Two out of two for Canavan's Fermanagh

Gareth Cauldwell • Published 15 Jan 2012 17:00

Fermanagh 2-13; Queens 0-10

Fermanagh made it two wins out of two under new manager Peter Canavan with a comfortable 2-13 to 0-10 victory over Queens at Brewster Park today in the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup.

Once again full forward Seamus Quigley provided the bulk of the home side's scores, the Roslea man registering 1-08 for the second successive week, while Paul Ward fired home Fermanagh's second goal of the contest late on.

Canavan made six changes from the side that started against Antrim last Sunday with Chris Breen given the nod in goal while Declan Cassidy, Paul Cosgrove, Daryl Keenan, Liam Lynch and Pat Cadden were also named in the starting line up.

Fermanagh made a bright enough start to the game as they opened up a 0-04 to 0-01 lead after 13 minutes.

Quigley was quickly into his stride as he banged over three of Fermanagh's opening four points with Pat Cadden also clipping over a point.

James Kielt was to land a couple of frees for Queens with Gregory Jordan also chipping in with a point as they cut the gap back to two points, 0-05 to 0-03, but Fermanagh were dominating possession and they went on to push further ahead.

Quigley's exhibition of score taking included a superb point from play from the right as well as a monster free and by the break Fermanagh had forged a four point advantage, 0-09 to 0-05.

Quigley nudged Fermanagh five in front with a close in free in the first minute of the second half. And the full forward then swooped for the opening goal of the game in the 42nd minute.

Ryan McCluskey fed Eoin Donnelly on the left and he fired a ball towards the Queens goal which was latched on to by Quigley who rounded Matthew Jackson in the students net before slotting home.

Donal O'Hare did knock over a free for Queens in response while Fermanagh were then reduced to 14 men when Paul Cosgrove was given his marching orders after picking up a second yellow card from referee Padraig Hughes.

Despite the numerical supremacy, Queens were finding the Fermanagh defence hard to breach while at the other end Fermanagh continued to add to their tally. Substitute Paul Ward made a positive impact on proceedings as he clipped over a point before putting the result beyond doubt when he was put through on goal by the impressive Mark Little to slip his shot past Jackson.

Queens did battle to the end and O'Hare and Derrygonnelly's Ryan Jones lofted over late scores but these were merely consolation scores as Fermanagh move into their final group game against Tyrone on the back of two good results.

Fermanagh

C. Breen; N. Bogue, B. Owens, J. Woods (0-01); C.; Quigley, R. McCluskey, D. Cassidy; E. Donnelly, S. Lyons; P. Cosgrove, D. Keenan (0-01), L. Lynch; P. Cadden (0-02, 1f), Seamus Quigley (1-08, 6f), Sean Quigley.

Subs - B. Mulrone for Cassidy, M. Little for Lynch, P. Ward (1-01) for Cadden, K. Connor for McCluskey, D. Kille for Sean Quigley

Queens

M. Jackson; N. McGovern, S. Warnock, O. Costello; T. Hanna, B. Cox, P. McGuigan; R. Jones (0-02), A. Murnin; M. Sweeney (0-01), J. Kielt (0-02, 1f), G. Jordan (0-01); D. O'Hare (0-04, 3f), E. Clarke, C. Rafferty.

Subs - S. Burke for Clarke, PD Savage for Jordan, C. Fleming for Rafferty, C. Sheerin for Kielt

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This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 15 Jan 12

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