A.C.F.L. Division 1; Ramor Utd V Redhills.
Ramor Park Virginia 18-04'10. Referee ; Brian Crowe.

Ramor Utd 0-7. Redhills 1-10.

This was Ramor's first outing in the League and their first competitive game under new manager Kevin Mc Donnell. The game, played before a large crowd failed to excite, and both sides were guilty of juvenile mistakes and squandered chances. Ramor got off to a flying start and had a goal chance in the opening seconds, but James Mc Enroe's effort grazed the post and blazed wide. A minute later Donal Farrelly's shot went wide. Redhills had a chance to open the scoring with a 25 m free, but Packie Leddy missed.
Anton O'Reilly, operating at mid-field delivered a great ball into Ronan Keating, but he shot wide. Alan Dunne's attempt in the 7th minute also went wide. Adrian Cole was fouled out at the 40m line and Anton O'Reilly took the resultant free. His kick was high and bounced on the goal line and went over the bar for Ramor's first point. Redhills replied when Packie Leddy sent a quick free to Rory Dunne who kicked over the bar. Kieran West went off injured in the 14th minute and was replaced by Martin Walsh who proved very influential in the game. Leddy converted West's free and edged Redhills ahead. Two minutes later a free was awarded to Redhills and Pearse West passed a quick ball to Colin Reilly who delivered to the inrushing Leddy and he made no mistake and slotted over the bar.
Anton O'Reilly converted a free, and a great ball in from James Mc Enroe to Adrian Cole resulted in another point for Ramor and levelled the sides. Rory Dunne fielded and laid a good pass to Martin Walsh and he scored a fine point in the 21st minute. Redhills had two wides, from Brian Reilly and Alan Dunne, and back in the Ramor attack, Rory Dunne cleared a 45 attempt by James Mc Enroe. A defining moment in the game came as Rory Dunne won the ball in defence and made a run up the field and gave a long high ball in to Colin Reilly who ran at the Ramor back line and blasted a shot to the back of the net catapulting his side 5 points ahead. A point each followed from Anton O'Reilly (free) and Martin Walsh from play, just on the stroke of half time.

Second Half;
Anton O'Reilly opened the scoring with a point from play and Aodghan Cahill kicked wide as Ramor went on the attack. Oisin Minagh thwarted at least three Ramor attacks in the next five minutes , clearing the ball up the field. Another dangerous high ball in was cleared by goalie Fintan Reilly, and three points without reply came from Colin Reilly, Gary Kelly and Rory Dunne, the latter having made an uncontested run from mid-field. Ramor had a chance when Shane Gaffney, after receiving a good ball from Aodghan Cahill, had his shot at goal deflected for a 45. Almost immediately the ball was cleared and Oisin Minagh nabbed a point for his side, punishing Ramor further. Ramor missed two frees, and the misery was to continue. Anton O'Reilly won the ball in defence and burst up the field and gave a perfect ball to Adrian Cole, who was one on one with the keeper but was very unlucky as his shot blasted wide of the post. Both sides recorded wides before Packie Leddy converted a free for a foul on Oisin Minagh in the 27th minute. This was Redhills last score of the game. Consolation points for Ramor came from Gareth Daly and Donal Farrelly in the last two minutes of play.
Final score Ramor 0-7, Redhills 1-10.
Referee; Brian Crowe.
Ramor Utd; Matthew Mc Weeney, Stefan Connolly, Micheal Reilly, Barry Fitzsimons, Donal Farrelly(0-1), Shane Gaffney, Gareth Daly (0-1) Anton O'Reilly(0-4,2f), James Mc Enroe, Emmett Daly, Raymond Farrelly, Philip Fitzsimons, Ronan Keating, Adrian Cole (0-1), Damien Barkey.
Subs Used; Aodghan Cahill, Paddy Brennan.
Redhills; Fintan Reilly, Ciaran Smith, Oisin Minagh(0-1), James Smith, Gary Kelly(0-1), Alan Brady, Turloch Mooney, Rory Dunne((0-2), Pearse West, Alan Dunne, Colin Reilly (1-1), Packie Leddy(0-3, 2f), Brian Reilly Kieran West.
Subs Used; Martin Walsh(0-2), Conor Mc Mahon.