It was a beautiful saturday afternoon for a game of soccer ,the game got under way with Castleisland making a early dash for the Park goalbut the shot on goal goes wide.The ball is kicked out by Aaron Jack tries to bring it under control but miss kicks it and the Castleisland forward takes advantage of this mistake and rounds the keeper to make it 1-0 Castleisland. Josh runs down the sidelineand slots the ball into Nemanja but his shot goes wide. Park get the ball out on the wing and with Edward under pressure he passes the ball back to his keeper but with the pitch being very soft the ball travelled very slow and the Castleisland forward made no mistake in putting it in the back of the net 2-0 Castleisland.
Another attack sees Aaron make a save from the forwards shot,the ball goes up the field and John is brought down a free to Park which James takes but it was saved by the keeper.Dylan takes a goal kick but unfortunately he couldn’t get enough height on the ball and it fell to a Castleisland player who put it in the net 3-0. Conor has a shot on goal but the keeper saves ,Dean clears the ball to Shane he puts it through to Conor who passes to John but the keeper saves .
Castleisland make another attack on Park’s goal and make it 4-0. Despite Park having a lot of the play they had a few shots on target but couldn’t find the back of the net. Another attack by Castleisland saw them bring their total to 5-0 then just before half time John is brought down in the penalty area and just when it looked like Park were going to get on the score sheet the keeper makes a great save .
The second half gets under way Aaron kicks the ball to Mike who runs down the wing and passes to James who shoots and the keeper saves. Castleisland mount another attack and as Jack goes to clear it he slips over and the forward takes the ball and crosses it into one of his team mates who slots it into the net 6-0 . Aaron passes the ball out to Dean to Josh who passes into Nemanja he heads the ball to Conor but his shot is saved by the keeper Park on the attack again Sean puts the ball through to John who has his shot saved by the keeper.
Castleisland get the ball again and run down the wing and pass it into the centre of the box and once again the forward hits the back of the net 7-0 Conor takes a corner and as the ball comes across the box Nemanja hits the ball but it hits the side netting..Park are having plenty of the play but are unable to find the net ,but just when it looked like they would end without a goal there was another attack by Park and after a few scuffles in the box and James managed to get a foot to it and make the final score 7-1. Despite the high score line it did not reflect the game and Park had a good majority of the play but they found it difficult on a very soft pitch to play to their recent form and maybe with a bit of luck they could have had another few goals but Castleisland were the stronger team on the day.
Team….Aaron ,Dean , James , Jack , Edward , John , Shane , Dylan ,Josh , Conor , Nemanja , Sean , Mike .
Report by J.o.Driscoll
