Under 14 – Division 1

Johnstown FC – 2
Navan Cosmos – 1

A winning start for the lads on what was a tough start to the season.

Both teams started well but Cosmos made the breakthrough early in the game to go 1-0 up. It was after this Johnstown had a good spell with our midfield working hard to create chances up front, we eventually took one of these to equalise through Daniel Gorman. Just before half time Cosmos were awarded a penalty which was expertly saved by our keeper Byron Farrell.
Into the second half the heat and early season running began to take effect as the game became bogged down in midfield. Any chances Cosmos created were brilliantly dealt with by Farrell. Johnstown scored what ultimately was the winner midway through the second half with Viktor Suchans strike from the edge of the box finding the net.

An excellent way to start the season, plenty for us to work on but if we get that kind of commitment every week we’ll be fine.

Johnstown FC : B. Farrell, D. Lee, L. Purvis, K. O’Hara, A. McQuillan, C. Byrne, R. Kelly, B. Taylor, O. Mooney, D. Gorman, N. Vilnius

Subs : V. Suchan, E. Burton, C. Tiernan-Byrne, T. Walsh, C. Healy, D. Marthino