Brave City Hang-on for all 3 Points against Hillington

Inter City bounced back from an opening day 4-0 drubbing by glenthorn with a hugely entertaining 4-3 over Hillington at hillington park. The hosts edged the opening exchanges forcing a smart save from city goalkeeper Barry O shea. after twenty minutes a fiercely stuck drive from city right back Aidan O Brien was saved brilliantly onto the angle of post and bar by the hillington goalkeeper, the ball fell to eoin sheehy just inside the box and he made no mistake with a sweet half volley to the roof of the net.1 nil city. Hillington battled back and were level within minutes when a combination of some enterprising passing and defensive indecision ended in the ball being swept to the net by a hillington player. after half time inter city began to take control and took the lead when ace marksman eoin sheehy got on the end of a gordon lynch flick on to run the ball from thirty yards and finish cooly to the net.Soon after that a defence splitting ball from tony lenihan set sheehy up again and from almost an identical position to his second he secured his hat rick with another sublime finish. City were now well on top and went 4-1 to the good when gordon lynch rose to head in a fantastic inswinger from dimunitive winger diurmuid o Leary. At 4-1 city were cruising but credit to hillington they battled back well and the game was back on when hillington took advantage of more defensive indecision to tap home from the six yard box to cut the deficit to 4-2. two minutes later it was panic stations for inter city as it was 4-3. a hillington player rose well to outjump goalkeeper and defender and head into an empty net. A tempestuous and frantic twenty minutes followed. City manager Ger maccarty was forced into 3 subs as injuries took their toll. Hillington were now pushing hard forcing city into desperate defending.their pressure began to tell and culminated in the awarding of what seemed a harsh penalty. few could argue that their pressure didn't merit it. What followed was a fantastic save from city keeper Barry "bruiser" o shea down low to his left. the whistle blew and the city bench were roared with joy and relief .City manager Ger maccarty said" we are delighted to get the 3 points against a good team like hillington, i was pleased with the response from a poor performance last sunday and the attitude of our subs when called in to do their job.the whole squad deserves a pat on the back. Eoin sheehy was electric up front and if we can keep him fit and get him the supply we will always have a chance" Disco Speight