IT’S THE showdown in the third tier of the Allianz football league finals weekend as Cavan and Roscommon face off.
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Result: Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18
26 Apr 2014
6:49PM
CAVAN: Conor Gilsenan (Bailieborough); Joshua Hayes (Cootehill), Rory Dunne (Redhills), Feargal Flanagan (Butlersbridge); James McEnroe (Ramor United), Alan Clarke (Kingscourt), Damien O’Reilly (Belturbet); Gearoid McKiernan (Swanlinbar), Killian Brady (Mullahoran); Cian Mackey (Castlerahan), Niall McDermott (Ballinagh), Martin Reilly (Killygarry); Jack Brady (Ramor United), Martin Dunne (Cavan Gaels), Eugene Keating (St Sylvester’s).
ROSCOMMON: Darren O’Malley (Michael Glaveys); Seanie McDermott (Western Gaels), Niall Carty (Padraig Pearses), Neil Collins (Castlerea St Kevin’s); David Keenan (St Barry’s), Niall Daly (Padraig Pearses), Ciaran Cafferkey (Western Gaels); Cathal Shine (Clann na nGael), Kevin Higgins (Western Gaels); David O’Gara (Roscommon Gaels), Donie Shine (Clann na nGael), Darragh Donnelly (St Brigid’s); Senan Kilbride (St Brigid’s), Cathal Cregg (Western Gaels), Ciaran Murtagh (St Faithleach’s).
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26 Apr 2014
7:01PM
We’re set to go here for this Division 3 league decider.
26 Apr 2014
7:03PM
Cavan 0-1 Roscommon 0-0: 2 mins – Super point by Cavan midfielder Gearoid McKiernan off his right as he surged forward and scored in style.
26 Apr 2014
7:05PM
Cavan 0-2 Roscommon 0-0: 3 mins – Now Cavan have doubled their lead through Niall McDermott.
26 Apr 2014
7:07PM
Penalty for Cavan after a foul on Gearoid McKiernan by Cathal Cregg.
26 Apr 2014
7:07PM
And Roscommon goalkeeper Darren O’Malley tips the low shot out for a ’45!
26 Apr 2014
7:09PM
Cavan 0-3 Roscommon 0-0: 7 mins – Martin Reilly is on target for Cavan from the resultant ’45.
26 Apr 2014
7:10PM
Cavan 0-4 Roscommon 0-0: 8 mins – Fine point by Niall McDermott for Cavan.
26 Apr 2014
7:11PM
Cavan 0-4 Roscommon 0-1: 9 mins – First point of the day for Roscommon comes from the boot of Niall Daly after Donie Shine switched the play out to him on the right wing.
26 Apr 2014
7:14PM
Cavan 0-5 Roscommon 0-1: 12 mins – Good interplay between Eugene Keating and Dunne culminates in Dunne clipping over a point.
26 Apr 2014
7:16PM
Cavan 0-6 Roscommon 0-2: 14 mins – Cavan in fine form here early on with James McEnroe notching a nice point but David O’Gara cancels it out with a score for Roscommon.
26 Apr 2014
7:17PM
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-2: 15 mins – Gearoid McKiernan with a super point for Cavan off his left.
Martin Dunne has missed a first-half penalty for Cavan. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
26 Apr 2014
7:24PM
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-4: 23 mins – Better from Roscommon as Donie Shine converts a ’45 and then adds a point from a free.
26 Apr 2014
7:27PM
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-5: 25 mins – Senan Kilbride does wonderfully to field a wayward shot by Cathal Cregg, who was admittedly fouled while kicking, and then the St Brigid’s man fends off the Cavan defence to swing over a point.
26 Apr 2014
7:29PM
Substitute: Cavan bring in Killian Clarke for Killian Brady.
Darren O'Malley was Roscommon's first-half hero when he saved a penalty. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
26 Apr 2014
7:33PM
Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 0-5: 31 mins – Now a four-point lead for Cavan as Keating converts a free and then Dunne raises a white flag after good play by Cian Mackey.
26 Apr 2014
7:33PM
Goal for Roscommon!
26 Apr 2014
7:35PM
Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 1-5: 33 mins – Did David Keenan mean that? He’s just produced a barnstorming run through the Cavan rearguard after coming up from defence for Roscommon and finished it off with an audacious chip to the net.
26 Apr 2014
7:35PM
Substitute: Ronan Stack is on for Roscommon for Darragh Donnelly.
Roscommon 1-7 Cavan 0-10: 37 mins – Lightning start to the second-half here with Senan Kilbride firing over a pair of brilliant points for Roscommon – one from play and one from a free – before Cian Mackey cancelled that out with a point for Cavan.
26 Apr 2014
8:00PM
Cavan 0-11 Roscommon 1-7: 40 mins – Cracking point by Niall McDermott for Cavan off his right after a quick one-two with Martin Reilly.
26 Apr 2014
8:01PM
Cavan 0-11 Roscommon 1-8: 42 mins – We’re all level now after Shine booms over a belter from distance for Roscommon.
26 Apr 2014
8:02PM
It’s really tightly contested here at the moment, little between this pair.
26 Apr 2014
8:03PM
Cavan 0-12 Roscommon 1-9: 43 mins – Feargal Flanagan moves froward from his corner-back role for Cavan and picks off quite a lovely point. But that’s cancelled out as Roscommon go downfield with Ciaran Murtagh fouled and Kilbride slots the free.
26 Apr 2014
8:06PM
Roscommon 1-11 Cavan 0-12: 46 mins – Donal Shine kicks over two frees to edge Roscommon ahead.
26 Apr 2014
8:07PM
Roscommon 1-11 Cavan 0-13: 48 mins – Back to the minimum now separating the teams with Martin Reilly pointing.
26 Apr 2014
8:08PM
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-13: 49 mins – Shine again on the mark with a pointed free for Roscommon.
26 Apr 2014
8:10PM
Substitute: Cavan are bringing in Michael Argue for McEnroe.
26 Apr 2014
8:13PM
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-14: 53 mins – Keating cuts Roscommon’s lead to a point.
26 Apr 2014
8:13PM
Substitute: Michael Lyng in for Cavan for Jack Brady.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-15: 57 mins – We’re level now thanks to a sublime score by Cian Mackey for Cavan.
26 Apr 2014
8:17PM
Few bad wides for Cavan as they spurn chances to go ahead.
Substitute: Colin Compton is on for Roscommon for Murtagh.
26 Apr 2014
8:18PM
Substitute: Now Michael Finneran is on for Roscommon for David O’Gara.
26 Apr 2014
8:22PM
Roscommon 1-13 Cavan 0-15: 62 mins – Sustained Cavan pressure yields no score but plenty of wides. Roscommon go downfield and force a turnover to win a free which Kilbride nails.
26 Apr 2014
8:23PM
Roscommon 1-14 Cavan 0-15: 63 mins – Second point of the day for Niall Daly as he fires over for Roscommon.
26 Apr 2014
8:24PM
Substitutes: Robert Maloney-Derham is on for Cavan for Alan Clarke while the injured Donie Shine comes off for Roscommon to be replaced by Finbarr Cregg.
26 Apr 2014
8:25PM
Roscommon 1-14 Cavan 0-16: 66 mins – Patient Cavan move is rounded off by Martin Reilly floating over a fine score off his left.
26 Apr 2014
8:26PM
Roscommon 1-15 Cavan 0-16: 67 mins – Roscommon work the ball well around the middle and Kevin Higgins knifes through the heart of the Cavan rearguard to point.
26 Apr 2014
8:27PM
Roscommon 1-15 Cavan 0-17: 68 mins – Cavan hit back through Martin Dunne to point.
26 Apr 2014
8:28PM
Substitute: David Givney and Kevin Tierney are on for Cavan for Michael Lyng and Eugene Keating.
26 Apr 2014
8:29PM
Roscommon 1-16 Cavan 0-17: 69 mins – Finbarr Cregg punches over a point for Roscommon.
26 Apr 2014
8:29PM
Substitute: Craig Burns is on for Roscommon for Higgins.
26 Apr 2014
8:30PM
Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-17: 71 mins – Colin Compton with a brilliant point for Roscommon.
26 Apr 2014
8:31PM
Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18: 72 mins – Late Cavan point from McDermott.
As it happened: Cavan v Roscommon, Division 3 football league final
IT’S THE showdown in the third tier of the Allianz football league finals weekend as Cavan and Roscommon face off.
As always, we’d love to hear your comments. Send them to fintan@thescore.ie, tweet them @TheScoreGAA, find us on Facebook, or leave a comment below.
Result: Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18
CAVAN: Conor Gilsenan (Bailieborough); Joshua Hayes (Cootehill), Rory Dunne (Redhills), Feargal Flanagan (Butlersbridge); James McEnroe (Ramor United), Alan Clarke (Kingscourt), Damien O’Reilly (Belturbet); Gearoid McKiernan (Swanlinbar), Killian Brady (Mullahoran); Cian Mackey (Castlerahan), Niall McDermott (Ballinagh), Martin Reilly (Killygarry); Jack Brady (Ramor United), Martin Dunne (Cavan Gaels), Eugene Keating (St Sylvester’s).
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We’re set to go here for this Division 3 league decider.
Cavan 0-1 Roscommon 0-0: 2 mins – Super point by Cavan midfielder Gearoid McKiernan off his right as he surged forward and scored in style.
Cavan 0-2 Roscommon 0-0: 3 mins – Now Cavan have doubled their lead through Niall McDermott.
Penalty for Cavan after a foul on Gearoid McKiernan by Cathal Cregg.
And Roscommon goalkeeper Darren O’Malley tips the low shot out for a ’45!
Cavan 0-3 Roscommon 0-0: 7 mins – Martin Reilly is on target for Cavan from the resultant ’45.
Cavan 0-4 Roscommon 0-0: 8 mins – Fine point by Niall McDermott for Cavan.
Cavan 0-4 Roscommon 0-1: 9 mins – First point of the day for Roscommon comes from the boot of Niall Daly after Donie Shine switched the play out to him on the right wing.
Cavan 0-5 Roscommon 0-1: 12 mins – Good interplay between Eugene Keating and Dunne culminates in Dunne clipping over a point.
Cavan 0-6 Roscommon 0-2: 14 mins – Cavan in fine form here early on with James McEnroe notching a nice point but David O’Gara cancels it out with a score for Roscommon.
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-2: 15 mins – Gearoid McKiernan with a super point for Cavan off his left.
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-4: 23 mins – Better from Roscommon as Donie Shine converts a ’45 and then adds a point from a free.
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-5: 25 mins – Senan Kilbride does wonderfully to field a wayward shot by Cathal Cregg, who was admittedly fouled while kicking, and then the St Brigid’s man fends off the Cavan defence to swing over a point.
Substitute: Cavan bring in Killian Clarke for Killian Brady.
Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 0-5: 31 mins – Now a four-point lead for Cavan as Keating converts a free and then Dunne raises a white flag after good play by Cian Mackey.
Goal for Roscommon!
Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 1-5: 33 mins – Did David Keenan mean that? He’s just produced a barnstorming run through the Cavan rearguard after coming up from defence for Roscommon and finished it off with an audacious chip to the net.
Substitute: Ronan Stack is on for Roscommon for Darragh Donnelly.
Half-Time: Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 1-5
We’re back out for the second-half action here.
Roscommon 1-7 Cavan 0-10: 37 mins – Lightning start to the second-half here with Senan Kilbride firing over a pair of brilliant points for Roscommon – one from play and one from a free – before Cian Mackey cancelled that out with a point for Cavan.
Cavan 0-11 Roscommon 1-7: 40 mins – Cracking point by Niall McDermott for Cavan off his right after a quick one-two with Martin Reilly.
Cavan 0-11 Roscommon 1-8: 42 mins – We’re all level now after Shine booms over a belter from distance for Roscommon.
It’s really tightly contested here at the moment, little between this pair.
Cavan 0-12 Roscommon 1-9: 43 mins – Feargal Flanagan moves froward from his corner-back role for Cavan and picks off quite a lovely point. But that’s cancelled out as Roscommon go downfield with Ciaran Murtagh fouled and Kilbride slots the free.
Roscommon 1-11 Cavan 0-12: 46 mins – Donal Shine kicks over two frees to edge Roscommon ahead.
Roscommon 1-11 Cavan 0-13: 48 mins – Back to the minimum now separating the teams with Martin Reilly pointing.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-13: 49 mins – Shine again on the mark with a pointed free for Roscommon.
Substitute: Cavan are bringing in Michael Argue for McEnroe.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-14: 53 mins – Keating cuts Roscommon’s lead to a point.
Substitute: Michael Lyng in for Cavan for Jack Brady.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-15: 57 mins – We’re level now thanks to a sublime score by Cian Mackey for Cavan.
Few bad wides for Cavan as they spurn chances to go ahead.
Substitute: Colin Compton is on for Roscommon for Murtagh.
Substitute: Now Michael Finneran is on for Roscommon for David O’Gara.
Roscommon 1-13 Cavan 0-15: 62 mins – Sustained Cavan pressure yields no score but plenty of wides. Roscommon go downfield and force a turnover to win a free which Kilbride nails.
Roscommon 1-14 Cavan 0-15: 63 mins – Second point of the day for Niall Daly as he fires over for Roscommon.
Substitutes: Robert Maloney-Derham is on for Cavan for Alan Clarke while the injured Donie Shine comes off for Roscommon to be replaced by Finbarr Cregg.
Roscommon 1-14 Cavan 0-16: 66 mins – Patient Cavan move is rounded off by Martin Reilly floating over a fine score off his left.
Roscommon 1-15 Cavan 0-16: 67 mins – Roscommon work the ball well around the middle and Kevin Higgins knifes through the heart of the Cavan rearguard to point.
Roscommon 1-15 Cavan 0-17: 68 mins – Cavan hit back through Martin Dunne to point.
Substitute: David Givney and Kevin Tierney are on for Cavan for Michael Lyng and Eugene Keating.
Roscommon 1-16 Cavan 0-17: 69 mins – Finbarr Cregg punches over a point for Roscommon.
Substitute: Craig Burns is on for Roscommon for Higgins.
Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-17: 71 mins – Colin Compton with a brilliant point for Roscommon.
Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18: 72 mins – Late Cavan point from McDermott.
Full-Time: Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18
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