ACHL Division 2 2012

Lamh Dhearg v Carey

Sunday 6th May 2012:

Match Report:
Both sides took a few minutes to settle with a long range shot from Emmet Hunter dropping to the keeper and half a minute later Lamh Dhearg had a shot drop to the keeper too. Carey then hit a free wide and had another shot from play go wide too. Lamh Dhearg followed this up with a free sailing wide. Approaching the 6th min Carey got the first score of the match courtesy of midfielder James McCouaig. A minute later Lamh Dhearg hit another shot short which Steven McGinn cleared but the home side got on the scoreboard less than a minute later with a Brendan McComb point. Lamh Dhearg attacked again but dropped a shot short and hit a free wide. James Black then got Carey's second point of the match after 10mins with Lamh Dhearg's Dan McGreevy replying straight away with a point. Carey's keeper was called into action after 12mins with a brilliant diving save and a minute later the home side pressurised again with Brendan McComb slotting over a point to give a slender 1 point lead. Both sides then hit a couple of wides before Cathal McAuley set Colin Smyth up for a point after 17mins to level things. Straight away play went up the other end of the field and Steven McGinn was forced to make another important save. Lamh Dhearg hit another wide before Carey's Colin Smyth pointed again to lead by 1 at the 20min mark. Carey earned a free after 25mins which Cathal McAuley converted to increase the lead to 2 but Lamh Dhearg's Terry McCrudden added 2 points while Carey had a couple of wides and Colin Smyth's shot on goal was saved in the closing minutes to leave it all square at the break.
Half time score: Lamh Dhearg 0.5 Carey 0.5
Carey came out fired up in the second half with Tommy Devlin firing over a point after just 15 seconds; Ciaran McCaughan adding one after 50 seconds and Colin Smyth sailing 1 over following a handpass from Cathal McAuley just half a minute later. Momentum was with the visitors now and Ciaran McCaughan added a point on the 3 minute mark following some ferocious blocking by both himself and Christopher Butler. Colin Smyth found the back of the net just after 3 and a half mins after a nice ball in from midfield from Michael McVeigh. There was no stopping the Carey boys now and a great crossfield ball from Tommy Devlin found Colin Smyth who passed to Cathal McAuley for the visitors 10th point. Patrick Herron got Lamh Dhearg's first point of this half after 8mins but Carey replied straight away with a fantastic goal into the top right hand corner by Chrissy Butler. Over the next 10mins Carey added 5 further points to lead by 15. It just wasn't Lamh Dhearg's night when a penalty awarded in the 20th minute was saved. Brendan McComb added Lamh Dhearg's second and last point of this half from a free after 22 and a half minutes. Carey ended the match with a couple of wides and a point by substitute Kevin Murphy to win comfortably.
Full time score: Lamh Dhearg 0.7 Carey 2.16

North Antrim Junior League 2012

Oisins v Carey Faughs

Tuesday 1st May 2012:

Team:

(1) Darren McVeigh; (2) Paddy McAlonan; (3) Conor O'Brien; (4) Sean Gillan; (5) Eamon McBride; (18) Leon McVeigh; (17) Paul Devlin; (8) Fiachra McVeigh; (9) Patrick McBride; (10) Daniel McAllister; (11) Gerard McBride; (12) Damien McLaughlin; (13) Conleth McVeigh; (14) Colin Smyth; (15) Ciaran McCaughan

Subs:

(21) Kevin Murphy on for (12) Damian McLaughlin (12min 30sec);

(19) Daniel Hill on for (4) Sean Gillan (41min 30sec);

(16) Pat Murphy.

Scorers:

Daniel McAllister: 0.5 (0.2 from frees; 0.1 from a 65')

Gerard McBride: 0.1

Patrick McBride: 1.0

Ciaran McCaughan: 1.2

Conleth McVeigh: 1.2

Fiachra McVeigh: 0.1

Colin Smyth: 1.3

Match Report:

In what turned out to be a high scoring and entertaining encounter the visitors were first on the scoreboard after 45 seconds following a well worked point starting in the back line and working its way up to Daniel McAllister to finish off. Glenariffe replied quickly with their own point on the board by no.12 less than a minute later. A minute later Oisins added their second point following a 65'. Carey levelled things at the 5 min mark with a point by young Conleth McVeigh and then added another by the veteran Colin Smyth to take a 1 point lead approaching the 8th min. Gelnariffe then went on the attack and no. 10 found the back of the net just a minute later and no. 14 quickly added on another point to lead by 3 with 10 mins played. Glenariffe followed this up with a couple of wides. Fiachra McVeigh added a point for Carey but Glenariffe replied with 3 quick points in succession to lead by 5 at the 14 min mark. Carey pointed a free then added a quick point by Ciaran McCaughan. Ciaran went on the attack again but his shot found the post. Glenariffe hit another couple of wides in this period and then Fiachra McVeigh volleyed the ball and Gerard McBride controlled it with his stick, brought it down and added Carey's 7th point to reduce the deficit to 2 approaching the 23rd min. Oisin's were awarded a penalty after 26 and a half mins which no.12 sent over the bar and within 30 seconds no.12 tagged on another point. Carey replied straight away and went down the other end of the pitch for Ciaran McCaughan to find the back of the net to trail by just 1. Approaching half time Glenariffe added another point and Carey had 2 wides leaving the home team with a 2 point lead going into the break.

Half time score: Glenariffe Oisins 1.9 Carey 1.7

Carey start the second half on the attack but the effort is cleared and Oisin's go straight up the other end of the pitch where Darren McVeigh is forced to make a save resulting in a 65' which no.7 duly points. Carey hit a wide and at the other end of the pitch Carey's goalie is forced to make 2 saves before Oisins get 3 quick points before the 5 min mark. Carey reply with a point by Ciaran McCaughan and then at the 6 and a half min mark Colin Smyth takes on a few players and young Patrick McBride runs in and finishes off the move by finding the back of the net. Approaching 8 mins Oisin's got their 14th point of the match but then it was all Carey on the attack for the next 5 mins with Colin Smyth working very hard for a point after 9 and a half mins and then adding another 2 mins later. Colin found the back of the net at the 13 min mark after Conleth McVeigh started the move with a nice lift and pass into Colly, the ball then nearly went out but Conleth McVeigh had made a run in and kept it in, pulled it across the goal line and Colly finished the move to give Carey a 2 point lead. Glenariffe hit a couple of wides in the following minutes of play and then scored a controversial wide which seemed to drop in for a point but was claimed to have went in through a hole in the net for a goal instead. Carey pointed a 65' approaching 21 mins to level things but Oisins replied with 2 points. Carey then pointed a free and then added a quick point from play yo level things once again. Carey took the lead again in the 25th min with a Conleth McVeigh point but Glenariffe replied quickly with a point of their own. In the 28th min Glenariffe dropped in a 65' and no.11 found the back of the net to lead by 3. Almost immediately, within 30 seconds, Glenariffe found the back of the net again with their second controversial goal of the match through this hole in the net. Half a minute later Oisins added a point to lead by 7 but Carey finished strongly and a good pass by Colly Smyth assisted Conleth McVeigh to find the back of the net on the stroke of half time. A couple of controversial goals marred this exciting, high scoring match. Carey should be proud of their effort especially the efforts of some of the young players coming through such as Conleth McVeigh and Patrick McBride and some of the old hands, Ciaran McCaughan and Colly Smyth bringing experience and leadership.

Full time score: Glenariffe Oisins 4.18 Carey 4.14

ACHL Division 2 2012

Carey v St Galls

Wednesday 25th April 2012:

Carey Team:

(1) Steven McGinn; (2) Gerard McBride; (3) Michael Hegarty; (4) Michael McVeigh; (5) Christopher Butler; (6) Sean McLaughlin; (7) Leon McVeigh; (8) James McCouaig; (9) Shane McCambridge; (10) Emmet Hunter; (11) Cathal McAuley; (12) Eamon McBride; (13) Kieran Kane; (14) Conor O'Brien; (15) Tommy Devlin

Subs:

(16) Patrick Butler on for (7) Leon McVeigh (25min 15sec);

(18) Fiachra McVeigh on for (12) Eamon McBride (35min);

(21) Patrick McAlonan on for (14) Conor O'Brien (52min);

(19) Sean Gillan on for (11) Cathal McAuley (53min 20sec)

Daniel Hill;

Conleth McVeigh.

Carey Scorers:

Tommy Devlin: 0.1 (free)

Emmet Hunter: 0.2

Kieran Kane: 0.1

Cathal McAuley: 0.1 (free)

Match report:

With a massive wind behind them St Galls started on the attack and had a penalty within 30 seconds which no.5 took and found the back of the net. Within the next couple of minutes no.8 hit a wide and then the visitors found the back of the net again courtesy of no.14. Carey added their first point of the game approaching 6 minutes following a 25 metre free taken by Cathal McAuley. St Galls went on the attack again and added 2 points to the board interspersed by 2 wides. Steven McGinn was forced to make a save after 15 minutes went no.11 went low. Against a strong wind Carey's 45 metre free in the 19th minute was hit short and cleared. Carey still tried to push on and the St Gall's keeper was forced to make a save following an Eamon McBride shot. St Galls then went straight up the other end of the pitch but hit another wide. Carey had another free in the 23rd minute but again considering the strong wind the shot dropped short to the keeper but Kieran Kane won the rebound and hit the ball over the bar for Carey's second point. Steven McGinn was forced to make another save approaching 27 minutes and a minute later the St Galls keeper was also forced to make a save after a Carey free from Cathal McAuley was sent to Conor O'Brien who passed to Emmet Hunter but the save was made. St Galls added 2 further points in injury time to take a 9 point lead into the break

Half time score: Carey 0.2 St Galls 2.5

Carey started the second half on the attack but Tommy Devlin's shot went wide approaching 4 minutes. With the wind with Carey in this half Emmet Hunter got Carey off the mark with a 70 metre point after 7 minutes. St Galls replied straight away with a point by no.9. This was a very low scoring second half and St Galls added 3 further points to the board and had a low shot saved by Steven McGinn before Carey managed a second point of the half with another long range shot by Emmet Hunter in the 24th minute. Carey followed this up a minute later with a pointed 65 metre free by Tommy Devlin. Carey defended hard for the last 10 minutes of this half to deny the visitors any further scores.

Full time score: Carey 0.5 St Galls 2.9