Erris Under 14’s played at home this evening the 23rd July to Castlebar Celtic. A combination of holidays, the bog and girlfriends meant that many of first team players were absent but this was a fantastic performance. Robert Barrett volunteered to go in goal and made numerous fantastic saves. Captain John Linehan and Iarluir Reilly were outstanding at full back while in the centre of defence Niall Murphy and Fionnan Ryan were busier than a postman on Xmas eve but coped admirably with Celtic’s attacks.
The midfield of Matthew Walsh, Ceolan Walker, Shea O’Donohue and Eamon Fallon were tremendous, despite many of them giving away a huge height advantage. Up front Evan Ivers and Dara Padden chased everything and gave Celtic’s defence plenty to think about.
Erris went one nil down but Fionnan brought them back into the game with one of the greatest free kicks ever seen in Carne Nash (think of the David Luiz one in the World Cup). Scores level at half time and Erris created chances but with ten minutes to go a breakaway for Celtic led to a misdirected cross which unfortunately hit one of our players and bounced into our net. In our attempt to get an equaliser we left ourselves exposed at the back. The three subs of Ethan Healy, Danial Lally and Mikey Ginnelly were unable to make an impact, despite their best efforts.
Final score Erris 1 Celtic 4.
Man of the match Fionnan said he was delighted with the way the lads adapted to new positions and everyone gave 110%. Interim manager Des was taking full responsibility for the loss, stating that it was an outstanding performance and the lads couldn’t have given any more.
On a lighter note. Arjen Robben has a lot to answer for as there were two yellow cards in the match for simulation. There is a new sign on the bridge in town saying ‘No Diving’, maybe we should put one up back at the pitch?
Jul 23 2014