Fermoy 0-20 (0-3-14)<\/p>\n
Naomh Aban 1-16 (1-3-10)<\/p>\n
There was a dramatic finish to this McCarthy Insurance Cork County Premier IFC round 1 game at Ballyclough on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Naomh Aban led for most of the hour and when ahead 1-16 to 0-13 after 55 minutes and they looked like certain winners.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Fermoy with a late burst gained supremecy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They came close to two goals but were denied by Gearoid O’Luasa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three two pointers and a point gave them victory in the end.<\/p>\n
Naomh Aban had the aid of the stiff breeze in the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fermoy had the opening score by Ben Twomey. Darragh Daly placed Shane Aherne for a fourth minute point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the seventh minute, the sides were level when Ed Mir landed two points, one a fisted effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Ben Twomey free edged Fermoy ahead with Donal O’Ceallaigh replying in off the upright.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the 18th minute, Fionn Lardner with a free edged the Avondhu side ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three minutes later impressive Darragh M O’Loingsigh and Shane O’Loingsigh worked well for Darragh O’Laoire, who kicked a two pointer edging the Muskerry side ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fermoy were quick to level when Darragh Daly and Eoin Healy combined for Garry O’Callaghan, who tied the game up at 0-5 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Naomh Aban had a great two pointer by Donal O’Ceallaigh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They pushed on using the short passing to good effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ed Mir kicked a two pointer free.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just before the break Fionn Lardner with a free closed the gap at the break 0-9 to 0-6.<\/p>\n
On the resumption, Darragh O’Laoire added a point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fermoy kept in touch with a point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both sides exchanged points as the Ballyvourney side led 0-11 to 0-8.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Good play by Marc O’Criod led to a Donal O’Ceallaigh point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fermoy kept in touch. Points by Shane Aherne and Ben Twomey cut the lead 0-13 to 0-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fermoy had a great point by Martin Brennan entering the final quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gearoid O’Luasa saved well from Shane Aherne. Martin Brennan had a second point after good play by Darragh Daly and Garry O’Callaghan. Naomh Aban introduced Concubhair O’Criodan, who did well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caoimhin O’Donnchu had a point before Concubhair O’Criodain worked well for Ed Mir, who had a brilliant goal opening up a five point lead, 1-14 to 0-12.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ben Twomey (free) and Ed Mir exchanged a point each before Wayne McCarthy had Naomh Aban’s last score in the 55th minute to leave it 1-16 to 0-13.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a dramatic finish.<\/p>\n
Fermoy made a master move in moving Ben Twomey to wing back and Martin Brennan up front.\u00a0<\/p>\n
First, Fionn Lardner kicked a two pointer free and Ben Twomey landed another two pointer in the 6lst minute to leave it 1-16 to 0-17.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Twomey had another two pointer from a difficult angle and the same player followed with a very late winning point as Fermoy secured victory.<\/p>\n
After the game an excited Fermoy manager Michael Dolan was thrilled with the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He felt the win meant everything to Fermoy, their first championship win in four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Hopefully, we have turned the corner after being relegated from the Division three Football League this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It is so important to get a result from your opening game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The win takes a bit of the pressure off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We have a strong side with just two U21 players Fionn Lardner and Brendan Daly in the team.”<\/p>\n
Scorers for Fermoy: B Twomey 0-10 (2 x 2ptr. 0-1f), D Lardner 0-4 (1 x 2ptf, 0-2f), S Aherne 0-2, M Brennan 0-2, G O’Callaghan 0-1, D Daly 0-1.<\/p>\n
Naomh Aban: E Mir 1-6 (1 x 2ptrf), D O’Ceallaigh 0-4 (1 x 2pt), D O’Laoire 0-4 (1 x 2pt), C O’Donnchu 0-1, W MacCarthaigh 0-1.<\/p>\n
FERMOY: D Dawson, J Molloy. L Aherne, P O’Neill, D O’Flynn, T Clancy, B Daly, P Murphy, J O’Brien, D Daly, G O’Callaghan, E Healy, B Twomey, S Aherne, D Lardner. Subs : M Brennan for D O’Flynn, F Lardner for B Daly.<\/p>\n
NAOMH ABAN: G O’Luasa, E O’Criodain, C de Roiste, S Tinsley, C O’Laoire, S O’Riordan, D M O’Loingsigh, J O’Donnchu, C O’Donnchu, S O’Loingsigh, D O’Laoire, M O’Criod, D O’Ceallaigh E Mir, W McCarthy. Fir ionad C O’Criodain in ionad M O’Criod, J Hendry in ionad C O’Laoire.<\/p>\n
Referee: Jerry Kelleher (St John’s)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fermoy 0-20 (0-3-14) Naomh Aban 1-16 (1-3-10) There was a dramatic finish to this McCarthy Insurance Cork County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-569084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}