Goals cost Tullylish a share of the spoils

Tullylish 0-12

GOALS win matches and unfortunately Tullylish had two goals go against them in Loughinisland recently.

Even though Tullylish scored 12 points and were in the driving seat throughout the second half, time ran out for them.

The throw in was won by Tullylish midfielder Diarmuid O’Kane and he delivered quickly to John McAreavey who sent it over the bar for the first score.

A sideline kick from Shannon Drainey once again caught McAreavey on the run and again he slotted the ball over the bar.

Loughinisland came back with three points in succession before Tullylish’s backline closed the Loughinisland attack and Chris McGovern set Pete Convery up for a point. Two attacks later from the home team resulted in weak goals but they were goals all the same and Tullylish faced an uphill battle.

Chris Magee dispossessed an advancing Loughinisland forward and found John McAreavey well placed to take a point. Davy Corbett cut through the middle of the field and clawed back another point to put Tullylish within three scores of the opponents by the end of the first half.

Tullylish blazed onto the pitch for the second half determined to diminish the gap and allowed the opponents to score, only three points.

They scored a further seven points in the second half coming within three points of Loughinisland but Loughinisland held onto their goal lead.

Tullylish: Steven OHare, Barry Priestly, Rony O’Dowd, Chris Magee, Michael McCartan, Fiontain O’Dowd, Diarmuid O’Kane, Davy Corbett, Kevin McCartan, Pete Convery, Shannon Drainey, John McAreavey, Chris McGovern, John McKivergan, Eamon Morgan.