LIVE BLOG- Celbridge v Clane in the Senior Football Championship
Celbridge v Clane at Cedral St Conleths Park
Full time - A somewhat unconvincing but in the end deserved win for Celbridge, disappointing second half for Clane as they only scored three points even with a decent wind behind them - Celbridge 0-14 Clane 0-8
62 mins - Shane O'Sullivan hits the post from a two point free attempt but it's unlikely to matter now
57 mins - They haven't always displayed it but Celbridge just have had just too much quality in the end, Dean O'Donoghue with this point -
Celbridge 0-14 Clane 0-8
53 mins - Fergal Conway is a warrior and still as strong and powerful as ever. He wins a free and Aaron Browne strokes it over - Celbridge 0-13 Clane 0-8
49 mins - Tony Archbold scores now, this is a scoring burst that might settle this game - Celbridge 0-12 Clane 0-8
48 mins - Two quick points by Aaron Browne - Celbridge 0-11 Clane 0-8
46 mins - Shane O'Sullivan converts a free after McLoughlin had been fouled - Celbridge 0-9 Clane 0-8
44 mins - Niall O'Regan is really showing his forwards how it is done, his third of the game is Celbridge's first of the second half - Celbridge 0-9 Clane 0-7
38 mins - Clane's McLoughlin kicks the first point of the second half from two point range- Celbridge 0-8 Clane 0-7
37 mins - More yellow cards than points in the opening seven minutes of the second half, and there's only been one yellow card! Shown to half time Celbridge substitute Darragh Finnegan
Half time - A slow start to this game but Celbridge warmed to their task but still, a wide tally of ten in the opening half is a lot and they may live to regret that if Clane can make more use of the wind in the second half - Celbridge 0-8 Clane 0-5
30 mins - O'Regan provider now as he sets up Killian Browne - Celbridge 0-8 Clane 0-5
27 mins - O'Regan again, Celbridge getting the better as the half wears on - Celbridge 0-7 Clane 0-5
26 mins - Parity doesn't last long as Niall O'Regan puts Celbridge back into the lead - Celbridge 0-6 Clane 0-5
26 mins - Brian McLoughlin having a good game in the forward line for Clane, his third of the game, and first from play, ties the game Celbridge 0-5 Clane 0-5
24 mins - Slack pass out of the Celbridge backlin is punished by an Oisin Tighe point - Celbridge 0-5 Clane 0-4
21 mins - Aaron Browne scores from the resulting 45 - Celbridge 0-5 Clane 0-3
20 mins - It's been a disappointingly low quality game so far between of the top five or six teams in the county but at last we see some class as Fergal Conway kicks a two pointer. Shortly after, he had a sighting of goal but Cian Burke spread himself to block
17 mins - Some really poor shooting through the opening stages of the game by Celbridge
15 mins - Aaron Browne kicks Celbridge's first point for 12 minutes from a free - Clane 0-3 Celbridge 0-2
13 mins - Another free by McLoughlin after Kevin Flynn is shown a yellow card - Clane 0-3 Celbridge 0-1
Just to confirm the starting teams:
CELBRIDGE: Shane McNamara; John Clarke, Mick O’Grady, Cian Powell, Dean O’Donoghue, Mick Konstantin, Niall O’Regan; Hugh McGrillen, Fergal Conway; Kevin Flynn, Conor Plunkett, Tony Archbold, Davy Hughes, Aaron Browne, Killian Browne.
CLANE: Cian Burke; Harry O’Neill, Sean Callan, Hugh Prendergast, James Donlon, Tadhg Montgomery, Cian Shanahan; Sam McCormack, Shane McCormack; Shane O’Sullivan, Brian McLoughlin, Adam Fanning, Sean Tighe, Adam Fitzpatrick, Oisin Tighe.
Referee: Kieran Harris
12 mins - Some poor shooting by Celbridge is punished when Clane come forward to get a point against the win, a Brian McLoughlin free -
Clane 0-2 Celbridge 0-1
3 mins - Kevin Flynn levels the game - Clane 0-1 Celbridge 0-1
2 mins - We're underway in the second of the double header at Cedral St Conleths Park, Sean Tighe opens the scoring for Clane
