A super point from a very acute angle by 16 years old John Morgan, the brilliant Midleton soccer player, gave Castlemartyr a share of the spoils in the final of the East Cork Junior Football Championship, in Carrigtwohill on Saturday night, where both sides provided a magnificent display of powerful football.

It was a game where Castlemartyr, powered by the hero of Imokilly’s great victory in ‘84 Senior Final, Kieran Murphy, shone like a beacon. A strong cross wind made conditions difficult for scoring and at the interval, Castlemartyr led by 0-3 to 0-1, Murphy scoring two. Glenville, a sister club of Watergrasshill, who lost the hurling final, made a tremendous start to the second half, when Jim Ryan, a son of former Cork trainer Eamonn picked off a beautiful point inside forty five seconds. Kieran Murphy however, tormented the Glenville defence and when in possession was the signal for danger for Glenville.

He added two points to leave Castlemartyr three points clear. Play fluctuated from end to end and entering the last quarter Glenville were just a point in arrears, their scores coming from Dan O’Riordan and Joe O’Riordan from a free. With nine minutes to go, Glenville were awarded a penalty and when John Halbert’s effort was well saved by Noel Murphy, one felt that this game was leaving the lads from the "Hill, but it in effect gave them a new lease of life and inside two minutes Jim Ryan and Sean O’Callaghan pointed to leave them ahead for the first time in the game.

Castlemartyr introduced young John Morgan, who won an Under 16 F.A.I. cup medal with Midleton last season and with three minutes to go he showed his class, when picking a loose ball near the corner flag he cut inside the Glenville defence and pointed what was final score in a game that had all the ingredients of a cracker.