If you're going to be that much of a prima donna I don't think the club needs them. I can't see how they would be all promised to be starting in the League Cup right the way through. Surely they knew the further we went the less of them would figure. I think McAniff started in the quarter final. I'd be very surprised if he left.
I was, yeah. Nothing important.Originally Posted by Maribor
Agreed 100%. Derry destroyed us on that side.
He played against Trinity anyway so I assume he is. Didn't hear about a clear out.
No. Up front with McWalter until Robbie came on for him.
Team was: Quigley; O'Donnell (Sammon), McNally, Kenna, Mahon; Doyle, McDonnell (Gannon), Dicker, Hurley; McWalter, Murphy (Martin).
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Aghhhhh. We're still staying up, so job well done.
"I always likened him to a Rolls Royce. You just used him once a week & he'd be flawless"
Townsend on McGrath
Interview with Pete Mahon on the match in the Derry Journal.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Well, the McEniff story was sorted out on Friday anyway! Not particularly worried if some of the U-21s have gone, as we have plenty of cover and plenty of good new players too - the likes of Doyle, Conan Byrne, McEniff, etc. Never missed Austin O'Brien. Will post a match report shortly...
Report... Apparently, the linesman - who was Clive Delaney's cousin - told Alan Mahon after the (controversial) third goal "It doesn't matter anyway - it's the third goal." Suppose he was right, but a very unprofessional thing to be saying!
UCD were brushed aside by Derry in the Brandywell in a performance which was more akin to the recent 5-1 defeat against Cork rather than the 1-0 win over St Pat’s which followed. Former Student Ciarán Martyn again did the damage, scoring twice as Derry sealed a deserved win.
UCD started with the same team as those two previous games, and for the first ten or fifteen minutes were probably just about on top as Derry struggled with wayward passing. However, the closest College came to a chance was when Derry keeper Alan Gough fumbled a cross only to be awarded a free out for a push.
Once Derry got their passing together, however, they began to push UCD further and further back. A swift counter attack after Alan McNally had a pile-driver free kick charged down was only ended with a good block from Alan Mahon, but the lead goal was only delayed five minutes. Not for the first time this season, the goal resulted from an uncharacteristic howler by Mick O’Donnell, who stretched to clear a ball over the top, but saw his header only go as far as Mark Farren, who got away from two UCD challenges before firing past Darren Quigley from the edge of the net. Five minutes later, Martyn teed up Farren from 25 yards, but his shot flew just over. UCD’s only real shot in the first half came from Pat McWalter, but his effort bobbled safely through to Gough in goal.
Having reached half-time just a goal to the bad, UCD would have been hoping to regroup in the second half; however, within 30 seconds, they found themselves 2-0 down when Ciarán Martyn was left unmarked in the area to loop home a header over Quigley and under the bar.
UCD tried to get back into the game – Derek Doyle had a volley just over, while the introduction of Robbie Martin – back from injury – nearly paid immediate dividends when he went on a mazy 20-yard run through the Derry half; he was eventually crowded out by six Derry players, but the ball inevitably broke to a UCD jersey; however, Stephen Hurley’s through ball was cut out.
On the hour mark, UCD suffered a blow when captain Tony McDonnell was withdrawn for Brian Gannon. McDonnell had been suffering from a stomach bug all week and had at one stage in the first half dry-retched on the pitch; he had been given medication during half-time but simply wasn’t able to continue.
The loss of their captain was the last straw for UCD as Derry took an even firmer grip on the game from then on. Gary Beckett nipped in to nearly take advantage of hesitancy in the UCD defence – his lob was just over – while Mick O’Donnell was booked for obstruction and Derry had a late goal disallowed. UCD nearly pulled one back when Gough managed to spill a Robbie Martin header, but the keeper – a former teammate of Clive Delaney at West Ham – was relieved to see the ball bounce just wide of the post. UCD were then reduced to ten men when Gary Dicker was involved in a clash of heads; he had to go off to get his head bandaged with Pete Mahon having used all his three subs. He did return, but to no avail; as UCD changed to a 3-4-3 formation, it was Derry who scored the game’s final goal in the 90th minute when, with the linesman flagging for offside, Derry got the ball on the left and Ciarán Martyn rose unchallenged to head home. Dicker was booked for protesting to the referee, while Alan Mahon took out his anger on the linesman. Derry fans after noted that the linesman’s call was wrong and that the referee was right to overrule. Indeed, it wasn’t the first time the referee overruled his linesman as he called a UCD player offside after his other assistant somehow missed the call, while Derry were fortunate to win a corner in the first half after a similarly laughable decision.
UCD’s night was summed up in the final minute of injury time when Robbie Martin freed Pat McWalter with a neat backheel only for McWalter to take too many touches out of the ball and the Derry defence crowded him out to clear.
UCD – Quigley; Mahon (Martin), O’Donnell, Kenna, McNally; McDonnell (Gannon), Hurley, Dicker, Doyle; Murphy, McWalter. Subs not used – Gallagher, Shortall.
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Thread on the Derry forum about the match.
Eh? That's allowed?
Yeah, thought that was strange alright. Still, Clive's got enough connections with us to make it fair anyway!
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