A little over a month ago,  Blarney were staring down the barrel of relegation. They had just been beaten 4-1 by Everton and had a miserable 13 points from 12 games. Things were not looking good. This season they had lost the services of their main keeper, their main centre half, and their centre forward. These quality players had been replaced by a less balanced crew who were obviously struggling to perform. Then came the turn around! Hard and sometimes unpopular decisions were made and the results started to change. A couple of home draws to Avondale and Carrigaline gave some hope but at least the zero pointers had stopped. If there is ever a time to put on a run then the business end of the season is definitely the time to do it. There followed wins against Tramore and an impressive win away to Douglas Hall. Belief returned! Castleview and Mayfield were next to appear and were duly despatched. All of a sudden, Blarney was looking back at the relegation battle. So tight has the premier division been this season that Blarney could actually finish in second position, if all of the results went Blarney's way. Blarney was determined to secure its Premier Division status and as such were determined to at least get a point from the game.

For the season that's in it there now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of Clifford from www.foot.ie...

"Stunning evening in Blarney, complimented by a stunning playing surface, complimented by a decent game of football. That's about the size of tonight's match. Rockmount enjoyed the evening without every getting out of 3rd gear, Blarney played the better football for most of the second half, but came up against a brick wall in the Rockmount back 5 (even without the veteran Busteed!!). Formidable defending from Weldon, Byrne and Oldham as well as wing backs Yelvy and Gearoid made it very difficult for an industrious Blarney to make any inroads. The first half was even, with a melee in the Blarney six yard box after a goalkeeping fumble being the only action of real note.

The second half saw the Rockmount keeper bring off a quiet extraordinary save from a close range header after about 5 minutes. The ball was whipped in at pace from the right and the Blarney player got a touch on it that must have had him thinking "We've finally got through the mighty defence of Rockmount." "Not likely" says Slatts, who got down superbly to his right to get just enough on the ball to tip it around the post. The clean sheet count is mounting and it's great credit to the goalkeeping staff at the club that another season has passed with so many clean sheets, one more will do nicely. Well done both Derek's indeed.

A free kick hammered off the bar by Blarney's number 5 was about the highlight of the remaining 40 minutes. Rockmount probed, but at leisure. Blarney pressed, but with no penetration. All in all a nice evening, a competitive game and the Champions have one game to survive in order to end the season unbeaten."