Galway pick up another point as Derry slip again
Saturday 5th May 2007, 1:07 am
Stephen O'Flynn.
Photo by Tom Carey.
4th May 2007
eircom League of Ireland Premier Division
Galway United 1
Stephen O'Flynn 37 pen
Derry City 1
Mark Farren 35
Terryland Park
Derry City's stumbling season hit Galway tonight and a 1-1 draw leaves Pat Fenlon's side with just one win in their last eleven games. In seventh place, they are still eleven points behind leaders St. Pats.
Galway continued their recent good form and moved up to ninth - ahead of Bray on goal-difference.
Despite Mark Farren's first league goal of the season putting the Candystripes ahead after 35 minutes, Galway United were level less than two minutes later.
A foul by Peter Hutton on Derek O'Brien gave the home side a penalty. Up stepped Stephen O'Flynn - released by Fenlon in pre-season - to level with a well struck penalty past Pat Jennings.
Derry had threatened before taking their lead and Ruadhri Higgins had hammered a shot against Gary Rogers' crossbar. Farren opened the scoring with a superb chip over Rogers but the lead lasted merely seconds.
Galway controlled periods of the second half and were unlucky when Regi Nootimer's header drifted wide.
Galway United : Rogers, James, Charles, Nootimer, Tracy, Moran, Foley, Lester, Russell (Glynn 76), O'Brien, O'Flynn.
Derry City : Jennings, Hutton, Oman, Kelly, Rogers, McGlynn (McHugh 70), Higgins, Molloy, Brennan, McCourt, Farren (Hynes 90).