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All-Ireland Sevens10 of Aghada’s senior footballers , still smarting from last weeks championship exit, made their way to Kilmacud Crokes to defend their All-Ireland sevens title. After topping their group, Aghada beat a highly fancied Castlewenning side to qualify for the final. Lead at half time in the quarters, disaster struck when Aghada firt lost Brendan Flaherty through injury and then James’O Connell when he picked up his second yellow. 7 V 6, or 10 v 8 if you like, made it misson impossible for the Aghada lads, who none the less did the club proud once again in this fantastic tournament. Aghad panel – S.O’Connell,P.O’Neill,D, Creedon,E.O’Neill,R.Dewane,J.O’Connor,J.O’Connell,B.Flaherty,A.Kelleher,W.O’Donoghue. |
Aghada started well when Eoin O’Neill scored a great point
from a sideline ball 45 meters out after only one minute. 5 minutes
later John Paul O’Connor kicked the 1st of two mighty points from
play again at least 45 m out. Eoin O’Neill added another free
to leave Aghada ahead after 11 minutes of play 0-4 to 0-1. Slowly Mallow
started to get into the game with Rohan Sheehan, Sam Cronin and Cian
O’Riordan putting Aghada under pressure. Four points on the trot
followed before Aghada scored again when O’Neill pointed another
free on the 28th m Mallow replied to lead at the short whistle 0-6 to
0-5 despite playing against the wind. In between Brendan Flaherty had
a great chance but flashed it across the face of the goal. Shane O’Connell |
Into the last eight and a meeting with champions Castlehaven or Mallow
was Aghada’s reward for this victory. Shane O’Connell |
Aghada made the long journey down west to play Ilen Rovers on Saturday last. Aghada were short a few on the night , but an excellent 60 minutes of football was played by both sides with the home team emerging victorious. Aghada’s goal came from a spot kick by Brendan Flaherty after Kieran O’Connor was brought down. The other main scorer on the night was Eoin O’Neill who kicked 3 points. Aghada team - S.O’Connell, S.Cashman, K.O’Connor, B.Crowley, D.Creedon, R.Dewane, B.Hennessy, A.Kellerher, B.Flaherty, S.O’Keeffe, J.O’Connell, JP.O’Connor, E.O’Neill, B.Morrissey, T.O’Keeffe. Subs Used R.Good. |
| The senior footballers got back into action on Saturday last when they played out a controversial draw with Newcestown in the West Cork venue. Both sides felt Aghada had won by a point but the referee had it down as a draw and at the end of the day , he’s the man that matters. |
Our strange saga with Youghal continues Having opened a 9 point lead by half time Aghada looked home and dry, Aghada had a strong wind to their backs and looked like a well oiled machine. Indeed only for a great save by the Youghal goalie when he advanced on a fast moving Pearse O’Neill who had a goal at his mercy things could have been a lot worse for the town . Aghada made wholesale changes from the drawn game J P O’Connor starting instead of Trevor O’Keeffe and A fit again Brendan Crowley for Stephen O’Keeffe, Rohan Dwane went to centre back while Willy O’Donoghue went into the corner and Billy Hennessy went to half back. Centre field saw Aidan Kelleher face the throw in. Like last week Brian Morrissey opened the scoring after two minutes, Eoin O’Neill followed with two points , Dave Creedan scored a mighty long range free and when the two O’Neill’s added two more on the 14th minute Aghada were rampant. Youghal replied with a point on the 18th minute, but this seemed to spur on the Aghada crowd. Eoin O’Neill was every where and added a point. Brian Morrissey, Brendan Crowley scored two more before Youghal’s next point on the 28th minute. Eoin O’Neill hit another free before James O’Connell finished with a mighty point to leave Aghada leading on the scoreline of 0-11 to 0-2. Aghada could do nothing wrong and it was how a matter of how much we would win by or so we thought Youghal made a few changes at half time. They also changed their attitude and came at Aghada and had two points on the board before Aghada found their scoring touch when Again Eoin pointed a free and a minute later Brendan Flaherty scored a great point. Little did we know this was to be our last score of the game? Youghal upped the tempo and when they goaled with 9 minutes left on the clock our backs were to the wall indeed only for a great save by Shane O’Connell in goal things could have been different. Two more points from Youghal left the game in the melting pot with 4 minutes on the clock. Indeed it boiled over when the Youghal goalkeeper gathered a ball under his post, and soloed out the field and when Aghada dispossesed him on the forty fire works erupted which saw Mackey walk the walk. Still Youghal came at Aghada and it was a very relived Aghada that heard Ger Sweeneys final blast to signal our passage into the third round. team subs used Trevor O’Keeffe for O’Donoghue (28m), Conor Hickey for Hennessy (56m), Stephan O'Keeffe for Trevor (58m)
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We had drama last week between the same teams in the u21 championship,
could we be prepared for this. Seven minutes left Aghada leading by
seven points home and dry? Not so, two minutes of injury time Aghada
down a point ,Aghada come again, a pass to Flaherty, goal, no, save,
ball cleared, have we time?, up stepped Trevor a mighty point pride
saved. Yes as both teams had a back door you would think there was nothing
at stake but how wrong you would be. Youghal smarting after last week
were never going to lye down. team Shane O’Connell subs used JP O'Connor (1-1) for Eoin O'Neill , Mark
Lewis for O'Keeffe (43minute) |
| Team and scorers – D.Devoy J.Wall, K.O’Connor, P.Kilbane, K.O’Keeffe,W.O’Donoghue,A.Kellerher, R.Dwane,P.O’Neill, T.O’Keeffe(0-1),D.Creedon , Mk.Lewis(0-1), E.O’Neill(0-3), B.Flaherty(1-0), J.O’Connell(0-1). Subs Used: J. O’Connor,D.Lee. |
| Aghada started the better Kenneth O’Keeffe, Pearse and Eoin O’Neill
pointing before the city boys got a score in the 10th minute James O’Connell
restored Aghada’s lead again . The city boys hit back but O’Connell
and Eoin O’Neill but Aghada back on course then just on the short
whistle Na Piarsaigh scored a minor to leave the score 0-6 to 0-3 in Aghada’s
favour By now the rain made the field slippery and the football suffered the city lads now started to get a handle on the game and opened the scoring . Mark Lewis got one back before Na Piarsaigh got two in a row. Aghada were well back in the game at this stage but due to woeful shooting and poor passing we left Na Piarsaigh off the hook . Again Lewis put Aghada two points in front with as many minutes left but the city side finished stronger scoring two points to level the game Team Shane O’Connell Billy Hennessy, Kerian O’Connor , Paul Kilbane Aidan Kelleher, William O’Donoghue, Kenneth O’Keeffe Rohan Dwane , Pearse O’Neill Dave Creedan, Brendan Flaherty, Trevor O’Keeffe James O’Connell, Mark Lewis, Eoin O’Neill Subs 28th minute Stephen Cashman for Eoin O’Neill, 40th minute Colin Scanlon for Billy Hennessy 48th minute Stephen O’Keeffe for Cashman |
Next up it was the turn of the seniors who were taking on Ballincolling at Rostellan in the 2nd round of the Kelleher Shield. Aghada started with wind at their backs and the game was tied at 2 pts a piece before disaster struck for Aghada on 10 mins. A long ball into the Aghada square wasn’t fully dealt with and the resulting scramble yielded a goal for the muskerry men. Strong play from Brendan Flaherty at midfield helped Aghada claw their way back into the match and reduce the deficit to the minimum mid way through the half. Ballincolling went on a scoring spree in the 5 mins before the break, notching up 1-3 without reply. The second goal also coming from a hopeful long ball into the Aghada square. At the break it was Aghada 10pts , Ballincollig 2-8 and Aghada had an awful lot of work to do to turn it around in the second half. Unfortunately things got worse and not better in the second period with Ballincollig out scoring Aghada 8pts – 3pts in the 2nd period, the final score was Aghada 0-10 V Ballincollig 2-16. The only good news for Aghada in the second half was the return of Colm O’Brien to competitive action after nearly 9 months on the sidelines through injury. Aghada team and scorers – S.O’Connell, B.Crowley,R.Dewane,P.Kilbane, K.O’Connor(0-1),W.O’Donoghue,K.O’Keeffe, B.Flaherty(0-2),P.O’Neill, T.O’Keeffe(0-1),J.O’Connell(0-2),D.Creedon(0-2), G.Melvin(0-1),J.O’Connor,S.O’Keeffe(0-1). Subs Used – C.O’Brien. |