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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Ferrybank march on after eventful cup clash
BY ADRIAN FLANAGAN
FERRYBANK 4 SOUTHEND UNITED 1
EVENTFUL is the one word that comes to mind to try and describe the Lucozade Sport Munster Junior cup clash between Ferrybank and Southend United at the Village Grounds on Tuesday night last as the home side booked their spot in the next round of the competition.
Five goals, five times the upright struck, three penalties, a hat-trick, two sending offs and two penalties missed, all happened in an amazing 90 or minutes of football that left the visitors fuming at referee Anthony Walsh at the final whistle, even though the official awarded them three penalties.
However, the major talking point was the red cards issued to both Ian Galgey and Ian Caulfield three minutes before half time and after having just nine men for the second half, the visitors were exposed by a Ferrybank side that looked very suspect at times.
The first talking point of the tie came after less than two minutes of play when Ian Galgey raced down the right channel and when his goalbound effort struck the hand of a Ferrybank defender, referee Anthony Walsh had no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot.
Midfielder Paddy Dooley stepped up to take the spot kick, however his effort crashed off the crossbar before flying over the bar and gone with it was what would have been the perfect start for the visitors, who looked lively during the opening exchanges.
The post denied Southend the lead again on 12 minutes when Daniel Murphy struck the post direct from a corner kick and when the rebound broke to Dooley, he didn’t have time to direct his effort goalwards and another chance had gone by the wayside.
Ferrybank were hoping to bounce back to winning ways after losing heavily at home to Hibernians in the league and they were denied by the angle of the crossbar on 26 minutes when Paddy Mullally flicked the ball into the path of Damien Heffernan, however his effort struck the bar.
Visiting defender Seamus Byrnes twice went close to finding the breakthrough on 39 minutes when firstly he raced onto a Dooley pass, however when his left-footed strike was superbly saved by Hugh Mullally and when the rebound broke into his path, his goalbound effort was blocked by Ian Mullally.
The game was somewhat ruined as a contest less than three minutes later when it seemed that Southend striker Ian Galgey was cleared impeded by Ferrybank defender Patrick Heffernan but referee Anthony Walsh was having none of it and waved play on much to the annoyance of Galgey.
After showing dissent to the referee, Galgey was shown a straight red card by the referee and after midfielder Ian Caulfield was booked for his protests, things were soon to get worse for Southend as Caulfield pushed the referee over the edge with his protests and was shown a second yellow card.
Suddenly Southend, who were doing well on the field of play, were down to nine men and while, they could feel hard done by as it did look that it was a free kick in the first place before the spat of dissent occurred, it could have worse from the free as Brian Mallon struck the bar.
Having a two man advantage put the home side in the driving seat and they went in front thanks to a big slice of luck just three minutes later when Colm Roche split the defence with a superb ball and after keeper Sean Walsh slipped the ball, Kevin Roche was on hand to tap home from close range.
But they could have been level on 50 minutes when Darren White, who worked tirelessly up front, struck the same crossbar for the third time in the game from distance before the visitors were awarded a second penalty.
Patrick Heffernan brought down White as he raced into the area and up stepped Michael Caulfield, however his spot kick was saved by Hugh Mullally and when Roche added his second goal three minutes with a simple finish, it left Southend with a mountain to climb.
The centre forward scored his hat-trick on 68 minutes when he raced onto a Cormac O’Meara pass before slipped a left-footed strike past keeper Walsh and after Paddy Barrett had an effort took off the line by Christopher Hoban on 80 minutes, Southend were wondering what they had to do to score.
They were awarded their third penalty of the contest less than two minutes later when Paddy Barrett went to ground under a challenge of Richard Gaffney and Daniel O’Sullivan scored the resulting spot kick despite keeper Mullally getting a hand to the ball.
However, the home side completed the scoring in the final minute when Cormac O’Meara scored with an angled effort that went in off the inside of the post but there’s no doubting that the contest swung in favour of Ferrybank after the dismissals of both Ian Galgey and Ian Caulfield.
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