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30/08/2002, 11:26 PM
Galway United went top of the Division tonight after beating Athlone Town 3-0 in St. Mel's Park.
Another defensive blunder let Galway open the scoring in the 11th minute, with Mark Herrick eventually rolling the ball into the back of the Town net. As the half went on however, both teams had a number of chances, with Warren Parkes and Gary Devine both being just off the mark for Athlone. It was Galway though that scored with a fine shot from John Brennan to the top left hand corner of the net just before the break.
Athlone went in at half time two down, but after they battled back against Waterford the previous week, there seemed to be some hope that they may be able to rescue it. That never materilaised however, with neither team really sparkling in the second half. Athlone did have one or two chances, with Gary Devine hitting the upright. Any chance of a come back was killed off though when substitute Barry Moran got Galway's third mid way through the half, much to the delight of the vocal travelling support. Galway had the ball in the net for the fourth time just before the final whistle, but is was disallowed for an infringement in the box.
Athlone performed well on the evening, but Galway just performed that little bit better. One worrying thing is though that Athlone have now conceeded three goals four times this season. Something will really need to done there, as there wasn't much between the teams in terms of performance.
As next weekend is FAI Cup quarter finals weekend, Athlone have no league action is to look forward to. To fill the gap, Athlone have organised a friendly against Longford Town. Kickoff is at 7:30 next Friday 6th September in Flancare Park, Longford.
Another defensive blunder let Galway open the scoring in the 11th minute, with Mark Herrick eventually rolling the ball into the back of the Town net. As the half went on however, both teams had a number of chances, with Warren Parkes and Gary Devine both being just off the mark for Athlone. It was Galway though that scored with a fine shot from John Brennan to the top left hand corner of the net just before the break.
Athlone went in at half time two down, but after they battled back against Waterford the previous week, there seemed to be some hope that they may be able to rescue it. That never materilaised however, with neither team really sparkling in the second half. Athlone did have one or two chances, with Gary Devine hitting the upright. Any chance of a come back was killed off though when substitute Barry Moran got Galway's third mid way through the half, much to the delight of the vocal travelling support. Galway had the ball in the net for the fourth time just before the final whistle, but is was disallowed for an infringement in the box.
Athlone performed well on the evening, but Galway just performed that little bit better. One worrying thing is though that Athlone have now conceeded three goals four times this season. Something will really need to done there, as there wasn't much between the teams in terms of performance.
As next weekend is FAI Cup quarter finals weekend, Athlone have no league action is to look forward to. To fill the gap, Athlone have organised a friendly against Longford Town. Kickoff is at 7:30 next Friday 6th September in Flancare Park, Longford.