"B" Squad Win in Cornelscourt

The "B" Squad was away to Brighton Celtic FC on Saturday 8th December 2007 in Division 3A with Ian M. Kane taking over as the Manager for this game as Yahaya Shehu was leaving for Christmas and New Year at home in Nigeria the same day. Again due to illness some of the stalwarts of the "B" Squad were unavailable for this game, but unlike the previous game, all was in order as Ian fielded a reasonably strong squad on the day. On a very windy, rainy and bitterly cold day and on a very slippery and muddy pitch the two teams found the going extremely difficult. At times it seemed that the ball would be simply blown away and at others, it appeared to just hang in the air due to the strong wind. The home team had the advantage of the strong wind in the first half and aided by a low winter sun making visibility across the pitch very difficult, a corner delivered their first goal as our keeper and defenders were almost blinded. Indeed, it seemed that nobody was too sure who actually scored. Dún Laoghaire's goalkeeper, Derek McAsey, certainly had a very good day making some exceptional saves from a very determined and skillful Brighton Celtic striker. The final score of Brighton Celtic 3 : DLTFC 4 ideally reflects the competitiveness of a very difficult game for both teams. But, without doubt, Dún Laoghaire's "Man of the Match" had to go to Johnson Godwin (pictured above) who scored two of our four goals.