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Tompkins on Haven shootout win: “you’re just kicking every ball… the ‘Haven means so much”

Tompkins talks about Castlehaven’s penalty-shootout win over St Finbarr’s, and not knowing when the final against Nemo Rangers will be played

Castlehaven clubman Larry Tompkins on the club’s penalty-shootout win over St Finbarr’s, and not knowing when the final against Nemo Rangers will be played.

Larry Tompkins says he was kicking every ball as Castlehaven beat St Finbarrโ€™s in a penalty shootout to qualify for the Cork SFC final.

Sundayโ€™s clash with the Barrs finished 1-13 apiece after extra time and it took a sudden-death spot-kick from Mark Collins to secure victory.

Tompkins, who captained Castlehaven to their maiden senior title in 1989 against the same opposition, had to watch the game via a stream and was gripped by the action.

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โ€œI was watching it on a screen on my own, and look, youโ€™re just playing every ball and kicking and passing every ball,โ€ Tompkins explains.

โ€œYou’re telling guys on the field โ€˜why did you do that, or why did you get dispossessed?โ€™.

โ€œLook, the Haven means so much to me and when you put on that jerseyโ€ฆ I really enjoyed my memories playing with the Haven and Iโ€™m the same now watching. Iโ€™m kicking every ball.

โ€œItโ€™s a crazy situation,โ€ he adds of the penalty shootout. โ€œThe Haven overall felt that they got out of jail a little bit. 

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โ€œI felt that the Barrs dominated periods of that game and didnโ€™t really convert.

“I think the Haven would have been delighted to get through it but a bizarre sanitation when it came to a penalty situation. 

โ€œThe pressure was on and somebody was going to be the villain. 

โ€œWe were lucky that when it came to sudden death, we had the coolness of Mark Collins to step up and convert the one that really mattered. Very unusual circumstances.

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โ€œItโ€™s probably not a fair way but under the circumstances we understand it because games have to be finished. It was bizarre.โ€

Towards the end of the game, Cork forward Brian Hurley scored an exceptional point from the sideline for the Haven.

โ€œIt was reminiscent of the great Maurice Fitzgerald when he scored down in Thurles against Dublin. 

โ€œThe outside of the foot, an incredible score, and Brian is capable of those things. 

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โ€œItโ€™s great to see him back at that level of performance because heโ€™s been through the mill and had two major surgeries on his hamstring. 

โ€œIt was brilliant to see him back, hopefully he keeps getting better as each game goes. 

โ€œWhat a point, what a score, and Brian has that kind of class.โ€

The Haven will play Nemo Rangers in the Cork final, though not refixed date has been set at this time.

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Larry Tompkins’ autobiography, ‘Believe’, is available now in all good book shops and online.
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