Glory for Valley Rovers and senior status for first time

VALLEY ROVERS struck late to win the Evening Echo Cork Premier IFC title at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday, beating Clyda Rovers 0-7 to 0-5 and earning themselves senior status for the first time.

Two county titles in one year – Rovers won the IHC title recently – is a rich reward for a tremendous club effort but this game won’t be remembered for its quality.

Right from the start both teams adopted a negative approach so there was little fluency and few scores. To illustrate the point, it was 0-3 to 0-2 in Clyda’s favour at the end of the first moiety and the 2,722 spectators had to wait until the 10th minute of the second for the next score.