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Weekend results from New York’s Gaelic Park

Results from the Intermediate football championship and Senior football semi-final


Published Monday, September 14, 2009, 11:54 AM
Updated Monday, September 14, 2009, 12:05 PM

 

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Intermediate Football Championships: Tough match yields no winner

Offaly 1-15 Roscommon 2-12

What was supposed to be a light day began with a bang as the Intermediate Football final began.  

The match started simply enough with a Liam O’Sullivan point, in what would be the first of many. Offaly countered however when their back line won the ball and moved it swiftly up the field to Vinnie Gavin who was able to slot over an easy point.

Moments later the first casualty of the game came when Shane McCeever was injured and forced to leave the field, being replaced by Martin Slooey. Vinnie Gavin chose to add another to Offaly’s tally, by winning the ball from 40 yards out and earning himself space for an easy point.  

Liam O’Sullivan cancelled this out quickly however, keeping the sides even. John Curden put Offaly ahead once more with a fisted point and was taken down immediately after providing John Walsh with a yellow card barely ten minutes in.  

Offaly seemed to find their stride when Vinnie Gavin slotted a point. Kieran Burgen followed quickly when Offaly worked the ball up the field quickly before Sean Purcell dropped a footpass to burgen ahead of traffic and he finished with a beautiful shot past the Roscommon keeper to thrust Offaly ahead 1-4 to 2 points.  

Offaly’s play was outdone quickly, however, when Roscommon played the ball around the box and gave Nick Magnon a chance to shoot, which he did as he was hit, sending a slow roller into the corner of the net cutting the deficit to 2. Magnon wasn’t done yet, however when Liam O’Sullivan took a long shot that dropped in front of the square where Magnon was waiting to put a fist to it and push it past the keeper.  

The half  began to wind down, with Adrian Doherty and Liam O’Sullivan scoring a pair for Roscommon and Mike Dolan taking one for Offaly.

Roscommon came into the second half with a quick burst resulting in a Liam O’Sullivan free, but it was short-lived. Offaly managed to hold control with 3 straight, with 2 coming from Sean Purcell and one from John Cudden’s fist.  

Shane Russell stole back two of those with two of his own in a row to put Roscommon ahead by 2 with ten minutes to spare. Shane Purcell’s free kicking was not to be denied however, when two chances arose and he took both expertly to draw the match level again.  

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