Strabane 0–4 Draperstown Celtic
September 1, 2009
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Draperstown recorded a facile away win against Strabane on Saturday in this group stage match but will be somewhat disappointed with their overall play. Draperstown were never in any real danger from a Strabane side who were hit for 13 in their last outing and if Celtic had been more clinical in their finishing, they would certainly have reached double figures themselves. Poor finishing and a certain slackness in too much of their approach play will not have pleased manager John McKee. For the second week running he was also forced into re-shuffling his team due to the non availability of several players and this certainly did not help overall preparation for the game.
The highlight of the game itself was a hat-trick from Ally McLean who played as a makeshift forward and deserved his goals as a reward for the effort he put into the game. He could have opened the scoring as early as the third minute but just failed to make contact with Haskin’s cross while McKenna hit wildly over from the edge of the box on 15 minutes. Strabane keeper Brown saved well from Higgins on 19 minutes and did well to block McLean’s effort three minutes later. This was to be the general pattern of play with draperstown being very dominant but unable to take advantage of their superiority.
Little was seen of Strabane as an attacking side and when they did venture forward Celtic’s back four dealt very comfortably, with Conor McSorley looking very accomplished at left back in this his first competitive game.
It took until the 35th minute for Draperstown to open the scoring. Both Crossett and McKenna had shots blocked before McLean latched onto the loose ball to fire home and give the visitors a deserved lead at half time.
The second half was almost one way traffic towards the Strabane goal and the home defence was put under a great deal of pressure. McKenna scored Celtic’s second on 49 minutes beating Brown at the near post but there followed a succession of missed Draperstown chances. Higgins, Crossett and Mclean all squandered several good chances before Haskins found McLean with a good cross and he scored from close range. McLean’s third and Draperstown’s fourth was a well hit shot from 20 yards which left Brown stranded and the home side well beaten.
Next week Draperstown travel to play Limavady Utd in the Craig Memorial cup and will need an overall improvement if they harbour any chances of progressing in the competition.
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