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Reserves secure Championship win (Sunday 4-October-2009)
 Fulham Irish 3-10 Tara 2-10
On a sunny day at Ruislip on Sunday, Fulham Irish secured a much
deserved win in the Reserve Championship after losing out in the final
the last few seasons.
Starting brightly, Fulham irish created some good chances but failed
to convert, points from Stephen O'Flaherty and John Enright the only
reward from nine chances created in the opening 20 minutes. Meanwhile,
Tara who were slow to settle, fired 1-05 in the same period. Kevin
McLoughlin opened the Tara scoring with a point, followed by points
from Sean Moran, Barry McGovern and a pair from Andreas Redican.
McGovern stepped up with a goal to extend the lead further. Tiarnan
O'Rourke contributed two points for Fulham Irish before Francis Smith
and Redican restored the Tara advantage, leaving them 1-07 to 0-04
ahead at the break.
Winning possession on the 2nd half throw in, Fulham Irish moved the ball in to Liam Barry, whose precise pass to the on rushing Enright saw the arrears reduced as the net rattled. Following a couple of missed opportunities for Fulham Irish, Tara moved downfield and crafted a goal, Redican providing the finish. The next ten minutes belonged to the Fulham Irish men, starting with a burst from centre back, Tommy Pierce, which saw him taken down in the box. O'Rourke stepped up to slot the penalty home. Points for Barry Basquille, Ollie McKinley and O'Rourke followed before McGovern added another minor for Tara. Another pair for O'Rourke and a point for O'Flaherty followed before Joe Harte and Smith leveled it up for Tara.
With just over five minutes left, another fluent Fulham Irish move saw O'Flaherty racing forward and putting the ball on a plate for Barry to score the decisive goal. The last five minutes were a case of Fulham Irish closing out the game as Tara tried to equalise.
As well as those mentioned, Martin Conway, Mark McElroy, Peter Burke and Conor O'Callaghan had good games for Fulham Irish while special mention must go to Barney McCusker, win a Championship medal the same days his brothers were winning minor & senior Championship medals respectively with their club Kilcoo, Co. Down.
team: B McCusker, B Dolan(A Lavery), P O'Riordan, M McVey, S Casey(C O'Callaghan), T Pierce, M Conway, M McElroy, N Haughey, S O'Flaherty, P Burke(T Vincent), J Enright, B Basquille(O McKinley), T O'Rourke, L Barry
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