East Cork Junior A football Championship - Aghada 2-7 v Midleton 2-13

No joy for our 2nd football team as our Junior A’s lost out to Midleton in this year’s 1st round. Played in Castlemartyr last Thursday night, Midleton led from start to finish. At half time they led by 5 points on a 1-5 v 0-3 scoreline. Still a relatively inexperienced Aghada team hung in there, thanks mainly to the player on the pitch with no shortage of experience Pearse O’Neill, who dominated the midfield exchanges and kicked 5 points to boot. David Rice and Ben Stafford were also playing well for Aghada. A Stephen Daly goal, helped keep Aghada in touch and with 10 to play, it was a 4 point game. Then however, Midleton kicked for home, scoring 1-4 in this time and with time almost up it was 2-13 v 1-9 in their favour. Ray Savage got Aghada a consolation goal right at the death, and we now play the back door game on Saturday coming against Castlelyons.

Aghada Team – Ciaran O’Shea, Aaron Butler, Michael Gilroy, David Rice. Shane Dorney, Colm Power, Ben Stafford, Pearse O’Neill, Paul Daly, Jordan Ryan, Ray Savage, Tom Dobbyn, Luke O’Connell, Brian Morrissey, Tim O’Regan. Subs Used - Stephen Daly