The passing of Seamus Heaney recently was met with great sadness. An extraordinary ordinary man who’s writing contained such emotion. In poems such as Clearances and Mid Term Break he wrote beautifully about grief and loss. One can’t help imagine that Seamus would have enjoyed this year’s Erris Utd Under 12’s who themselves are becoming masters at grief and loss.
Having lost their previous 6 league games some reshuffling was done with the line up. Diarmuid and Daithi started up front and caused chaos. The Sky stats show Erris had 97.5% possession in the first half. Unfortunately Ballinrobe scored a goal in the other 2.5%. However Daithi equalised with a stunning volley to level the scores at the break. The wind picked up, Erris found it tough playing into a force 8 gale and Ballinrobe scored twice more. Owen McHale was a contender for Man of the Match in goal with an outrageous penalty save. Shea O’ Donohue dominated midfield. Niall Murphy was like a Dyson, sweeping up at the back. Final score Erris 1 Ballinrobe 3. This was one of Erris’ best performances and all the players were praised by management and supporters for playing so well. Committee representatives were seen on the sideline and one feels it is only a matter of time before the axe falls and we have our first managerial casualty of the season. Manager Des said “the transfer window had the players upset, worried about whether Spurs would look to replace Bale with one of our lads, now the window is closed we can keep out the draught of discontent.” A spokesperson for representatives representing Manager Harry said “it’s all des’ fault.” Performances are improving, a win is imminent, and soon the longed for tidal wave of justice will rise up, and hope and history rhyme.
Team
Owen McHale, Billy O’Connor, Matthew Sullivan, Niall Murphy, Robert Barrett, Mark Harding, Shea O’Donoghue, Gabriel Harding, Matthew Walsh, Daithi Cosgrove, Diarmuid O’Donnell. Subs Jarlath Reilly, Conor Geraghty, Dara Dixon, David Lally, Cillian Reilly, Daniel Lally, Matthew Togher.
