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| 25th October 2009 : St. Sylvester's win out over Fingal Ravens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Despite a fine 2nd half performance into a strong wind in Malahide, the Fingal Ravens Minors could not
overcome an improved St. Sylvester's team in this Semi-Final of the Championship. Two goals from the home team,
one in each half, proved the difference between the teams.
The Ravens just didn't do enough in the 1st half to take advantage of the wind and went in a point down at half time. They were really up against it as the wind strengthened, but raised their game and were clearly the better team in the final quarter with Luke Griffin scoring some great frees to bring them close. The key moment was when they were awarded a penalty which would have have brought them level with 10 minutes to go. The goalkeeper saved and soon Sylvester's scored their 2nd goal to effectively end the contest. Pictures from the match available in the Gallery. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th October 2009 : Final Ravens 0-10, St. Pat's Donabate 1-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fingal Ravens Minors left it late to beat St. Pat's in the last of the Championship qualifiers. A fantastic finish by the team with
5 unanswered points in the final 10 minutes meant they progress to the Semi-Final for the 2nd year in a row.
The Ravens played into a wind in the first half and managed to hold St. Pat's to just 4 points while scoring 2 themselves. They started the 2nd half confidentally and looked to take advantage of the wind. They had some great goal chances but weren't able to convert and looked to have lost their chance when St. Pat's scored a well worked goal to go 4 points ahead. St. Pat's matched Ravens next 2 scores and the game looked over as it entered the last 10 minutes. But the Ravens didn't give up, the large support from the sidelines helping push them forward. Points by Cian Scanell and Luke Griffin and then a fine point by Alex Duff as he slid in from 2 yards out to kick the ball over. With 2 minutes left Seán Brennan drew the foul from which Luke calmly pointed and then in injury time laid the pass off to Cian who put the ball over for a famous victory. Luke Griffin top scored with 5 points, the other scorers were Cian Scanell (2 points) and Alex Duff (2 points), |