Limerick Soccer - Pike Rovers take step closer to title

Pat Sheehan rounds up all the weekend Premier Division action in the LDMC.

Pike Rovers 5 Granville 0

The destination of the 2013/14 Premier League is firmly in the hands of Pike Rvs after the weekend games.

A 5-0 win over Granville coupled with results elsewhere means Pike can afford to lose one of their remaining seven games and still cannot be caught.

Pike’s run in has home games versus Ballynanty Rovers, Janesboro and Wembley and away games versus Carew Park, Corbally Utd, Geraldines and Regional Utd.

They still have a bit of work to do but a few major upsets are required.

Not for the first time this season John Tierney was Pike’s hero scoring three times following opening goals from Cian Collins and Reece Healy.

Pike Rovers: Gary Neville; Darragh Walsh; Eddie O’Donovan; Gavin O’Shea; Pat Mullins; John Boyle; John Tierney; Cian Collins; Reece Healy; John Cunningham; John Okoro. Subs: Shane Mulready

Granville Rgs: Robert Power; Corey McCalum; Niall Doran; Clifton Carey; Jon Togher; Mike Geary; Liam Quinn; Brian Butler; Ken O’Donoghue; Dale McNamara; Thomas O’Dwyer. Subs: Alan Sheehan; Dan Malone

Ballynanty Rovers 1 Geraldines 0

Geraldines hopes of catching Pike Rvs took a nose dive on Sunday morning when they fell by the only goal of the game to Ballynanty Rvs in Shelbourne Park.

There was little to separate the sides until Balla introduced Jamie Bromell and following a ‘Dines attack a quick breakaway saw the youngster exchange passes with Frankie Lee before firing home.

Ballynanty Rovers: Stephen McNamara; Dara Hughes; David Dunphy; Tom Daly; Ken Meehan; Danny McInerney; Ronan Ryan; Tony Fahy; Derek O’Hanlon; Dermot Fitzgerald; Eddie Radcliffe. Subs: Jamie Bromell; Frank Lee; Andrew Leyden

Geraldines: Keith McCarthy; Paul Fitzgerald; Craig Madigan; Paul Danagher; Ian Storan; Bobby Tier; Christy O’Neill; Colin Daly; Colin Scanlon; Dean Earls; Derek Hannon. Subs: Pat Moloney; Shane Byrne; Derek Daly

Carew Park 5 Fairview Rgs 2

Former Fairview player Mark McGrath returned to haunt his old club scoring three times in a 5-2 win for Carew Park.

Gary Griffin and Jonathon Grant also scored for the home side while Eddie Byrnes replied with a brace for Fairview.

Carew Park: Gordon Stewart; Gary Griffin; Francis Kett; Mark Slattery; Mark Keane; Jon Somers; Pat Boyle; Barry Dillon; Jamie Enright; Mark McGrath; Jonathon Grant. Subs: Jamie O’Sullivan; Evan Shine

Fairview Rgs: Ian Bennis; Shane Power; Lee Whyte; Frank Browne; Niall Mullen; Trevor Cosgrove; Evan Waters; Dylan Frawley; Colm Hyland; Jeffery Judge; Eddie Byrnes. Subs: Nathan O’Callaghan; Sean O’Halloran

Corbally Utd 1 Janesboro 3

Janesboro picked up another win on their trip to meet Corbally on Sunday.

Brendan Hourigan’s good form continued as the striker hit two goals. Mike Hogan was also on the mark for the winners while Lucca Tedde hit the Corbally response.

Corbally Utd: Adrian Duhig; Darren Hanley; Michael Whyte; Jimmy Fyffe; Ronan Sherlock; Alan O’Doherty; Glen Carroll; Gerry O’Connell; Jack Fitzgerald; Ben Savage; Lucca Tedde. Subs: Ian Dunworth; Stephen Bourke; Dermot Hughes

Janesboro: Darren Glasheen; Wayne O’Donovan; Aled Harkin; Lee O’Mara; Tom Clarke; Mike Hogan; Adrian Healy; David Donnan; James Hayes; Brendan Hourigan; Declan Nash.

Regional Utd 1 Aisling Annacotty 1

Aisling picked up a vital point in a 1-1 draw with Regional Utd.

Promising youth player Gerry Fitzpatrick opened his Junior account with the lead goal for Regional but Aisling, despite being reduced to ten men fought back to equalise through Denis O’Dea.

Regional Utd: Eoin O’Hagan; Jack Molyneaux; Mike Reidy; Andrew Cowpar; David Cowpar; Shane O’Doherty; Kieran O’Connell; Brian O’Callaghan; Gerry Fitzpatrick; Ken Nealon; Mike Behan. Subs: Mark Purcell; Jimmy Bourke

Aisling; Niall Hayes, Anto McDonald, Jack Murphy, David Fitzmaurice, Richie Mullins, Stephen Goggin, Dean McNamara, Adam Frahill, Denis O’Dea, Brian O’Donovan, Keegan Park, Reserves Ross McNamara, Jack Byrnes, John Lysaght

Summerville Rvs 5 Wembley Rvs 0

Pity poor Wembley Rvs who met a Summerville side smarting from a few poor results.

Cyril Maher, Robbie Kelleher, Des Quinlivan, Darren O’Sullivan and Neil O’Brien scored for the home side who ran out comfortable winners.

Summerville Rvs: Mark O’Brien; Philip Naughton; James O’Donnell; Steve Gibbons; Cyril Maher; Kuba Domanski; Darren O’Sullivan; Darren O’Sullivan 2; Gareth Creamer; Robbie Kelleher; Des Quinlivan. Subs: Neil O’Brien; James Cleary; Sean Carroll

Wembley Rvs: Pat McCormack; Ian Collins; Gary Joyce; Diarmuid Green; Joey Sheahan; Eddie Mulcahy; Seamus Mulcahy; Evan Quinlivan; Diarmuid O’Callaghan; Dave Quinn; Roy O’Connell. Subs: Dermot McNamara; Kieran Simmonds