Today Wardy and I got to asleep in as we were playing in a friendly match later on, while Conor had to go and do recovery with the team at 10am. The day was not filled with too much excitement. I did a few errands, did some more research and just relaxed.

Wardy and I headed off to meet the rest of the lads who were playing in the friendly that night to travel down in a minivan. Our trip was disrupted due to what seemed to be a bad crash and we were diverted. Eventually we got there. The game was against Magaherafelt Sky Blues FCThe pitch was narrow, but very long. The grass was cut but still long. Our team consisted of all the subs from the night before against Limerick, some youth players, and myself. It was a difficult game to fully get into, but it was more about not making mistakes and doing the simple things right for me. The pitch was making some things difficult but we adapted to the conditions. It was a good challenge nonetheless and good to get solid minutes under the belt. We went into half time up 2-0, when it should have been a few more. At half time we were told to be more ruthless and put them away and dominate more, which we did to an extent. Our keeper only had to make one save. We won the game 6-0. Most our goals came from set piece play. I managed to put two in the back of the net via my head. Always nice to score goals, but its the whole performance that matters.

We showered in what had to have been one of the smallest changing rooms I have ever been in and then went down to a local bar for some food before we headed on home.