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Clondegad 1-8 Liscannor 0-7 at Páirc Micheál Ó hEithir, Ballynacally
CLONDEGAD got off to a rocky start in this season opener on their home patch, but gradually found their feet by half-time thanks to the tonic of a lead goal before the break, which enabled them to kick on to a deserved four-point success on the turnover.
In this clash of the two defeated finalists from last year’s intermediate and senior championship finals, it was intermediate standard-bearers Clondegad who got one-up on their senior opponents.
They trailed early on to two Alan Clohessy frees, while further points from Dara Blake and Clohessy after Kenneth Kelly got Clondegad off the mark in the eighth minute left the north Claremen 0-4 to 0-1 after 15 minutes.
However, the growing influence of Garry Brennan around midfield changed the game utterly. On 18 minutes he cut the deficit to apoint with a well taken free Clondegad added another with their next possession when Paudge McMahon opened his account after a well-worked move.
Another Brennan point left the sides level after 20 minutes before Liscannor hit back with two more points from Alan Clohessy frees. Gary Brennan cut the deficit to a point by the 27th minute but Liscannor looked set for the interval lead of of 0-6 to 0-5 until a long ball by Eoin Griffin to Shane Brennan on the edge of the square was punched into his own net by the Liscannor goalkeeper Noel Kilmartin.
On the turnover Clondegad’s midfield dominance saw them take a stranglehold and keep the scoreboard ticking over.
They notched points from Eoghan Donnellan and two well taken points from Podge McMahon along with along range point on the run from Gary Brennan. Liscannor only response was a long range point from Johnny Considine.
Clondegad
Declan O’Loughlin, Flan Enright, Paddy O’Connell, Conor Gavin, Gearóid O’Connell, Kieran Browne, Brian Murphy, Eoin Griffin, Gary Brennan (0-3), Francie Neylon, Paudge McMahon (0-3), James Murphy, Eoghan Donnellan (0-1), Shane Brennan, Kenneth Kelly (0-1)
Subs
Pat Coffey for Brian Murphy, Francis O’Reilly for James Murphy
Liscannor
Noel Kilmartin, Davy McDonagh, Miichael Foley, Shane Canavan, robbie Lucas, Denis Mrphy, Dara Blake (0-1), Niall Considine, Alan Flaherty, Joe Considine,Alan Clohessy (0-4), Gerry Considine, Ronan Slattery, Kieran Considine, David Commane.
Subs
Johnny Considine (0-1) for Commane, Declan Fawl (0-1) for Canavan,Alan McDonagh for Joe Considine.
Man of the Match
Gary Brennan (Clondegad) Referee Michael Talty (Kilmurry Ibrickane)