LIVE BLOG - Kilcock v Maynooth in the Senior Football Championship

Full time - All over here, excellent start to the Championship for Maynooth, although Neil Flynn's departure will be a concern. Kilcock are missing the kind of players that any team would miss and their season of struggle continues - Maynooth 5-14 Kilcock 0-11

61 mins - Free by O'Rourke, two minutes to be added on - Maynooth 5-14 Kilcock 0-11

58 mins - Dalton scores as we head towards the end of this game - Maynooth 5-14 Kilcock 0-10

54 mins - Free by O'Rourke - Maynooth 5-14 Kilcock 0-9

50 mins - Just 30 seconds later, another goal for Maynooth. Nice give and go between Flattery and Flanagan and the big midfielder Flanagan gets in for his second goal of the game - Maynooth 5-14 Kilcock 0-8

49 mins - Brilliant counter attacking goal by Maynooth. Cathal Quinn led the initial charge out of defence, Paul Maguire kept the move going and it was John Flattery who rounded the keeper to score - Maynooth 4-14 Kilcock 0-8

47 mins - But nice build up play by subs Keith Farrell and Daniel Maguire ends with O'Rourke clipping over - Maynooth 3-14 Kilcock 0-8

46 mins - John McAndrew now for Maynooth, the Kilcock challenge is starting to wilt now - Maynooth 3-14 Kilcock 0-7

45 mins - Diamond scores his second point of the half - Maynooth 3-13 Kilcock 0-7

43 mins - Joseph Fitzmaurice converts a close range free off his left - Maynooth 3-12 Kilcock 0-7

42 mins - Daniel Farrell is only on the pitch and he sets John Flattery for the full forward's third point of the game - Maynooth 3-12 Kilcock 0-6

40 mins - Paul O'Dea scores on the turn for Maynooth - Maynooth 3-11 Kilcock 0-6

37 mins - End to end stuff now, midfielder Paul Maguire knocks it over - Maynooth 3-10 Kilcock 0-6

36 mins - Close range free by O'Rourke - Maynooth 3-9 Kilcock 0-6

35 mins - Maynooth quickly respond through half time sub Diamond - Maynooth 3-9 Kilcock 0-5

34 mins - Andrew Dalton gets the first point since the restart - Maynooth 3-8 Kilcock 0-5

31 mins - We're back underway. Neil Flynn was replaced at half time after maybe pulling up after setting up that third goal late in the half

Half time - This be a long afternoon for Kilcock with Maynooth playing with a strong wind behind them in the second half - Maynooth 3-8 Kilcock 0-4

32 mins - Kick out from Talbot goes straight to Neil Flynn who carries the ball 40 yards before offloading to Paddy Mahoney who beats Talbot at his near post with a clever finish - Maynooth 3-8 Kilcock 0-4

30 mins - Lovely play between Callum McCabe and John Flattery ends with Maguire popping the ball over the bar, two minutes to be added on - 

Maynooth 2-8 Kilcock 0-4

25 mins - Shane O'Rourke scores for Kilcock and manager Declan Gibbons uses the stoppage in play to make a double change in his full back line, Dylan Morrow and Michael Stokes on for Sean Eves and Luke Sheridan - Maynooth 2-7 Kilcock 0-4

21 mins - John Flattery next up for Maynooth with two quick points. They are well on top now, ominous for Kilcock considering the wind will be behind Maynooth in the second half - Maynooth 2-7 Kilcock 0-3

19 mins - Flynn growing into this game now, he gets away from Johnny O'Sullivan to score - Maynooth 2-5 Kilcock 0-3

17 mins - Good play and a good finish by Neil Flynn - Maynooth 2-4 Kilcock 0-3

15 mins - Second goal for Mayooth, Maguire sets up Paul O'Dea for a close range finish - Maynooth 2-3 Kilcock 0-3

14 mins - Tap over free for Neil Flynn in front of the posts - Maynooth 1-3 Kilcock 0-3

13 mins - Excellent fast, flowing football ends with Flanagan on the ball, could maybe have made an extra pass to get Paddy Maguire in on goal but takes the point instead, Maynooth have settled well after being on the back foot in the opening five minutes - Maynooth 1-2 Kilcock 0-3

12 mins - Eoghan Floods finds the target from just inside the two point arc - Maynooth 1-1 Kilcock 0-3

10 mins - Nippy play by Paddy Mahoney ends with a nice point - Maynooth 1-1 Kilcock 0-2

7 mins - After an excellent start by Kilcock, who do have a wind behind them, Maynooth's first real attack ends in a Ciaran Flanagan goal - Maynooth 1-0 Kilcock 0-2

3 mins - A ball into big full forward Ciaran Murray sees him set up Shane O'Rourke - Kilcock 0-2 Maynooth 0-0

2 mins - The first point of the game is scored by Kilcock's Joseph Fitzmaurice - Kilcock 0-1 Maynooth 0-0

3.29pm - And we are underway 

3.27pm - The teams are in, Kilcock are still without the likes of Shane Farrell, Jason Gibbons and Daniel Courtney, while Neil Flynn and Mark Donnellan feature for Maynooth. Our referee is Fergal Barry:

KILCOCK: Fionn Talbot; Sean Eves, Johnny O’Sullivan, Luke Sheridan, Finn Dowling, Conor Lawless, Daniel Byrne; Brendan Gibbons, Mark Gibbons; Cameron Nairn, Andrew Dalton, Jospeh Fitzmaurice, Eoghan Flood, Ciaran Murray, Shane O’Rourke.

MAYNOOTH: Mark Donnellan; Cathal Quinn, Sean Mahon, Darren Maguire, Callum McCabe, Niall O’Sullivan, Matthew Eustace; Paul Maguire, Ciaran Flangan; Paul O’Dea, Paddy Maguire, Paddy Hever, Paddy Mahoney, John Flattery, Neil Flynn.

Referee: Fergal Barry.

3.20pm - Good afternoon and welcome to a sunny but windy Cedral St Conleths Park for the first two Senior Championship games here today, first up is Kilcock v Maynooth. Kilcock landed a crucial over Maynooth in last year's championship but Maynooth, now under the management of Ross Glavin, start as favourites