Search

14 Dec 2025

Cooke goal sees Kildare Development squad defeat Meath

Second half subs Daniel Flynn and Tony Archbold excel

Cooke goal sees Kildare Development squad defeat Meath

Daniel Flynn on the mark for Kildare

Reporter:

Seamus Dillon

17 Feb 2025 10:33 PM

Kildare Development 1-13   

Meath Development 0-15

A late Fionn Cooke goal saw Kildare secure a one point victory over  Meath in this evening's (Monday 17 February) Development League game at Manguard Park, Hawkfield.
Cooke's goal and Tony  Archbold's point did push Kildare into a six point lead but two late two pointers from Meath's Luke Mitchell left Kildare hanging on.
Kildare came into the third round of this Development competition on the back of two losses to Dublin and Cavan and tonight's encounter was another chance to impress on home territory.
On a cold and windy evening it didn't make for pretty football.
The half time rain didn't do anything to improve  matters.
Meath did enjoy the the early advantage but hit two early wides before eventually opening the scoring.
Pat Martin opened the Kildare account after 3 minutes with a fine two-pointer from 50 metres.
Conor Harris and an Aaron Browne free stretched the Kildare advantage to two after eight minutes.
The crossfield breeze did make shooting difficult and while Meath  hit 6 first half wides  Kildare were more economical with their possession.
Kildare led by the minimum at the break 0-7 to 0-6 as Aaron Browne brought his first half total to four.He pace and positional sense was too much for the Meath defence at times.
The half-time break saw the welcome return of Daniel Flynn and Tony Archbold to the fold and they didn't disappoint.
Flynn helped himself to three points inside 15 minutes showing the power and pace we are accostumed to.
The Kildare goal arrived on 51 as Aaron Browne found Fionn Cooke who palmed to the net.
Tony Archbold showed great pace before  playing  a neat one two with Celbridge colleague Aaron Browne  before firing over.
Kildare were now six ahead but they failed to add to the tally over the last four minutes. Despite Mitchell's late response Kildare held on as the clock ran out on the visitors.
 
Kildare: Eoin Sheehan, Sean Mahon,Tomas Van Englebrechten,Mark Maguire,Rob Fitzgerald, Niall O Sullivan, Cathal Daly, Sean Hanifin, David Lovely, Conor Harris 0-1,, Dermot Hanifin, Pat Martin 0-2, Aaron Browne 0-5 (2 frees), Fionn Cooke 1-1, Tadhg Hagney. Subs: Luke Killian for Tomas Van Englebrechten 26;  Cian Burke for Eoin Sheehan H/T; Tony Archbold 0-1 for Conor Harris H/T; Daniel Flynn 0-3 for Tadhg Hagney H/T; Conor Harris for Fionn Cooke 57. Tadhg Hagney for David Lovely 57.
Referee Billy O Connell.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!

Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.

Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Most Popular

Sponsored Content

Multimedia

We've got Donegal Covered...

Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie

Buy a paper

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Buy Now
Get the news

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.

Register Here
Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

  • Carlow Live
  • Clare Live
  • Derry Now
  • Donegal Live
  • Éire Bheo
  • Inish Live
  • Ireland Live
  • Kildare Live
  • Kildare Now
  • Kilkenny Live
  • Laois Live
  • Leitrim Live
  • Letterkenny Live
  • Limerick Live
  • Longford Live
  • Louth Live
  • Mayo Live
  • Nenagh Live
  • Offaly Live
  • Tipperary Live
  • Waterford Live

    • Iconic Print Titles

  • Clonmel Nationalist
  • County Derry Post
  • Derry News
  • Donegal Democrat
  • Donegal Post
  • Dundalk Democrat
  • Homes in Donegal
  • Inish Times
  • Kilkenny People
  • Leinster Express
  • Leinster Leader
  • Leitrim Observer
  • Letterkenny Live
  • Limerick Leader
  • Longford Leader
  • Mayo News
  • Midland Tribune
  • Tipperary Star
  • Tullamore Tribune

    • This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.

    © 2025 Iconic Media