Thomas Considine brace gives Treaty United winning start against Cobh Ramblers

Treaty United 3 Cobh Ramblers 1

Thomas Considine showed the Limerick public exactly what he is about, as the winger turned in an impressive debut, netting a brace of goals to help Treaty United beyond a disjointed Cobh Ramblers.

With 1,926 paying into the Markets Field, there was renewed vigour for the Limerick outfit, with Canadian investment and a change to blue home colours, the preferred colour of football among long standing supporters of League of Ireland football in the Mid-West.

Tommy Barrett has overseen each of Treaty’s three campaigns to date and will be thrilled to commence their fourth with a victory, especially given that his side collected just one point from four outings against Cobh in 2023.

The opener was fortuitous. Robbie Lynch vacated his centre-half position to launch a long-throw into the area, which was diverted in off the far post by the head of defender Brendan Frahill.

In the subsequent 90 seconds, United could have doubled their tally. First Willie Armshaw used his considerable speed to race in behind, before Justin Eguaibor did enough to force the winger into firing wide.

The second chance fell to former Ram, Lee Devitt. The Clare native showed why he is key to Treaty all evening, and he cut back and scuffed a shot at Darragh Burke when the bottom corner was the target.

Curran was then denied by Burke on 25 minutes with a point blank save before Devitt’s rebound was scrambled away. Treaty were ravenous in the opening half, craving a second-goal to try to kill off Hunt’s sid. The visitors formation, essentially a 3-5-2 saw them exposed by Tommy Barrett’s men out wide. Armshaw and debutant Thomas Considine a live threat all evening.

Inside two minutes of the second-half, Considine could