Na Fianna
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NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
G.A.A CLUB NOTES:- 13th October 2025
U16 B FOOTBALL COMPETITION
FINAL
The Title success continues for Na Fianna Football Club as the U16
No 1 Team crowned a glorious week and a half by capturing the U16 B Football
Competition Title with a late late winner after extra time against neighbours
St Vincents in the Final last Wednesday evening in Croghan on a scoreline of
1-15 to 1-14. This success comes hot on the tail of winning the U14 B and U16
2nd Team Titles. Na Fianna drew first blood opening the scoring with a point
from Michael McAndrew with the first attack from the throw in. St Vincents got
off the mark in the 3rd minute with a major raising the first green flag when a
free near the sideline between the 45 and 21 was dropped into the square where
it was punched to the net at the left post by midfielder Robbie Minnock. St
Vincents slotted over their first 2 points before Na Fianna struck for their
goal in the 12th minute when a short St Vincents kickout was won and worked back
in quickly coming to Michael McAndrew in the middle of the square who blasted
it to the net. Na Fianna added a point from Senan Farrell before Na Fianna
keeper Adam Harte slotted over 2 45’s in the 16th & 21st minutes with a St
Vincents pointed free sandwiched in between. That put Na Fianna into the lead
but St Vincents restored parity with a point from play in the final minute of
the half and that is how it remained at the break with the sides level 1-04
apiece. The first 10 minutes of the second half saw the sides add 3 points
apiece with Eoin Gorman, Michael McAndrew and Calum Grehan on target for Na
Fianna. The next 10 minutes Na Fianna added 2 points from Cormac Staunton and
Callum Grehan either side of 3 points for St Vincents the first of which coming
when Na Fianna keeper Adam Harte pulled off a great save to deflect the ball
over the bar. That put St Vincents into the lead which is how it would remain
until the 28th minute when a pointed free from Na Fianna’s Cillian Hogan
restored parity. Then on the stroke of full time St Vincents captain Briain
McNamee got what he thought would be the winning point but Na Fianna weren’t
giving up and in the 2nd minute of stoppage time Na Fianna captain Cormac
Staunton fired over the equalizing point with the final whistle blown
immediately afterwards. With the game finishing in a draw extra time was
required which proved to be a tale of 2 halves. In the first half of extra time
St Vincents added 2 early points followed by a third in injury time to take a 3
point lead into the break of extra time. That is how it would remain until the
6th minute of the second half of extra time when Na Fianna keeper Adam Harte
pointed his 3rd 45 of the game followed 2 minutes later by a point from
midfielder Eoin Gorman to leave just a single point in it. Then just as the
game moved into injury time in the second half of extra time despite his
heroics at both ends of the field Na Fianna keeper Adam Harte most certainly
save the best till last as he stepped up to a free to score the only 2 pointer
of the game which would prove to be the winning score as it brought Na Fianna
from a point down to a point in front. Moments later the final whistle was
blown to great scenes of delight and celebrations as Na Fianna captain Cormac
Staunton was presented with the winning cup from former Na Fianna Chairman and
current Referee Paurig Gallagher.
NA FIANNA: Adam Harte (0-05 (1X 2P)), Tom Lynch, Darragh Staunton,
Eoghan Fox, Senan Farrell (0-01), Cormac Staunton (0-02), Liam Jones, Eoin
Gorman (0-02), Kajus Ramanauskas, Callum Grehan (0-01), Cillian Hogan (0-02),
Fionnan Connolly, Donal Connolly, Michael McAndrew (1-02), Mark Dunne.
SUBS: Rory Kehoe (for Michael McAndrew), Sean Dempsey (for Donal
Connolly), Ciaran Hannigan, Tom Dunne, Aaron Meacle, Cormac Ryan, Rory
Gill.