Castleknock Celtic  1   Kilnamanagh 1

DDSL U-17 Major

18th Oct. 2009

Both sides arrived in Porterstown for an 11am kick -off only to discovered that, due to a mix-up on the part of the League, their match was delayed until 12.45 kick -off. Very sporting of both teams, they agreed to the later kick-off and immediately headed to the Coffee Dock where they availed of some important carbohydrate loading. What a great vital facility this Coffee Dock is!!   

Kilnamanagh appeared to benefit more from their indulging in Coffee Dock as they completely deprived Castleknock of any space by their very high workrate and by their effective closing down system. After 25 minutes Kilnamanagh opened the scoring with what looked like a harmless-looking shot but just sneaked inside the Castleknock post. 

It was still 1-0 at the break with Castleknock looking to have it all to do in the 2nd half. To their credit Castleknock refused to accept defeat and slowly but surely got a grip on the game. At that stage Kilnamangh appeared to be running out of steam after their hectic high-tempo 1st half.  

After forcing several corners, the break eventually came for Castleknock when from a corner, Conor Mooney found Pride Minyuku who made no mistake from close range. 

All in all a fair result after what was a very a long morning.  The Club Secretary was very appreciative of the very cooperative teams who made sure that the league programme was not disrupted.