Parkville finished their league campaign on a high overcoming a strong Bagenalstown side on Sunday morning in Hawkins Lane. The win moved Parkville in fourth in the league with Bagenalstown having one more chance next week to get fourth should they get a win. Both teams started well with the first chance falling to Martin Fitzgerald whose shot hit the crossbar on 10 minutes. 5 minutes later it was Bagenalstown who broke the deadlock with good work from Thomas Kinsella and James Lillis setting Darren Crooks through 1 on 1 to slot past the Parkville keeper. Parkville didn’t drop the heads and on 30 minutes Keane Drea scored with a lovely volley to make it 1-1. It was back and forth for the rest of the half with both teams happy to go in all square at the break.
Town started brightly in the second half and good work from Darren Crooks allowed Trevor Nolan to find the net with a lovely finish. Town looked to be taking control of the game, but Parkville had other ideas and a quickly taken corner found Barry Flynn free to nod Parkville level once again. Parkville went through the gears from here and it didn’t take long for Parkville to take the lead when Jamie Farrell turned the defender inside out and fired home from a tight angle. On 80mins Farrell did the same with a fine finish to bottom corner to finish the game 4 - 2 to Parkville. A great team performance from Parkville with David James, Tommy Murphy and Jamie Farrell standing out while best for Town were James Hickey, Darren Crooks and Trevor Nolan.