Glantine 1
Mountcollins AFC 4

James Brouder ⚽
OG ⚽
Mike Quirke  ⚽
Seamus Murphy ⚽

The Juniors travelled to near neighbours Glantine for Round 3 of the Divison 2 League Cup. We were without several regulars once again due to GAA commitments. The experienced quartet of Bernard McCarthy, DJ Gleeson, Sean Lyons & Mike Quirke were all on hand to make their first appearance of the season in this local derby.

Mountcollins started strongest dominating possession and creating several chances. However it was Glantine who struck first on the half hour capitalising on a goalkeeping error to score into an empty net. Mountcollins finished the half really strong scoring two goals to respond brilliantly to the setback of going behind. Firstly James Brouder latched on to a long kickout to calmly slot home for his first of the season. The second came from good pressure from Eli Morris with the ball going in off a Glantine defender.

Mountcollins were much the better team in the second half restricting Glantine to half chances and scoring two more quality goals through wingers Mike Quirke and Seamus Murphy. Mike Quirke was a threat all night with his pace and got the goal his performance deserved with a right foot finish into the bottom corner. Seamus Murphy added the icing on the cake late on with a mazy dribble that he tucked away in the bottom left hand corner. They was some outstanding performances right throughout the team on the evening. This result sees us progress now to the knockout stages of the League Cup to be played before Christmas.

We are now just over two weeks away before we resume playing activities at Glasha Park. Huge credit to the Field Committee for their hard work in getting everything ready for the big kick-off.