Allianz Football League Division 4 – Clare 1-12 Carlow 0-14

Clohessey seals Banner victory

Carlow 0-14 Clare 1-12

By Gerry Quinn for the Irish Examiner newspaper

Alan Clohessey emerged as the Clare hero when he scored an injury-time winning point at Dr Cullen Park yesterday. The Banner County trailed 0-14 to 0-10 with four minutes left but corner forward Rory Donnelly pointed from play and then Micheal O’Shea raced through a minute later before crashing home the game’s only goal, to level matters. Carlow’s Seán Gannon had a chance to put his side back in front but shot badly wide. Clohessey then had the final say, as Michael McDermott’s men got their second successive win.

Scorers for Carlow: JJ Smith 0-6, (4fs), B Murphy 0-4fs, P Reid 0-2, J Murphy, D Hayden 0-1 each.

Scorers for Clare: D Tubridy 0-5 (2fs), M O’Shea 1-1, R Donnelly, A Clohessey 0-3 each.

CARLOW: T O’Reilly; B Kavanagh, P McElligott, P Murphy; B Kavanagh, S Redmond, T Bolger; Brendan Murphy, J Murphy; Brian Murphy, P Reid, E Finnegan; D Hayden, S Gannon, JJ Smith.

Subs: D Foley for J Murphy (inj 18), D St Ledger for Hayden (67), D Mulvaney for P Murphy (69).

CLARE: J Hayes; B Hartnett, S Brennan, L Healy; M McMahon, G Kelly, J Hayes; G Brennan, G Quinlan; G Kelly, S McGrath, A Clohessy; R Donnelly, D Tubridy, M O’Shea.

Subs: P O’Dwyer for Hayes (inj 3), N Brown for Quinlan (ht), T Donnellan for Brennan (61).

Referee: D Maher (Westmeath)