MITCHELSTOWN LOSE OUT IN TIGHT GAME

MITCHELSTOWN 1 10
MALLOW 1 12

MITCHELSTOWN TRAVELLED BACK TO MALLOW LAST THURSDAY NIGHT TO PLAY THE HOME TEAM IN THEIR FIRST GAME OF 3 IN THIS YEARS U21 GLENVILLE TOURAMENT THE NIGHT WAS COLD AND THE PITCH HEAVY BUT ALL IN ALL THE CONDITIONS WERE NOT THAT BAD AND THE FOOTBALL PLAYED BY BOTH TEAMS WAS NOT BAD FOR THE FIRST OUTING OF THE YEAR SOME OF THE BASICS AND SHOOTING WERE AT TIMES WAYWARD BUTMANAGEMENT OF BOTH TEAMS WILL FEEL THAT THERE IS MORE TO COME. MALLOW OPENED THE SCORING ON THE 10TH MIN BUT THIS WAS QUIKLY CANCELLED OUT BY A WELL KICKED POINT BY PAUDIE GORMAN MALLOW RESPONDED WELL BY KICKING 3 UNANSWERED POINTS TO OPEN A GAP BUT DYLAN PRICE RESPONDED WITH 2 TO LEAVE THE MINIMUM BE TWEEN THE SIDES AFTER 20 MINUTES MALLOW STARTED TO GET ON TOP AND ADDED POINTS ON THE 22 AND 23 AND SHOULD HAVE ADDED MORE BUT FOR SOME GOOD DEFENDING BY KILLION ROCHE AND SHANE DOYLE AS THE GAME WAS APPROACHING HALF TIME TOWN KICKED 2 POINTS BY BRIAN WHITE AND SEAN WALSH TO LEAVE JUST 1 BETWEEN THE SIDES 07 TO 06 IN MALLOW FAVOUR. MITCHELSTOWN STARTED THE 2ND HALF A LOT BETTER THAN THE FIRST WITH P GORMAN LEVELING THE SCORES WITHIN 2 MIN OF THE RESUMPTION THIS WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY MITCHELSTOWN BEST MOVE OF THE GAMEWHICH WAS EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE MALLOW NET FINISED BY SEAN WALSH TWO MORE POINTS WITHOUT REPLY BY DYLAN PRICE HAD MITCHELSTOWN IN A GOOD POSITION WITH 15 MINUTES REMAING ON THE SCOR LINE 1 09 TO O O8 BUT AS IF A SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF THEY COMPLETELY LOST CONCENTRATION AND MALLOW KEPT PLAYING THEY ADDED POINTS IN THE 17TH AND 18TH MINUTE TO REDUCE THE GAP TO 2 AND THEN SCORED A WELL WORKED GOAL TO PUT THEM AHEAD WITH 7 MIN REMAINING FURTHER POINTS HAD MALLOW 4 AHEAD BUT TO BE FAIR TO TOWN THEY RESPONDED WELL TWO WELL KICKED POINTS BY SEAN WALSH REDUCED THE GAP TO 1 AND IT GOT A BIT FRANTIC IN THE DYING MIN BUT IN EXTRA TIME MALLOW ADDED A POINT TO SECURE VICTORY ON THE NIGHT. MITCHELSTOWN MENTORS WILL BE HAPPY ENOUGH WITH THE GAME AS IT WAS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON BUT WILL FEEL ANNOYED THAT THEY LOST A GOOD LEAD ENTERING THE LAST 15 MIN WHICH HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST YEAR AND MALLOW GOT 1 04 FROM THEIR OWN KICKOUT NO DOUBT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS TEAM C O SULLIVAN T FINN K ROCHE K FOX D FARLEY J MULLINS S DOYLE A DONEGAN S O SULLIVAN G PENDLE S WALSH (1 03) S MURPHY B WHITE(0 01) D PRICE CAPTAIN (0 03) P GORMAN (0 02) SUBS S HOWARD 50MIN

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JACKPOT SO NEXT DRAW IS FOR  £6,000 . THE DRAW WILL TAKE PLACE IN MIKO’S BAR THURSDAY 11TH JAN TICKETS £2 EACH 3FOR £5 THANKING YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT SHOP LOCAL.

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THIS YEARS AGM WILL COMMENCE ON SUNDAY THE 13TH OF JANUARY AT 6 PM IN THE TOWN HALL EVERYBODY WELCOME

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THIS SUNDAY 14TH MITCHELSTOWN V AGHDA U 21 GLENVILLE TOURAMENT AT THE LIMERICK ROAD AT 12 30PM . ALL SUPPORT WELCOME.