Shivers, though, struck another beauty for Cargin seconds later before Lamh Dhearg captain Terry McCrudden equalled it with a point from an outrageous angle.Īlthough they left the Dunsilly field at half-time with a 0-8 to 0-6 lead, Ronan Devlin’s men must have rued the fact they didn’t convert one of their two gilt-edged goal chances. In the 26th minute, the languid attacker cut in from the left flank and off-loaded to Paul McCann and with the goal at his mercy Cargin’s number 11 somehow allowed a Lamh Dhearg defender to get back and deflect the ball wide.Īlthough McNabb stepped up to confidently convert the resultant ’45 to put Cargin 0-7 to 0-4 ahead, the gap should have been greater.ĭeclan Smyth and Declan Lynch really forced the issue by breaking forward from Lamh Dhearg’s half-back line.īen Rice landed a brilliant point from distance and Declan Smyth, who always seemed to have acres of space down the right side, added another in the 27th minute to narrow Cargin’s lead to two points. Throughout last night’s quarter-final Lamh Dhearg couldn’t get to grips with the roving Shivers.
Finucane would deny McCann again in the second period. Tomas was the first man to set his sights on raising a green flag but ‘keeper John Finucane made a smart save in the 14th minute. Brothers Mick McCann and Tomas McCann took turns at full-forward and half-forward and always posed a threat.
In a highly competitive opening half, there just seemed to be more fluidity about how Cargin worked the ball from back to front. It was an impressive feat he wasn’t allowed to repeat in the second half. Before the first period had elapsed the county ace grabbed three scores from play to keep them on Cargin’s coat tails. The Hannahstown men, who held ex-county star Paddy Cunningham in reserve in last night’s last eight clash, finally got off the mark in the 13th minute through Ryan Murray who earlier dropped a couple of frees short and put another effort wide.īut if Lamh Dhearg were going to win this clash Murray would have to be central. With the next 10 minutes remaining scoreless, it took Cargin ‘keeper John McNabb to steal forward and plant the ball between Lamh Dhearg’s posts.
The Cargin defence did a smashing job in tying up Conor and Ryan Murray, particularly in the second half.Įven in the closing stages, Lamh Dhearg couldn’t find any holes in the Cargin back-line to cause them stress.Ĭargin had the upper hand in the opening exchanges with the in-form Shivers opening his side’s account after just a few seconds. Lamh Dhearg’s problem throughout was their constant struggle in trying to get their key players on the ball. Shivers, Jamie Gribben and Mick McCann were among the scorers – and were all architects of this quarter-final victory. Northern Switchgear Antrim Senior Football Championship quarter-final: Erin’s Own, Cargin 0-13 Lamh Dhearg 0-9ĬARGIN were workmanlike as they negotiated their semi-final berth with impressive composure against Lamh Dhearg at Dunsilly last night.ĭefensively sound and with Pat Shivers showing brilliant form in the Erin’s Own attack, Lamh Dhearg never truly threatened the 2020 champions.
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