We had the drive to st Patrick's on Wednesday the 24th in poor conditions with heavy rainfall started just as we left NCW. We were lucky it settled just as we arrived in the city as we were up against a good strong side with some fine footballers on their team. We got off to a very slow start down 3 points after 10 mins. We were up against a very physical team but our lads had the football to make a game of it. We got our first goal on 12 min mark with a lovely combination between Niall Doherty and Diarmuid Lyons with Diarmuid sticking it in the top Conner to level the match 1-0 to 0-3. Leon Lenihan put a lovely ball through to Andrew Lyons and put away nicely by Andrew. Shortly after that on comes Diarmuid with a cracking ball from Paul Logue into bottom Conner. Unfortunately st Patrick's scored a great goal just before the break leaving it NCW 3-0 st Patrick's 1-3 at Half Time. We started strong in the second half Mariuz having a great game in goals making some great saves. Patrick Noonan and Ethan Coffey out standing In the full back line. Sean Ambrose, Niall o Doherty, Darragh o Grady in the half back line all playing out of there skin and the two engines in midfield Neilas & Leon non stop running and controlling the tempo of the game. The half forward line of Andrew Lyons, Diarmuid lyons, Paul logue all having outstanding games. Our full forward line of Reece Daly and Ashton Neville all wanting the ball it wasn't long before Andrew found the net again with two fast goals in quick sucession. The lads were in full swing with Darragh o Grady putting over a well taken free. St Patrick's responding with another goal of there own. Game on with the score now at 5-1 to 2-3. It didn't take long for us to get up the field again with Paul logue hitting the post with a screamer of a shot and Darragh o Doherty was unlucky not to put away the rebound. The lads kept pushing for more Diarmuid with another outstanding team goal everyone moving the ball around with speed and precision we put over another two points before the whistle. It finished up 6-3 to 2-3 to NCW. Altogether a great team performance from the lads. Mountcollions are up next on 8th of May at the field. Overall a great display of football from the lads keep up the good work.

Team: Mariuz, P Noonan, E Coffey, S Ambrose, N.O'Doherty, D. O'Grady, Neilas, L Lenihan, A Lyons, D Lyons, P Logue, R Daly, K MacAuliffe, A Neville, D O'Doherty, J Joyce, J Mullenger, J Kelly