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[03 May 2003|10:50pm] |
Cobh Ramblers 0-0 Kilkenny City
The First Division’s bottom side, Kilkenny City, got their first point under the leadership of manager Tommy Lynch with a hard-fought scoreless draw away to Cobh Ramblers at St Colman’s Park on Saturday night.
City had conceded eleven goals in their opening four games of the season, and this clean sheet will come as a welcome relief to their embattled fans, players and mentors alike.
But it was not without its share of scares.
Cobh enjoyed by far the majority of possession and chances in the first half, and went close through Declan McGregor, Steve Yelverton and assistant-player-manager Jason Kabia before the half-time break.
After the break, Cobh continued to press for the lead goal, but in the end they had to settle for their second scoreless draw in the space of seven days.
Cobh Ramblers: Harrington, Murphy, Brosnan, White, Kabia, Buckley, Tynan, Hill, Yelverton, Coker, McGregor (Bruton, 71).
Kilkenny City: Fitzpatrick, Maher, Rea, M. Andrews, Whelan, Watson (Murphy, 90), Dunphy, N. Andrews, Quilty, Wood (Tynan, 67), Barry.
Referee: B. Kelly (Athlone)
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| Dublin City 0 - 0 Cobh Ramblers |
[26 Apr 2003|09:09pm] |
Dublin City - who like Bray went into Saturday night's games protecting a 100 percent record - were held to a scoreless draw by Cobh Ramblers in an evenly balanced game at Whitehall.
Both sides had opportunities to win the game with Jonathan Coker and Willie Bruton both going close for Cobh when given great opportunities while Robbie Farrell hit the post with a penalty after he was fouled by Darren Murphy.
Teams:
Dublin City: Horgan, T O'Connor, Noonan, McGauley, Byrne, Dunne, Gleeson, Crowley, Clarke, A O'Connor, Farrell.
Subs: O'Keefe for Dunne (46 mins), Dunning for Farrell (73 mins).
Cobh Ramblers: Harrington, Kabia, Murphy, Brosnan, White, Tynan, Hill, Buckley, Yelverton, Coker, Bruton.
Subs: McGregor for Tynan, O'Reilly for Coker (both 64 mins).
Referee: D Hancock (Dublin).
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| Cobh Ramblers 0 - 2 Limerick |
[22 Apr 2003|11:15pm] |
Two goals from Ciaran Foley earned new Limerick manager Mike Kerley his first victory since taking over from Noel O'Connor as they beat Cobh Ramblers 2-0 at St Colman's Park.
The visitors took full advantage of Cobh's hesitant start racing into a 2-0 lead in the opening 25 minutes and despite Cobh's improving performance for the remainder of the game, they were unable to breach the Limerick defence.
Foley's first goal came after 12 minutes when he hammered the ball past Derek Slattery after a set-piece landed nicely for the defender to finish.
It was a mistake by Slattery that allowed Foley grab his second when the goalkeeper failed to reach a long ball ahead of the Limerick man leaving Foley with the simple task of lobbing the stranded Slattery.
Teams:
Cobh Ramblers: Slattery; Yelverton, White, Brosnan, O'Donovan, Buckley, Cummins, McGregor, Coker; Bruton, Tynan.
Subs: Moore for Tynan (46 mins), Murphy for O'Donovan (55 mins), O'Reilly for Bruton (70 mins).
Limerick: Healy; Keating, Nolan, Finucane, Purcell; Heffernan, Sweeney, Cooney, Whyte; Foley, O'Flynn.
Subs: Ryan for Foley (46 mins), O'donoghue for Cooney (74 mins), Browne for Heffernan (85 mins).
Referee: A Buttimer (Cork).
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| Sligo Rovers 1 - 1 Cobh Ramblers |
[19 Apr 2003|11:13pm] |
Cobh Ramblers and Sligo Rovers preserved their unbeaten eircom League First Division records when they fought out a 1-1 draw at St.Colman's Park on Saturday night despite Don O'Riordan's side taking the lead after 14 minutes.
Paul McTierman was able to touch the ball home from close range when he collected a Derek O'Brien cross after a neat lay-off by Luther Watson. Both Eoghan Conlon and Jonathan Coker wasted half chances before McTiernan scuffed another shot just wide.
Cobh applied all the pressure after the break and were level on 44 minutes when Irish Schools international James Cummins scored his first senior goal for the club. And it was the home side who almost snatched victory with 15 minutes remaining when Coker rounded Sligo 'keeper Ciaran Kelly only to see his goal-bound shot blocked by defender Barry O'Dwyer on the line.
Teams:
Cobh Ramblers - Slattery; Yelverton, O'Donovan, Brosnan, White; Conlon, Cummins, Buckley, Tynan; Coker, O'Reilly. Subs. - McGregor for O'Reilly (45 mins.), Moore for Conlon (76 mins.).
Sligo Rovers - Kelly; Rossiter, O'Dwyer, Carr, Murphy; O'Dowd, Watson, Gaffney, O'Brien; Mullan, McTiernan. Sub. - Feeney for Carr (76 mins.).
Referee - S.Meighan (Dublin).
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| Athlone Town 0 - 1 Cobh Ramblers |
[12 Apr 2003|09:20pm] |
Last season's First Divison top scorer Willie Bruton notched up his first of this season as Cobh Ramblers beat Athlone Town 1-0 at St Mel's Park.
In a tightly contested game, Cobh had the slightly better chances and almost had a dream start when Jonathan Coker burst through after just 35 seconds only for Gerard O'Brien to make a last ditch tackle.
But three minutes into the second half, they did take the lead when Bruton raced onto a Robert Brosnan long ball before clinically finishing past Athlone goalkeeper David Moran.
Teams:
Athlone Town: Moran, O'Brien, Kelly, Shine, Jackson, Rush, Gavin, Collins, Mullan, McCann, Molloy.
Subs: Devine for Mullan (77 mins), Sherlick for Kelly (89 mins).
Cobh Ramblers: Slattery, Yelverton, White, Brosnan, Murphy, Buckley, Cummings, Conlon Coker, Bruton, Tynan.
Subs: MCGregor for Conlon (80 mins), O'Rielly for Coker (90 mins).
Referee: P Sutton (Clare).
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