Harps bag first dwelling win of the season

Objectives by Ryan Rainey and Filip Da Silva in every half gave Finn Harps a deserved second win of the season and first at dwelling.

Finn Harps …2 Treaty Utd …0

These two groups had proved to be the draw specialists within the early levels of Division One.

By Charlie Collins with footage by Joe Boland

Harps had recorded 4 of their opening eight video games whereas Treaty had three of their seven video games to this point.

Apparently each groups solely victory earlier than tonight was over Longford City as only a level separated them within the backside 4 of the desk.

With Daithi McCallion, Caoimhaoin Porter and Keith Cowan all lacking , Harps gave begins to Kevin Jordan and Shane McMonagle and had Michael Harris in a extra withdrawn function on proper.

After a vigorous begin with each groups getting ahead at each alternative it was the guests who created the sport’s first actual probability when Enda Curran despatched Success Edogun by way of on objective within the 14th minute however the advancing Tim Oliver-Hiemer saved together with his foot and Ellis Farrar clear from close to the objective body.

Harps responded properly and have been nearly degree three minutes later when Ryan Flood’s beat chip discovered Ryan Rainey within the field however he couldn’t management the however did received a nook and from that Flood once more discovered Rainey who headed dwelling for six yards out, 1-0 to Harps.

Three minutes later Flood was at it once more when his piledriver from 25 yards got here crashing again off the crossbar with keeper Shane Hallahan crushed.

Harps, in entrance of a house crowd of greater than 1,200 followers, continued to be the higher aspect after this and regarded harmful going ahead whereas Treaty struggled to create any actual hazard as Farrar and Noe Baba regarded stable on the coronary heart of the house defence.

Within the thirty ninth minute Treaty lastly created one other objective probability when the vigorous Stephen Christopher’s harmful cross was headed away from hazard by Ryan Rainey.

At half-time Harps led 1-0.

The guests confirmed extra intent going ahead at first of the second-half however left themselves uncovered on the again in doing so and Harps regarded harmful with the tempo of Da Silva and Okwute inflicting a couple of anxious moments.

Within the sixtieth minute Ryan Rainey discovered Okwute who held off a defender and squared the ball for Flood, he determined to move the ball to the web relatively than blast it however keeper Hallahan denied him with a blocked save.

4 minutes later it was 2-0 to Harps. Rainey discovered Harris with a brilliant cross-field move. He chipped the ball into Okwute within the field, he held off the closest defender and by some means received a low cross into the trail of Filip Da Silva who slammed it into the web from a yard out.

The guests, with little to lose at this stage determined to throw themselves into assault mode which was once more going to depart them weak on the again.

They made a lot of modifications and nearly pulled one again when Tim Hiemer failed to gather a Lee Davitt free-kick and Mark Walsh blasted goalwards however his shot was blocked and Harps survived a harmful second.

To their credit score Treaty stored pushing arduous to get again into it however Harps defended properly within the dying minutes to report their second win and first at dwelling.

Finn Harps: Tim-Oliver Hiemer, Kevin Jordan , Noe Baba, Eillis Farrar, Shane McMonagle , Filip Fjeldheim Da Silva, Seamas Keogh, Ryan Rainey, Michael Harris , Ryan Flood, Daniel Okwute ( Max Johnston 90mins).

TREATY UNITED: Shane Hallihan; Ben O’Riordan, Andy Spain ( Colin Kelly 79mins), Anthony O’Donnell ( William Armshaw 73mins) , Lee Devitt; Mark Walsh, Alec Byrne; Conor Barry, Success Edogun, Stephen Christopher; Enda Curran ( Dean George 73mins).

Subs: Fionn Doherty , Colin Kelly and , Martin Coughlan

Referee ; Mark Moynihan.

Harps bag first dwelling win of the season was final modified: April 14th, 2023 by Workers Author