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NY GAA : Down wins New York Senior County football title


Published Monday, October 5, 2009, 9:33 AM
Updated Monday, October 5, 2009, 9:45 AM

 

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Action from Gaelic Park in the Bronx, New York.

Senior Football Final

Down take title home

Down 2-12 Cork 0-16

Down had a brilliant opening to both the first and second half’s when they scored 2-01 and 0-04 with out reply, they were then able to withstand a furious comeback attempt by Cork as the game closed to take their first NY senior Football title.

Down had a whirlwind start to the contest. They had a point from Michael Sloan when Raferty fouled Pakie Downey, a tough call. Within a minute they had the ball in the net when Robbie Moran instigated a move and found Seamus Kelly. He linked with O’Rourke who flicked to an advancing Garth O’Neill who blasted to the net.

They followed it moments later with a second goal this time when Robbie Moran and Michael O’Rourke set up Pakie Downey. The big man gave Evan Byrne no chance. Cork hurt themselves with two balls that dropped into the keeper’s hands in the next five minutes but they were now coming into the game with Rory Stafford starting to influence the middle and Ciaran Lyng becoming active. They had two points in a row from Lyng, the second could have been much more but Mark Kelly made a brilliant save to touch it over.

With a quarter gone in the game both sides were settled but the game was still being played at break neck speed. Down replied with a brace from that man Downey and also Michael O’Rourke, O’Rourke picked the wise choice when he fisted over from fifteen yards out on the angle. It extended their lead to 2-03 to 0-02 with 18 minutes gone.

Down were made to defend over the next ten minutes and they were pressed back into their first 45. Ciaran Lyng had a point when Colin Daly won the kick out and set him free. Two Down points replied but then Cork had their best period of the first half when they added four points from frees and play. Lyng had two while JP Boyle and Rory Woods had the others.

It brought them back within four as the half approached but they allowed Down to move the ball down the field and grab their sixth point of the half before the break when Robbie Moran fired over from the right on the run.

Four points in the first five minutes of the second half all but killed off the contest. Moran, Connolly, Sloan and O’Rourke were on target. What it preceded however was a dogged and determined Cork comeback that had a bunch of horrible wides but also six of the next seven points as they came right back into the game.

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