Arva topple Milltown to secure All-Ireland Junior Club final spot

AIB Football All-Ireland Junior Club Championship Semi-Final

Arva 2-16

Milltown 1-7

Milltown were beaten well as the curtain came down on an incredible year for the Kildare Junior Champions with defeat to Arva. The Cavan side were much the better team for large swathes of this semi-final and there was little jeopardy involved for the Ulster men throughout, barring a brief blip 10 minutes into the second half.

The Milltown purple-patch came after Arva 'keeper Cian O'Hora's howler reduced the gap to four points on 40 minutes. 

The best side won on the day as Arva re-assumed control from their to secure their place in an All-Ireland Junior Club final.

Arva, Kevin Bouchier 0-7 (0-4 frees), Barry Donnelly 1-2, Jonathan McCabe 0-3, Paul Finnegan 1-0, Tristan Noack Hofmann 0-1 (0-1 frees), Paul Cassidy 0-1, Peter Morris 0-1, Stephen Sheridan 0-1.

Milltown, Ronan O'Shea 1-0, Patrick Donohoe 0-2 (0-1 frees), Kevin Byrne 0-2, Alan Dignam 0-1 (0-1 frees), Conor Sheerin 0-1 (0-1 frees), Aaron Jacob 0-1.

ARVA: Cian O'Hora; Dylan Maguire, James Morris, Finbar McAvinue; Charlie Madden, Stephen Sheridan, Ciarán Stanley; Ciarán Brady, Tristian Nowck Hofmann; Thomas Partington, Barry Donnelly, Jonathan McCabe; Peter Morris, Kevin Bouchier, Paul Cassidy. Subs: Jamie Gray for Peter Morris (Half-time), Stephen Ellis for Finbar McAvinue (52 minutes), Bryan McEntee for Ciarán Brady (53 minutes), Paul Finnegan for Barry Donnelly (59 minutes).

MILLTOWN: Alan Dignam; Jamie Cross, Cian Buckley, Seán Murphy; Aaron Jacob, Colin O'Shea, Shane Daly; Kevin Byrne, Conor Sheerin; Karl Heuston, Ben Heuston, Ben Curran; Declan McKenna, Ronan O'Shea, Patrick Donohoe. Subs: Tom Stapleton for Aaron Jacob (45 minutes), Aaron Walker for Ben Curran (47 minutes), Sam O'Hara for Ben Heuston (56 minutes), Ian Fitzgerald for Karl Heuston (62 minutes).

Referee: Seán Lonergan (Tipperary)