Advertisement
Tyrone returned to form with a deserved victory over the All-Ireland champions. James Crombie/INPHO

Tyrone bounce back with statement win over Kerry in Omagh

The Red Hands recovered from the concession of an early Seán O’Shea goal.

Tyrone 1-15

Kerry 2-9

Declan Bogue reports from Healy Park

TWO POINTS FOR Tyrone to creep a little bit up the table, but so much more was achieved in Omagh.

Kerry were held scoreless for the last twenty minutes as all the failings of Tyrone that were so obvious this year were largely eradicated.

But really the way the game started, it felt a miracle that they were within striking distance after the way the opening quarter unfolded.

Somehow, Tyrone made it to the break on level terms.

There was an element of fortune in that Kerry goalkeeper Shane Ryan threw the ball into his own net when under some pressure from Brian Kennedy.

But Ryan had distinguished himself with two fine saves either side of that from Conn Kilpatrick and Darragh Canavan, both of whom had used dummies and kept their shot low along the deck, only for the Rathmore man to get down low in rapid time.

In the second minute, Sean O’Shea was blocked down for a shot and took his own rebound to get closer to Niall Morgan’s goal, thrashing a shot into the roof of the net.

It was followed by a David Clifford point that almost dropped from the skies like a comet, a Tom O’Sullivan beauty with the outside of his boot and a free that was moved in for dissent that O’Shea converted.

david-clifford-and-padraig-hampsey David Clifford in action against Padraig Hampsey. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

Kerry had big momentum but nature intervened with a heavy storm. As the rain fell, supporters fled for cover, and the pace of the game slowed.

In such trying conditions, strong men were needed. None were as effective as Mattie Donnelly. The former captain here played 80 minutes of hard football and scored three points from play. It raises the question of why he hadn’t been used to date.

Kerry got a second goal with Paul Murphy sneaking through the cover in the 47th minute, but they were only to score 0-2 thereafter.

A special point came from Darragh Canavan when he chased a ball out to the sideline, pursued by Jason Foley. A stepover and carry later, he was fisting over the bar.

Thereafter followed a brilliant long-distance free from Darren McCurry, a kickout that went straight to Donnelly and he carried before steering over.

The last two points were from the dead ball skills of Ruairí Canavan, converting fouls on Michael McKernan and his brother Darragh.

Tyrone are back. They never went anywhere anyway. 

Scorers for Tyrone: B Kennedy (1-0), M Donnelly (0-3), D McCurry (0-3f), D Canavan (0-2), R Canavan (0-2f), C Quinn, P Harte, C Kilpatrick, D Mulgrew, J Oguz (0-1 each)

Scorers for Kerry: S O’Shea (1-2, 1f), P Murphy (1-0), D Clifford (0-3, 2f), T Brosnan (0-2, 1m), T O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan (0-1 each)

TYRONE: N Morgan; M McKernan, P Hampsey, C Quinn, C Meyler, C Munroe, P Harte; B Kennedy, C Kilpatrick; F Burns, D Mulgrew, J Oguz; D McCurry, M Donnelly, D Canavan

Subs:

  • N Sludden for Mulgrew (42)
  • N Devlin for Munroe (52)
  • R Canavan for McCurry (69)
  • R Donnelly for Kennedy (72)

KERRY: S Ryan; G O’Sullivan, J Foley, T O’Sullivan; P Warren, T Morley, P Murphy; S Okunbor, J Barry; D Moynihan, S O’Shea, T Brosnan; P Clifford, D Clifford, D Roche

Subs:

  • D O’Sullivan for Roche (HT)
  • R Murphy for Brosnan (46)
  • M Burns for P Clifford (54)
  • G Horan for Okunbor (58) 

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

Get instant updates on the Allianz Football and Hurling Leagues on The42 app. Brought to you by Allianz Insurance, proud sponsors of the Allianz Leagues for over 30 years.

Close
Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic. Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy here before taking part.
Leave a Comment
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Daniel O'Sullivan
    Favourite Daniel O'Sullivan
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 12:00 PM

    thank god for that

    27
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Alan Conroy
    Favourite Alan Conroy
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 12:53 PM

    Estonia please, i wouldnt fancy getting the others

    18
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Billy Kennedy
    Favourite Billy Kennedy
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 2:25 PM

    Does this mean that UEFA count us as ‘heavy hitters’? ;) Seriously though, this is great news, I wouldn’t fancy having to play any of those teams with they way we’re playing at the moment.

    8
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Jim Maher
    Favourite Jim Maher
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 3:10 PM

    Wouldn’t write out Estonia though William. They beat N. Ireland 4-1 a few weeks ago. They’d only love to do the same to the South, I’m sure!

    4
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Billy Kennedy
    Favourite Billy Kennedy
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 3:48 PM

    Ah yes, the formidable Northern Ireland. One of the top teams in Europe to be sure! ;)

    12
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Kevin O'Neill
    Favourite Kevin O'Neill
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 4:50 PM

    Fingers crossed we can dodge Turkey. We should be able to handle the rest.

    Though, we should also be able to put more than 2 past Andorra and not rely on the referee to beat Armenia…

    5
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute William Grogan
    Favourite William Grogan
    Report
    Oct 12th 2011, 4:44 PM

    That was the jammyiest game we ever won!

    3
Submit a report
Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
Thank you for the feedback
Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.

Leave a commentcancel