Derry City Reserves went to the top of the Four Lanterns Ulster Senior League as they came away from Traigh-a-Loch with a well deserved 3-0 victory on Sunday.
Fanad United 0 Derry City Reserves 3
The game started slowly with little in the way of goalmouth action in the first 20 minutes.
Derry took the lead in the 23rd minute with virtually their first attack of the game.
Adrian Delap went on a fine run down the left and his cross into the box was met by Sean McBride who fired home.
The only other chance of note for either side fell to Matthew Crossan in the 43rd minute when his well hit shot from 25 yards was deflected just wide.
Ten minutes into the second half Derry were awarded a penalty when Crossan committed a foul in the box.
Cathal Farren stepped up and fired the ball home.
Fanad missed a chance to get a goal back three minutes later when Oisin McMenamin saw his fine header go just over the bar.
As Fanad pushed forward, Derry caught them out on the break twice in the space of three minutes.
In the 74th minute Adrian Delap broke through on goal but was denied by an excellent save from Shane Graham.
Two minutes later however Derry made the points safe when sub Aaron McGurk broke the offside trap and finished into the bottom corner.
Graham produced another quality save to deny Mikey Sweeney.
Fanad kept pushing and Daniel Houghton in the Derry goal produced two excellent saves to deny Shaun McElwaine and Oisin McMenamin.
Fanad United: Shane Graham, Oisin Langan, Matthew Crossan (James Kerr 70), Paul Lynch, Shaun McElwaine, Darren McElwaine (Ronan Gallagher 70), Martin McElhinney, Eoghan Rafferty (Conor Blaney 55), Keelin McElwaine (Sean Little 80), Davitt Walsh (Paul Bradley40), Oisin McMenamin.
Derry City Reserves: Daniel Houghton, Rys McDermott, Lee McColgan, Sam Todd, Luke Campbell, Jack Park (Aaron McGurk 55), Paul Doherty, Cathal Farren, Sean McBride (Adam Taggert 45), Evan Tweed (Mikey Sweeney 45), Adrian Delap.
Referee: Marty McGarrigle
RESULTS
Sunday
FAI Intermediate Cup
Cockhill Celtic 10 Swilly Rovers 0
Letterkenny Rovers 4 Bonagee United 0
Four Lanterns Ulster Senior League
Fanad United 0 Derry City Reserves 3
FIXTURES
Sunday, October 29
Derry City Reserves v Letterkenny Rovers
Swilly Rovers v Bonagee United
| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| Derry City Reserves | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Cockhill Celtic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Letterkenny Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | * | |
| Fanad United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Finn Harps Reserves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 | * | |
| Bonagee United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 | ||
| Swilly Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 | ||
| * Letterkenny Rovers awarded 3-0 win after Finn Harps didn’t field | ||||||||||
