Sun 16th Feb Junior 1 football league Aghada (1) 0-6 Carrigtwohill
2-3
Aghada tasted defeat in their 1st junior game of the year. They say
that goals win matches, well they won this one the first came minutes
into the second half when Carrig got a penalty to lead by the score
line 1-2 to Aghada's 0-3. Aghada came back with good work by Thomas
O'Neill at centre field still scores were hard to come bye with the
Lewis brothers Mark and Mickey adding points then centre back Paul
Kilbane scored the equaliser things looked good. Carrig broke down
the field for a point. Then came the turning point in a hotly contested
second Carrig penalty which Motyer, saved Aghada failed to clear the
ball and Carrig got the vital goal to win the match .
Team C. Motyer, Darren Lee, Paul O'Donoghue , Colin Scannell, Brian
Wall, Paul Kilbane (0-1), John Wall Declan Devoy, Thomas O'Neill,
Nigel Berry Mark Lewis (0-1), Vincent Morrissey, Brian Morrissey ,
Mickey Lewis(0-2), , Richie Lewis (0-2), Subs used Derek .Bowler,
, Michael. Morrissey, Conor Hickey, Dave Creedon
Fri 21st Feb Junior 1 football league Aghada (2) 1-7 Erins Own
0-14
Sun 16th Feb Junior 1 football league Aghada (2) 0-3 Cloyne 1-8
Aghada lose second game of the day
Cloyne had a clear cut win over a young Aghada side when our third
team took on Cloyne's first,
Team John Murphy, Ger Sheehan, Jim Motherway, Stephen Cashman ,
Billy Hennessy , A Devoy, E Cotter, A Cotter C Hickey, John Connelly
D. Bowler (0-2), Dave O'Keeffe, Christy O'Shea Brian Morrissey Mark
O'Brien Subs used Anthony Connelly, Alan Walsh and Declan Morrissey
Sun 23rd Feb Junior 1 football league Bride Rovers v Aghada (1)
failed to field
Fri 28th Feb Junior 1 football league Aghada (2) 1-3 Lisgoold home
0-5
Aghada win 1st league match in a low scoring game our lads accounted
for Lisgoold in a match played under lights in Rostellan last Fri
night .A goal from Dave O'Keeffe was enough to turn the tide. With
points from Stephen O'Keeffe, Chris O'Shea and Aidan Cotter Aghada
just got through by the minimum
Team Conor Motyer, Billy Hennessy Jim Motherway Michael Morrissey,
Stephen Cashman ,Alan Devoy Declan Morrissey, Adian Cotter (0-1),
Conor Hickey, Chris O'Shea , Derek Bowler Stephen O'Keeffe (0-1),
Dave O'Keeffe , Richie Lewis Alan Walsh, Subs used Thomas O'Neill'
Paul Kearney, Leonard O'Keeffe
Sun 9th Mar Junior 1 football league Aghada (2) 1-3 Carrignavar
2-14
Aghada held Carrig to a single point at the short whistle thanks
in the main to Aidan Cotter’s (1-1) and the strong wind. Richie
Lewis added a point to leave the half time score Carrignavar 0-7
Aghada 1-3.
One had to be fearful for Aghada turning to play into a strong wind.
Indeed that was the case as Carrig turned the screw on a young Aghada
3rd team. Carrig notched 2-7 to no reply in the second half to run
out easy winners 2-14 to 1-3. Still Carrig did not have it all their
own way .Aidan Cotter, Declan Morrissey and Stephen Cashman showed
well for Aghada.
Sun 30th Mar JFL Aghada (1) 1-14 Fr. O' Neills Home 2-6
Aghada first junior team recorded a fine win over Fr. O Neills in
Rostellan on Sunday Last. Playing against the breeze Aghada got
into their stride quickly and kicked over some very impressive points
in the first half. Importunely Aghada kicked some bad wides as well
in the first half which meant that the score at half time was Aghada
0-5 Fr. O Neills 0-2. The Second half was a much better game and
Aghada started to play some fine football and quickly started to
build on there lead. Mark Lewis was in fine form at centre forward
and was kicking some great points from both Play and placed balls.
Fr. O Neills never gave up and kept in touch with 2 goals the first
a great finish and the second a rather unfortunate OG of Aghada
full back Jim Motherway who couldn't get out of the way of a clearance
from goalkeeper Conor Motyer. A penalty by Mark Lewis saw Aghada
restore there advantage before a strong finish and some great points
form play saw them out easy winners in the end.
Team: Conor Motyer, Darren Lee Jim Motherway Michael Morrissey,
Billy Hennessy Aidan Berry John Wall, Declan Devoy Nigel Berry,
Conor Hickey Mark Lewis Stephen O Keeffe, Paul O Donoghue Richie
Lewis Brian Morrissey, Subs Used: Sean O Keeffe, Brian Wall, Declan
Morrissey, Ken O Keeffe and Dave Creedon.
Sun 6th April J F L Aghada 2-14 Dungourney 2-7
15th April Junior Football Championship Aghada 2-6 Cloyne 0-8
A fine evening a lovely field and a big crowd who else but Aghada
and Cloyne and what a game it turned out to be. It had it all. Aghada
got a dream start when after seven minutes the Cloyne Goalkeeper
dropped a harmless ball from Mark Lewis and Christy O’Shea
was on hand to boot it to the net. Cloyne replied with a point from
Mike Naughton. Cloyne now applied pressure and it paid off when
Ger Sweeney the ref gave a Penalty to Cloyne, which to Aghada’s
Delight went wide. Back came Aghada with a brilliant point from
Michael Lewis followed by two points from frees by his brother Mark.
This was Aghada’s best spell we were in control all over and
when Stephen O’Keeffe added a point from play in the 21st
minute things looked well. No one told Cloyne that; back they came
scoring two points from the boot of James Lynch to leave the score
at the short whistle Aghada 1-4 Cloyne 0-3.
Mark Lewis opened Aghada’s account after 32 minutes when again
he pointed a free. This turned out to be Aghada’s only score
until the 24th Minute when again Mark pointed a dead ball. In between
Cloyne chipped away at Aghada’s lead point by point .now it
was Aghada’s turn to soak pressure. The full backline came
into its, own Michael Morrissey was outstanding in the corner right
through the game indeed Scanlon, and Lee were not far behind. Four
points on the trot for Cloyne could we hold out A point in front
and our backs to the wall Now was the time for hero’s and
up they stepped , Young Blood to the fore . Billy Hennessy took
the game by the horns and shook it cleaning up attack after attack.
enter Sub Brian Morrissey his running with the ball set up two chances
of goals one for O’Keeffe but the Cloyne Keeper was equal
as he was for the second when he saved from the Sub Conor Hickey
would we ever score then another ball from Morrissey found Aidan
Cotter (Goal), game set and match . Try as they might there was
no way back for Cloyne and try the did .If Cloyne converted there
changes when they were on top things could have been different While
our young guns more than played their part so did the older lads
Adian Berry made a mockery of his years , as did Shorty . This sets
up the u21 football semi final between the same Clubs next Sat in
Midleton at 5-00pm be there
Team Conor Motyer, Darren Lee, Colin Scanlon, Michael Morrissey,
John Wall, Aidan Berry, Billy Hennessy, Nigel Berry, Declan Devoy,
Stephen O’Keeffe (0-1) Mark Lewis (0-3) Aidan Cotter (0-1)
Christy O’Shea (1-0), John Paul O’Connor, Mick Lewis
(0-1) Subs Brian Morrissey for O’Shea, Conor Hickey for Mick
Lewis
Poor game by ref Ger Sweeney (Glenville)
Tue 13th May JFL Aghada (1) 1-11 Aghada (2) 0-10
Fri 16th May East Cork Junior B football Championship Aghada 2-12
Glenbower Rovers 0-3
Our Junior B footballers started their campaign with a big win over
the Glenbower boys in a well-prepared Ballinacurra. Yet the opening
play was all Glenbower until Aghada got a grip when John Murphy
popped over a great point, closely followed by points from Dave
O’Keeffe, Tony Wall, and evergreen Richie Lewis.
Killeagh came back at our lads and could have got two goals from
three chances but with Jim Motherway, Sean O’Keeffe and Brian
Wall in good form the Glenbower lads found scores hard to come bye.
Then uncle Seanie found nephew Dave another point Tony Wall added
a point followed by a major, Aghada were on their way points from
Derrick Bowler Declan Morrissey and Dave O’Keeffe finished
off the half Aghada 1-9 Glenbower 0-0 On the resumption Aghada were
in complete control and when Steve O’Donoghue found the net
all the Aghada forwards had scored .Two more points from Bowler
followed and then Steve O’Donoghue had the last say with a
point. The Glenbower lads never gave up and finished the game with
three points as the game died
Team Pa. Sisk, Stephen Cashman , Jim Motherway , Dave Hanlon, Sean
O’Keeffe , Paul O’Donoghue , Brian Wall, Thomas O’Neill
, Declan Morrissey (0-1), Derek Bowler(0-3) , Steve O’Donoghue
(1-1) , John Murphy (0-1), Tony Wall (1-2), Richie Lewis (0-1),
Dave O’Keeffe (0-3) Subs used Jason Ryan for Brian Wall, Nail
Falvey for Lewis, Ger Sheehan for O’Neill Tosh Donoghue for
Motherway and Leonard O’Keeffe for Morrissey other subs Fergal
Condon ,sub Goalie Brian Wall
Sun 25th May JFL Aghada (1) 1-19 Castlemartyr 3-4
Aghada travelled to Castlemartyr on Sunday morning the 25th of May
and came away with the 2 points. In an unusual first half the sides
finished level at the break on a scoreline of Aghada 0-9, Castlemartyr
3 - 0. The plan at half time was simple - stop conceding goals!
Aghada shored up the defence in the second half and with Mark Lewis
leading the line from centre forward, kicked themselves into a commanding
lead. By the time Lewis goaled late in the second half to bring
his own personal tally to 1-7, the game was well over as a contest.
Other good performances from Darren Lee, Colm O’Brien, and
Stephen O'Keeffe helped Aghada to a comfortable 1-19 to 3 - 4 victory.
Team & Scorers: C. Motyer, D. O'Hanlon, C .Scanlon, D. Lee,
B. Hennessy(0-1), A. Berry, J. Wall(0-1), C. O'Brien(0-1), A. Cotter(0-1),
Stephen O'Keeffe(0-2), Ml. Lewis(1-7), C. O'Shea(0-2), R. Lewis(0-1),S.
O'Donoghue(0-2), B. Morrissey(0-1):Subs Used: Sean O'Keeffe, P.
O'Donoghue, J. Motherway.
Tue 27th May JFL Aghada (2) 3-9 Carrigtwohill 3-12
Sat 7th June East Cork Junior B football Championship Aghada 0-10
Lisgoold 0-4
Junior B's reach semi final
Aghada led from the word go and in truth were only troubled just
after half time when Lisgoold threw down the gauntlet. Sean O’Keeffe
was the main stay of defence as was Colm O’Brien. Indeed the
backline was rock solid with veteran Jim Motherway well ahead of
the pack. It was young Declan Morrissey’s day scoring some
wonderful points five in all from play and from dead balls. The
full forward line of Tony Wall, Niall Falvey, and Dave O’Keeffe
were in the thick of things. In the first half Dave was pulled down
heading for goal but Falvey’s penalty was saved in the second
half Falvey was himself pulled down and from the resulting penalty
Steve O’Donoghue opted for a point which Aghada needed to
steady the game. Just before that Sean O’Keeffe scored Aghada’s
first point of the half when he took a great pass from Morrissey.
O’Donoghue added another point before Morrissey got the last
score to leave Aghada winners on the scoreline of 0-10 to 0-4 the
half time score stood at 0-6 to 0-4
team Pa Sisk, Dave Hanlon , Jim Motherway , Stephen Cashman, Sean
O’Keeffe (0-1), Paul O’Donoghue , Colm O’Brien,
Declan Morrissey (0-5), Tomas O’Neill, Stephen O’Donoghue
(0-3) , Richie Lewis , John Murphy, Tony Wall (0-1) , Niall Falvey
, Dave O’Keeffe ; Subs used Derrick Bowler for Lewis, Jason
Ryan for Dave O’Keeffe,
Sat 21st June JFL Aghada 0-14 Lisgoold 3-5.
A very under strength Aghada side found themselves 8 points down
at half time in this league encounter played in Rostellan. Aghada
rallied in the second half however to score 9 points in the second
half to Lisgoold's 1 point, and came away with a share of the points.
Final score
Team & Scorers - C. Motyer , D. Hanlon , J. Motherway, G. Sheehan,
S. Cashman, P. O'Donoghue, S. O'Keeffe(0-1), S. O'Donoghue(0-7),
B. Wall(0-2) , A. Walsh, A. Berry(0-2), M. Galvin, P. Kearney, R.
Lewis ; Subs Used :M. Day(0-1). B. Walsh, D, Morrissey, T. Wall
(0-1).
Tue 22nd July Junior A Football championship Aghada 1-15 Youghal
2-7
Aghada started at lighting pace a goal and a point within a minute.
Seniors take note the goal from Christy O’Shea while the returned
kiwi John Paul O’Connor pointed Adian Cotter added another
before we lost our way. Youghal scored 1-3 with out reply to lead.
Nigel Berry levelled matters on the 15th minute Two Frees from Mark
Lewis and a point from Sean O’Keeffe followed before Youghal
scored on the stroke of half time to leave the score 1-6 to 1-4
at the short whistle. Youghal started the second half like Aghada
did in the first rattled over two points to level matters again
Conor Hickey stopped the rot on the 41st minute with a point, then
followed our best spell. , Points from John Wall, JP and a brace
from Mickey Lewis in as many minutes had Youghal on the rack. Back
Youghal came and following a 45 got the goal that brought them back
into the game. Now Aidan Berry came into his own, he raced up the
field and scored a mighty point more followed from Mark Lewis and
John Wall. Youghal pointed on the 61st minute but Michael Lewis
had the last say with a wonderful point to put Aghada in the Quarter
final against Erin’s Own
Team Conor Motyer, Darren Lee ,Colin Scanlon , Stephen Cashman,
John Wall (0-2) , Aidan Berry(0-1) , Billy Hennessy, Nigel Berry
(0-1), Aidan Cotter (0-1), Sean O'Keeffe (0-1), Mark Lewis (0-4)
Conor Hickey
Christy O’Shea (1-0) , John Paul O’Connor (0-2), Mick
Lewis (0-3) ; Subs Dave Hanlon 30th m for Scanlon (inj) Stephen
O'Donoghue 53rd m for O'Connor (inj) Jim Motherway 60th m for Aidan
Berry (inj)
Tue 29th July JFL Aghada (1) 1-17 Carrignavar 1-12
Wed 30th July JFL Aghada (2) get walk over from Fr.O’Neill’s
Tue 26th J.F.L Div. 1 - Aghada (2) 2-3 v Bride
Rovers 1-9
A very under strength Aghada side went down by a single goal to
Bride Rovers on Tuesday evening the 26/08/03. Played in Rostellan,
2 goals by corner forward Richie Good in the opening half, coupled
with excellent goalkeeping by Martin Coleman kept Aghada in touch
with the men from Rathcormac. However, despite good performances
from Conor Hickey, Brian Walsh, and John Wall, Rovers went on to
clinch victory.
Team & Scorers - M. Coleman, B. Walsh, C. O'Gorman, D. Hanlon,
J. Wall, P. O'Donoghue, B. Wall, C. Hickey(0-2), A. Connolly, P.
Kearney, J. Murphy, D. O'Keeffe, R. Good(2-0), C. Counihan, A. Walsh(0-1).Subs
Used: Ml. Lewis.
Sun 19th Oct J F C Aghada 0-12 Erin's Own 1-12
After starting in whirlwind fashion blowing the defending champions
off the field , with seven magnificence points from Mark Lewis ,
We started to wilt and when Erin’s Own hit the front on the
53rd minute the writing was on the wall. While Mark Lewis was giving
his master class the Champions got a handy goal that could or should
have been a square ball. This brought them into the game when they
needed it most. Erin’s Own tacked on two more points to lead
for the first time as the half closed . Aghada rallied again and
minors from Michael Lewis and Stephen O’Donoghue restored
Aghada’s advantage at the short whistle . Our two midfield
men Declan Devoy (capt), Nigel Berry cleaned out Erin’s Own
to help to leave the half time score 0-9 to 1-5
Aghada started the second like the first scoring three points with
out reply within 9 minutes . Little did we know these were to be
our last scores. Six unanswered points from last years champions
did the trick and left Aghada thinking what could have been.
Team Jim Motherway, Stephen Cashman, Darren Lee, David O’Hanlon,
John Wall , Aidan Berry, Billy Hennessy, Declan Devoy (capt), Nigel
Berry, Aidan Cotter , Steven O’Donoghue, Conor Hickey, Christy
O’Shea , Mark Lewis, Michael Lewis ; Subs Sean O’Keeffe
for Wall 38th m , Tony Wall for O’Shea 44th m.
Sat 22nd Nov. Junior B Football Championship semi
final
Aghada 0 -6 Youghal 2-8
We bowed out of our last championship outing this year when our
third team lost the semi final to a hot Youghal team Where was this
team all year you might ask , Aghada won the Quarter final against
Lisgoold way back in 7th June .surely this is a record . Back to
today’s game Youghal opened the scoring but Derek Bowler replied
with two great points for frees . It was now nip and tuck and a
very even game them Youghal got the goal that gave them the cushion
they wanted . Richie Lewis was fierce unlucky on the 21st minute
when his shot just went over the bar. Youghal added two more points
before Bowler pointed a free and Dave O’Keeffe pointed from
play but just on the stroke of half time Youghal scored again to
leave them ahead by 1-6 to 0-5. Just before this Alan Devoy and
Alan Geary (Youghal) got their marching orders from ref Peter Hogan.
On resumption Youghal added two more points before Vincent Morrissey
got Aghada’s only score of the half on the 43minute . Aghada
tried hard to get back on level terms but to no avail and then on
the 56th minute Youghal got the goal that Aghada wanted. Youghal
added two more points to run out handy winners to meet Glanmire
in the final next week.
Our lads lost nine players from the team that beat Lisgoold , two
played senior while the rest played Junior.
team Pa Sisk, Brian Walsh , Alan Devoy , Mark Crowley, Brian Wall,
Paul O’Donoghue, John Murphy, Jason Ryan , Declan Morrissey,
Dave O’Keeffe (0-1), Vincent Morrissey (0-1), Derek Bowler
(0-3), Richie Lewis (0-1), Conor Counihan, Richie Good ; Subs 26th
m Eoin Cotter for Walsh, half time Cathal O’Gorman for Lewis
, 47th m Paul Kearney for Dave O’Keeffe (inj) 52nd M Donal
Walsh for Mark Crowley 55m Richie Lewis for Brian Wall
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