Just listening to it now, Renovator, on MWR website - seems to be a good crowd at it. Commentator sounds very anxious - understandably I guess.
On 65min celtic have now made sub change bringing on A Russell Gibbons for there Captain Fintan McHale,Originally Posted by renovater
Gibbons take up centra forward position formation now gone from 4-4-2
to 4-3-3
while celtic enjoyed 8min period of possesion the change in formation has not so far change anything.
75 min johnie Mernagher comes off to agreat aplause on comes Costello.
celtic still can't get there passes together as Anthenry in control.
we have 12 min left all is well for the East Galway side
Ronan killeen taken down Stevie Ryan free kick to celtic Chris kelly step up to take it and drives it wide to the delight of the Athenry following.
Ollie keogh comes off to be replaced as time runs out.
82 MIN CELTIC GET PENO RABBITT HANDLE IT SEE RED
KELLY PLACES THE BALL ON THE
SPOT AND IS SAVED. BY CRONIN
86 MIN IT ALL CHANGES WHEN COSTELO MAKES IT 3-1AND BEATS KELLY
IT APPEARED TO BE OFFSIDE THE MATCH OFFICAL DIDN'T THINK SO.
cELTIC GONE QUITE
THE FACE OF FERGIE SAYS IT ALL NOT TO BE FOR CELTIC AS THE GROWDS BEGIN TO LEAVE MILEBUSH AND ONLY THE NAME OF WESTPORT WILL BE ON THE CUP FROM MAYO.
One must relize that Celtic didn't play well Athenry were well on top Celtic got there chance to bring the sides level but failed to convert from the spot.
while the 3rd Athenry goal will be talk about by those celtic suporters that's football you get some you lose some
Well done to Athenry hard luck to celtic at leased they can lookforward to the Connaught Cup final
Janey, with the final in Terryland there'll be a massive crowd at that.
Renovator - what was the crowd like at the game??
Hard luck to Celtic and best of luck in the other Cups you're in and a huge congratulations to Athenry. I rememeber playing against Athenry in the late 60s and early 70s for Beeslow and neither club had any facilities and barely a ball between us - Unbelievable and fantastic story.
One must say it was one of the bigest I have seen great Athenry turn out they wereJaney, with the final in Terryland there'll be a massive crowd at that.
Renovator - what was the crowd like at the game??
Hard luck to Celtic and best of luck in the other Cups you're in and a huge congratulations to Athenry. I rememeber playing against Athenry in the late 60s and early 70s for Beeslow and neither club had any facilities and barely a ball between us - Unbelievable and fantastic story.
the 12 man.
you would think they were at home, they were in great form and why wouldn't they.
they will paint the town red and good luck to thwn enjoy looking forward to the final
they have a good chance well organised at the back, hopefully they keep there heads keep koegh and Meraghner fit my man of the match
was at game. athenry were excellent. lucky in the end but it would have been highway robbery if castlebar won the game. big pitch and excellent surface suited athenrys style down to the ground. should be a huge crowd in terryland for final. ath an ri abu
Well done to Athenry. An excellent performance from a very good footballing side. They have every reason to believe that the cup can stay in Connacht after a display like that in Milebush. Well done also to the Milebush committee, the pitch was in excellent shape.
As for Celtic - they tried but I am afraid they were always playing second fiddle. They should have scored from the penalty, but it was an excellent save from the 'keeper. The early loss of Joey Moloney didn't help their case. Athenry won and won well, but the third goal was well offside. Good luck to Athenry in the final against Crystal. If you repeat the performance on the 20th May in Terryland, you have every chance of winning. Good luck to Celtic in the Connacht Cup.
have to agree justice is done Athenry would have been robbed the ground didn't suit celtic back four easy for ATHENRY in the end even the suporters though sowas at game. athenry were excellent. lucky in the end but it would have been highway robbery if castlebar won the game. big pitch and excellent surface suited athenrys style down to the ground. should be a huge crowd in terryland for final. ath an ri abu
just goes to show you can't buy the FAI Cup you must build a team and bring them though.
Celtic will be disapointed and Westport will say we did it
What was the crowd lads? 2 or 3 or 4,000 at it?? What's the capacity of Celtic Park and have they stands, seating etc in it?? Haven't been in the stadium for donkey's years.
Congratulations to Athenry. What a great performance. The big pitch and surface suited Athenry. It was an overall team performance, and they well deserved their victory. They are worthy representatives of Connaught in the FAI Junior Cup final, and are well capable of winning the competition. They had some great performers in Ollie Keogh, Stephen Rabbette and Johnny Mernagh. Thje goalkeeper came to the rescue when he was needed with a great penalty save. Celtic tried to get into the game, but it was not going
to be their day with Joey Moloney departing the scene so early.
I feel Celtic should have adopted a 4-4-2 formation much earlier when matters where not going their way. It was hard for Sean McHale to make anything happen up front when support was coming too late. The last 15 minutes were really exciting, and there was a great atmosphere in the stand. I wonder what might have happened had Ciaran Kelly converted from the penalty spot or if Steve Ryan's earlier header had hit the back of the net before the ball was handled. Anyway, well done to Athenry, and good luck in the final. Let's hope Celtic fare out better in the Connaught Cup. I am sure no one from Celtic will begrudge Athenry their place in the final - great perfomance, and a great occasion. Milebush Park was looking majestic despite the bad weather.
Bestie
great result for athenry,they've been building a good side there for the last few seasons.should've knocked fairview out a few seasons back but didn't take their chances on the day
Just a further comment......................The 3rd goal was most definitely offfside (by 5 yards at least), but it should not take away from Athenry's superiority in the game. It would have been most interesting if the scores had been level at that stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bestie - the game was in Milebush not Celtic Park- any idea of the crowd??
Sirhamish...I never said the game was in Celtic Park. I complimented the pitch in Milebush if you read my post. I would say the crowd was in the region of 1000.....people were saying about 2000, but I don't think so. There was a good atmosphere there however. The stand was full and the entire railing around the pitch was practically full...two to three deep in places where the umbrellas were.
Bestie
Thanks for all that news Bestie - sorry, no, it was myself that was confused - didn't mean to infer that you said it was in Celtic Park - you kinda threw me when you said Milebush. For some reason I was convinced it was in Celtic's own ground.
1,000? I was listening to it on MWR and it seemed really noisy - thought there'd be 3 or 4 thousand at the game.
Was last in Milebush in 1996 or 1995 - is that stand opposite the clubhouse??
Anyway, hard luck again to Celtic and best wishes to Athenry in the final.
Yes sirhamish, the stand is up a few years in Milebush, and it is on the opposite side to the clubhouse. It holds about 3 or 4 hundred seated.Thanks for all that news Bestie - sorry, no, it was myself that was confused - didn't mean to infer that you said it was in Celtic Park - you kinda threw me when you said Milebush. For some reason I was convinced it was in Celtic's own ground.
1,000? I was listening to it on MWR and it seemed really noisy - thought there'd be 3 or 4 thousand at the game.
Was last in Milebush in 1996 or 1995 - is that stand opposite the clubhouse??
Anyway, hard luck again to Celtic and best wishes to Athenry in the final.
By the way, where did you pick up a name like sirhamish?
Bestie
Thanks Bestie for all that news about Milebush.
SirHamish? - I had two nicknames once - Hamish (Ham -mish not Hay-mish) in school and Sir Alf in the soccer club. Eventually the two kinda linked together as SirHamish. Sir bit was eventually dropped too and I'm usually called Hamish.
I only reactivated the Sir bit 'cos Hamish was already taken for an email name.
BTW the Hamish name came from my second name - Ambrose. In the space of a few minutes, Ambrose became Amby which became Hammy which became Hamish. Friend in school coined it and I've had it for about 40 years now.
Did you follow all that??LOL
Betcha "Bestie" was given to you 'cos you were nifty on the ball in footie games
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You really have me confused now Sirhamish, but I will take your word on it. I got my name a long time ago too - pure genius.
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