Drumcondra FC  0   Castleknock Celtic  1

U13D NDSL

24th Jan 2010

Drumcondra 0 v 1 Castleknock Celtic

The long Christmas break had no effect whatsoever on Castleknock, as they hit the ground running on a very cold and foggy morning in Drumcondra.  

 Castleknock made most of the early running, but a strong Drumcondra defense held them at bay.  As the half wore on Drumcondra started to exert pressure of their own, and came very close to opening the scoring when their centre half was given a free header from a corner kick.  To the relief of Castleknock the header flew over the crossbar.  It was nip and tuck from then to the interval.  Drumcondra did have the bal in the net just before the break, but the effort was ruled offside. HT 0-0 

The second half was a replica of the first.  Two strong defenses giving nothing away.  It was clear at this stage that one goal would possibly win this match.  The goal duly arrived with 13 minutes remaining.  A move started when right full Caolan O' Donnel found right winger Luke Doyle in acres of space.. He had time and space to pick out Tony O' Leary in the penalty area who laid the ball off for left winger Paul Donoghue to finish smartly. 

It was all Castleknock at this stage, and they saw a second goal from Tony O' Leary ruled offside