Na Gleannta v. Oranmore - March 6th

Oranmore pip Na Gleannta

Na Gleannta 1 - 6        Oranmore 1 - 10

In the shadow of Dunmore Castle Na Gleannta were ultimately unable to withstand the onslaught of a powerful Oranmore side in this U21 North B Championship match.

Starting off brightly with 2 points quickly on the board na Gleannta weathered a sustained period of pressure from Oranmore.  Spending long periods in their own half Na Gleannta managed to break away to put a further point on the board.  Some good goalkeeping and the inability of Oranmore to covert pressure into points led a good sized crowd to think this could be Na Gleannta's day.

Deep into the first half though Oranmore finally broke through and were soon ahead 0 - 3 to 1 - 3 in spite of some impassioned Na Gleannta defending. The Glenamaddy/Glinsk lads were not going to lie down though and at the break the scores were Na Gleannta 1 - 3  Oranmore 1 - 5.

 

With all to play for coming out after the break, and a palpable air of expectation from the crowd the Na Gleannta bubble was soon burst as Oranmore immediately put another point on the board taking them now 3 points clear.  Oranmore continued to pile on the pressure and in spite of some spirited attacking from Na Gleannta with points being scored tit for tat Oranmore just pulled  away in the last few minutes to win by 4 points. Na Gleannta aquitted themselves well and for a team so recently formed have quickly jelled into a promising football side.  The game against a tough Oranmore side probably came a little too soon in their development. There were though a lot of positives in their performance this afternoon.  Heads didn't drop and a lot of determination and resilience were shown by everybody concerned.  Great effort lads!!

Some action from the game :-