22/02/2026
Match result:
Grange 2 - 1 Mullingar Athletic B
Paul Reid ⚽️⚽️
Grange faced Mullingar Athletic B for the second time this season and there is nothing like a local derby to get this team fired up, while Grange have struggled for wins this season we have put in our best performance out in Gainstowns and came away with our second win this season over our rivals.
Thanks to Mullingar Athletic for hosting the game they are always supportive when it comes to the use of their facilities and without them this game wouldn’t have went ahead this weekend.
Grange started strongest and where on the front foot straightaway, forwards Junior and Paul where getting great service from Bobby and William on the wings who both played well and created a lot for us, Grange took an early lead when a William O’Reilly corner found Paul Reid unmarked and there was only going to be one result as the Grange talisman headed into the bottom corner 1-0, the chances kept coming and Paul was gifted a goal scoring opportunity a few yards and very unlike him but the opportunity went over the bar. Half time 1-0
Eddie replaced Lee in the back line at halftime due to been on a yellow, our defence had been rock solid with Pat, Lee, Davie having a fantastic game, Grange started the second half a lot like the first and it wasn’t long until we where 2-0 up when Junior got a ball down the right wing whipped in a brilliant cross to find Paul who hit it first time and found the back of the net, Grange where dominating the middle of the park as Dean Kavanagh, David Dyer and Jamie Archbald where battling for everything and kept control, Grange should of put the game to bed having multiple chances but when you don’t take your chances you run the risk of letting your opponent back into the game and in the dying moments that’s what happened when Athletic who where battling hard got a goal to make it 2-1 and make the game very tense for the last few minutes, Grange held out to take the win and will be looking to use this as a springboard to get further up the table.
Man of the match: there was multiple players who deserved this but Pat Donughe stood out with a strong display at the back.
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