Spartak Dynamo FC

23.2.13
Spartak 4, Broadford 0

An impressive performance by the Sky Blues in blizzard conditions in Marlay, with the pitch entirely snow covered by the game’s end.

An indifferent start to the match saw both sides cancel each other out, with few chances. Broadford had the first, when Shane McInerney ceded possession close to his own goal and the visitors resulting shot hit the side net. Shane then was yellow carded shortly afterwards for expressing his views to the referee.

Anto Doyle and Dermot Dooley combined to force a corner which was fruitless. On 22 minutes a 35 yard shot from Sean Doyle changed the course of the game. He gathered the ball from a throw in and, with the keeper off his line, fired home a superb goal.

Spartak now had a spring in their step and looked a great deal more dangerous, while Broadford strove to recover from the blow of going a goal behind. Anto Doyle’s throw was headed against the post by Dermot Dooley, and then a fine ball by Cathal Clancy gave Paul Byrne the chance to cross, but it was beyond any support and went across goal.

Persistence paid off for goal number two, on 44 minutes, with Paul Byrne and Anto Doyle doing the donkey work to give Dermot Dooley a chance; he was hauled down by the visitors number 5 and Fintan Grace displayed his usual calm in dispatching the spot kick.

At the start of the second half Broadford were given an opportunity to get back in the game when David Marlow was adjudged to have carried the ball outside the box; fortunately for Spartak, the free was struck just past the post.

A Paul Byrne flick gave Martin Costello a chance but the keeper got a touch to his effort, however the ref gave a goal kick; Paul Byrne then had a shot wide before he played in substitute Glen Burke to score expertly with his first touch on 62 minutes and effectively kill off the game as a contest. As Broadford pressed on, Martin Costello dispossessed the keeper but shot wide of the empty goal from an angle.

Lee Malone and Martin Costello then combined to give Cathal Clancy a glorious opportunity but his header was wide.

In the final minute a burst by Paul Byrne was blocked by the keeper, with the ball running loose in the box to the supporting Shane McInerney running in on the open goal. Having carefully considered all options, Shane finally walked the ball in for number 4 to administer the coup de grace.

One of the Sky Blues better performances , showing a greater will to battle in tough weather conditions, with a clean sheet and a four goals to improve the goal difference.

Form Report:
David Marlow 8 Chris Hogan 8 Fintan Grace 8 Sean Doyle 8 Cathal Clancy 8 Shane McInerney 8 Steve O’Hara 8 Martin Costello 8 Dermot Dooley 8 Anto Doyle 8 Paul Byrne 9
Subs Glen Burke 7 Lee Malone 7 Joe Roe Conor Callis

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