Postpublished at 20:09 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2023
Trillick 0-5 Crossmaglen 0-4
Trillick have found their stride in this second half. There's a lot more intensity to their play now and Crossmaglen are struggling to contain them.
Trillick v Crossmaglen - Healy Park (19:15)
Trillick 0-5 Crossmaglen 0-4
Trillick have found their stride in this second half. There's a lot more intensity to their play now and Crossmaglen are struggling to contain them.
Trillick 0-5 Crossmaglen 0-4
Trillick take the lead for the first time tonight.
James Garrity wins his second point of the night with a tricky effort floated over the bar.
Trillick 0-4 Crossmaglen 0-4
Crossmaglen's Rico Kelly is replaced by Odhran Caraher.
Trillick 0-4 Crossmaglen 0-4
Crossmaglen's Stephen Morris hits a wide and Trillick break away up the pitch and earn another free.
Lee Brennan makes no mistake this time and levels the score after six second-half minutes.
Game on!
Trillick 0-3 Crossmaglen 0-4
Sean O'Donnell earns Trillick a free following a foul by Stephen Morris.
Lee Brennan takes aim but the ball falls short. An opportunity to level missed by Trillick there.
Trillick 0-3 Crossmaglen 0-4
A perfect start to the second half for Trillick as Ciaran Daly fires a brilliant point over the bar.
A one-point game now!
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
We're back underway at Healy Park.
Ronan Fitzpatrick has replaced Paul Hughes for Crossmaglen Rangers.
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
Peter Canavan
Former Tyrone captain on RTE Sport
Peter Canavan is being pretty diplomatic on RTE TV in his assessment of the first half.
"In terms of creativity, it hasn't been a great spectacle," says the man they call God in the Red Hand County.
Quite.
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
That half seemed to fly in fairly quickly but it wasn't because the football was memorable. In fact, I wonder whether people watching on TV are having the odd flick to Strictly or perhaps anything else. There were quite a few chances missed early on but it then became very tactical and not a great spectacle as a result.
HT: Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
Three minutes of added time come to a close and the teams head into the dressing rooms.
Crossmaglen lead Trillick at the break but it's still all to play for in the second half.
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
Lee Brennan attempts a huge free from the ground but the ball drops into the mouth of the goal and Miceal Murray claims the ball before any real danger arises.
Trillick are struggling to convert tonight but still find themselves in the game.
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
Lee Brennan tries to make up for his earlier mistake but hits the post.
Fortunately, the ball falls to Stephen O'Donnell but the Tyrone man blasts the ball wide.
Two big misses from Trillick there.
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-4
Jamie Clarke wins a free after a foul by Stephen O'Donnell.
Rian O'Neill steps up and fires the free over the bar.
Cross lead by two points with four minutes to play in the first half.
Trillick 0-2 Crossmaglen 0-3
Trillick try to respond with some possession in the cross half.
Richie Donnelly replicates the class of Jamie Clarke and shoots a beautiful score.
Trillick 0-1 Crossmaglen 0-3
Martin Clarke
RTE Sport
"Trillick needed that score because you don't like to be in a game for 20 minutes having not got on the board - even if you are just a couple of points down."
Trillick 0-1 Crossmaglen 0-3
Jamie Clarke, that is brilliant.
The Crossmaglen captain glides into the Trillick final third and bends a beautiful shot over the bar.
Trillick 0-1 Crossmaglen 0-2
Liam Gray breaks away down the right hand side and finds James Garrity who blasts the ball in between the posts to score Trillick's first point of the night.
A crucial score for the Tyrone club.
Trillick 0-0 Crossmaglen 0-2
Trillick's Ryan Gray attempts an audacious effort and pulls the ball wide of the posts.
Three wides for Trillick now.
Trillick 0-0 Crossmaglen 0-2
And he converts!
Crossmaglen lead Trillick by two.
Trillick 0-0 Crossmaglen 0-1
Paul Hughes wins a free in for Crossmaglen and Rian O'Neill shouldn't miss this one to double their lead.