GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 36 - October 17, 2015 | Page 24

LONDON, ENGLAND
OCTOBER 16, 2015

ST. KIERNAN’S SHOCK
FULHAM TO REACH FINAL

St. Kiernan’s pictured here after winning the Tipperary Cup Final in June, continued their good form when they recently qualified for the London senior championship final. Photo: London GAA.

The first semi-final of the London senior football championship saw something of a surprise result when last year’s
runners-up Fulham Irish were beaten by youthful side St. Kiernan’s recently at Ruislip.
This game was played on Saturday Oct 3rd and turned out to
be a rather dogged and low scoring match. This was a defensive battle all through with both sides finding scores very difficult to come by. At half time Kiernan’s held a slight advantage
leading by 0-4 to 0-3 with the game there for the taking. The
second half continued as the first in a defensive mood with
both teams not able to dominate. St. Kiernan’s did manage to
get the vital scores however and held on for a very narrow two
point win 0-7 to 0-5. That the victor’s, who have several native

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players in the team, failed to make it past the London senior
semis stage over the past 5 years, perhap