Subs: Gerard Donaghy for Niall Kelly (injured) Noel Kelly for Neil Mullan Stephen Grimes for Brendan Ward Stephen Conway for Ciarán Ward Kevin Fullen, Daniel Fox, Paul Donnelly, Joe McCracken, Patrick McCullagh
ACL Division 1B
Sunday 21 October 2007 KILDRESS 0 - 11 1 - 09 LOUGHMACRORY Grimes goals to snatch victory in Kildress A late goal from Stephen Grimes was the score that lit Loughmacrory’s late challenge to capture the two points in this exciting game played at pace throughout. The Wolfe Tones looked to have done enough when they registered their eleventh point in the eighteenth minute of the second half to take a four points lead, but three minutes later Ronan Ward fielded a good ball in from Stephen Conway and put young Grimes through for the only goal of the match. Even though Loughmacrory still trailed by a point the result was in the melting pot once more and it was the visitors who grabbed the initiative and two further points from Ronan Ward saw them level the match with three minutes to go and then grab a dramatic winner in the next minute. Loughmacrory opened brightly and in the third minute Enda Ward found himself through on goal only to see his shot veer wide of the target. Kildress then opened their account but Enda Ward soon made amends for his early miss when he first set up Emmott Donaghy for Loughmacrory’s opening point and he pointed himself a minute later Donaghy returning the compliment. Kildress then hit five points in reply to a single point from Sean Paul Slane to go in at the break leading 0 - 07 to 0 - 04. Emmott Donaghy sent over a free from out on the right wing on the restart before Sean Slane took the score of the match when he robbed his marker 30 metres for goal and turned to split the posts. From the kick out Kildress set up another attack but Slane had travelled the length of the field and was on hand to field a dangerous dropping ball on his own goal line. The Tones took the initiative once more and by the three quarter stage they had gone four ahead. Ronan Ward pulled one back for the visitors but the home side replied in kind immediately to restore that four points lead at 0 - 07 to 0 -11. It was do or die for the Lough men now and when Stephen Grimes banged home that goal it was game on once more. It was six minutes till the next score and as the final whistle beckoned Loughmacrory made telling raids putting the home defence under such pressure that they gave away frees which Ronan Ward duly converted to put his side a point up before the final whistle sounded.
