Both Teams Concede 6 Goals

Another bad day for both teams as the "A" Squad conceded 6 goals to St. James' Athletic FC at home, whilst the "B" Squad did the same away to Palmerstown United. The performance of the "A" Squad will certainly give Manager Japo Kelly much to think about as mistake after mistake heaped on the pressure as St. James' took full advantage of a very disorganised defence. Though it would be unfair to just blame our defenders - the rest of the players were frequently out of position with the inevitable results. Directions from Japo and Deputy Manager, Jay Kane, left those on the sideline wondering whether any of our players were listening. At times the midfield was in total disarray as anything reaching our forwards was swiftly dispatched by St. James'. With less than twenty minutes to go some semblance of order began to slowly emerge as the lads of "The Town" finally started to show their real form and potential - but alas, it was all too little and far too late to save the game. The only goal for "The Town" came, once again, from the very talented Dean Kelly. However, if there was a "Man of the Match" award for this game it would have to go to our youngest player, Gary Leonard, who never gave up against lads nearly twice his size. Final score: DLTFC "A" 1 : St. James Athletic 6. (pictured above, Luke McMahon, Karl Waddington and Captain, Paddy Kershaw). The "B" Squad playing away to Palmerstown United got off to a very bad start with goalkeeper, Derek McAsey, held up in traffic and other players out through injury. Though, the first goal of the match came from "The Town's" Tiziano Makanzu (pictured below) the rest of the first half was simply a disaster as the Palmerstown lads put five goals away with comparative ease. With no clear strategy, chaotic defending and an apparent inability to seize any chance whatsoever, the halftime whistle put an end to the embarrassment. With their regular goalkeeper in place for the second half, the lads picked up their game and really showed their metal as two halves couldn't have been more different. Palmerstown only managed one goal in the second half as the lads of "The Town" clearly took control of the game. Our second goal came from the very skillful boot of Thierno Bah . But like the lads of the "A" Squad, finding form late in the game couldn't save the day for the "B" Squad either. Final score: Palmerstown 6 : DLTFC "B" 2