Dan double seals Reserves win
North-West Division 1 Roe Rovers Reserves 2 Draperstown Celtic1 Reserves remain unbeaten
Roe Rovers Reserves continued their early season run of form by defeating Draperstown 2-1 at Scroggy Road on Saturday. In a scrappy affair Rovers found themselves behind as early as the first minute. Poor marking and a pacey attack saw Draperstown score almost from kick off. Rovers carved out some decent chances. Micky Logue’s fine pass was met sweetly by Daniel Carlin. He rattled the bar with a great effort half an hour into the game. Brendan McGonigle had a good chance after Faulkner carved an opening but the player manager wanted too many touches and was closed down. Rovers pressed hard second half. Dan Maude rattled in a second half brace to win the game for the Limavady side. A good ball from Haslett set up the first, and Maude beat the keeper in a sprint and knocked into the open net. Moments later the big striker got on the end of a big clearance from keeper Gregory O’Brien and he steered the ball home with a sweetly struck half volley on the turn. Rovers always looked the more dangerous on the attack but in a largely scrappy game neither side would be happy with the performance levels. It was a battle and Rovers will be happy that they got three pints without playing particularly well. Carlin ,Maude and O’Kane were the pick of the Rovers side. Rovers now go second but improvement will be needed if they can remain in this position. On the bonus side Dan Maude has rattled in 6 goals in 5 games and Brendan McGonigle has returned to the Reserve side after scoring a few goals for the first team. Competition for places is now tight and players are reminded training is on Wednesday evenings at 7pm at Roemill Road. For all the clubs info visit www.roeroversfc.com.
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