And so, on the occasion of their first ever final appearance - a good marker for the future - as Allenton took the field against an extremely good outfit in the Irish Life Shield Final in Sportslink on a wet and windy Monday afternoon, the fairytale ended.
Although for a while it looked like the magic performances of recent weeks would continue - Terenure proved to be too resilient in many area's of the park and ran out worthy Champions.
Tommy Hogan decided on the same 11 that began our most recent victory against Grosvenor Lane, this time playing with Paul Byrne as a sweeper. And it almost worked.
Although Terenure opened the scoring, with a deflection that Steve couldnt re-set himself for. With the wind at their backs, a long Rob Dwyer free-kick floated into the area and Mick latched onto the ball - and neatly tucked away a low volley into the corner. Game on.
Davide almost capitalised with a header and Alan spurned a great chance when sent through, only to put it narrowly wide. And so Allenton went in at half-time with a chance to upset a team who have lost only once in their entire league campaign - a team that had beaten Allenton both home and away.
But, it was not to be.
Although the back five of Lee, Paul, Rob, Barry and Jon were in great form, the threat from the Terenure no.9 was constant and eventually bore fruit.
Andre and Billy had to contend with pressure from two skilled midfielders and one especially dirty one who on another day may have gotten his marching orders for persistent and dangerous play.
Mick made way for Mark early in the half as Allenton pushed for a goal - but at the other end a piece of individual magic saw Terenure break the deadlock again and go 2-1 up, through their number 9. Steve had a great 2nd half and couldnt be faulted for any of the goals and kept Allenton in it with a number of great one on one saves.
Terenure kept pressing and a low cross found No.9 in the middle again who smashed it low down the middle to extend Terenure's advantage to 3-1.
Billy and Davide came off for the Scottish connection - Kiko and Richie - who put in good shifts in the limited time they had on the pitch. Allenton pressed hard and Mark had a gilt-edge chance and put just wide with 10 minutes remaining.
The remainder of the game was played out in Allenton's half - who battled doggedly to keep the score at 3-1, and preserve the pride they had so rightly gained in the previous weeks.
Each player to a man contributed to the game and unfortunately were beaten out by the better team on the day.
A good all-round performance which hopefully Allenton will get to repeat for many's a season to come.
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