St. Kevins 0:11  Dundalk Young Irelanders 1:06

Our Senior men advanced to the semi finals of the Intermediate Football Championship for the first time since our 2016 Junior win.

After leading by 6 points at half time, St. Kevins looked to have one foot in the semi final after the half hour mark. But a valiant second half display by the Dundalk Young Irelanders left an action past last 15 minutes where the Philipstown men dug deep to hold on to the victory.

TJ Doheny set the tone for his side early on, nailing a 45 after 3 minutes. St. Kevins moved the ball extremely well through the hands in the opening quarter of the hour in a fine evening for football in Stabannon with Karl Martin, Shane Meade and Tom Matthews all winning fouls.

The Kevin’s free takers and choice of a kicker from every angle seemed to a major difference. With Lee Crosbie making no mistake from close range dead balls and Cameron Maher pointing from the deck from the side line. DYI struggled in this department, missing 5 ‘scoreable’ frees with 3 different takers in the first half.

Three unanswered scores in the last 7 minutes of the half by Patrick Clarke and a mark and free by Lee Crosbie sent St. Kevin’s into the interval leading 0:09 to 0:03 in a half that was fairly one sided.

Thomas Macnamee’s side started the second half strongly with Tom Matthews wonderfully flicking a pass into Lee Crosbie who was fouled and he converted respectively.

Since then, Dundalk Young Irelanders started to find their rhythm gaining a lot more possession and were handed a lifeline back into the game earning a penalty after Kerry native Cathal Ferriter was fouled inside the box and Peter McStravick made no mistake stroking home.