Goold ends Macroom’s 20-year wait

THE destination of the Cork IFC title was decided in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday by the 53rd minute penalty scored on the rebound by David Goold and the one missed five minutes later by the unfortunate Andrew O’Brien for Kildorrery.

Macroom were arguably more deserving of a victory which brought them their first title in the grade in 20 years. And that was something manager Noel Twomey and inspiring team captain Fintan Goold could take particular pride in.

For his part, Kildorrery coach Ronan Sheehan’s disappointment was balanced by the regret for the personal hurt experienced by O’Brien after he had done so much to overcome the club’s frustration of consecutive failures in the junior and intermediate finals in 2007-’08.