Thursday 17^th June 2010

The Saints had to dig deep in the second half of this game to earn a point in Creggan.  The lads showed real guts and determination to turn around a game they were losing by eight points with twelve minutes to go.  This was typified by a full length dive on the goal line by Timmy “White Blur” Connelly to block a certain goal.

The game started with both sides trading scores, P Mc Aleer opening for the Saints with two points and a goal.  A goal from J Gillan and a point from J Kelly kept the score level.  Creggan then went on a point scoring stretch scoring five points in a row with no reply from Saints. At this point Saints were under pressure and giving away too many frees in front of the posts.  C Loughran ended the first half scoring with an important goal to keep Saints in touch.

The score at half time Creggan 2-9 All Saints 3-3

Creggan stretched their lead in the second half and Saints were struggling to keep themselves in the game.  Two points from a heavily marked P Mc Aleer were all Saints registered in the first ten minutes. The defence were working overtime to keep Creggan out with a couple of goal line clearances, and then goals from T Ferris and D Mc Nally changed the game. The team rallied and finished the stronger, another goal from T Ferris and the equaliser from J Kelly meant the points were shared.

This result was a credit to the team, when the pressure was on they kept it together against one of the main contenders for the Shield.

Final Score:  All Saints 8-5 Creggan 5-14

Squad

­­­­­­­­D Little, O Bradley, P Killough, D Mussen, T Connelly,  C Neeson, D Mc Kee, P Mc Aleer, D Mc Nally, J Gillan, T Ferris , C Mc Larnon, A Esler, D Crawford, C Loughran, L Kirk, J Kelly, C Kelly, A O’Connell

 Scorers

C Loughran 1-0, D Mc Nally 1-0, J Kelly 1-1, J Gillan 1-0, P Mc Aleer 1-4, T Ferris 2-0

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