Originally Posted by
abbeyvale
We could have been 3 up at HT, we had 2 cleared off the line and a few scuffed shots on goal, but were instead only 1 up through Shane Waters at the break.
We were under pressure in the second half as you can imagine as Clonmel came out attacking from all angles, and we were then reduced to 10 men with 20 minutes to go when Shane Waters was given a second yellow for a two legged tackle.
The last 20 minutes was all Clonmel, and they finally scored in the 91st minute through a delected shot whcih was harmless enough and would have been an easy save for our keeper only for the deflection to loop it over his dive.
Extra time was fairly even, and in the penalty shoot-out we missed 3 pens, all of which were very porly taken.
Clonmel were average enough and if they play like that next Sunday v Ballymun in the FAI they'll be beaten comfortably enough,
Ballymuns manager was also at the game, which had an attendance of near 100.
Our Line up was
1. John Ryan
2. Paul Lyons
3. Staurt Busoli
4. Kevin O'Doherty
5. Alan Morton
6. Mark McDonnell
7. Shane Waters
8. Dale McNamara
9. Brian O'Doherty
10. Thomas Butler
11. Derek Hannon
Reserves:
12. Brian Nash (for Hannon 75mins)
13. Alan Lyons
14. Richie Flynn (for McDonnell 50mins)
15. Glen Walters
16. Robbie Carey
Missing
Christy Reddan
Johnathan Griffin
Liam Flynn