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Goals win matches or so they say. Well that’s what happened here St. Coleman’s bagged three goals in the second half to finish off the East Ferry challenge. But it could have been so different. The Saints had three points on board before the Ferry replied with a Paudie Wall seventy in the 9 minute. Coleman’s scored two more before Paudie again pointed a long range free. The Saints added another point on the 19th minute to go 4 points up and this was the way it stayed till half time 0-6 for Coleman's 0-2 for the ferry
East Ferry introduced Kenneth O’Brien at the brake and he made a difference. Alan Morrissey pointed a free with in a minute of the restart followed by a might point from Damian Daly on the 34th minute. Now the match was up for grabs. The Ferry were now on top with Stephen Gilroy lording it at centre back. Then a long ball against the run of play a goal for the Saints on the 41st minute. Back came the Ferry and got a 20-m free, which Alan Morressy went for goal but alas drove it wide. Two more frees from Paudie Wall closed the gap with eight minutes left and we again had it all to play for. Then again disaster another goal for Coleman’s. Then came a very serious incident when Paudie O’Sullivan got an injury, which needed a stretcher to take him off the field. Coleman’s upped the pace after this and got another goal on the 36th minute. Back came the Ferry when Alan Creedan bagged a goal on the 39th minute followed by an Alan Morressy point a minute later to finish the days play. Damian Wall was sent off for two yellows and was followed minutes later by a Coleman’s man for a straight red to level up the game again
F.Day,

P.Murphy, L. Day(capt),J.O’Callaghan,

D.Wall, S.Gilroy, D.Condon,

,R,Condon, P.Wall(0-4),

A Creedan(1-0) , Damian Daly (0-1 , S.O’Donoghue,

A.Morrissey(0-2) ,S.Morrissey. David Daly

subs used Kenneth O'Brien for David Daly half time , D Kidney for Dave Condon 35th minute

East Ferry had a hard-earned victory in the first round of the minor A hurling championship on Thursday last against the Castlelyons/Lisgoold combination. Played in splendid conditions in Ballynoe , there was certainly no quarter asked or given by two very committed sides. East Ferry had the wind in the first half and were first to score when corner forward Alan Morrissey pointed a free after he himself had been fouled. Alan had the next score also, this time from play after collecting a good ball in from Damien Daly. Castlegoold hit back with a pointed free of their own, before wing forward Paudie Wall hit 2 for East Ferry one from a free and the other from play. The East Ferry defence had started very well , where captain Liam Day was having a stormer at full back ably assisted by Peter Murphy and James O’Callaghan. On 23 minutes Castlegoold reduced the deficit with another free,but with five minutes to go to the break East Ferry had opened up a 3 point lead thanks to two frees from Alan Morrissey after first Damien Daly and then Paudie Wall were fouled. Castlegoold fought back however and 2 points of their own left them trailing at the break by only the bare minimum. Half time score 6 v 5 in East Ferry’s Favour.
Turning to play into the wind East Ferry knew they had a huge fight on their hands for the second half. Just like the first half, Alan Morrissey opened the scoring from a free. This time it was the hard working Richie Condon ( by now operating at top of the left) that was fouled. Castlegoold had the next 2 points and with three-quarters of the game gone it was all square. By now Castlegoold were the dominant team, but the East Ferry defence were standing firm. No one played better in that last quarter than ‘keeper Finbarr Day who was excellent throughout the match. Outside him Stephen Gilroy and David Condon were well on top while Damo Wall made a number of last ditch tackles ( and not always with his hurley) to keep Castlegoold at bay. Alan Morrissey lifted the siege for East Ferry with a super point from out on the wing on 16 mins. A minute later substitute Alan Creedon hit another good point to restore the 2-point advantage. Castlegoold aided by the breeze had most of the play but started to go for goals. There was no way past Finbarr however who made a fantastic save on 22 minutes. 2 minutes later Castlegoold earned a 21 metre free which their goalkeeper came up to take. He drilled it low and hard, but it was saved at the expense of a ’65. Try as they might Castlegoold couldn’t break down the Ferry defence and they held out for a deserved victory. Team and Scorers – F.Day,P.Murphy, L. Day(capt),J.O’Callaghan,D.Wall,S.Gilroy,D.Condon,E.Kennedy,R,Condon,P.Wall(0-2),D.Morrissey,D,Daly,A.Morrissey(0-6),S.O’Donoghue,S.Morrissey.Subs used – A. Creedon (0-1).

East Ferry warmed up for their championship first round with a narrow league defeat to Carrigtwohill. Played in Carrig on Thursday last, East Ferry started brightly with corner forward Alan Morrissey seeing a lot of the ball, but no score was forthcoming. After the first five minutes Carrigtwohill took over completely and East Ferry were really struggling playing against the wind. 23 minutes had elapsed before East Ferry got their first score , a pointed free by Paudie Wall. At this stage Carrig had 7 points up on the board and were coasting. In the last minute of the half East Ferry corner back James O’Callaghan, who was having an impressive outing , got injured. While he was off being treated East ferry paid the ultimate price as Carrig’s spare man struck for a goal. Half time score read – Carrig 1-7 East Ferry 0-1.
With the wind at their backs East Ferry were a different side in the 2nd period. Paudie pointed a ’65 on nine minutes. 5 minutes later, O’Callaghan was fouled and Alan Mor pointed the resulting free. Sean O’Donoghue then pointed from play, before Alan Creedon also got in on the act , with another good point from play. At the other end Carrig were still tapping over the scores to keep daylight between the 2 sides. With 4 minutes remaining Alan was brought down going through and when he picked himself up , he crashed the resulting free to the back of the net. Declan Morrissey set up Alan Creedon for his second point a minute later. Alan Mor was then denied another goal at the expense of a ’65 , which Paudie pointed and all of a sudden it was a 4 point game. With time almost up East Ferry were only a point down after corner forward Dereck Daly pounced for a good goal. It was not to be however for the East Ferry lads, as on the stroke of full time Carrig made the game safe with a goal of their own. Others to play well for East Ferry on the night were Finbarr Day in goals,Peter Murphy David Condon and Damien Daly.
East Ferry team and scores –

F.Day,

D.Wall,L.Day,J.O’Callaghan,

P.Murphy,S.Gilroy,D.Condon,

R.Condon,P.Wall(0-3),

A.Creedon(0-2),Damien Daly,D.Morrissey,

A.Morrissey(1-1),S.O’Donoghue(0-1),Dereck Daly(1-0).