Neville Cup: Round One
Weston 1 (Shane O'Hare) Pembroke 3 (Scott Furlong, Michael O'Connor, Patrick Good)
Pembroke were pushed hard by a vastly improved Weston at Griffeen Valley Park this evening but still had enough in the tank to comfortably take the second round place on offer against either Corinthian or Avoca.
Mick O'Connor hit a post from an early corner before Scott Furlong broke the deadlock with a drag-flick for the first half's only goal. Paddy Conlon's battle with Alan Browne was a particular highlight of a tight-knit but fast-paced encounter.
O'Connor doubled the lead from close range, tapping in from Craig Fulton's fine run but Shane O'Hare scored in bizarre fashion, goalkeeper Simon Thornton leaving the ball believing the shot to have been hit from outisde the circle, to pull one back.
Patrick Good, though, on his return to the purple scored from close in, too, to confirm the win in front of a decent sized crowd.
Elsewhere, former Monkstown skipper Ian Horsfield has confirmed he will join up with Scottish champions Kelburne for the upcoming season with the possibility of making their EHL panel. Should he make their 18, he could be in line to face Pembroke in round one of the competition on October 9.
Kelburne have been in rude form to date in their domestic league, winning their first three matches and scoring 26 goals in the process.
Mick O'Connor hit a post from an early corner before Scott Furlong broke the deadlock with a drag-flick for the first half's only goal. Paddy Conlon's battle with Alan Browne was a particular highlight of a tight-knit but fast-paced encounter.
O'Connor doubled the lead from close range, tapping in from Craig Fulton's fine run but Shane O'Hare scored in bizarre fashion, goalkeeper Simon Thornton leaving the ball believing the shot to have been hit from outisde the circle, to pull one back.
Patrick Good, though, on his return to the purple scored from close in, too, to confirm the win in front of a decent sized crowd.
Elsewhere, former Monkstown skipper Ian Horsfield has confirmed he will join up with Scottish champions Kelburne for the upcoming season with the possibility of making their EHL panel. Should he make their 18, he could be in line to face Pembroke in round one of the competition on October 9.
Kelburne have been in rude form to date in their domestic league, winning their first three matches and scoring 26 goals in the process.
Saturday fixtures, Neville Cup round two:
Fingal v Dublin University/Monkstown, 2pm, ALSAA; Skerries vs Glenanne, 2pm, Skerries; Corinthian/Avoca v Pembroke Wanderers, TBC; YMCA v Clontarf, 3pm, Alexandra College
11 comments:
A drag flick from Furlong....were Weston playing with a kicking back!!
Not bad Brownie...not bad...
Furlongs stats dont lie!!
weird seein scully in the weston colours!!! cant wait to get back!!!!
A boi Horse boy!
I saw Scott Furlong play for Pembroke fifths last season. I wouldn't read too much into this match Weston!
Weston will have a long season if they cant beat a bunch of fringe players from pembroke
while Scott Furlong may well have played fifths last year, I think its more relevant that he was in their IHL finals weekend squad!
no mug, and that 5ths appearance is probably more due to coming back from his travels mid-season, I'd guess as an outsider.
so will ym!!! lovin the stupid ym-esque comments so far!!! yis are gas!!!! fringe players??? paddy conlon is a fringe player??? ned??? mikey??? scott who was in the ihl squad???
when you consider the fact that pembroke were missing 9 players that will definitely be in their starting eleven then you can say that it was a bunch of fringe players.Furlong is no more than a seconds player but when called upon hasn't let them down it seems,thats the quality that pembroke have though,great depth
some of the team may have been fringe players, but pembroke fringe would have the beating of many div 1 teams
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