Park Celtic win on St. David's Day

Saturday March 1st 2008 - St. David's Day for our Celtic cousins across the Irish Sea and without doubt the saintly Welshman certainly favoured the visitors, Park Celtic, at Shanganagh Cliffs this afternoon. The Division 3 match kicked-off at 14.30hrs in bright sunshine with hardly a breeze coming in from the sea. This suited the lads of the "A" Squad who opened the score barely minutes into the first half with a fine goal by young Nathan Jennings of Shankill. The visitors regained their composure and within ten minutes had equalised. But it wasn't long before the lads of "The Town" were back in fighting form attacking the Park Celtic goal with a passion unfortunately too rarely witnessed and it paid off with an excellent goal from yet another very talented young Shankill player, Dean Kelly. But, as luck will have it, the visitors with their more disciplined tactics and, it must be said, superb passing, quickly equalised leaving it 2 all at the break. The second half was certainly a different game altogether as the visitors vigorously and relentlessly pressured the home goal. They were certainly greatly aided by a strong to, at times, gale force wind coming in from the Irish Sea hampering and utterly frustrating our defenders. With the strong wind advantage, no doubt thanks to the saintly Welsh fan, the visitors all too easily put three further goals on the scoreboard. Final score: DLTFC 2 : Park Celtic 5 Note: the Division 3A match against Clonee for the "B" Squad was postponed as the home pitch was double-booked. (pictured above, Nathan Jennings is congratulated by his team-mates on the fine opening goal of the match)