Peil na mBan 2010

[Carmen Stateside]

Great strike!
Extra time?

[orangeman]

All to play for again next day.

[Carmen Stateside]

Fair enough result! Thought Kerry looked the better team. 
POTG Jolene Donnelly.  Take it they didnt watch some of her passes.  Shes lethal in front of goal but gives away some ball.

[Gaffer]

Replay.

When and where ?
Or Maybe not announced yet ?

[ziggysego]

Exciting game of football today. Draw was a fair result. After running away with it at the opening stages, Kerry did brilliantly to come back and nearly nick it in the end. The replay should be a good game.

[drici]

Intermediate Football Championship Semi Final
Longford 1-06
Donegal 3-14

by Jackie Cahill

DONEGAL produced a devastating second half attacking display to book their place in the All Ireland Intermediate Football Championship Final on September 26th.

The North-Westerners, Junior champions in 2003, were inspired after half-time as top scorer Geraldine McLaughlin led a deadly scoring spree.

Donegal ventured into Longford's home territory in Ballymahon on Saturday and at the finish, they had secured a convincing 14-point success to set up a final showdown against Waterford.

In the process, Longford lost out at the semi-final stage for the third successive season after they were outscored by 0-4 to 2-11 in the second half.

McLaughlin secured the player of the match award after scoring 1-9, including 1-7 in the second half, as Michael Naughton's team ran riot.

At Half Time, Donegal led by just a single point, 1-3 to 1-2, and while inspirational midfielder Karen Guthrie increased the lead with the opening score of the second period, Longford hit back and looked like making a game of it.

The midlanders reeled off four unanswered points to lead by 1-6 to 1-4 with 36 minutes on the watch but Edel Quinn's point was the last time Longford would score as Donegal went on to utterly dominate the remainder of the game.

The winners went on to hit 2-10 without reply and it was McLaughlin who kickstarted the purple patch as she landed six unanswered points.

Yvonne McMonagle, quiet until then, burst into life with a quickfire 1-1 blast and the full-forward's 48th-minute goal ended the match as a contest.

With the breeze advantage, Donegal pushed on ruthlessly and McLaughlin crowned a majestic display with her team's third goal in the dying minutes.

There was a suspicion of square ball as McLaughlin fisted home Guthrie's long delivery but following a consultation, the goal was allowed.

The final result was hard to predict at the midway point as the teams were evenly matched in the first half.

Goal chances came and went at either end and it was Longford who struck first after five minutes when Sharon Treacy converted a penalty which was harshly awarded for a Diane Toner foul on Anne-Marie Bratten.

That goal gave Longford a 1-1 to 0-1 lead before McLaughlin set up Karen Feeney for Donegal's first half goal in the 12th minute.
McLaughin reflected afterwards: "We're really happy, so shocked that we finally got here. We went in at half-time and said that this is it, if we don't do it now, we'll never do it.

"Some people say it (goal) was a square ball - I don't know!"

Donegal boss Naughton said: "It was a good team performance. We knew Longford were a tough team but we kept at it and with the breeze advantage, we knew that if we got the ball into our forwards, they would do the damage.

"Geraldine is a scoring machine and she came back from Dublin last night to be here. These girls had belief - I told them we were 60 minutes away from Croke Park.

"And every man, woman and child that plays GAA wants to play in Croke Park."

Scorers for Longford: S Treacy 1-1 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), F Gettings 0-2, A.M. Bratten 0-1, E Brady 0-1, E Quinn 0-1,
Scorers for Donegal: G McLaughlin 1-9 (5f), Y McMonagle 1-2, K Feeney 1-0, E Ward 0-2 (1f), K Guthrie 0-1f.

[drici]

Senior Football Championship Semi Final

Kerry 2-13
Tyrone 3-10

by Jackie Cahill

KERRY captain Bernie Breen secured a replay for her team as the Kingdom and Tyrone fought out an epic All Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi Final stalemate at Ballymahon, Longford, on Saturday.

Breen rifled home a brilliant 56th minute goal as Kerry, beaten Munster semi-finalists this year, earned a richly-deserved second chance to leave Dublin still awaiting their final opponents on September 26th.

Kerry's never-say-die attitude was in evidence on more than one occasion in this thrilling semi-final as they came from six points behind to draw level at half-time, 1-6 apiece.

And their battling qualities came to the fore again in the second half as Kerry hit back from the concession of two potentially shattering goals.

Player of the match Joline Donnelly, who shot 1-6, put Tyrone 2-6 to 1-6 ahead less than two minutes after half-time as the corner forward's looping shot found the back of the net.

But Kerry responded with a run of five unanswered points to lead by two before Mags O'Donoghue's 43rd minute penalty was brilliantly saved by Tyrone goalkeeper Shannon Lynch.

A goal for then for championship surprise packets Kerry would have put them five points clear and their woe was compounded at the other end less than two minutes later when Cathy Donnelly cracked home a terrific Tyrone goal.

Now 3-6 to 1-11 clear, Tyrone went on to lead by three points but Kerry hit back to cut the lead to a single point, 1-13 to 3-8, with three minutes remaining.

A Gemma Begley free and Joline Donnelly's sixth point pushed Tyrone three clear but the Red Hands were reeled in by Breen's magnificent strike in the 56th minute.

Tyrone had looked the better side in the first half but Kerry refused to yield, even when they fell 1-3 to 0-0 behind with eight minutes on the watch.

Sarah Connolly bagged Tyrone's goal in the eighth minute with a good finish after the ball had been worked into the full forward by Cathy Donnelly and Shannon Quinn.

Kerry's response was a run of three unanswered points sparked by top scorer Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh but Tyrone hit back with three of their own to lead by six points again, 1-6 to 0-3, by the 22nd minute.

Kerry, once again, dug deep and a run of 1-3 in the remaining minutes of the half ensured parity at the midway point.

Kerry's first half goal, scored by Lorraine Scanlon in the 28th minute, was another superb effort in keeping with the exceptional shooting on show all through the match.

Kerry boss William O'Sullivan said: "Great credit is due to both sets of players; people might not realise looking in on TV but the heat was extreme and to go at that pace for 60 minutes is testament to the fitness of both sides.

"We started poorly in both halves but we live to fight another day and any day you don't lose is a good day."

Scorers for Tyrone: J Donnelly 1-6 (0-1f), C Donnelly 1-1, S Connolly 1-0, A O'Kane 0-1, C McGahan 0-1, G Begley 0-1f.

Scorers for Kerry: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 0-6f, L Scanlon 1-1, B Breen 1-1, S Houlihan 0-3f, L Galvin 0-1, P Dennehy 0-1.

[ziggysego]

As I understand it, the replay will be in Tipperary this Saturday, before the U21 Hurling Final. This is to ensure that TG4 can show both games live. However, it hasn't been confirmed yet.

[Bensars]

As I understand it, the replay will be in Tipperary this Saturday, before the U21 Hurling Final. This is to ensure that TG4 can show both games live. However, it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Banagher, Co Offaly.   Close, but no cigar ziggy.

[drici]

11-09-10 (Saturday)
All Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi Final Replay
Kerry v Tyrone
14:45   Banagher

Live on TG4
Show starts at 2-30pm.

[Farrandeelin]

Knockmore are the Mayo Ladies Intermediate Champions for 2010. 

[ONeill]

Paddy Power has Tyrone slight favourites - http://www.paddypower.com/bet/gaa-sports/gaa-matches/gaa-football-matches/Tyrone%2DLadies%2Dv%2DKerry%2DLadies-2058381.html

[Carmen Stateside]

Forced myself out to work this morning,  really wanted to see this game. This is my only hope for updates.  Could someone be so kind to do this for us?  Thanks.

[mick999]

Tyrone 1 - 0, Kerry, 0.0, after 1 minute,

[mick999]

Tyrone 1-0, Kerry 0-2, 8 mins .. Niamh Woods just got yellow card, torrential rain ...