COUNTY CHAMPIONS SCOTSTOWN BID FOR SENIOR DOUBLE

18 November 2021 No Comments by The Northern Standard

COLM SHALVEY

The Owen Ward Cup will be presented for the first time since 2019 when Clontibret and Scotstown contest the Shoe City Senior Football League Final in Castleblayney tomorrow night (Friday). After the condensed 2020 season left no room for the club leagues, they returned this June, with the group stages being wrapped up prior to the championships starting. Clontibret and Scotstown have both reached this stage the hard way. Having overcome the absence of their sizable county contingents to finish third in their respective groups, the teams have come through two knock-out rounds away from home to set up a repeat of the 2019 SFC Final, which was Scotstown’s last championship defeat. Scotstown were finding their feet in early-round losses to Ballybay and Magheracloone, but wins over Inniskeen, Carrickmacross…

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