Poor finish

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Armaaaaaaaagh!
Posted on May 8, 2011 by Alan
Armagh City 1-1 Dundela 6th May 2011 Championship2

What another disappointing result in the latter stages of this campaign, results which put paid to Dundela’s hopes of promotion.Too many draws, the problem last season came back to haunt the Duns again.
In this game with Armagh, Dundela got off to the worst possible start on two minutes when a speculative long range shot found its way into the back of the net past Darren Fox’s despairing dive.
The lead lasted barely ten minutes when Adam Chalmers headed in from a corner much to the delight of the travelling support.
The remainder of the half saw Dundela press for a lead but were unable to score again,the closest effort comimg from a Lee Lenaghan drive which clipped the bar. HT 1-1

The second half was a story of missed opportunities for the Duns,they just didn’t seem to have their shooting boots on tonight.
The home side could not believe that they were holding the mighty Dundela and that showed with several time wasting tactics being used. There were also some meaty tackles going in with the referee being somewhat lenient.
Dundela thought they had snatched a win when Brian Russell nodded back from a Scot Hill center for Gary Irwin to fire home, only to be ruled offside.

So yet another draw for the Duns in a season which promised so much but due to injuries and other factors will be rather disappointing.

Dundela
Fox, Murphy, Bingham, Walker, Chalmers, Gourley(C), McCracken, Gilliland, Upton, Roy, Lenaghan. Subs, Russell(Gourley72), Campbell, Irwin(Gilliland58), Hill(Upton63),Sergeant.

Yet again if anyone wants to come over next season for a weekend in Belfast to watch the Wee Duns, i will be going a few times

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Poor finish maybe, but a much better season than we had!

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Warren get the point.
Posted on May 11, 2011 by Alan
Dundela 1-1 Warrenpoint Town 10th May 2011 Championship 2

Warrenpoint tonight claimed the Championship2 title with a highly entertaining draw with the Duns.
The away side started brighter with the majority of the early play but were unable to breach the Duns rear guard.
Eventually Dundela got themselves together with some slick passing to create several half chances while at the other end Warrenpoint always looked threatening.
It took until 3 minutes before the break for the first goal and a controversial one at that.
Defender Gary Walker put the ball out for a throw in beside the corner flag but the away side eventually took it from at least twenty yards from where it should have been and caught the Duns napping with Kinney scoring with a cross shot. HT 0-1

The second half was a real treat to watch as both sides pushed for goals. Both keepers were kept busy with Johnny Sergeant proving once again his class pulling of a string of stunning saves while at the other end Dundela only had themselves to blame, missing several clear opportunities. Glen Upton had the best of those when he somehow failed to score with a point blank header.
Just as it seemed the game would end in defeat for Dundela up popped Gareth Bingham with a stunning left foot strike from distance with virtually the last kick of the game to secure yet another draw for the Duns. FT 1-1

Dundela
Sergeant, Lenaghan, Murphy, Walker, Chalmers, Gourley(C), McCracken, Gilliland, Russell, Roy, Hill. Subs, Bingham(Hill 84),Campbell(Gilliland 85),Upton(Russell 76),Irwin, Fox.

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Comfortable win
Posted on May 15, 2011 by Alan
Dundela 3-1 Annagh United 13th May 2011 Championship 2

Dundela gained three welcome points in this comfortable victory over Annagh.They never looked in trouble at any stage in this game although the result hung in the balance until the final whistle.
The Duns controlled the game from the off but were frustrated by their inability to find the net and also a number of offside decisions.
In fact it wasn’t until two minutes before the break that they took the lead through ace marksman McCracken. HT 1-0
The second half followed much the same pattern as the first but this time Duns found the net much sooner with Captain Stephen Gourley firing home.
That goal should have made things comfortable for the home side but they were caught napping when a quick free kick put Dean Smyth through to grab a goal back.
It wasn’t until the last kick off the game that Grant Dunlop made sure of the three points with a close range effort FT 3-1

Dundela
Sergeant, Lenaghan, Murphy, Walker, Chalmers, Gourley(C), McCracken, Bingham, Russell, Irwin, Hill. Subs, Upton(Irwin70), Campbell(McCracken76), Dunlop(Bingham69), Fox.

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