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Kilkishen Celtic 1 – Manus Celtic A 1 (AET) Manus won 4-3 on penalties at Kilkishen
A JUICY TIE against first division promotion hopefuls Burren Utd is Manus Celtic’s reward for the slenderest of victories over Kilkishen Celtic on Sunday.
There is never much between the teams when they clash as can be seen from their 1-1 league draw earlier in the season and true to form, this encounter went all the way to penalties before substitute John Molloy squeezed the Clarecastle side through to the next round.
Kilkishen dominated the opening 20 minutes of the game and Manus can thank goalkeeper Jeff Healy for keeping them in the tie after two point blank saves.
However, Manus eventually found their feet and after Adrian McDonagh had two opportunities denied, he finally opened his Manus Celtic account in the 38th minute when put through by a combination of brothers Mikey and Stephen Geragthy.
Mattie Holmes should have equalised only seconds later but blazed over from close range but equally, Mikey Geragthy should have doubled Manus’ advantage only seconds after the restart when his shot rebounded off the post.
Similarly, a Mikey McDonagh lob was repelled for Manus as was Fer- gus Donovan’s point blank shot that was also saved by goalkeeper Healy.
However, with time running out, Kilkishen finally breached Manus’ goalline through Derek Canny who masterfully executed a freekick from the edge of the box into the corner of the net.
Extra-time drew a further stalemate but with the sides at three apiece, it was subsitute John Molloy who became the hero when he converted Manus’ final penalty to book their second round place.
Kilkishen Celtic
Damian O’Connell, Flan McMahon, James Hook, Derek Canny, Mattie Holmes, Shane McInerney, Steve Donnellan, Eoin Pewter, Fergus Donovan,Alan McInerney, Paul Hogan (Brian Culbert)
Manus Celtic A
Jeff Healy,Aidan McCarthy, Ian Considine, Kevin Clohessy, Barry Guinnane, SeanieTravers,AdamHealy (Tola Crowe), Stevie Geragthy,Adrian McDonagh (Mikey McDonagh), Mikey Geragthy (John Molloy), Pa Casey