O’Flynn to the rescue

Date Published: 14-Aug-2007

Guts, passion, determination and a dollop of self belief saw Galway United take a deserved point in Belfield against UCD on Friday night while also pointing to a brighter finish to a season that just a week ago looked like ending in relegation.

A goal down at the break, United absolutely battered the hosts in the second half but with a performance high on perspiration and low on inspiration, the lack of genuine creativity minimised any real sights of goal as the clock ticked towards full time.

United deserved to take something from the game, but when the three minutes of injury time signalled by the fourth official had elapsed, it looked as though United were to depart empty handed.

However, one last hopeful ball was pumped into the UCD box, the hosts failed to clear their lines, and when the ball bobbled up in front of him, Stephen O’Flynn stuck a head on it to send it looping over ‘keeper Darren Quigley and inside the far corner for the equaliser.

The point sees United move back ahead of Waterford United, if only on goal difference, but the main thing manager Tony Cousins will take from the game was the heart and appetite for battle his side showed.

Next up for United is a trip to champions-elect Drogheda United in front of the TV cameras next Monday night, followed by games against Sligo Rovers and Cork City, and while…..