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Written by Anto
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 |
Crumlin Star 4-3 Kilroot Rec
The Star faced table toppers Kilroot Rec on Saturday with a chance of closing the gap at the top of the table at steak. Although Kilroot where 11 points ahead of the Star in the league they'd played 16 games to the Star's 8 so the Ardoyne men knew that anything other than a win wouldn't be good enough. Both teams where missing key players with the Star missing McAlea, Paul Brown, Devenny & Mooney whilst Kilroot where short of at least five first team regulars. The Star got of to a flier when Gormley scored after 30 seconds when he picked the ball up just outside the box and drilled the ball into the bottom corner to put the Star 1-0 up. Kilroot scored a deserved equaliser midway through the half when their center forward fired home from the edge of the area to leave Thompson in goal with no chance. Gormley then got his second of the day just before the half time whistle when he broke Kilroots offside trap and confidently side footed the ball beyond the away teams keeper to send the Star into a 2-1 advantage at half time.
H/T 2-1
The Star started the second half the stronger as they felt the next goal would be important and Sean Brown delivered it when Reid broke down the right and cut the ball back to the stand in striker and he blasted the ball home from all of seven yards. The Star then pressed for a fourth goal but got sloppy in attack as chances went begging with Sean Brown, Anto Braniff and Joe Gormley all wasteful in front of goal. The Star where to rue these missed chances as kilroot somehow managed to pull it back to 3-3 after some lack luster defending from the home side gifted kilroot with a couple of goals. To their credit the Star never let their heads drop and went straight onto the attack and literally seconds after the restart Braniff picked Reid out in the box for the little midfielder to head the Star back into the lead with a few minutes to go. The drama wasn't over at this stage as Braniff gave away the ball cheaply in extra time for the away side to charge up the pitch for one last attack and after some pin-ball in the Star's penalty area Sean O'Reilly was judged to have brought down the Kilroot striker for a penalty. Up stepped their captain to salvage a draw for the away side but Thompson in goal had other ideas as he brilliantly saved the resulting penalty to give the Star a 4-3 win.
Reider scored the winner on Saturday  Mal Thompson saved a penalty in injury time .jpg "Image") |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 April 2010 )
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Written by Anto
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Friday, 02 April 2010 |
Cochrane & Corry Cup Semi FinalThe Semi Final of the Cochrane & Corry Cup will be played on Easter Tuesday at Ashley Park (Dunmurry Rec) with a kick off time of 6:00pm.
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Written by Anto
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Monday, 29 March 2010 |
4th Newtonabby Old Boys 1-4 Crumlin Star
The Star returned to some league action on Saturday for the first time in 12 weeks due to their cup commitments and made it 8 wins from 8 games after beating second from bottom 4th Newtonabby 4-1 in Ballyclare. After some lack-luster performances in recent weeks manager Hawkins asked his players to raise their game and he was delighted with the response he got. Mark Mooney opened the scoring in the 10th minute when he cut inside from the left and rifled a low shot into the bottom corner to make it 1-0 to the Star. The Ardoyne men where playing some lovely football at this stage with Braniff & Reid pulling the strings in the middle of the park and it was Braniff who had a hand in the second goal when his long through ball put Nial Hawkins through on goal but the right back was chopped down just inside the area and the reliable Sean Brown stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way to make it 2-0. The Star received a double blow before the half even finished when Mooney & Paul Brown had to retire with a couple of knocks but hopefully their injuries aren't too serious. Chris Devenny made it 3-0 on the stroke of half time when he raced through on goal and lifted the ball over the advancing keeper to score his 3rd goal in 4 games.
H/T 0-3
With the points virtually in the bag the Star knocked the ball about with confidence, sometime keeping the ball for 20 or 30 passes and frustrating the home side. Hawkins was forced to make his final substitution of the day on the hour when McAlea was replaced by Keenan as the veteran made his first appearance for the firsts for a few weeks. Ciaran Reid made it 4-0 after some good link up play between Braniff & Devenny resulted in Dam Whelan being denied by the home keeper from point blank range but Reid pounced on the rebound and blasted the ball home. The Star where to finish the game with 10 men when Whelan had to go of injured, adding to the managers long list of casualties. The home side scored a consolation goal late on when the ball broke to their striker and he blasted the ball through McVeigh in goal to make the final score 4-1 to the Star.
Team: McVeigh, Hawkins, Burns, Nellis, McAlea, Mooney, S.Brown, Reid, Braniff, Devenny, P.Brown
Subs: Hamilton, Whelan, Keenan
Wee Mooney scored the first goal on Saturday  |
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