Roscommon 2-12
Armagh 1-14
ROSCOMMON HAVE WON the Nicky Rackard Cup for the second time as Michael Kelly struck in the dying embers at Croke Park to seal the narrowest of wins over Armagh.
With his side trailing by two points with time running out, Kelly fired in a free past Simon Doherty to spark scenes of unbridled joy for the Westerners at HQ.
Justin Campbell’s side had been reduced to 14 men when substitute Cathal Kelly saw red with a little over ten minutes remaining but they stuck at their task and got their just rewards to lift the trophy for the first time since 2007.
It was a game of see-sawing dominion in the capital with both sides exchanging scores at regular intervals but it was Armagh who held a slender advantage at the break.
The Orchard County pulled five points clear after the interval as they looked to win a record third title but Roscommon persevered and scores from John Moran and Jionni Coyne reduced the deficit before Kelly’s heroics.
Meanwhile, in the Lory Meagher Cup final, Fermanagh ultimately prevailed, comfortably beating Sligo 3-16 to 1-17.
Don’t know if this lad is up to it would love to see Mark Travers, caomhin kelleher or Gavin bazunu get loan moves or start starting for their first teams.But that’s highly unlikely for kelleher or bazunu so a loan is probably needed. But I’d say Travers is better than Ramsdale at Bournemouth imo.
@James Mockler: apart from his debut,Travers has mad so many errors when given a chance,Ramsdale is a decent keeper.
@Nic Antonio: tbf travers has made mistakes but so has Ramsdale one that springs to mind is against Leicester I think vardy lobbed him from 35 yards. But I think play Travers as much as Ramsdale and you’ll potentially have a better keeper in the long run.
@James Mockler: O’Hara is a good keeper and playing first team football unlike Travers and Gavin is miles away from playing for Irish senior team.