FAI Intermediate Cup – 3rd Round RSULT
Cockhill Celtic FC – 3 (G Friel (2) & L Toland)
Swords Celtic FC – 1 (Tormey)
Cockhill started the match on top with Garbhan Friel going close on 3 minutes with a header from a Ronan Doherty free kick. Cockhill had a golden chance to open the scoring on 6 minutes when Mark Coyle was fouled in the box after the Swords keeper Trumble spilled a cross. Trumble quickly redeemed himself saving Friel’s penalty with a smart save diving to his left. Swords were dangerous on the break with Owen Jones a great outlet on the right hand side. Cockhill broke the deadlock on 35 minutes after Coyle released Doherty on the left the latter cut inside and his blocked shot fell to Friel who swept home from 10 yards into the keepers left hand corner. The home side went in 1-0 to the good at the break
The second half started with Swords having their best period of the game. A Gavin Smith free kick on 53 minutes and a Shaun O’Brien shot on 57 minutes being dealt with by Gavin Cullen. The visitors best chance came on 65 minutes when the ball broke to Sean Kelly in the box after a Swords free kick and the Swords Captains effort from close range forced Cullen into a brilliant reaction save at his near post. Swords were to rue that missed chance as Cockhill put the game beyond them with two goals in the next 10 minutes. Firstly, Laurence Toland doubled the lead on 69 minutes when Coyle found space in the midfield, after a flick on from Malachy McDermott, and when he released Toland the outcome was never in doubt as he drove past Trumble into the keepers bottom right hand corner much to the delight of the home players, bench, and crowd. It was 3-0 on 74 minutes when Friel got his second when he picked up a through ball from Cockhill Captain James Bradley to outpace the Swords defence to slot home. Swords got a consolation goal on 88 minutes when Niall Tormey capitalised on a defensive error to slide the ball past Cullen, but it’s Cockhill who advance to the last 16.
Cockhill Celtic FC (photo)
Back – James Bradley, Jason Breslin, Malachy McDermott, Gavin Cullen, Ronan Doherty & Peter Doherty. Front – Oisin McColgan, Garbhan Friel, Mark Coyle, Paul McDermott & Laurence Toland
Subs. Mark Moran, Daniel Martin Doherty, Paul McKinney, Johnny Havlin, Ryan Varma, William O’Connor & Michael Owen Doherty
Swords Celtic FC
Back – Sean Kelly, Graham Duffy, Stephen Trimble, Shaun O’Brien, David Cox & Calvin Dooney. Front – Owen Jones, Andrew Timmons, Gavin Smith, Andrew Birmingham & Gavin Logan.
Subs. Robbie Farrel, Niall Tormey & Keith Reilly