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After a tour of Clondalkin, Castleknock Celtic eventually made it and had time for preparations for this game. Booth Road Celtic (BRC) had been in B league before Christmas, while Castleknock (CkC) were in the E division, so it was a tough assignment for the visitors. It was an even contest for the first quarter of the game, with CkC having their chances to open the scoring through Sean Ogbomo who was a powerful physical presence up front. He was within a whisker of making the breakthrough on a couple of occasions, but halfway through the half, it was BRC who got their noses in front with a tremendous shot from the edge of the box which gave Niall Maloney in the CkC goal no chance. They added to the lead before half time with another fine finish. It wasn’t a fair reflection of the play as CkC were giving as good as they got, and with Dumitru Mindru and Andrew McGee in tremendous form at the back, it was surprising that the visitors trailed. Rei Mulligan was playing in front of the back two and he was supporting the midfield with his energetic runs. Oisin Dunne was showing great pace on the right hand side and was providing great opportunities for Sean and Romeo who came in to add his power to the midfield. Oleg’s trickery in the middle was posing problems for the BRC defenders.
The second half saw more of the same, but it was again the home side who got the next score when hesitation in the visitors’ defence was punished by the home striker. At the other end, CkC were threatening, and it was Oleg’s trickery that took his side into the opponents’ box and his shot came back off the keeper for Andrew McGee, who had joined the midfield, to rifle home from close range. Cillian Garvey was now at full back and was proving his worth in that position. At the back he was partnering Matei Domsa who was putting in a superb performance. Matei never gave up on the cause at any stage, and on one occasion, a goal looked certain until he lunged into the tackle to prevent the strike. Romeo went close to getting CkC’s second but was denied by the excellent BRC keeper. Dumitru returned to the action in a more forward position and was again impressing, and he was a contender for man of the match except that Matei had been so magnificent. Deserving of special mention was Niall Maloney who was tremendous in the CkC goal and denied BRC on a number of occasions.
A big talking point after the game was Sean Ogbomo's goal that never was. We have analysed it with our goal line technology and the verdict is GOAL GOAL GOAL all day. See for yourself. But alas the ref should have gone to specsavers, however in fairness, he did not have the benefit of our goal line technology.
While CkC put in a fine performance, BRC ran out deserved winners. CkC will re-group on Monday at training, and can look forward to more adventures in their new division.
In the 11E division, there was much confusion as after the game there were differing views on the result, which was either a 2-2 draw or a Dalkey 3-2 win. We will update the final result when it is confirmed. The assessment of the team management was that Celtic deserved to win, but should have at least drawn.