Castleknock Celtic 1 Portrane 2

Castleknock welcomed Portrane with great expectations of creating an upset against the league leaders. A bright start threatened the Portrane goal early on with some great work from Mark Hughes and Joe Gleeson at the back starting a move which saw Arron Lynch and Sam Hennessy combine well to set up Lewis Kilkenny who shot narrowly wide.

As the game progressed, Castleknock grew nervous and mistakes began to creep in as Portrane pushed hard for an opener. That opener came in an unlucky fashion as a harmless pass at the back deflected in to the path of an onrushing Portrane player and with a mis-struck shot, the ball bobbled past the helpless Jack Kearney.

After the break Castleknock rang in the changes, 7 in all, this unfortunately seemed to unsettle the team as they struggled to find the rhythm of the game. Portrane surged forward and with a powerful strike went 2 goals up.

Castleknock in the last 10 minutes really found the form which has seen them rise to 3^rd in this league, a fantastic interchange of passes from Robert Lynch, Vilus Labutis and the ever present Brian Dalton put Noma Eriduitius through, after a quick step over he fired an unstoppable shot.

Unfortunately the whistle came too early as Castleknock seemed to be getting on top of this game, however with a game in hand and sitting 3^rd they have a great chance to give Portrane a nervous finish to this league.