Great win for Seniors

St Martins 1-11 Dicksboro 0-13
What a way to start the year for the Seniors! The lads showed massive determination from the first whistle and battled right to the 4th minute of injury time to start their championship campaign off with a vital two points.
Playing with a strong breeze in the first half, we put some quick points on the board through John Maher, Tom Breen and John Mulhall. With probably the youngest midfield pairing in the county, Shane Kinsella and Brian Coady hurling a world of ball, we remained on top to lead 0-8 to 0-2 at half time and but for some bad wides in the tricky breezy conditions we could have been further in front.
The chat on the bank at half time was whether or not 6 points would be enough for victory. As things turned out, it wasn’t ….. but then it was 😀.
Playing with the wind in the 2nd half, it took a fantastic point blank save from Colin McGrath from Dicksboro’s first attack to avoid what would have been a sucker punch start. The ‘Boro steadily eroded the deficit and pulled ahead with only minutes to go. The lads showed tremendous determination and fought for every ball and got one last chance when we were awarded a free 50 yards out. Knowing that only a goal would do, Colin floated a perfect ball in to the edge of the square and somehow the ball ended up in the back of the net.
The half back line of Paddy Nolan, Brian Byrne and Mick Morrissey had a great game and with Shane, Brian and Tom Breen working tirelessly around the middle of the field we got our just rewards. It’s important that we don’t get carried away, but we should also celebrate a great team effort and performance and we can now look forward to Bennettsbridge in a couple of weeks in round 2!