Mungret St. Pauls 2-8 Drom Broadford 2-7

Mungret/St Pauls contested the Division 1 shield final against Dromcollogher/Broadford. The game was played in Knockaderry Sunday 20 September 2020. We started well and had a chances to open the scoring but it was Drom/Broadford who opened the scoring with a point. We quickly responded and notched over a point from a free. We followed this up with a goal from Darragh Hogan after a great movement outfield to work the ball in. We had a chance to extend the lead after been awarded a penalty only to be denied by the keeper after a shot from Adam Dore. We kicked points from play from Ross O’Carroll and Mark Barrett. Drom/Broadford responded with a goal. Both sides exchanged points before the break and we led the half by 1.04 to 1.03.

Drom/Broadford started the better in the second half and shot for their second goal to take the lead. Points were exchanged on both sides with Mark Barrett on target from play and a free from Darragh Hogan. Drom/Broadford were getting the upper hand and they shot for another goal but it was dis-allowed for two hops. We went down to 14 players before the water break for a sin-binning foul but our boys weathered the storm well. Drom/Broadford had another chance of goal only to be denied by a fantastic save from our goalie on the day Conor Crowley. It went over for a point. Drom/Broadford held a 4 point lead heading into the last 10 mins. We were now back to our full complement of 15 players and our boys never dropped the heads. We rallied well and hit for goal but we were denied by the cross-bar. We challenged again and were awarded a free which Darragh Hogan converted. We pressed again and the goal finally came from an opportunist shot from Stevie Barry. The game was now level going into injury time. Our defence held strong and showed great skill. Special mention to Conor O Longaigh who made some vital interceptions in the backs which allowed us get the ball quickly back up into the forwards. We were awarded a free in the dying minutes. Darragh Hogan duly converted and we took a one point lead which was enough to see the game out. The referee blew the final whistle and we won on a score 2-08 to 2-07.

This was a great team effort by the panel of players on the day. We are delighted for this team especially the 2006 players as they have struggled with numbers down through the years and this win was a just reward for all their hard work to keep trying and be as competitive as they can be.

Team; Conor Crowley, Barry Donnellan, Sean Condon, Conor O’ Longaigh, Mark Galvin, Billy Dervan, Conor Mangan, Kevin Morrow, Rory Mullins, Ross O’ Carroll, Mark Barrett, Evan Cusack, Adam Dore, Darragh Hogan, Liam Ahern, Aaron Morrow, Stevie Barry, Daniel O’ Connell, Evan O’ Keeffe, Eoghan Collins, Eoin Murphy, Kian Meagher, Oisin Patterson, James Fleming, Rory Fox.