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Ulster U21 Club Football Championship

Thomas Devlin Sponsored Ulster U21 Club Football Championship
Quarter-Final
23rd January 2011

Belcoo (Fermanagh) 2-10
Monaghan Harps (Monaghan) 0-4

Belcoo produced an excellent hour of football to secure their place in the Thomas Devlin Sponsored Ulster Club Under 21 Semi Finals following a superb 2-10 to 0-4 victory over Monaghan Harps in Creggan on Sunday.

It was the Harps who had the better of the opening exchanges, Donal Hahessy registered the opening score on two minutes while Belcoo goalkeeper Aidan Leonard was forced to make a great save before Eoin Leonard and Ryan McGovern combined to clear the danger.

Jonathan Feeley pointed after collecting a pass for Brian Cox and the next score was to be a goal by Ryan Leonard, a mix up in the Monaghan defense allowed the twin to break through and finish well. Following this goal Belcoo grew in confidence, Ronan Ferguson added a free but again it was Hahessy who responsed for 'the Harps'.

Midway through the half Belcoo hit the woodwork twice from two well worked moves but it took a good Shain Gallagher score to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Ronan Ferguson again added a free as Belcoo stretched their lead.

By the closing moments of the half Belcoo's defense were on top and looking solid while in the middle third Belcoo were winning the majority of possession and looked dangerous with every attack.
Jonathan Feeley kicked the last score of the half to leave Belcoo winning 1-5 to 0-2 at the interval.

Again the Harps started the half quicker and registered 2 points to close the gap to just four points. A great catch by Patrick Burns in the 6th minute set up Belcoo's first score of the half, Shain Gallagher was the man to kick this score. Cox and Feeley combined before the latter was fouled and kicked the resulting free kick. It was again Jonathan Feeley who added Belcoo's next score and his fourth of the game to open up a sizable lead as the game moved into the final 10minutes.

The busy Barry McGovern operating on the half back line got forward and fisted a score before the other hardworking half back Stephen Nolan advanced forward and kicked a good score. In the dying moments Paul Duffy found the net to complete the scoring and secure a place in
the semi final.

The Denvir Plumbing man of the match award was given to Jonathan Feeley who had a excellent hour but in truth the whole squad and management must be commended for their achievements considering they haven't had much competitive football over the last 3 months.

Match Report kindly submitted by Belcoo

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Thomas Devlin Sponsored Ulster U21 Club Football Championship
Quarter-Final
23rd January 2011

Cargin (Antrim) 2-07
Eglish (Tyrone) 0-10

In the second match of the day and backed by a good Cargin support who travelled in numbers the short distance from Toome, Ryan Mc Kernan got Cargin off to the perfect start when he slotted home a 4th minute goal for the opening score of this Thomas Devlin Ulster U21 Championship quarter-final against Tyrone champions Eglish. Cargin’s centre half back, Marty Kane added a point two minutes later with Paul Mc Cann fisting Cargin’s third score over the bar in the 10th minute of play.

Cargin were totally on top in all areas of the field and when John Carron and Brendan Laverty added points a piece in the 11th and 12th minutes a total rout seemed to be on the cards.

Due to difficult conditions underfoot the play was sometimes scrappy with numerous frees being conceded by both teams. It was no surprise that it was a free conceded by the Cargin defence in the 20th minute that set up Eglish’s first score with centre half forward Paul McKillion slotting over from 13 metres .  Within a minute Eglish’s Paul McElroy scored a fine point from play giving his team a much needed boost however Cargin responded immediately with the best score of the half, Brendan Laverty slotting the ball over the bar following some brilliant attacking play from James Laverty and Paul Mc Cann.

Approaching the end of the first half Eglish were just about keeping themselves in the game with a pointed free from the their full forward Gregory Jordan however James Laverty restored Cargin’s six point lead with a much deserved score from play. Both teams had great goal chances in the final minute of the half, both Cargin’s Mark Kelly and Eglish’s Paul McElroy missing relatively easy chances.

Half time Cargin 1-06, Eglish 0-03

Eglish made the stronger start to the second half securing the first two scores (both points) to reduce the margin to 4 points however Cargin responded with a 4th minute Paul McCann point this again followed some tremendous battling by James Laverty who secured possession and started the move on his own half back line before combining with Mark Kelly who released McCann for the tap over. Sean Mc Killion kept the difference at four with a great point, possibly the best score of the game in the 8th minute.

Cargin seemed to be in total control again when in the 16th minute Mark Kelly put the ball in the back of the net after a catalogue of errors in the Eglish defence. It seemed that the game was all but over
as a contest over as it moved into the final quarter however when Cargin midfielder John Carron was dismissed by referee Barry Cassidy in the 20th minute Eglish sensed an opportunity to snatch the game from the Antrim champions. Firstly Gregory Jordan brought the game back to six points with a fine point from play, this was quickly followed by two points from Sean Mc Killion, one from a free, leaving four points between the teams with 6 minutes of ordinary time remaining.  Paul Mc Elroy slotted over a great point in the 27th minute leaving Cargin with a very uncomfortable and dangerous lead to defend for the final few minutes, however even with 5 minutes of injury time played Cargin were able to shut out the Eglish attacks and there were to be no further scores.

Final score Cargin 2-07 Eglish 0-10.

Cargin’s James Laverty was the outstanding player on the field and was rightly awarded the Denvir Plumbing sponsored Man of the Match Award.

Match Report kindly submitted by Sean Nelson