Two great goals by Stephen Carolan was not enough to see Iorras Aontaithe past the preliminary stage in the second round of the F.A.I. Ford Senior Cup at wind swiped Carnenash Park on Sunday 24th May. Iorras played with the strong breeze in the first half and where the first to score on 33 minutes when Stephen Carolan hit home from close range. But 6 minutes later the visitors levelled from a corner to leave the match 1-1 at the break. In the second half Iorras regained the lead 15 minutes into the game when Stephan Carolan got down low to head home from a Garth O’ Malley cross. But 5 minutes later Cherry Orchard made use of the strong breeze when they were awarded a free from.35 yards and Iorras Keeper, Shane Nallan was caught off guard when the free was taken quickly and it went into the goal to make it 1-2. Iorras worked very heard against the strong wind to level the game but Cherry Orchard scored two more goals to clinch the game. Iorras played while, despite the score line, with the referee making some strange decisions during the game. (Three match officials 240 Euro)
After the excitement of national cup football, over the past number of months, its back to Super League action for Iorras Aontaithe.
TEAM Shane Nallan, Henry Gaughan, Neil Geraghty, David Reilly, Liam Donohue, Anthony Mills, Pat Barrett, Jonathan Donohue, Sean Gaughan, Stephen Carolan, Garth O’ Malley. Subs Micky Togher for Garth, Brendan Nallan for Anthony and Kenny O’ Connor for Liam.
Iorras Aontaithe v Cherry Orchard