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Avenue United 2 – Moher Celtic 0 at The County Grounds, Doora
IT was a magnificent achievement for this Moher Celtic team to reach the final frontier of the under 13 cup for the first time. In three seasons they’ve come from Division 4 to the top flight and in this final against the bluebloods of Avenue Utd they put up a titanic struggle before bowing out by a couple of goals in the second half.
There was nothing between the sides in the first half with both defences coping with any attacks that came their way, with Avenue coming closest to breaking the deadlock just before the interval when Anthony Lacey stretched to tip Patrick McDaid’s effort over the bar.
The second half followed a similar pattern before Tomás Hehir broke the deadlock 14 minutes from time with a free kick, while Avenue sealed their victory with a second from Mark McAuliffe six minutes from time.
Moher Celtic kept trying to the end though, forcing Paddy Honan into making a brilliant save from a goalbound effort from midfielder Ciaran Buckley.