Baltinglass Town 1

Round Tower Rovers 0

This game was played in very sticky conditions in Baltinglass which led to a shaky start for both teams who missed several chances.

However, it wasn’t long before Baltinglass settled and started to dominate the game, but they couldn’t create any clear cut chances and were lucky not to go behind when Rovers smashed the crossbar with a stunning free kick and shortly after Fergal Donegan the Baltinglass keeper cleared a ball from off the line as a Rovers player ran away celebrating thinking the ball had crossed the line. It somehow remained scoreless at the break.

Into the second half and Baltinglass continued where they left off, relentless pressure still failing to pay off. The introduction of fresh legs injected a bit more pace into the Baltinglass game and with ten minutes to go Declan Faulkner broke through the Rovers defence to tap home a goal. Rovers tried to pile pressure on Baltinglass after the restart but the Baltinglass defence dealt with whatever came their way.

Best for Baltinglass were John Hennessey, Fergal Donegan, Mick Dowling and Ricky Pellegrini was impressive when introduced.