Sports Gear Direct Cork Business League Shield Final Match Report: Satellite Taxis 1 – 3 Doolans Cow
âđ˝ Finbarr Buckley
65th Sports Gear Direct Shield Final
Satellite Taxis 1 ; Doolanâs Cow 3
DOOLANâS COW put the painful memory of their previous two final defeats to Satellite behind them to spectacularly come from behind to win their third final in six years at Turnerâs Cross last Sunday afternoon, writes Finbarr Buckley.
Satellite enjoyed a dream start after two minutes when Doolanâs Stephen OâLeary  was adjudged to have tripped Shane Dorgan inside the area. Taxisâ all-time leading scorer Breff McCarthy duly sent James Murphy the wrong way from the resultant penalty. With the match being played at a ferocious pace and bot teams going at each other on the flanks, Doolanâs leveled on the stroke of half-time when Aaron Hennessyâs powerful header  from Jamie Murphyâs corner took a deflection past Aaron Spriggs.
After Murphy volleyed into the side netting and Satelliteâs Kian Fitzgerald headed narrowly wide, Hennessyâs delightful pass played in Tony OâReilly in the 55th minute and his  low shot was parried by Spriggs only for  the in rushing James Cotter to sweep the ball to the back of the net to score his hundred competitive goal.
The second 45 continued to be played at a high tempo with Spriggs beating Cotter on the edge while at the other end Damien OâMahonyâs free-kick struck the outside of the post. The holders wrapped up a memorable win at headquarters with five minutes remaining when Jamie Murphy finished off a move which had Spriggs extended on a number of occasions to score  the decisive third and his second in consecutive finals.
Aaron Hennessy was a worthy recipient of the man of the match award for a jubilant Doolanâs whose victory was described by Wayne Kavanagh  as âone of the Cowâs sweetest in the clubâs thirteen year history.â Satellite boss Ray Halissey was bitterly disappointed afterwards saying, âWe got off to a great start but couldnât keep the momentum going.â âJames Walsh lob with eight minutes left could have made it two-two but credit Doolanâs for finishing off the tie with the third.â
Match referee Brendan Dowling used his experience to control a competitive contest with assistants Gordon OâLeary and Grahame Duffy supportive throughout.
Satellite Taxis : Aaron Spriggs : Shane Doody, Alex McCarthy; John Murphy,Greg Browne; Emmett OâNeill (Brian Wyse), James Walsh, Shane Dorgan (capt.); Bref McCarthy, Damien OâMahony, Kian Fitzgerald.
Doolanâs Cow : James Murphy : Stephen OâLeary (Keith McCarthy), Ian McCarthy; Brian Harris, James OâShea; Darren Geraghty (Tony OâReilly), David OâSullivan  (Liam Horgan), Stephen McCarthy; James Cotter, Jamie Murphy (capt.), Aaron  Hennessy.
Referee : Brendan  Dowling.  Assists. : Gordon OâLeary, Grahame Duffy.
