NDSL 13Premier

18 November 2007

Kilbarrack Utd  1      Castleknock Celtic 3

Celtic's injury-ridden squad started the game with a bang, with classy Eoin O'Brien slotting Slevin through to square the ball for Stark who thundered in number 1 after just 1 min. Surely an avalanche was on the way here!

Further couldn’t have been from the truth as Celtics 5 man midfield went to sleep and sat back while Kilbarrack, bottom of the league, ran the middle of the park until a dreadful error in the middle of the park allowed the home side in for an uncontested goal.  1-1 and Kilbarrack looking the better team.

Manager Slevin brought on Greg O'Brien, Dylan Gourlay and Zak Harold to try and regain dominance in the middle of the park. 1-1 at half-time.

The second half was a really a scrappy affair, though even, until Slevin slotted Eoin O'Brien in for the second. Manager Slevin moved Byrne from sweeper to the front line as Stark was in danger of being sent off for petulance.  In the space of 5 mins, Byrne had hit the bar twice and clocked up Celtic's third.

As the old adage goes, a win is a win, and this one undeserved as it was by the performance may prove very beneficial at the end of the season when the gongs are given out.