Ramor Utd.'s Strong Finish

Ramor Utd.       0-11         Ballinagh       1-05

With both Ramor United and Ballinagh fighting for promotion to division one next season there was no lack of enthusiasm in the contest. A large attendance witnessed an exciting and hard-fought encounter.
In the opening half both sets of defenders were on top. Space was hard to find and at the interval Ramor United had three points scored by John Brady, Paddy Brennan and philip Fitzsimons respectively as against Ballinagh's two points from frees by Declan Beard.

Ballinagh started the second half brightly with points from D.Galligan and Declan Beard. A save from Ramor United goalkeeper Francie Conway fell into the path of incoming corner foward Alan Durkin in the 37th minute and the Ballinagh youngster cracked it into the Ramor net. The visitors now had a four point advantage.
Ramor were boosted in attack at this stage with subs Keith Soden and Aoghan Cahill. A period of midfield dominance by David McDonnell and Ogie Farrelly led to pressure on the Ballinagh defence. The Ramor fowards were now moving much better and in the last quarter they scored eight points unanswered.
the scorers were Keith Soden - two points, and points from Barry Fitzsimons, Aoghan Cahill, Paddy McNamee, Ray Cole, Dara Sheridan and John Brady.
Paul Galligan the Ballinagh center-half foward scored a point in injury time to reduce the leeway.

Ramor - F. Conway, B. Fitzsimons, P. Smith, R. Fitzsimons, F. Comey, P. Kermath, D.Sheridan, David McDonnell, Ogie Farrelly, P. Fitzsimons, P. McNamee, John Brady, Derek McDonnell, P. Brennan, R. Cole,

Subs:K.Soden and A.Cahill