Glencar Celtic 0 v 0 Donegal Town. A hard fought game and a hard earned point for both teams in this top of the table clash at Flagpole Park in Rathmullan. Glencar Celtic had slightly the better in terms of possession and half-chances but Donegal Town worked hard for their share of the spoils. The first-Half showed why these sides were so evenly matched in terms of points and goals scored and conceded on the league table. Defenses very much dominated proceedings with clear goal scoring chances very difficult to create. In fact the highlight of the half came as early as the fifth minute when Glencar keeper Dom Friel produced a incredible save to deny Town’s Ciaran O Reilly’s cracking volley from 12 yards after John Paul Byrne had headed down a free-kick into his path, Quinn somehow got a hand to it to psh it onto the crossbar, Glencar certainly had more of the ball in that opening half but never really troubled visiting keeper John Leonard as central defenders Byrne and Noel Gavaghan impressed. Just before the break Glencar full back Rory Gallagher’s shot just flew over with Leonard at full stretch and then the keeper had to be alert at the near post to deny Paddy Collins . Charlie Collins was at Flagpole Park. Early in the second-Half Glencar’s Liam Doherty should have done better with a free header as the game followed a similar pattern to the first. In the 13th minute the lively James Kerrigan shot just over but two minutes later Glencar could and maybe should have gone ahead , Shane Hilley did well in the box and his excellent low cross eluded two teammates near the goal line with Graham Cullen very close to getting a touch at the far post.
