Ladies 1st -v- Pembroke 14/11/09

This weekend was a repeat of last weekend for the ladies 1st as they took on Pembroke this time in the league. The girls with no win under their belt so far this season started off well with both teams looking evenly matched but the Glens got caught off gaurd and out of position after a good attack was well defended by Pembroke.  The Pembroke Ladies took advantage of this and stormed off down the pitch to score an easy goal.  The rest of the first half can only be described as frustrating, the Glens got 3 short corners in a row with no luck. Then another 2 short corners came for the Glens but nothing seemed to be working until finally in the dying minutes of the first half the girls got a short corner, this time the strike from Kate was saved by the goalie but Fitz got the rebound only for it to be saved again, but the girls didn’t give up and Marie got the rebound and passed to Derbhla who finally ended 35 minutes of frustration with a goal, half time score 1-1.

The second half began and the Glens seemed to come out with fighting spirit and as the left back would say some fabulous passing!!! It also signalled lots of cards, Yellow for Pembroke, Green for Glenanne, Yellow Glenanne and one more a Yellow for Pembroke resulting in the Pembroke team losing a player.  Pembroke came close to scoring from a short corner but Ciara stopped them with a lovely clear. The Glens then got a lovely goal, not quite sure how it happened but from a unbelievable angle Ciara managed a lovely strike and got the ball passed the keeper, score 2-1 to the Glens all they had to do now was get through the final minutes but Pembroke were not about to give up and in the dying minutes secured a final chance winning a short corner just as the final whistle went. Pembroke took the short corner and a foul by Glenanne resulted in another short for Pembroke, Susan made a terrific save only to have the ball come straight back at her this time in the air, but no fear she deftly saved it with her stick, ball goes out of play and its all over final score 2-1 and at last the girls get the win they deserved. Well done to Derbhla who got player of the match and to the rest of the team on a great win.