St Brendans Utd  1    Castleknock Celtic  5  

10 April 2007

AUL Div 2 Sunday

Celtic did their chances of another league title in two successive campaigns no harm at all away in Artane in this the first of their mid-week fixtures as the summer finally arrived.  It is no picnic travelling mid-week when one has to negotiate the nightmare that is M50 mayhem, where the only thing that moves is time.

But Eddie, Arnie and Noel had their troops well primed for this fixture, even though there was little or no time available for warm-ups.  They finally clicked into gear after 25 mins, when Colm Brady hit his customary strike to put the visitors 1-0 up. But the joy was short lived as St Brendans hit back quickly to level matters 10 mins before half time with a dubious penalty. 1-1.

On 55 mins, John Dunne was on hand to put Celtic 2-1 ahead.  10 mins later, it was Adam O'Callaghan who struck with the first of his 2 goals to put more daylight between the teams. 3-1.

15 mins from time, Adam was again on hand to widen the margin, followed soon after by Steve O'Callaghan, who shot the fifth.

Eddie was delighted with the manner of the victory which he considered the best of the season.  But he was even more elated when he learnt that league leaders, Marks Celtic, were beaten at home by Dragon Rangers. This leaves Castleknock just 3 points adrift of Marks with 3 games in hand.  There are few who would bet against Eddie's team pulling off another title.