Saturday, September 11, 2010

Mervue, 10th September !





Last night, Mervue United were the visitors to Turners Cross . Everybody in the ground could hardly believe what was happening in front on their eyes when City went 2-0 within the first 7 mins of the match .  It was that man, "Super" Graham Cummins who scored yet again for City last night to put the rebel army in front as he g got on the end of a Gareth Cambridge cross to finish nicely past Mervue keeper  Ger Hanley with 4 minutes of the game played. Then in the 7th minute Cummins turned provider as he flicked on a Shane Duggan cross and Gavin Kavenagh was there to bury the ball into the back of the net and score his first City goal in the process.  For the remainder of the first half, it seemed only a metter of when the 3rd would come as City seemed to create  chance after chance for the remainder of the half . 

 First Cummins headed over after a great delivery from Ian Turner, and Cambridge was denied by the upright after rounding Hanley but could only strike the post from a tight angle.
Hanley was by far Mervue’s standout performer last night. Cambridge’s clever back-heel put Duggan through on goal, but the Mervue stopper was on hand to pull off a spectacular double save  before half time.
If the first half was an exciting one, the 2nd half was almost the complete opposite.  One talking point though was the pretty contraversial Shane Duggan sending off after he was blatently brough down in the box, the referee Peter Sutton booked Duggan for diving . I don't know what it is but the standered of LOI refereeing is quite shocking, I could be hear all day talking about this so we'll leave that topic for another day.
But in what was a pretty eventless second half, Davin O'Neil probably came the closest to scoring  for City.
Despite Barry McEntee  getting a goal back for Mervue, City held out for the 3 points.
City now lie just 4 points off the playoff positions due to results elsewhere in the league.  Next week's game with Limerick now becomes a massive one for our outside playoff chances, a win in Jackman Park would put City within just 1 pt of the Shannonsiders. 

Tonight's Other Result's:

Derry 2-2 Athlone

Finn Harps 1-1 Limerick

Wexford 1-4 Monaghan


Offical Match Report :



Cork City made it nine points out of nine against Mervue United after a comfortable 2-1 victory at Turner’s Cross.
Manager Tommy Dunne made one change from last week’s win over Athlone. Davin O’Neill dropped to the bench and he was replaced by George O’Callaghan.
Wearing red at home for the first time in years, supporters were treated to a goal-fest in the opening ten minutes. After two minutes, City took the lead. Gareth Cambridge made space for himself down the right after a burst of pace left the Mervue defence helpless. He crosses perfectly for Graham Cummins who made no mistake and volleyed home past Hanley.
Moments later Gavin Kavanagh scored his first goal for the club. Cillian Lordan crossed from the left, Cummins flick on fell to Kavanagh and he fired home from close range. City dominated the first half, and Shane Duggan could have scored a third goal but his volley flew narrowly wide of the post.
More chances arrived for the Leesiders. First Cummins headed over after a great delivery from Ian Turner, and Cambridge was denied by the upright after rounding Hanley but could only strike the post from a tight angle.
Hanley was by far Mervue’s star in the opening forty-five. Cambridge’s clever back-heel put Duggan through on goal, but the Mervue stopper was on hand to pull off a spectacular double save.
The home team looked dangerous again after the restart, Cambridge curling an effort straight at Hanley from the edge of the box. Just before the hour mark, City were forced out of the comfort zone when Shane Duggan saw red for a second booking for simulation.
Dunne promptly changed the system and brought in GearĂ³id Morrissey and Davin O’Neill, but Mervue were able to claw one back  through Barry McEntee.
Davin O’Neill proved a threat down the other end, the substitute had two efforts on goal after excellent counter-attacking play. Again Hanley denied City stretching their lead. The referee blew the whistle as the rain poured down in injury time, giving City all three points.
Cork City
Starting Line-Up: McNulty, Turner, O’Halloran, Kavanagh, Horgan, O’Callaghan, Lordan, Duggan, Barrett, Cambridge, Cummins.
Substitutes: Morrissey for O’Callaghan (72mins), O’Neill for Cambridge (72mins), Woods for Barrett (90mins). Subs not used: Piechnik, Lougheed.
Mervue United:
Starting Line-Up: Hanley, Crehan, Cunningham, Casserley, Conneely, McEntee, Lee, Gaffney, Collins, Goldbey, Ludden.
Substitutes: Varley for Collins (58mins), Boyle for Lee (69mins). Subs not used: Kenny, Smyth, Gleeson.
Referee: P.Sutton.
Official Attendance: 1,154.

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