’Mahony’s in an entertaining game of football played at Kimore Park Moynalvey on Sunday morning April 9th.
Moynalvey 3-13 Navan O’Mahony’s 4-9
Welcoming back players of the calibre of Dan Treacy, James Weldon & Fearghal McCabe to the B League team strengthened Moynalvey’s cause in this high scoring free flowing game of football. Moynalvey took an early two point lead with points from the impressive James O’Neill in the 2nd and 6th minutes.
O’Mahony’s first two scores came from the boot of full forward Jake Regan, the 1st a sweetly struck ’45 and the second a goal, to leave it 1-1 to 0-2 to the visitors after eight minutes.
A further 1-2 without reply from the Navan side, the goal once again from Regan, left Moynalvey trailing their opponents 2-3 to 0-2 midway through the first half. 1-1 from full forward Ray Ryan, who yesterday lined out in goal for the 1st team, along with 0-2 from James O’Neill, with O’Mahony’s tagging on a further point, left the score reading 2-4 to 1-5 in favour of the visitors at half time.
O’Neill and Regan traded frees after the restart, before O’Mahony’s raised the game’s 4th green flag with their midfielder inadvertently seeing a point attempt finding the back of Moynalvey ‘keeper Conor Egan’s net, leaving the score 3-5 to 1-6 after five minutes of the second period played. It then turned into the James O’Neill show, as he hit 1-3 between the 41st and 50th minutes, with the goal a simple fisted finish to an empty net after a superb run by Dan Treacy set him up, leaving the side’s level, 2-9 to 3-6 after 50 minutes. Ninety seconds later Moynalvey raised the game’s sixth green flag when once again a storming run from Treacy saw him unleash an unstoppable shot to the back of the O’Mahony’s net, handing Moynalvey a three point advantage.
A series of pointed frees from O’Mahony’s saw the sides level again after 57 minutes. O’Neill with two more, Treacy and substitute Shane Browne, with a late goal from O’Mahony’s saw Moynalvey hold out for a one point win to seal their first two points of the 2017 B League campaign.
Best for Moynalvey were Scott Tuite, Dan Treacy, Stephen Cummins, Ray Ryan and top marksman James O’Neill.
Moynalvey: Conor Egan, Matt Brennan, Padraig Donoghue, Scott Tuite, Conor Shirren, Anthony Brien, Darragh Branigan, James Weldon, Dan Treacy (1-2), Brian Regan, Stephen Cummins, Sean Duggan, James O’Neill (1-8, 4f), Ray Ryan (1-1), Shaun Deering.
Subs: David Kane for P. Donoghue, Eoghan Mitchell for Weldon, Fearghal McCabe for Duggan, John Donoghue (0-1) for Regan, Shane Browne (0-1) for J. Donoghue.
