SENIOR FOOTBALL: Dingle 1-16; Austin Stacks 1-13.
When both sides met in the earlier round of the competition (round 5 on 1st May) the game ended in a draw (2-12 to 1-15) but in this semi final encounter played in Annascaul on this Saturday evening (16th July) Dingle (the current Co. League holders) were never behind in a closely contested game. They got off to the perfect start scoring four points without reply inside the first six minutes. Our first score came in the eight minute from a David Mannix free and David added two more from the spot by the 18th minutes. Our four remaining points of the half came from play with Shane O’Callaghan, Armin Heinrich, Conor Horan and team captain, Michael O’Donnell on target. This left Dingle ahead by three at half time ( 0-10 to 0-7).
And that was still the difference between the sides at full time when both sides scored 1-6 each. Michael O’Donnell’s goal inside the 2nd minute of the second half gave us great start but Dingle never gave up and kept that three points lead right up to the end. Our remaining six points of the half came from six different players – Michael O’Donnell, Conor Horan, David Mannix (free), Jordan Kissane, Calvin Foley and Darragh O’Brien.
Team: Wayne Guthrie, Colin Griffin, Barry Shanahan, Eoghan Carroll, Armin Heinrich (0-1), Ronan Shanahan, Adam Curran, Michael O’Donnell (Capt) (1-2), Michael O’Gara, Conor Horan (0-2), David Mannix (0-4 frees), Jordan Kissane (0-1), Calvin Foley (0-1), Gearóid Fitzgerald, Shane O’Callaghan (0-1).
Subs used: Luke Chester ((42m), Darragh O’Brien (42m) (0-1), Paul Barrett (50m).
Dingle will now play Dr. Crokes in the Co. League final while we look forward to the first round of the Club Championship.
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