Stalemate for Harps in Limerick Limerick 37……1 Having taken a while to get into their stride, Harps broke the deadlock through Declan Boyle just before the half-hour mark and, from here, the visitors should have went on to register at least another goal before the break. However, a couple of wayward attempts at goal and the failure of Polish referee Tomas Superczynski to spot a hit on Harps danger man Conor Gethins inside the box ensured that Boyle's goal was the only separator at the break. Harps would go on to rue their lack of potency in the final third when some sloppy defending allowed David Wall to fire home an equaliser for the league's new boys with the second half strike meaning Harps had to settle for a point. The Shannonsiders enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges, but didn't really force James Gallagher into action despite enjoying a lot of possession. David Wall failed to hit the target with a back-post header and Gordon Simms recovered well to dispossess Padraig Moran after losing possession to the former Derry City striker. Harps, however, soon made the hosts pay when they edged into a 28th minute lead. Shaun Holmes' perfectly-flighted corner from the right flank was met by the head of Declan Boyle, the big Killybegs man nodding home from an unmarked position at the back post. Conor Gethins was then denied what seemed a certain spot kick when the Lifford man was brought to ground by Limerick defender Nigel Keady, but the match official waved play-on, much to the Harps man's annoyance. Barry Curran just failed to connect with a Jonathan Minnock crossfield ball moments later, while the former Coleraine man was also cursing the playing surface when a bobble agonisingly deprived him of centring for the inrushing Gethins. The second half started in a rather lacklustre fashion but 13minutes in the hosts got back on level terms. It was a strike that the Harps defence will not want to be reminded of in a hurry. James Gallagher punched a cross from Molan into the path of Kevin Waters, who watched Gordon Simms take his effort off the goal line. Simms' clearance was a weak one however and succeeded only in finding the gleeful David Wall, who drove past the unsighted Gallagher from just inside the box. Thereafter, it was the hosts who looked most likely to strike a winner with their best chance falling to Padraig Moran with 20minutes remaining. The former Derry City man failed to trouble Gallagher after being played in by a neat pass from substitute Anthony Glasheen. Limerick 37: John Healy; Nigel Keady, Bryan Buckley, Pat Purcell, Paul
Finucane; Kevin Waters, Conor Molan, Joey Maloney, Padraig Moran (Ross
Cosgrove `74mins); David Wall, David Goldbey (Glasheen `66mins).
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