Rearcross 'B' 0 - Doon 6
10th July 2003
As the scoreline decrees this was all one way traffic for Doon as Rearcross
'B' were under by a heavy margin, Doon were never in trouble here and went ahead
in the 2nd minute when the ball was scrambled to the net by Dessie Ryan after
hesitancy in the Rearcross rearguard, the home side had chances in the first
half and a goal at that stage might have put a different perspective on the
game, Trevor Delahunty broke on the right in the 12th minute, however Doon keeper
Simon Burke advanced, narrowed the angle and made a fine body save. Doon were
two in front on 17 minutes when a one two movement left Rearcross flat footed
with James Bradshaw on hand to drive past Eamon O'Toole. Doon increased their
lead with four minutes remaining when Pat Aherne converted from the penalty
spot after Dessie Ryan was pulled down on the edge of the area. Davy Ryan Luke's
header was on target with two minutes however the Doon custodian blotted out
the danger. Rearcross made a good start to the second half when Paudie Devitt's
effort from edge of eighteen yard box was just wide of the upright three minutes
after the restart. Rearcross had claims for a penalty turned down in the 8th
minute and Noel Deegan's shot from the left was well struck four minutes later.
Cain Creedon notched up goal number four with eleven minutes when he showed
good pace on the right and drilled to the side netting from a tight angle. Doon
were now home and dry and Dessie Ryan made if five nil four minutes later when
he knocked over the line from close range after a pile driver from Pat Aherne
had whizzed off both uprights before rebounding outwards. Pat Aherne rounded
off the scoring with three minutes left on the stopwatch when he blasted to
the roof of net from a free kick on the left.
Rearcross 'B: Eamon O'Toole, Paudie Devitt, Myles Devitt, Mike
Carey, Denis Kennedy, Davy Ryan Luke, Val Kennedy, Brendan Deegan, Paul Taylor,
Trevor Delahunty, Eamon Devitt
Subs: Theo English, Evan McMahon, Darren Quigley, Thomas Kennedy, Larry McLoughlin,
Noel Deegan, Liam Ryan
Doon: Simon Burke, David Burke, Kevin Nolan, Dan Riall, Alan Shanahan,
Wesley Ryan, Patrick Aherns, Cian Creedon, Dessie Ryan, James Bradshaw, Ross
Dunne
Subs: Kevin Shanahan, Robert Mcloughlin, Robert James Hammersley
Referee: Jim Lees