Sunday 23 August 2009

**Match Report** Kevin Barry's vs. Four Province's / Donegal (NACB Tournament Final: Sun August 2nd)

Sunday August 2nd saw the highly anticipated rematch between the Kevin Barry's and the 4P's. The Barry's had a convincing victory over the 4P's a couple of weeks earlier and the 4P's were now out for revenge and felt they had a point to prove. Both teams fielded their strongest line-up's of 2009 in what proved to be a very good game of football.
The 4P's came out of the blocks very quickly and they hassled the Barrys's in the opening minutes, but it was the Barry's who settled quickest and got on the scoreboard first through "wee" Dave Mc Carthy and Patrick "Deuce" Doris. This helped the Barry's get into their groove and they pushed on with some stylish short passing football. In a devastating flurry of movement the Barry's found the back of the net twice in quick succession through Deuce Doris and P.J Lavery. This knocked the 4P's for six but they battled back and put together a fine string of points to get back into the game. Both teams traded scores before half-time with Deuce Doris, and P.J Lavery getting the points for the Barry's. The Barry's were playing well but they expected a 4P's fight back in the second half.
A fight back is exactly what they got. The 4P's came out with 4 unanswered points to start the second half. This seemed to wake the Barry's up and they hit back through scores from Dave Mc Carthy and P.J Lavery. The game was very close at this point but the break through came half way through the second half when the Barry's notched two well taken goals from their two full forwards Deuce Doris and P.J Lavery. These two players were on top form and they were running riot against the 4P's back line. The two goals really took the wind out of the 4P's and the Barry's increased their lead further through points form Bobby Ray, Deuce Doris, P.J Lavery and super sub Patsy Quinn. The 4P's tried to mount another fight back but the game was iced for the Barry's when their two half backs Petey McElhill and Eugene Martin raced up the pitch to take 2 great points. At this point the 4P's knew they were well beaten by the Barry's for the 2nd time. For the Barry's this proved to be a tournament clinching win and more importantly proved the doubter's wrong, showing the Barry's could compete with any team in the region.

Final Score:
Kevin Barry's (4-14)
4P's (0-14)

Barry's Scorers:
"Wee" Dave McCarty (0-5), Patrick "Deuce" Doris (2-4), P.J Lavery (2-1), Eugene Martin (0-1), Bobby Ray (0-1) Petey McElhill (0-1), Patsy "super-sub" Quinn (0-1)

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