Match Report: St Kevin's 0-1 Seaford

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Seaford progressed to the second round of the Noel Ryan Cup with a win that was more comfortable  than the final scoreline would suggest.

Kevin's keeper Jamie O'Brien made several impressive saves, none better than on 15 minutes when he somehow denied Timi SIlva from point-blank range after the Spanish midfielder met Garrett Connolly's headed flick-on.

Seaford continued to control the match and almost broke the deadlock with a brilliant flowing move on 24, but Aaron Dequina managed to block Michael Akingbade's back-post header..

But they made the breakthrough from the resulting corner, which was collected at the back post by Ian Daly, =whose and his clipped cross was nodded home by Sam Browne.

The Penugins could have added to their lead when Jamie McCaul fed Connolly with a great pass, but O'Brien rushed off his line to block the shot.

It wasn't until the 71st minute that the hosts registered an effort on goal, and Oisin Geoghegan was comfortably able to deal with Austin Hannon's header.

Seaford continued to push for a second , with Rob O'Shea testing O'Brien again with a powerful drive, but in the end Browne's goal was enough to secure safe passage into round two.

Seaford: Oisin Geoghegan, Rob O'Shea Brian Murphy, (Zitian Xiang, 88) Sam Browne, Craig Conlon, Al Kennedy, Timi SIlva (Ben Kelly, 81)   Michael Akingbade (Jack Keegan, 67) Jamie McCaul (Niall Holleran, 88) Ian Daly, (Darragh Roche, 67) Garrett Connolly

St Kevin's: 1 Jamie O'Brien, 2 Eoin Duffy, 3 Luke Bolton, 4 Aaron Dequina, 5 Marc Notaro, 6 Kevin McFadden, 7 Adam Mitchell Lees, 8 Martin Matsekh, 9 Nathan Maher, 10 Evan McGee, 11 Ali Abdul Salam Ali Al Madani . Subs: Keith Rooney, Benjamin Norths, Austin Hannon, Jordan Farry