The Irish News: Saturday May 8 2010: James McClean strike sinks Monaghan
JAMES McClean’s 39th-minute goal was enough to extend table-toppers’ Derry City’s winning run to eight games in the Airtricity League Division One at Gortakeegan last night.
The home side were rocked after the loss of defensive kingpin Brian Gartland to injury after only 11 minutes.
Derry created ample space in the box for James McClean in the 25th minute, but his volley was blocked by Conor McMahon.
Monaghan displayed some attacking intent. but Derry then upped the tempo, and went ahead in the 39th minute.
David McDaid burst through from the right flank and, although his low drive was scrambled off the line by substitute Aidan Collins, James McClean followed up to blast the loose ball emphatically home.
McClean came close to a second with a drive on the run that whistled just over the crossbar as the visitors ended the first half in the ascendancy.
The home side went close when, from their first corner of the game, Alan Byrne’s deflected header had to be cleared off the Derry line by Molloy.
As the game entered its closing stages, Monaghan risked more and more in the search for an equaliser, but only Bermingham’s deep cross provoked Doherty into serious exertion.
Monaghan United: Sava; McMahon, Flynn, Gartland (Collins 11), Costigan (Donnelly 84); O’Connor, Tierney, Byrne, Clancy; Brennan, Hughes (Bermingham 68)
Derry City: Doherty; McCallion, McCrystal, Scoltock, Friars; Molloy, Deery, P McEleney (Farren 60), McClean; McDaid, Cassidy (Sweeney 57)
Referee: John McLoughlin (Athlone)
BIRTHDAYS
Jack Charlton (soccer) - member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team and former manager of the Republic of Ireland, born 1935.
Terry Neill (soccer) - played for and managed Arsenal, born 1942.
Franco Baresi (soccer) - former AC Milan and Italy defender, born 1960.
Claudio Taffarel (soccer) - Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning goalkeeper, born 1966.
Michael Bevan (cricket) - former Australia specialist one-day batsman, born 1970.
Gaston Mazzacane (motor racing) - former F1 driver for Minardi and Prost, born 1975.
Andrea Barzagli (soccer) - Juventus' Italian World-Cup winning defender, born 1981.
Mark Noble (soccer) - West Ham midfielder, born 1987.
Pat Cummins (cricket) - Australia fast bowler, born 1993.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Who is the record goalscorer for the Holland national football team?
2. How many Olympic gold medals did Carl Lewis win?
3. In which city do the NBA side the Bucks play?
4. Who was Muhammad Ali's trainer for all but two of his fights?
5. Who has trained the most winners at the Royal Ascot racing carnival?
6. Which golfer once wore trousers with one black leg and one white leg at the British Open to protest against Apartheid?
7. How many clubs have won the Premier League?
8. Which goalkeeper has made more Premier League appearances than any other?
9. How many Test centuries did Kevin Pietersen score?
10. Which rugby player has scored the most points for Scotland?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
ON THIS DAY
1896: Yorkshire completed a record innings in the County Championship when they scored 887 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
1908: Yorkshire bowled out Northamptonshire for 27 and 14 in a County Championship match at Northampton.
1923: Surrey and England batsman Jack Hobbs scored his 100th career century.
1932: Former world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was born. He took the title with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in 1962 and retained it a year later by beating the same man. He lost his crown to Cassius Clay in 1964 and was beaten by the same opponent, then Muhammad Ali, trying to regain the title the following year. He died in 1970.
1990: Sir Jack Hayward completed a £2.1million takeover of Wolves, with the club's former England captain Billy Wright taking a place on the board.
2001: Leeds' bid to reach the Champions League final ended with a 3-0 defeat by Valencia in the second leg of their semi-final in Spain. Leeds had Alan Smith sent off.
2002: Sylvain Wiltord scored the winner as Arsenal beat closest rivals Manchester United 1-0 to clinch the Premier League title at Old Trafford.
2004: Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan broke the world record for most wickets in Test history, going past Courtney Walsh's total of 519 in the first Test against Zimbabwe. Murali was overtaken by Shane Warne before reclaiming the record following the Australia leg-spinner's retirement.
2005: Wigan were promoted to the top flight of English football for the first time after a 3-1 win at home to Reading secured second place in the Championship.
2006: Sven-Goran Eriksson named 17-year-old Theo Walcott in his provisional England World Cup squad, despite the forward not having played in the Premier League for Arsenal.
2007: John Higgins won snooker's World Championship in the early hours after beating Mark Selby 18-13 in the final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
2013: Manchester United announced that manager Sir Alex Ferguson would retire at the end of the season.
2016: Amir Khan was knocked out in the sixth round of his WBC middleweight title clash with defending champion Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas.
2016: Celtic won their fifth successive Ladbrokes Premiership title after a 3-2 victory against Aberdeen at Celtic Park.
2017: Middlesbrough were relegated from the Premier League after a 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge that took Chelsea within one win of the title.
2018: West Brom were relegated from the Premier League following Southampton's 1-0 victory over Swansea.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Robin Van Persie (50); 2. Nine; 3. Milwaukee; 4. Angelo Dundee; 5. Sir Michael Stoute; 6. Gary Player; 7. Six; 8. David James (572 games); 9. 23; 10. Chris Paterson (809 points).
