Result: 0 06 to 3 19
Leinster Senior League – Round 2
BBSE travelled just outside the county boundary to one of the top club facilities in the country to play Bray Emmet’s in the second round of the Leinster Senior League. Having drawn our first game, a win would have gone a long way towards ensuring qualification. An added interest to this game was that Boden’s former Senior manager was now in charge of Bray. Paul Carley immediately got some friendly “abuse” as he walked the side line and commented that it was going to be a long evening! He need not have worried as his new team totally outclassed a depleted, but game, Boden outfit.
Bray boasted several county stars and it became obvious from the start that this Boden team were out of their depth. Top performer for Bray on the evening was Dermot Masterson, scoring 1 07 from play and another 0 04 from frees.
Boden started the game in lively fashion and led by 0 02 to 0 01 after 10 minutes but the flood gates opened thereafter. It would have been worse but for the excellent goalkeeping of Marc Mc Liam, who pulled off some fine saves.
Best performers for Boden on the night were Liam McCarthy, Des O’ Sullivan, Neal Farrell, Jimmy Doody and Eamonn O’ Gorman. All but one of Boden’s haul of seven points came from Eamonn.
As stated, Bray was a far superior outfit but Boden did not help themselves by poor marking in our forward division which led to continuous pressure on the Boden defence. Boden lacked an organiser in the forward unit and the more we chased the game, the more it went from us. The final score of 3 19 to 0 06 reflected the Bray dominance and their goalkeeper had an easy, if chilly, evening.
Boden deserve credit for sticking to the task right to the bitter end. Several players were missing through injury or unavailability. These reinforcements will be needed for the League campaign but it is unlikely they will meet such opposition again. Good luck to Paul Carley and his new team for the season ahead.
The pitch was in excellent condition but the chill factor from the snow field made it a very cold evening for the few spectators who travelled the M50 to support. Warmer days beckon!