Moville strike late to take the points from Naomh Ultan

Joshua Lafferty was the toast of Moville on Saturday night as his injury-time goal proved the defining scoring in his team's clash with Naomh Ultan in Dunkineely.

With the teams locked on 1-11 each and the stopwatch clicking into injury time, the wing-back converted from the penalty spot to snatch a dramatic win for Moville in Division 3.

Moville led at half-time. 1-7 to 0-7, with Nigel McMonagle netting. Full-forward Shaun White bagged the goal and brought the locals right back into the game. And with the sides level going down the back straight a share of the points looked a likely outcome.

But Lafferty did not read the script and he struck the golden goal. The win also meant the North Inishowen men maintained their push for promotion.

They are in third place in the Division Three League table, on six points and just two points adrift of joint leaders and early pace setters St Mary’s, Convoy and Carndonagh. The defeat was Naomh Ultan’s second of the season and they are in sixth place in the table on four points. They have won two games and lost two.

Naomh Ultan scorers: Shaun White 1-2; Cian Kennedy 0-,4,3f; Darragh Murrin 0-2; Kyle Breslin, Jack Boyle, Luke Gallagher 0-1 each.
Moville scorers: Dylan Doherty 0-4; Nigel McMonagle 1-1, Joshua Lafferty 1-0, pen; Seimi McLaughlin 0-3; Danny Murphy, Christy Hegarty, Brendan McCleneghan 0-1 each.

Naomh Ultan: Alan Lyons; Christopher Boyle, Ciaran Cunningham, Jamie Cunningham; Jordan Watters, Aaron Kyles, Kyle Breslin; Jack Boyle, Daniel Gallagher; Luke Gallagher, Cian Kennedy, Jared Harvey; Darragh Murrin, Shaun White, Lee Byrne. Subs: John Knightly for L Byrne; Barry Murray for K Breslin; Pauric Cunningham for J Harvey.
Moville: Dylan Doherty; Brendan McCleneghan, Enda Faulkner, Daithi Peto; Eoghan McLaughlin, Declan Diver, Joshua Lafferty; Michael Leech, Padhraic Skelly; Seimi McLaughlin, Michael Barr, Evan Hudner; Nigel McMonagle, Christy Hegarty, Shay McLaughlin.