Five off as Cookstown beat Clonoe

Cookstown lowered the colours of newly-crowned County champions Clonoe at Paddy Cullen Park on Sunday, to give themselves a great chance of reaching the league semi-finals in a contest that saw five players dismissed.
By Sports Desk
Published 30th Oct 2013, 13:56 BST
Cookstown's Owen Mulligan in action against Clonoe. Pic: Daron PattersonCookstown's Owen Mulligan in action against Clonoe. Pic: Daron Patterson
Cookstown's Owen Mulligan in action against Clonoe. Pic: Daron Patterson

Match official Brian McCallion set his stall out from day one, with Christopher Eastwood and Jerome McClure both receiving double yellow cards with less than a quarter of an hour gone on the clock.

James McGahan scored three first half points for the Fr Rocks, with Shane O’Hagan and Ryan T O’Neill replying for the visitors before a late goal from Brian O’Neill left it 1-4 to 0-5 at the break.

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Colm Doris and McGahan traded early points before Clonoe lost three further men in the space of fifteen minutes all for double bookings - PJ Lavery, O’Hagan and O’Neill.

By that stage they were on level terms, courtesy of a Stephen McNulty free but a late brace from Owen Mulligan won the day for the hosts.

Cookstown scorers– James McGahan 0-4, Owen Mulligan 0-3, Brian O’Neill 1-0

Clonoe scorers– Stephen McNulty 0-2, Danny McNulty 0-1, Shane O’Hagan 0-1, Ryan T O’Neill 0-1, Patrick Doris 0-1, Colm Doris 0-1, Declan McClure 0-1