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31 May 2023 7:45 pm LOI Women's Premier Division 2023

Match Report

McCarthy Screamer Bags Cork Second Point Of The Season

Shaunagh McCarthy scored an impeccable crossed effort late in the opening half, enough to see Cork come from behind against Wexford, to play out a 1-1 draw at Ferrycarrig Park this evening. 

Was it a shot or was it a cross?, either way McCarthy will not care too much, as her goal saw her side get their second point of the season, as they held on for a strong second half defensive display to keep Wexford out.

Wexford took the lead and had plenty of chances throughout the game, but McCarthy’s incredible effort on goal, saw them jump above Athlone but could have jumped to fifth, at the other end of the field, Abby McCarthy made a host of saves to keep Wexford to just one goal in the tie.

Wexford had a much better share of the possession early on, their first chance at goal came after three minutes, Rianna Jarrett arrived at the back post to head a corner just wide, four minutes later she almost turned provider for Abbie Brophy with a back heel, but the pass just eluded her.

Jarrett almost made it 1-0 a minute later, Aoibheann Clancy made her through and some fancy footwork, saw the forward create space to shoot past Abby McCarthy, but Cork had bodies back to clear the danger. 

Cork had their first chance ten minutes in, Christina Dring evaded a couple Wexford defenders, but her shot went into the hands of Maeve Williams, soon after Wexford had appeals for a penalty as Jarrett went down in the area but match referee David Berry waved away the protests.

Youths still had much more possession and were really putting the Cork defence to work, another dangerous corner was crossed right on top of McCarthy in the Cork goal but they managed to clear the danger.

The opener would come 22 minutes in from a familiar face, Emily Corbet cut inside to beat her defender on the left wing and drilled a low shot into the back of the net past McCarthy for the lead.

Five minutes later Corbett came close to bagging a second, she latched onto a long goal kick by Williams, got a shot past the onrushing McCarthy who rushed out of her box, but little power saw Alix Mendez back to mop up the danger.

As the half neared its conclusion, Jarrett had two chances to try and put two between the teams, she headed at goal but McCarthy saved onto the post for a corner, from the resulting set piece, Youths worked it back into the centre of the area, but Jarrett’s effort was over the bar.

Against the run of play Cork equalised, an incredible goal from Shaunagh McCarthy, she crossed on the left wing, her effort looped toward goal and went over Williams into the back of the net, an incredible finish to put the rebels level, did she mean to score that is the question, as the teams went in level at the break.

Into the second half, Wexford started again composed but were unable to break the Cork defence, at the other end a header on the line denied Jesse Mendez putting Cork ahead with a header from a corner in the 54th minute.

But the hosts were still persistent in their attacking, Freya Mange came close with a rocket of a strike from over 40 yards out, McCarthy getting her fingertips to turn it around the other side of the post for a corner with an incredible save.

McCarthy was having a great game between the posts for Cork and made another big save to deny Brophy inside the area, sending it out for a corner, Wexford had another chance but Kylie Murphy headed wide.

Ceola Bergin stung the palms of McCarthy while Murphy headed over a corner minutes later, Cork held out however to take a big point on the road.

Wexford Yths

21Maeve Williams Goalkeeper
2Louise Corrigan Defender
3Orlaith Conlon Defender
5Lauren Dwyer 12 Defender
7Abbie Brophy Forward
9Emily Corbet Forward 22'
16Nicola Sinnott Defender
17Aoibheann Clancy Midfielder
19Rianna Jarrett Forward 10'
20Freya de Mange 6 Midfielder
27Ceola Bergin 15 Forward
30Nicole Nix Goalkeeper
6Kylie Murphy 20 Midfielder
12Ciara Rossiter 5 Defender
13Jess Lawler Forward
15Michaela Lawrence 27 Midfielder
23Emma Walker Midfielder
25Siun Murdiff Midfielder
26Aine Walsh Forward
28Mia Lenihan Midfielder

Cork City

1Abby McCarthy Goalkeeper
4Ciara McNamara Defender
9Christina Dring Forward
10Eva Mangan Midfielder
11Shaunagh McCarthy Defender 41'
13Ellie O’Brien Forward
14Aoibhinn Donnelly 15 Forward
18Jesse Mendez Midfielder 85'
19Niamh Cotter Midfielder 90'
23Fiana Bradley 6 Forward
24Alix Mendez 2 Midfielder
26Hannah Walsh Goalkeeper
2Lauren Walsh 24 Defender
6Kelly Leahy 23 Midfielder
7Nadine Seward Forward
15Chloe Atkinson 14 Midfielder
17Heidi Mackin Defender
20Kate O’Donovan Midfielder
27Faye Ahern Midfielder
28Kiera Sena Defender
  • 95'

    All over in Ferrycarrig Park and Cork have their second draw of the season

  • 90'

    Niamh Cotter is booked and we have five minutes of added time

  • 88'

    Kelly Leahy is on for Fiana Bradley in a late change for Cork, while McCarthy is down injured

  • 87'

    Change for Wexford as Michaela Lawrence replaces Ceola Bergin

  • 81'

    Cork make another change as Chloe Atkinson replaces Donnelly

  • 80'

    Clancy whips in another corner that causes danger in the Cork box, Murphy heads over

  • 76'

    Ceola Bergin is next to fire a shot at goal but McCarthy saves

  • 69'

    First change for Cork as Alix Mendez is forced off for Lauren Walsh

  • 67'

    Second Wexford change as Ciara Rossiter replaces Lauren Dwyer

  • 65'

    Kylie Murphy heads the resulting corner just wide

  • 64'

    Brophy with a terrific shot that McCarthy saves, another big save by the Cork keeper

  • 62'

    Change for Wexford as Kylie Murphy is in for De Mange

  • 57'

    Freya De Mange tries one from range, the shot has power and forces a terrific save by McCarthy

  • 54'

    Cork almost come close to scoring, Jesse Mendez heads a corner that is cleared off the line by a Wexford defender

  • 46'

    Second half underway in Wexford

  • 45'

    Half Time in Ferrycarrig, McCarthy levelled four minutes from time with an incredible cross that found its way to goal, Wexford will be kicking themselves to not have scored more

  • 41'

    Against the run of play Cork City draw level, Shaunagh McCarthy crosses from the left wing, the left footed looping cross goes over Maeve Williams and into the net

  • 40'

    From the resulting corner, Wexford have an effort saved, but the ball falls loose to Jarrett but her effort flies over the crossbar

  • 39'

    Another big chance for Wexford to go 2-0 up, Jarrett heads at goal but McCarthy saves it onto the post for a corner

  • 34'

    Brophy tries a shot from range but her effort is high and wide

  • 27'

    Corbett comes close to bagging a second, she latches onto a long goal kick by Williams, gets a shot past McCarthy who rushes out of her goal, but little power sees Alix Mendez back to mop up the danger

  • 22'

    Wexford take the lead through Emily Corbet as she hits a thunderous shot past McCarthy into the net

  • 15'

    Another dangerous Wexford corner is crossed right on top of Abi McCarthy in the Cork goal but they clear the danger

  • 12'

    Jarrett goes down in the area, but appeals for a penalty are not considered by referee David Berry

  • 10'

    First shot on goal for Cork, Christina Dring evades a couple Wexford defenders, but her shot goes into the hands of Maeve Williams

  • 8'

    Jarrett is played in by Aoibheann Clancy, some fancy footwork gets her ready to have a shot, it goes past Abi McCarthy but the ball is cleared by a Cork defender

  • 7'

    Wexford have all the possession so far, Jarrett plays a clever backheel looking for Abbie Brophy but it just misses her

  • 3'

    First chance for Wexford, Rianna Jarrett arrives at the back post to head a corner just wide

  • 1'

    Cork City get us underway

  • The teams are out and ready to kick off

  • Cork remain bottom of the table, just one point this season, no win thus far either as they have nine losses and a draw from 10, it would be a scalp getting a win here this evening but it would put them ahead of Sligo

  • A win for Wexford would put them fifth level with Galway if they can leave with a plus two goal difference, they would join Galway level on 19 points, but Galway have a better goal difference, if they only have a one goal margin they would leapfrog them on goals scored

  • Cork welcome back Shaunagh McCarthy and Niamh Cotter to their starting side, Danielle Burke and Heidi Mackin drop out, Burke fails to make the squad this evening, with McCarthy back after missing Saturday's home tie, Hannah Walsh also makes the bench having missed the weekend's tie due to a family bereavement

  • Both make two changes from Saturday, starting with the home side, Rianna Jarrett and Ceola Bergin who makes her first start come in for Michaela Lawrence and Aine Walsh who drop to the bench

  • The sunny South-East plays host to the second game these sides will have played against each other since Saturday, a fixture cancelation earlier this season saw this tie moved to mid week, Wexford won Saturday's tie 2-0 at the cross, they will be out for another win this evening, my name is Diarmuid Kearney and I will update the action this evening

Past Meetings

(Round 4)
0 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City FC 0-2 Wexford Youths WFC

(Round 22)
5 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths 5-1 Cork City

(Round 10)
1 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 6)
5 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Series 24)
0 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Series 15)
4 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Series 6)
1 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Series 4 - Group 1)
2 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Bishopstown Stadium

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Series 8)
1 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 15)
1 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 10)
2 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 2)
0 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 20)
3 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 13)
1 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 6)
1 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

0 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

2 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

4 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

1 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

1 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

0 - 4
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

3 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

10 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 8)
0 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 1)
1 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 20)
0 - 10
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 13)
1 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 6)
0 - 5
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 20)
1 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 10)
2 - 0
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 3)
0 - 4
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 15)
1 - 1
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

(Round 6)
1 - 3
LOI Women's Premier Division
Ferrycarrig Park

Wexford Youths v Cork City

(Round 5)
0 - 2
LOI Women's Premier Division
Turner's Cross

Cork City v Wexford Youths

Ground

Ferrycarrig Park
Ferrycarrig Park, Kilpatrick, The Borough District of Wexford, County Wexford, Leinster, Y35 E296, Ireland

Diarmuid Kearney is a freelance Sports Journalist based in Co Kerry. He has more than 5 years experience covering domestic and international soccer for different media organisations, while also working for local and national print and digital organisations covering GAA.