22 September 2003 Leinster Ladies Club IFC Semi-Final Report Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! AIB LEINSTER LADIES INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL Full-Time Score Killoe Young Emmets (Longford) 3-05 St. Conleths (Laois) 1-09 Report by Cóilín Duffy Following a nail-biting encounter played at Kilbeggan Shamrocks grounds on Saturday evening its Killoe of Longford who progress to the Leinster Final following their two point victory over St. Conleths of Laois. This game was played in warm, sunny conditions and it was the St. Conleths girls from Laois who got off to the better start after a point from Tracey Lawlor from a free in the third minute after two attacks on the St. Conleths defence proved fruitless for the Killoe girls both resulting in wides early on. Tracey Lawlor put St. Conleths two points in front with a point from play in the 5th minute. Then directly from the resulting kickout from Killoe keeper Donna Fox, Lianne Fallon won possession for St. Conleths and had no hesitation in sticking the ball over the bar. 0-3 to 0-0 in favour of St. Conleths. Edel Quinn opened the scoring for the Longford side after seven minutes with a pointed free before in the 16th minute Longford player Sharon Treacy broke through the St. Conleths defence scoring a goal to put the Killoe side ahead midway through the half 1-1 to 0-3. Ashling Brophy levelled matters after 18 minutes with a well taken point before a pointed free from Claire OConnell gave the Emo and Portarlington parishs combination a one point lead once again. Louise Clarke then pointed in the 23rd minute for Killoe to level the game. Lianne Fallon (St. Conleth’s) sends in a pass despite the close attention of the Killoe Midfielder Aisling Brophy (St. Conleths) blocks down Killoes Marie Carrighy shot Then less than a minute later St. Conleths were back in front once again with an expertly taken goal from 12 year old Emma Bracken to give St. Conleths a three point lead 6 minutes before half-time. The St. Conleths girls pressed and pressed for scores in the closing stages of the half and points from Tracey Lawlor and Claire OConnell in the 29th and 30th minutes respectively gave St. Conleths of Laois a five point lead at half-time. Half-time: St. Conleths (Laois) 1-07 Killoe (Longford) 1-02 Killoe regained composure at the start of the second half and they clawed back into the St. Conleths lead with a point from Longford player Edel Quinn three minutes into the second-half. Claire OConnell pointed for St. Conleths after 6 minutes to restore their lead to five points once again. But St. Conleths were not to score again for a further 25 minutes of the game despite numerous chances for scores. Longford county stars Sharon Treacy and Edel Quinn added a point each in the 10th and 14th minutes to narrow the gap to just a goal. Sharon Treacy was then booked minutes later for a heavy tackle on a St. Conleths player before the third goal of the game was produced. Killoe were pressing the St. Conleths defence as the ball was moved from forward to forward as the Longford girls pressed for a score. The ball eventually broke to Edel Quinn who found herself free and she headed for goal and slammed the ball to the back of the net and the sides were now suddenly level once again for the third time in the game. The score standing at St. Conleths 1-08 Killoe 2-5 after 20 minutes of the second half. Then two minutes later and Killoe were through for their third goal of the day. A brilliant save by Cassie Dunne in the goals for St. Conleths saw the ball move out. A scramble in the square for the ball ensued with goalie and her defence struggling for the ball together with the Killoe attack and it was Sabrina Hackett who managed to toe poke the ball to the back of the net. It was a very suspect goal in that a free out could have been given for a square ball. Also in the process Cassie Dunne was fouled and play had to be held up for a few minutes as Cassie was injured but thankfully the St. Conleths No. 1 was able to continue on playing. That goal coming seven and a half minutes from time and gave Killoe a three point lead. St. Conleths pressed and pressed at the Killoe defence but Killoe stood firm. Sharon Treacy was sent off for a second bookable offence on the stroke of full-time and with seven minutes of injury time to follow and St. Conleths with a one player advantage found it hard to get the scores the final score of the game coming from Tracey Lawlor with a pointed free almost two minutes into injury time. Credit is due to the St. Conleths girls who played some outstanding football in their campaign which started last May with a one point win over Park/Ratheniska in the Laois County Final. Senior Club football in Laois now awaits these girls in 2004 and no doubt they will certainly rise to this test. Full-Time Score: Killoe (Longford) 3-5 St. Conleths (Laois) 1-09 St. Conleths: Cassie Dunne, Maria OReilly, Sinéad Murphy, Lizzie Keogh, Claire Whelan, Fionnuala Gleeson, Sandra Ramsbottom, Catriona Murphy, Lianne Fallon 0-1, Louise Whelehan, Aisling Brophy 0-1, Claire OConnell 0-3, Emma Bracken 1-0, Tracey Lawlor 0-4, Gemma Wilson. Subs: Sarah McCormack for C. Whelan, Laura Fallon for G. Wilson. Killoe: D. Fox, D. Cahill, C. Kiernan, A. Carrigy, C. McCormack, M. Carrigy, A. Brady, E. Brady, C. Carrigy, S. Hackett (1-0), S. Treacy (1-1), A. Kenny, L. Clarke (0-1), E. Quinn (1-2), A. Brereton. Share this Article 0 0