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Allianz Football League Division 3 – Louth 1-16 Clare 0-13

February 8, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Louth defeated Clare by 1-16 to 0-13 in Round 2 of the Allianz Football League Division 3 on February 8th at the Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda.


Louth slowly build momentum to win Division Three clash against Clare

Louth 1-16 Clare 0-13

Report from the Irish Times newspaper

Colin Kelly claimed his first victory as Louth manager after seeing his side come from behind to dispatch of Clare at the Gaelic Grounds in Drogheda yesterday.

Louth looked to be heading for a second straight league defeat when they trailed by three points after 43 minutes. However, they would hold Colm Collins’ visitors scoreless for the remaining 27 minutes as a flurry of late scores saw them run out easy winners in the end.

Despite trailing by three points early on after a brace of scores each from David Tubridy and Shane Hickey inside the opening nine minutes, Louth led 1-5 to 0-5 in the 20th minute when Adrian Reid rifled to the net. Despite that setback, Clare finished the half strongly with Shane McGrath on target twice, including in stoppage time, to give his side a 0-9 to 1-5 lead at the break.

Substitute Derek Maguire’s point seconds after the restart briefly had the home side level but two further points apiece from McGrath and Tubridy ensured Clare were quickly back in the driving seat. However, with their defence on top and Burns and Declan Byrne both contributing some fantastic scores, Louth soon turned things around to run out easy winners.

LOUTH: N Gallagher; K Toner, P Reilly, P Rath; D Crilly, D Finnegan, D O’Hanlon; B Duffy, E O’Connor; A Reid (1-1), D O’Connor, D Byrne (0-2, one free); R Burns (0-5, two frees), C Grimes (0-3), C Judge (0-3, one free)
Subs: R Moore for E O’Connor (33 mins), D Maguire (0-1) for D O’Connor (h-t), A Williams for D Crilly (40 mins), J Stewart for D O’Hanlon (44 mins), S O’Hanlon (0-1) for A Reid (bc, 67 mins).

CLARE: J Hayes; S Collins; D Ryan, M McMahon; C Russell, G Kelly, J Malone; G Brennan, C O’Connor; S Collins, S Hickey (0-3), S McGrath (0-4); D Tubridy (0-6, two frees), S Brennan, P Burke
Subs: P Collins for C Russell (bc, 40 mins), K Sexton for C O’Connor (41 mins), C Dunning for S Collins (62 mins), M O’Leary for P Burke (67 mins), S Haugh for S Hickey (69 mins).

Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)


Fixture Details
Sun 08 Feb
Allianz Football League Roinn 3 2015 Round 2
Venue: Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Louth V Clare 14:00
Ref: Martin McNally

Team News

Clare team to play Louth
Joe Hayes (Lissycasey), Martin McMahon (Kilmurry Ibrickane), Kevin Harnett (Meelick), Dean Ryan (Éire Óg), Jamie Malone (Corofin), Gordon Kelly (St Joseph’s Miltown), Ciaran Russell (Éire Óg), Gary Brennan (Clondegad), Cathal O’Connor (Coolmeen), Sean Collins (Cratloe), Shane Hickey (Kilmurry Ibrickane), Shane McGrath (Thomas Davis), David Tubridy (Doonbeg) Shane Brennan (Clondegad), Pat Burke (Kilmurry Ibrickane). Subs Pierce De Loughrey (Cratloe), Martin O’Leary (Kilmihil), Stephen Collins (St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield), Darren Nagle (Liscannor), Keelan Sexton (Kilmurry Ibrickane), Sean Huagh (O’Curry’s), Dara McDonagh (St Joseph’s Miltown), Chris Dunning (Wolfe Tones), Podge Collins (Cratloe), Lorcan Lynch (Naomh Eoin), Jack O’Dea (Kilfenora), Cathal McInerney (Cratloe).

Details

Date:
February 8, 2015
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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