Slaughtneil ensured it will likely be a gathering of Derry’s ‘huge two’ within the forthcoming county senior soccer championship ultimate once they overcame Lavey by 2-12 to 2-4 in final night time’s second semi-final to e-book a confrontation with reigning champions Glen.
First-half targets from Eamon McGill and Niall Toner had helped to maintain Lavey in entrance at half-time (2-2 to 0-7) however when Slaughtneil stepped up a gear after the break they ensured that their opponents have been restricted to simply two extra factors.
In distinction Slaughtneil’s two-goal burst from Christopher Bradley and Shea Cassidy extinguished any hopes that Lavey had of creating a restoration and with Jerome McGuigan, Ruairi O Mianian and Patsy Bradley choosing off factors, Paul Bradley’s facet glided throughout the ending line in some fashion.
In the meantime, a devastating late scoring burst proved essential in taking Granemore into the Armagh senior soccer championship ultimate for the primary time of their historical past once they overcame Killeavy in a gripping semi-final yesterday on the Athletic Grounds by 2-9 to 0-8.
With Jason O’Neill specifically the essence of accuracy, the winners constructed up a 0-6 to 0-2 interval lead with Callum O’Hare and Ronan McGuinness managing to plunder Killeavy’s scores.
It's a measure of the Killeavy resistance that they remained on their opponents’ shoulder till the closing part when first Odhran Doyle after which Tony McClelland pounced for important Granemore targets that cemented a good-looking victory.
In the meantime, within the second semi-final of the Fermanagh senior soccer championship a last-gasp objective from a Shane Rooney penalty secured a 1-7 to 1-6 win for Erne Gaels over Kinawley and stamped their passport right into a ultimate assembly with Enniskillen Gaels.
Erne Gaels led by 0-5 to 0-1-1 on the interval, the one objective of the first-half coming when Kinawley’s Paul Breen completed a Tomás Corrigan free to the web.
When Corrigan and Aaron O’Reilly swept over late factors to provide Kinawley a 1-6 to 0-7 lead, they residence and dry till Rooney’s penalty thunderbolt made it a pleasure day for Erne Gaels.
The group now has the prospect of accumulating the county championship title so as to add to their league crown in what's proving a memorable season for them.