In the annual post Christmas games, the married men came out winners for the first time in many years against the singles. The spirit of seasonal giving was in evidence with the single mens defence repeatedly gifting passes to the married attackers, with John McCluskey and Neil McGowan scoring almost at will and racing into a four goal half time lead. Resistance from the single men was weak generally despite a fine save by Shane McInerney while the late arrival of Paul Kinsella steadied the ship somewhat.
The married men then played deep in the second half (Dave Mohan at centre half was almost on the tennis court behind the goal) and the single men staged a mini comeback, scoring twice from the spot with Coffey junior scoring a cracking goal. However Mark Byrne and Shea McClafferty added goals for the hen pecked to clinch the win.
Paul Kinsella then led the Drunks to an ignominious double figure defeat against the Sober Skunks in the second game, and got injured in the process to add injury to insult, with Dave Mohan’s sober men victorious including Stuart Love who was celebrating the arrival of son Jake and showing no ill effects from the ordeal.
Seamus McCahill patrolled the Drunks midfield like a much more relaxed Dimitar Berbatov while Tony Kavanagh was left regretting the failure of his earlier attempt to infiltrate the sober team.
