Wayside Grab The Points

All the attention in Inchicore was focused on Richmond Park for the League Title race involving St Patricks Athletic and Sligo Rovers.  Inchicores other team, and in my opinion the best, had their own league title race to deal with at Bernard Curtis Park.  A win for the black and ambers would see them leap to second on the table behind pace setters St Marks.

It was an uneventful opening half with both teams cancelling each other out in midfield for much of it.  Inchicores new signings Adam Morgan and Martin Quinn really stood out but Wayside were not intent on giving the home team an easy ride.  Ger Marshall was back in the team after a brief injury break but was looking as sharp as ever in defence alongside Robert Mahony.

Five minutes in to the second half and the game as a contest really sprang to life.  Alan Brennan, being his usual busy self up front, went close to giving 'The Core' the lead but it was Wayside who cleared from Brennans initial effort, swept down field and took the lead themselves.  Two more opportunities fell to the home team, one of them to John Byrne who was backing up from the previous days action in LSL Premier 1 Saturday, in a five minute spell before Wayside pounced again to double their lead.  It was a breathtaking ten minutes of football that stunned the home support.

As the clock ticked down Inchicore were awarded a penalty when Wes McDermott was tripped in the box.  It seemed however that Lady Luck was not smiling on Inchicore today as the usually dependable Robert Mahony struck the crossbar with his spotkick.  It just wasn't Inchicores day as the referee blew for full time shortly afterwards.

However it wasn't all doom and gloom around the village as local League of Ireland team St Pats, as mentioned above, finally brought the League of Ireland trophy back to Inchicore after a 14 year absence.  Hopefully by seasons end the boys in LSL Premier Sunday can match their achievement.