McCarthy goal gives Celtic another point

HAD proceedings continued last Saturday who knows what might have happened but Killarney Celtic will be satisfied to have taken a point from a game they struggled in for long periods against a Newbridge Town side whose lack of a killer instinct kept the hosts in the thick of a wasteful encounter.

Newbridge moved the ball far better in the first period and deservedly took the lead in the 26th minute through a fine strike from outside the box by Noah Byrne. Victor Udeze was the one Killarney Celtic player on the day capable of igniting something though and he would create their equaliser 11 minutes later.

The visitors nearly scored twice prior to their goal, Seamus Brown heading a corner dangerously wide in 12th minute while Darragh Bolton nearly rounded Roy Kelliher in the Celtic goalmouth four minutes later. Celtic struggled to get any strong control of the ball for the 30 minutes of proceedings as they left Byrne completing unmarked for his strike to the top of the net which put Newbridge in front. The hosts finally started to put some passes together as Udeze was unlucky not to get a shot at the target after getting free of his marker in the 34th minute.

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