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Rousing Affair for Fire Departments


Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 1:19 AM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:56 PM

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FDNY 2-08

IN a very entertaining encounter, the Dublin Fire Department used a second half display when they outshot their hosts New York 1-9 to 0-4 to take the Lord Mayor's Cup on Saturday under a beautiful autumn sun. With conditions perfect, they overcame a slim deficit at the half and used impressive individual displays by Seanan Moylan and Alan Moore to secure the victory.

Dublin Fire Brigade jumped out into an 0-6 to 0-2 lead in the first 15 minutes of this entertaining contest as they used the efficiency of frees to easily get on top. New York did have a huge break to pull back into the game when a long ball into Barry Annette was secured by the full forward, but he was pulled down for a penalty by his marker before he could get a chance off. Aiden Dennis dispatched expertly to the top left corner of the net to pull the deficit back to one.

Moylan, the former Dublin player, continued the good form with a further brace for the travel team, with Lar Sweetman, who is presently on the Dublin hurling squad, a major force in the proceedings at this time.

Again, however, New York stormed back. Sean Carbin had a point from play before Brendan Murphy cantered in and took the wise decision of fisting over for a point.

Another long ball into the full forward area - this was working well for a ten minute period - was pulled down by Annette, and this time he was able to flick to Carbin. Carbin evaded two tackles and blasted to the net for a 2-4 to 0-9 point lead. It came seconds before the halftime buzzer to give renewed hope for the home side.

New York continued their resurgence with a point to open the second half from Mike Reilly when Carbin made a wise choice to give the ball to a better placed teammate.

Dublin, however, used sustained pressure in the next five minutes to put a pair of points on the board to level the game, and then jumped in front when Alan Regan took a pass in the middle and buried the ball low to the net.

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