Senior Championship 2002
Penalty consessions sink Ramor

Bailieborough Shamrocks defeated Ramor United on a scoreline of 3-12 to 0-11 by virtue of three goals been scored in a seven minute spell in the first half, two coming from the penalty spot and one from the boot of corner foward Andy Coleman.
For the first 20 minutes Ramor were on top and dominating key areas of the field. Ramor played two inside fowards and their third foward played out around the midfield area, this worked well early on in the first half but as Bailieboro got more into their stride it was their corner back Philip Clarke who followed his player out to midfield and started gaining a lot of possession.
Ramor got the 1st score on the board - a point from Barry Fitzsimons after Paddy McNamee gave a long cross field pass which cut out the Bailieboro defence. A minute later Keith Soden scored a point for Ramor from 40 yards out.
It was in the 17th minute when Bailieboro got their first score - a point from Andy Coleman. Bailieboro suddenly came to life and scored their first goal when Andy Coleman was left unmarked on the edge of the square and he hit to the net for a goal.
Bailieboro then converted a free from Roy Brennan to leave three points between the sides. Ramor had a great chance to level the match up in the 22nd minute when Paddy McNamee side stepped 3 Bailieboro defenders and hit a shot from close range but a great save by Paul O'Dowd cleared the danger. A minute later Bailieboro scored their second goal from the penalty spot after Roy Brennan was pulled down. He converted the penalty when he hit a low hard ball to Francie Conways right hand post.
Andy Coleman was heavily tackled in the penalty area which resulted in the referee pointing to the penalty spot for the second time. Roy Brennan again took the penalty, this time putting it the opposite side of the goalkeeper producing the same result.
Bailieboro then added two points - one from Andy Coleman and the second from Paul Cooney from 50 yards. This left the half time score Bailieboro 3-4 Ramor 0-2

Ramor reverted to the conventional 3 full fowards for the 2nd half and replaced Aoghan Cahill with Alan Farrelly but it was Bailieboro who scored first with a point from Ciaran Clarke. Paddy McNamee then converted a free for Ramor from 30 yards.
Paddy McNamee then took another free which hit off the post and landed in the square , a Ramor player was the quickest to react and a point was the result. Roy Brennan and Andy Coleman then added a point each to the Bailieboro score leaving 12 points between the teams. Shane Cole then intercepted a pass between two Bailieboro players and scored a point.
Shane Cole was then brought down in the square by Philip Clarke following a free from Paddy McNamee. The referee gave a penalty and dismissed the Bailieboro player. John Brady took the penalty but Paul O' Dowd was on his game and saved the shot. Barry Fitzsimons then scored his second point. Ramor then brought on Niall McHugo to replace Frank Comey to try and change the pattern of the game. Paddy McNamee was working very hard up front and was rewarded with two points from play in the 14th and 15th minute. Peter Monaghan replaced John Brady on the Ramor team and Brian O' Callaghan replaced Ciaran Clarke and Ollie O'Callaghan replaced Adrian Larkin on the Bailieboro team. Ollie O'Callaghan added two points to the Bailieboro score just after been introduced. Shane Cole then replied with a point from 40 yards out to leave the score Bailieboro 3-10 Ramor 0-10. Two further points were added for Bailieboro and David McDonnell scored the last point for Ramor to leave the full time score Bailieboro 3-12 Ramor 0-11.
Ramor will be disappointed with the last 25 minutes of the 1st half when they failed to register a single score with them playing very well in the second half and outscoring Bailieboro by a single point. Bailieboro will have to settle into their game a lot more quickly if they're to make an impression on this years championship and they displayed that they can still put some good sweeping moves together which can penetrate any teams defence

Bailieboro - P.O'Dowd, P.Sheridan, G.Sheridan, P.Clarke, R.Mulhall, M.Murtagh, F.Clarke, A.Connolly, C.Clarke, R. Olwill, A.Larkin, P.Cooney, A.Coleman, R.Brennan, C.Clarke.

Ramor United - F.Conway; P.Fitzsimons, R.Fitzsimons, G.Daly, B.Fitzsimons, F.Comey, D.Sheridan, B.Brady, D.McDonnell, A.Cahill, J.Brady, K.Soden, O.Farrelly, S.Cole, P.McNamee.