Keating

Archer          Connolly                A.Maher           Donna

Bonass          Green                    Mahon          O'Sullivan

                     Smith                   O'Callaghan

Subs: Byrne on for Smith
          P.Maher on for O'Sullivan

 

Goals: Maher x 2


There was 2 changed in the line up without Jamie Wilson and Pat Maher.

In the first half we were struggling to keep up the pace against Castle Park. There was a poor clearance from one of the defenders and all the defenders didn't cover each other from the error, which lead to one of their midfielders intercepting the ball gave them an opportunity for a through ball and scored a nice goal. We did not give up and we did test their defenders few times but still hadn't got one shot on target, although we had a few shots off target.

During half time, Stuart Foy tried to calm us down and told us not to panic. He believed that we could do it if we did it our way. He made one change to put Pat Maher on for John O'Sullivan.

In the second half, we got off a flying start and put them under pressure for the first 10 mins. Pat Maher had finally found a space outside the box and took a shot and narrowly missed near the post. From that moment, we started to believe in ourselves, that we can fight back. Paul O'Callaghan was brought down in the penalty box after Keenan made a nice pass. Pat Maher took the Penalty and scored easily.

We were into the last 10 mins and Ryan Bonass took the free kick from the half way line and Pat Maher somehow slid the ball into the net just right in front of the goalkeeper.

The defenders were nervous for the last 10 mins and made some panic clearances but at the end of the day they did well.

MOM: A.Maher
 
 
                                               Roy Keating
Robert Archer    Jamie Wilson       Brian Connolly      Timmy Doona

Pat Maher          John Green          Damo                   Jason Maguire

                          Justin Smyth        Chris Mc Govern

Subs: Paul O'Callaghan for Chris Mc Govern
         Keenan Byrne for ??

Goals: Maguire, O'Callaghan, Green
 
 
2 St. Vincents Players have secured loan deals abroad. John Smyth & Ciaran Moloney has signed a short term loan deal with Victoria Soccer in Melbourne, They hope to make a big impact there.

Ciaran was asked how he felt and what he could bring to the club and why the change "I always felt i was St. Vincents through & through but an chance to play in Australia was a great chance that i couldnt pass up and felt it was great time to re-invent myself as that holding midfielder i born to be.. like the greats David Batty & Stuart Foy. Hopefully i can carry it through and bring it back to St. Vincents"

Stay tuned for more updates..
 
 
                                        1. Roy Keating
  2. Ryan Bonass   4. John Smyth   5. Brian Conolly  3. Timmy Doona
7. Jamie Wilson  8. John Greene   6. Damien McMahon 11. Jason Maguire
                            9. Pat Maher  10. Paul O' Callaghan

Geoff mentioned pre-game it was time to start winning and be positive after we had stopped the losing run. And they did to a team that had no answer to St. Vincents.  5 goals in first half and 3 in second.

Paul o'C - 2
Pat Maher - 2
John Greene - 1
Justin Smith - 1
John Smyth - 1 ( First goal of the season) 

Man of the Match - John Greene