U15s Q/F Cup Trim Town 0-1 Johnstown

Johnstown made the short trip to Trim on Saturday to take on the current premier div leaders Trim Town.

The early exchanges were dominated by the home team and Johnstown found themselves under pressure right from the start. Trim had a few good opportunities to open the scoring but some good defending and a save from Daniel Murphy kept them at bay.

Although Johnstown struggled to match Trim for the entire half Mark Dowdall had the best chance to open the scoring. A rare attack from the away team led to them winning a corner. The resulting corner was met by the head of Dowdall whose effort was straight at the keeper.

HT 0-0

With a change in formation and the introduction of Kennedy, Johnstown started the half with a bit more belief. The home team continued to press but they were always open to the counter attack. The away team nearly opened the scoring 10 mins into the half, Dowdall was put through on goal but his effort was parried by the keeper and back into Mark’s path. Unfortunately he couldn’t adjust his feet and finished just over the bar.

This spurred Johnstown on and they were rewarded mid way through the half. Ciaran McCann swung in a corner and the ball was met by the foot of Cummins which flew low into the net.

Trim increased the pressure and were unlucky not to equalise. The defensive effort of the away team really was top class but it was nearly undone when Trim were awarded a penalty. Murphy became the hero of the day when he saved well low to his left.

Team; D. Murphy, P. Gaffney, A. Cummins, D. Finnegan, D. Clarke, C. Davies, A. O’ Connor, A. Chinchilla, C. McCann, M. Dowdall, B. McCullagh Subs M. O’Leary, A. McGovern, C. Leonard, J. Barry, L. McKeever, K. Odin