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For future reference show Conan Byrne as C Byrne othewise we might confuse him with that other Under 21's Scoring Legend Paul Byrne hereafter to be known in line-ups as P Byrne.
Robbie Martin missed a second half penalty to deny UCD all three points in a relatively entertaining encounter in Belfield Park. Having scored from the spot in both of College's previous two games, Martin assumed the responsibility again after Pat McWalter had been upended, but his kick crashed off the underside of the bar and was cleared to safety.
The first half had been a quiet enough affair, with neither side really posing any threat to the opposite goal - a succession of corners was about as dangerous as it got. However, in the second half, the game opened up, although in the end, a draw was probably fair. Longford's best chance came midway through the half when a long range drive was superbly tipped away by Darren Quigley, while Robbie Martin saw a snap shot from the edge of the area turned away by O'Brien in the Longford goal. Then, with 15 minutes to go, Pat McWalter broke into the penalty area and rounded Stephen O'Brien - Digger dragged McWalter down and the referee had no hesitation in awarding a penalty. Fortunately for O'Brien, one or two of the Longford defenders had covered back, and the ref deemed a yellow card a fit punishment. However, Martin's kick came back off the bar and was cleared to safety.
With ten minutes remaining, UCD game Conan Byrne his debut after 11 goals in 5 games for the U-21s. He made an impact as the game continued to open up, curling a long range effort just wide. However, perhaps unsurprisingly, two of the division's least lethal strike forces ended up having to settle for a scoreless draw.
UCD - Quigley; Mahon, McEniff (C Byrne), Kenna, McNally; McDonnell, Hurley (Gannon), Dicker, O'Donnell; Martin, McWalter. Subs not used - W Doyle, Dupuy, Gallagher
Att - 350
Last edited by pineapple stu; 13/08/2005 at 3:32 PM.
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For future reference show Conan Byrne as C Byrne othewise we might confuse him with that other Under 21's Scoring Legend Paul Byrne hereafter to be known in line-ups as P Byrne.
Argh, didn't realise we'd missed a penalty. Glad to see Conan Byrne already getting into things.How does he look? Big, small? Fast?
What's the deal with the attendence? Even less than Harps. How many Longford fans? Is this just down to summer football?
We can lay the blame for the penalty miss at the group of fans standing beside me who yelled at Robbie "Give it a bit of height and you'll be grand". 2 minutes after the miss the keeper turned around and started slagging off the fan who said hit it high, pretty hilarious, the highlight of the match if you will. Tony McDonnell was awful.
I thought it was a flat game that could have done with more goal mouth action as the Longford team seemed reluctant to shoot when an opening appeared and carried the ball too long when attacking.
half time teams could'nt be split either
Looks handy. Got away a good shot or two, was keen to make runs through the middle and tell people where he wanted the ball. Problem now is can we keep all the forwards happy? Willie Doyle and Damo were on the bench as well last night, and you've also got Paul Byrne, John Brophy and Conor Sammon. I reckon one or two forwards will leave at the end of the season.Originally Posted by Poor Student
Glad to see Conan Byrne already getting into things.
About 100.
Hope so! Plenty of people who I didn't see again - I'm assuming holidays. Even most of the committee missed the game for holidays!Is this just down to summer football?
In fairness, the peno was very similar to the one he scored against Bohs. Didn't really see the Harps one (people on the D in the way). Think it's just one of those things.
What really hurt was that I was thinking of backing the draw at 3-1 but decided I couldn't back against my own team. That fukcing peno miss. Ouch..... Anyway, I stand by my staying up statement so I'm happy enough.
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