Club News

26/04/03 Brian grabs headlines, as well as plenty of scores, for Antrim yet again

Brian McFall was again named Man of the Match for Antrim against Meath on Sunday past, and in the process eclipsed his match winning turn for Antrim against Kerry in Tralee seven days earlier, with an even more vital performance which saw the Saffrons concede no less than five goals. "His selection as man of the match must have been one of the easiest ever to make" reported 'The Andersonstown News'.

Whilst after 27 minutes of the first half Antrim held an impressive 0-11 0-1 lead, and were in cruise control, the Royal County turned the tables in dramatic fashion scoring 2-2 in a matter of minutes to cut the deficit to just 4 points going in at half time the score being 0-13 2-03.

The second half saw Meath playing with the wind at their backs and they continued to foil Antrim's apparent superiority with more goals - two within minutes of the restart - and points. Antrim did, for the most part, manage to keep ahead however a further goal and a number of points saw Meath take a startling 0-20 5-07 lead with five minutes remaining on the clock. Fortunately, points from Liam Richmond, Gregory O'Kane and a late goal from substitute Darren Quinn saw Antrim close out the game in nail biting fashion - the final scoreline: Antrim 1-22 Meath 5-07.

There was no doubting whose contribution was the most important to Antrim on the day however, as Brian McFall was yet again their highest scorer. He sent over no fewer than 12 points for his County and produced his most impressive performance this season. If any continued justification was needed for his All-Star nomination in 2002 he has certainly delivered the goods so far this season.

'The Andersonstown News' had this to say:

"...by far the best was the display of Brian McFall. Throughout the game he was superb, right from his splendid point from a very acute angle in the third minute. He gave a maginificant display of sharpshooting resulting in a personal tally of 12 points, eight from play. One particular score stood out, when in the 23rd minute of the second half he roamed out to midfield, won a ball that he had no right to win and drove it 70 yards out into the teeth of the breeze - a point of exceptional quality".