Killarney Athletic grounds were the venue for the game against Park under 13 B on a sunny but cold morning. The game got under way at 10.30 with Park taking 5 or so minutes to settle. When they did it was all Park with some lovely link up play down both wings and through the middle of the field. After 8 minutes or so Mark Brick took a beautiful free kick from the side line half way inside Killarney’s half which hit the top corner of the net, however the goal was disallowed as there was a park player in an off side position, a good decision by the referee but a wonderful strike by Mark. A few minutes after that Danny Fisher playing on the left wing worked his way towards goal and as soon as he got within striking distance he let fly and found the back of the net for Parks opening goal. Soon after some expert play by David (Tiny) Callaghan saw him score Parks second. Just before half time right winger Adam Walker worked his way into the box with some excellent dribbling passing defender after defender and got Parks third. Half time score 0-3.
The second half saw an even better performance by park with lovely play in mid field by the Brick brothers Connor and Mark. Within 5 minutes Matt Healy played his way through the Killarney defence and made it 4 for Park. The introduction of John Davis on the right wing saw an excellent performance, as he added to Parks tally to make it 0-5. Soon after that another attack on goal by John saw him brought down in the area, the result a penalty which John himself took and hit the net with. Park weren’t finished yet, when a cross came from the left hand side Vincent Murphy played his part and scored the final goal making it Killarney 0 Park 7. It has to be said that the Park defence played its part with strong defending by man of the match Adam Sheehy and also Ryan Guerin. Keeper Hugh Emmerson was superb in goal to keep a clean sheet.
Well done to the whole squad, all 15 of whom contributed.
Report By Greg Malone
