Celbridge secure top spot after comfortable win over Clogherinkoe

Celbridge 2-16 Clogherinkoe 1-7 

Celbridge completed a clean sweep in Group B of the 2024 Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship following a comfortable victory over Clogherinkoe at Conneff Park on Saturday evening.

Four first-half points by Aaron Browne, together with goals by Tony Archbold and Mick O’Grady helped Micheál McDermott’s side exerted a tight grip on this tie as they opened up a 2-10 to 1-3 advantage by the break.

Clogherinkoe had found the back of the net 13 minutes in through Jimmy Lynch, but they still faced an uphill task heading into the second period.

And Celbridge easily kept them at bay as Killian Browne split the posts four times in the closing half hour to take his tally to 0-5, while, substitutes Kevin O’Callaghan and Paddy Wall also fired over.

Scorers:

Celbridge:

Killian Browne 0-5 (0-1 free), Mick O’Grady 1-1, Aaron Browne 0-4 (0-1 free), Tony Archbold 1-0, Shane McNamara 0-1 (0-1 45), Davy Hughes 0-1, Hugh McGrillen 0-1 (0-1 mark), Dean O’Donoghue 0-1, Kevin O’Callaghan 0-1, Paddy Wall 0-1.

Clogherinkoe: Jimmy Lynch 1-1, Mark Nolan 0-3, Cein McMonagle 0-2 (0-2 frees), Aedan Boyle 0-1.

CELBRIDGE: Shane McNamara, John Clarke, Cian Powell, Mick Konstantin, Dean O’Donoghue, Fergal Conway, Liam O’Flynn, Hugh McGrillen, Mick O’Grady, Niall O’Regan, Peter McAteer, Tony Archbold, Davy Hughes, Aaron Browne, Killian Browne. SUBS: Kevin O’Callaghan for Hughes (HT), Cormac O’Sullivan for Powell (40 mins), Paddy Wall for McAteer and James Dolan for Archbold (both 56 mins).

CLOGHERINKOE: Keith Wilkinson, Ben Kenny, Eoghan McMonagle, Joe Mulraney, Andrew Hill, Gavin Scanlon, Dean Hanley, Sean Kenny, Killian Galligan, Daniel Grehan, Mark Nolan, Aedan Boyle, Jimmy Lynch, Cein McMonagle, Joe McIlduff. SUBS: Ciaran Flynn for Kenny (49 mins) and Conor Swan for McIlduff (52 mins).

Referee: Kieran Harris