Treaty United secured a clinical 3-0 victory over Finn Harps at the Markets Field, marking their second win in four matches behind a brace from Cian Curtis and a strike from Ronan Manning.
TREATY United scored their second victory in four games by beating Finn Harps FC 3-0 at the Markets Field.. Cian Curtis scored twice while Ronan Manning was also on target as the hosts ran out convincing winners.. However, Treaty remain bottom of the table following Kerry FC’s 2-1 win over Wexford.. The sides are level on points with the Kingdom boasting a better scoring difference.. Treaty were the far superior outfit throughout.. It was a
polished performance where Tommy Barrett’s men were solid defensively and more efficient in the attacking third.. Treaty United boss Tommy Barrett made two changes from the side that began the scoreless draw with Athlone Town.. Mark Murphy and Ronan Manning started in place of Raphael Ohin and Ben Lee.. The Finn Harps starting team showed three changes from the Kerry FC victory.. Aaron McLaughlin, Josh Cullen and Perrault Tokam came in for Daniel De Lacerda,
Bernardo Monteiro and Oran Brogan.. The opening stages were massively devoid of goalmouth action with neither side creating a meaningful chance.. Treaty took the lead with the first shot on target on 29 minutes; a well-crafted move finished by Ronan Manning.. Curtis used his chest to control Ben Lynch’s first-time ball into the box and tee up Ronan Manning who volleyed to the bottom corner of the net.. Treaty doubled their advantage 11 minutes later
thanks to an impressive finish by Curtis.. He collected a clever pass from Steven Healy and fired a low shot to the net from inside the box.. Treaty held on to lead 2-0 at the break.. Curtis bagged his second of the night seven minutes after the restart giving Treaty a three-goal cushion.. He scored with a low powerful shot from the edge of the box after he was teed up by Eric Yoro.. Finn
Harps eventually engineered a shot on goal just after the hour mark.. Perrault Tokam’s 20-yard effort was easily dealt with by Treaty goalkeeper Jack Brady.. Corey Sheridan was called into action 13 minutes from time.. The Harps goalkeeper produced a stunning save to deny Mark Byrne from six yards out.. Richkov Boevi carved the opportunity by collecting a stylish backheel pass from Healy and crossing to Byrne first time.. The game petered out thereafter and
Treaty held on for a precious victory and a third clean sheet in as many games.. TREATY UNITED: Jack Brady; Richkov Boevi, Darren Nwankwo, Robbie Lynch, Ben Lynch (Richard Lapointe 83); Mark Murphy, Steven Healy; Eric Yoro (Fionn Doherty 71), Ronan Manning (Mark Byrne 71) , Jason Oyenuga, Cian Curtis (Nikodem Kozlowski.. FINN HARPS: Corey Sheridan; Josh Cullen (Temiloluwa Ajibola 58) Conor Tourish (Daniel De Lacerda 72), Joel Bradley-Walsh, Alex Fanle; Perrault Tokam, Max Hutchison;
Aaron McLaughlin, Tony McNamee, Gavin McAteer (Adam McDaid 68); Nathan Lumingo (Odhran McHugh 58).. Referee: Declan Toland.
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