Premier Division
Youghal Utd 5 – 2 Douglas Hall
4/10/09
Youghal went in to this game looking for their first win in the premier division. They started off in determined form and battled hard and pushed Douglas Hall in to their own area. They were rewarded when following a corner Aisling Coleman was on hand to give Youghal the lead when she finished coolly from a group of players.
Youghal continued to play good football and when Kate Sheehan passed a diagonal ball to the left wing Lisa O’Sullivan picked it up and looked like she was going to be closed down but somehow made room for her shot from outside the box and the ball finished in the top corner of the Douglas Hall net. Douglas Hall however did not lie down and just before half time made it 2 – 1 at the break. Carol Keniry had done some great running on the right wing and was by far the superior in her battle with the Douglas Hall full back.
The second half started with Sarah Goggin going close however the Youghal girls didn’t have to wait long for their next goal. Following a through ball by Kate Sheehan, Gemma Lyons was first to get a touch and was behind the Hall defence and finished from the edge of the box to make it 3 – 1. Lisa O’Sullivan was next on the score sheet for her second and Youghal’s fourth. Kirsty Mason had to come off the Youghal defence with a leg injury and was replaced by Elaine Meade who had some good play putting pressure on the Hall defence. Douglas Hall were still pushing for a goal and were rewarded when a ball over the top was chased down by the number 8 who finished to the Youghal net to make it 4 – 2.
Shortly after this the Douglas Hall girl again found her way clear on goal only to have Biane Roche make the tackle of the day to save Youghal girls conceding another goal. The Youghal girls kept pushing the Hall girls all the way to the end and were rewarded when Gemma Lyons who saved the best for last finished the game off when she carried the ball into the Douglas hall area and beat three defenders to blast the ball to the back of the net.
Best for Youghal were Gemma Lyons, Lisa O’Sullivan, Kate Sheehan and making her debut in goal Evelyn O’Brien.