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Dungiven Celtic 3-2 DC

Draperstown crashed to another defeat this time at the hands of Dungiven. A robust encounter as always between these two teams saw a typical end to end game with lots of energy and no shortage of skill from both sides. Dungiven will claim they deserved the victory especially as they contrived to miss some excellent opportunities in the first half while Draperstown will look to having lost a lead twice as being their claim for at least a share of the spoils.

Draperstown got off to a flying start when Caulfield’s excellent right wing cross was headed in at the far post by Seamus Quinn, his first for the club. Dungiven managed to carve out and miss two good opportunities almost straight before O’Kane managed to miss from 6 yards with the goal at his mercy. Another good opportunity for the home side went astray when Marius Dunne hit wide after Celtic keeper lost possession outside of his area and Draperstown were glad to survive. It wasn’t all Dungiven however and Gavin Bradley’s flick on from Murray’s header cleared the bar with Henry stranded to remind the home side that there was game to be won.

Conor O’Kane almost grabbed a dramatic equaliser in the first minute of the second half when after a mazy run which gave him a great shooting chance he decided to pass and Draperstown were able to clear the danger. Ally McLean almost doubled Draperstown’s lead when his header from Graffin’s corner flew past the far post of Henry’s goal.

The equaliser came on 50 minutes when McKillion gave the ball away to O’Kane who scored past McNicholl from the edge of the box. The Draperstown response was direct and decisive. Gavin Bradley had a shot cleared off the line by McLaughlin before Benny Heron put Draperstown back into the lead on the hour mark with a fabulous goal from 20 yards after a run which took him past two defenders and gave Henry no chance. With Draperstown looking in control it was a little against the run of play when poor defending allowed McGuigan to score from close range from Dunne’s pass on 72 minutes.

Sean Young almost put Draperstown back into the lead on 76 minutes but his shot flashed past the far post while three minutes later O’Kane and McGuigan had opportunities to snatch the lead but frantic defending denied Dungiven. But it was to no avail as in the 82 minute Dunne’s cross was headed home by Kealey for the winner and the defeat for Draperstown meant that they come to the Christmas break without a league win under their belt, a startling demise for the current league champions.

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McGrogan Memorial Cup | Monday 27 July 2010
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