Iorras Aontaithe are through to the 5th round of the F.A.I. Junior Cup, and the open round draw, beating Straide & Foxford United by 3 goals to 2 at a very wind and rain swept Carnenash park on Sunday 23rd November. The home side were 2 goals down at the end of the first half but warm hot tea and coco prepared by Micheal S. Togher had Iorras in fighting form going into the second half. Garth O’Malley started the come back with a well taken goal on 60 minutes with Brendan Nallen making it 2 all on 73 minutes with great goal from 30 yards and then 6 minutes later Jonathon Donohue was fouled inside the area with the resulting penalty well taken by Eric Reilly. The weather conditions in which the game was played was very bad at times with Referee, Damien McGrath stopping play for 10 minutes due to bad rain shower. This was a great performance and fight back by Iorras Aontaithe and good luck in the next round.
Team– Shane Nallan, John Gaughan, David Reilly, Niall Geraghty, Liam Donohue, Pat Barrett, Anthony Mills, Brendan Nallan, Jonathon Donohue, Garth O’Malley, Eric Reilly. Subs Used– Micky T. Togher for Garth O’Malley and Kenny O’Connor for Eric Reilly.
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