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Junior 3 Match Report versus Ballymun Kickhams - Thu, 27 May 2004

St Brigids 3-9 Ballymun Kickhams 1-8

St Brigids Junior 3 Footballer won this match in impressive fashion. They dominated for long periods of the match. Ballymun could not find the gears necessary to match St Brigids superior fitness and football ability. St Brigids forward line impressed with slick passages of play and impressive off the ball running which paved the way for three clinically taken goals. The match played in Beech Park was a free flowing encounter with both sides imposing their styles of play on the game. St Brigids started the better of the sides and with the aid of two points from corner forward Willie Tyrell. The Ballymun fullback line was showing signs of frailty and the St Brigids team sensed this. They continually hit the corners where a man was always in space. St Brigids were soon rewarded for these pin point accurate balls with a goal when Willie Tyrell ran onto a ball in the corner and he supplied the on running corner forward Rory McGowan with a beautiful cross field pass. Rory McGowan finished the ball to the net with calmness personified. Ballymun soon replied with two quick points from impressive corner forward John Ronan. St Brigids finished the half the stronger with three quick fire points from Alan Beirne, Stephen Cassidy and Willie Tyrell. Alan Beirne?s point was finished with some aplomb after turning the Ballymun fullback and slotting over from 35 metres. Stephen Cassidy finished off a beautiful move, which started in the St Brigids fullback line when Tony Hughes won the ball and passed to Colin Freeman who in turn played the ball to Willa Corbett. Willa Corbett turned his man and passed to Stephen Cassidy who pointed from close range. Willie Tyrell slotted over a forty-five showing that he just isn?t a dead ball specialist in Hurling. Ballymun reduced the deficit to five with a nicely taken point from midfielder Jack Collins. The first half ended 1-5 to 0-3. St Brigids started the second half as they finished the first when Kevin Bonfil won the throw in and passed the ball to Willa Corbett who slotted over 40 metres on his left foot. Ballymun responded with their best period of play for the game. They fired over three points to reduce the deficit to three points but this was the nearest Ballymun were to get to St Brigids. St Brigids fought back and were in no time were comfortably leading again. Willie Tyrell found the back of net when running onto a well-placed ball from Stephen Cassidy. Willa Corbett then pointed to widen the margin and St Brigids were cruising. St Brigids introduced five subs at this stage. Ballymun took advantage of these changes when corner forward John Ronan hammered the ball to the St Brigids net. The St Brigids team soon found their feet and finished the match the much stronger team. Alan Beirne scored the most impressive goal of the game when turning his man and blasting the ball to the net off his left from 14 metres. St Brigids lead was restored and soon lengthened when Alan Beirne and Stephen Cassidy pointed to widen the margin to nine. Ballymun responded with two late points but their efforts were all in vain as St Brigids ended the match comfortable victors by seven points.

St Brigids: Donal Donnelly, Fergal Delaney, John Duffy, Tony Hughes, Stephen Moore, Naill Ryan, Colin Freeman, Kevin Bonfil, Cairan Brennan, Willa Corbett, Paul Grealy, Stephen Cassidy, Rory McGowan, Alan Beirne, Willie Tyrell.

Scorers: Willie Tyrell 1-3, Alan Beirne 1-2, Rory McGowan 1-0, Willa Corbett 0-2, Stephen Cassidy 0-2 Half Time: St Brigids 1-5 Ballymun Kickhams 0-3

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