21/8/16
Spartak 3, Transport 2
A very welcome victory on the opening day of the season, courtesy of a Geoff Gamble goal with (according to the referee) five seconds remaining!
There were some notable highlights in a lack lustre display, with Stuart Love made a scoring comeback on his return from serious injury and gave an overall energetic display, while Aodhan McCahill headed in for his second of the season, and is now joint top scorer!
The Love and McCahill goals were both headers from corners by Steve Walsh.
Transport caused problems with a striker who caused the home defence problems and fired in a great second goal to give the visitors a 2-1 lead on the hour mark, having taken the lead initially on the quarter hour mark.
Niall Lennon missed a big chance after good work by Ger Byrne and Cian Donohoe, while Ger Byrne fired wide from a decent position. Transport were guilty of a big miss just minutes before Spartak secured the win, and will fell hard done by overall.
Niall Lennon was the provider for Geoff Gamble to poke in the winner under pressure from defender and keeper to secure a fine win from a slightly substandard performance.
Form Report
Dan Galvin 7 Cian Donohoe 7 Aodhan McCahill 8 Paul Kinsella 7 Karl McCullagh 7 Kevin O Toole 7 Stuart Love 7 David Kernan 6 Ger Byrne 6 Steve Walsh 6 Niall Lennon 7 Neil McGowan 5 Steve Grier 5 Jeff Gamble 7
