Limerick District League junior soccer round-up on dramatic weekend of action

PREMIER DIVISION

Hyde Rangers 1 Aisling Annacotty 0

HYDE Rgs produced a superb performance to stun Premier League Champions, Aisling Annacotty with a 1-0 win at Hyde’s grounds on Sunday morning.

Alex Kiely headed home what proved to be the only goal of the game after 20 minutes, but thereafter the Maroon and Blues had to withstand 70 minutes of the champions chasing an equaliser.

The home side’s chances were not helped when they were reduced to ten men just after the restart, but the whole squad turned in a huge effort as grit, determination, skill and luck all came into play before Derek Walsh’s side sealed a memorable win.

The result was even more remarkable when one considers the number of players Hyde have out injured at the moment.
Hyde introduced 19-year-old Sam Guerin for his debut in goals and many feared he faced a baptism of fire as Aisling were determined to make amends for their midweek defeat to Pike Rvs.

However, the youngster stood tall to the challenge and a couple of saves from Conor Carew helped to ensure a clean sheet.

The only goal of the game came after 20 minutes following a foul of the hard-working Calum Murphy. David Power’s free kick was met by Kiely at the back post and his downward header found it’s target.

Aisling dominated possession but seemed to run out of ideas once they hit the wall that was the Hyde rearguard and they will be need a quick recharge if they hope to retain their title.

Hyde Rgs A: Sam Guerin; Dave Power; Lee Hartigan; Dylan O'Byrne; Alex Kiely; Nathan Walsh; Calum Murphy; Conor Madden; Ben Kennedy; Karl Turner; Dave Thompson. Subs: Gavin Hehir; Ben O'Shaughnessy; Jack Nash; Eoin Sheldon.

Aisling Annacotty: Josh Coady; Adam O'Regan; Joey Rushe; Eliah Riordan; Conor Carew; Paul Brennan; Kian Barry; Willie Armshaw; Conor Coughlan; Adam Foley; Leon Daly. Subs: Raid Mouras; Darren Coughlan; Sean Ezekannagha.

Nenagh AFC 6 Carew Park 2

NENAGH returned to winning ways with a convincing 6-2 win at home to Carew Park.

Dylan Morrison scored twice for the home side with Kieran Barr, Cillian Scully, Fionn Higgins and Matt O'Gorman completing the scoring.

Jonathan Grant and Pat Boyle were on the mark for Carew Park.

Nenagh AFC: Aaron Savage; Kieran Barr; Eoin Coffey; Roy Creagh; Lee Mowatt; Eamon White; Dylan Morrison; Dan Butler; Matt O'Gorman; Nathan Kelly; Bryan McGee. Subs: Dan O'Meara; Cillian Scully; Fionn Higgins.

Carew Park: Jack Callaghan; Reece Moran; Mark Slattery; Sam Riordan; Dylan Robinson; Pat Boyle; Jonathan Grant; James Slattery; Ger McGrath; Colin Broe; Wesley Mulqueen. Subs; Alex Heffernan; Luke O'Shea.

Pike Rovers 7 Newport 1

PIKE Rovers’ good run continued when they overran Newport at the Pike Club on Sunday.

Josh Quinlivan marked his debut with the opening goal and further goals from Dylan Murphy (2), Dylan Kelly-Higgins (2) and Sean Madigan had the Hoops six up at the break.

After the restarts another new boy, Vojtech Ptacek netted what proved their final goal of the game.
Pa Murtagh struck a late consolation for Newport.

Pike Rovers: Gary Neville; Scott Kirwin; Darragh Hughes; Eddie O'Donovan; Sean Madigan; Kyle Duhig; Eoin Hanrahan; Josh Quinlivan; Dylan Kelly-Higgins; Shane Walsh; Dylan Murphy, Subs: Vojtech Ptacek; Aaron Cusack; Jamie Mitchell; Kieran Hanlon.

Newport: Seamus O'Regan; Eoin Looney; Killian O'Malley; Elliot Slattery; Christy O'Connor; Darren Collins; Cillian O'Shea; Peter O'Sullivan; Jay Ryan; Conor Brett; Jamie Kavanagh, Subs: Drew McLean; Pa Murtagh; Brian O'Sullivan; David Ryan; John Barry.

Regional United 2 Ballynanty Rovers 1

Regional United join Mungret Regional at the top of the table following their 2-1 win over Ballynanty Rvs on Sunday.

Ewan O'Brien gave Regional the lead but Darren Lawlor levelled for Balla on the hour mark.

Tom Frawley scored the winner to make it three wins and two draws for the Reds.

Regional Utd: Vinny Browne; Jack O'Donovan; Brian Monaghan; Tom Frawley; Andrew Cowpar; Sean Hartigan; Joe Lavin; Ewan O'Brien; Ciaran Downey; Kieran O'Connell; Paudie Hartigan. Subs: Marcus Hogan; Oran Flanagan; Sean Oyibo; Jack Flanagan.

Ballynanty Rovers: Tommy Holland; Liam Byrnes; Calum Kiely; Adam Costello; Fionn McInerney; Cian Fitzgerald; Tony Mambuana; Shane Dillon; Darren Lawlor; James Fitzgerald; Adrian Power. Subs: Jack Horan; Dara Miller; Sean Byrnes; Mike Conlon.

Fairview Rangers 3 Mungret Regional 1

Leaders Mungret Reg were stopped in their tracks on Sunday when they fell 3-1 to Fairview Rgs at the Fairgreen.

Paul Danaher’s men looked like they might cause another upset when an own goal gave them a first half lead.

They were dealing with the threat of the home side until they were reduced to ten men following a second yellow card to Aled Harkin.

The home side took immediate advantage and Jeffery Judge made amends for his earlier own goal to level the tie.
Minutes later Jason Cross tilted the tie in the home side’s favour and near the end Adam Dore snatched a vital third goal.

Fairview Rgs: Josh McCarthy GK; Danny O'Neill; Blake Curran; Jason Cross; Jake Dillon; Oleg Vysochan; Shane Duggan; Jeffery Judge; Josh McCarthy; Shane Carmody; Kane Connolly. Subs: Adam Dore; Brian Aherne; Caleb Langton; Gavin Mellerick; Aaron Haugh.

Mungret Reg: James Roche; Jamie Enright; Aled Harkin; Conor Myers; Gary Kelly; Darragh Killian; Craig Prendergast; Mark Patterson; Cian McNicholas; Hamza Selman Celik; Danny McCarthy. Subs: Conor Egbalum; Sean O'Sullivan; Evan Barrett; Cormac Noonan.

Geraldines 0 Janesboro 3
JANESBORO recorded another good win as they adjust to life back in the top flight.

With three draws in their previous five games, manager Mike Aherne will be delighted with the three points.

Shane Clarke put Boro in front before half time and minutes after the restart Kai Joyce netted the crucial second.
Calum O'Connell make doubly sure of the points later in the game.

Geraldines: Pat O'Shea; Rob Lowe; Dean McNamara; Dean McNamara; Aimsley Alibi; AJ McCormack; Nathan Cross; Ross Mitchell; Michael Nseka; Amosi Oku; Liam Chambers. Subs: Muhsin Jelle.

Janesboro: Kevin Walsh; Shane O'Brien; Brendan O'Dwyer; Calum O'Connell; Conor Artur; Josh Twomey; Dion Lynch; Kai Joyce; Ronan O'Dwyer; Eoghan Burke; Shane Clarke. Subs: Shane O'Sullivan; Colin Doody; Cian Arthur; David McFarland; Lee O'Donnell.

ROUND-UP

Premier A league leaders Athlunkard Villa suffered their first defeat of the season going down 4-2 to Summerville.

Danny Taylor and James Kelly netted for the home side but a hat trick from former Aisling youth star Alex Keating and one from Steven Kiely secured the points for the visitors.

Two goals from Cathal Downes helped Aisling Annacotty B to a 2-1 win over Kilmallock for whom Mykita Keleshenski was on the mark. Donal O'Connell was another to score three times on the night when Charleville beat Prospect Priory 4-1. Luke Doyle also netted for the winners with Leon Johnson hitting the Prospect response.

Caherdavin Celtic recorded a good 3-0 win over Regional Utd B. Stephen O'Halloran (2) and Andrew Leydon were on the mark while Corbally Utd and Southend shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

Leaders Moyross recorded their best result to date with a 4-2 win over Holycross in Division 1A.

Alex Burchill and Rian McNamara were on the mark for the home side but goals from Craig Collopy (2), John Mitchell and Danny Sheehan secured the points for Moyross.

Star Rvs are a point behind the leaders after beating Aisling Annacotty D in an exciting tie. Emmet Hehir and Frank Hogan had Star two in front before Diarmuid Hegarty pulled one back but in the end Star held out for all three points.

Two goals apiece for Scott Coleman, David Ryan and Vinnie Ryan gave Pallagreen big win over Cappamore while Ballylanders were also in the goals against an understrength Caherconlish side.

Eamon O'Mahoney claimed a hat trick while Robbie Downey, Willie Coffey and Eoin O'Mahoney also scored for the winners; Sean Partridge replied.

Liam Quinn brought his tally to nine goals in five games since his return to Murroe after they beat Parkville 5-2. Quinn claimed his second hat trick of the season with Nathan O'Shea and Shane Power also on the mark.

Andrew Brosnahan and Ray Massey scored for Granville Rgs in their 2-1 win over Corbally Utd B for whom was Cian Moore on target.

Herbertstown lead the way in Division 1B following their fifth consecutive win. Kilfrush were their latest victims, conceding seven without reply. Oisin O'Grady (3), Darragh Carroll (2), Tim O'Keeffe and Jamie Ryan did the damage.

Shelbourne beat Lisnagry A 2-1 to remain three points behind the leaders. Inan Cullen and Rory Cullen scored for the winners; AJ Gray replied.

Croom Utd and Patrickswell played out an exciting 3-3 draw. Jamie Ryan, Conor Laffan and Kevin Laffan scored for the homesters; John Kirby 2 and Ciaran Kilcoyne replied for ‘Well.

Dave O'Brien, James Lynch, Colin Coleman, James Kirk and Luke Ryan scored for Newport in a 5-0 win at Meanus while Pike Rvs B took the spoils in a 4-1 win at Mungret Reg. Samir Attanda, Mick Lipper, David Corbett and Declan Ryan were the winning scorers.

Division 2A leaders Ballynanty Rvs B ran riot in Cappamore with scores from Jamie O'Sullivan 3, Eddie Radcliffe 2, Thomas Hourigan, Neil Wallace, Ger Higgins and Ken Meehan.

Kilmallock B beat Brazuca United 4-2 courtesy of Joe Hay (2), Dave Todd and an own goal.

Abbey Rvs and Aisling Annacotty C drew 2-2. Leonard Casey Plunkett hit a double for the home side. Ayooluwa Laslie and Evan Power scored for Aisling.

Rory Barry, Joe Murray and Darragh Cunningham were on the mark for Coonagh Utd but they fell 4-3 to Charleville while Cillian O'Sullivan scored the only goal of the game for Newtown Rovers at Castle Rvs.

Craig Downes scored four times for Hyde Rgs in their win over Mungret Reg. Kieran Bennett, Scott Quaide, Ger Nash and Jamie McNamara also netted.

Geraldines B maintain a three-point lead in Division 2B following a 7-0 win over Dromore Celtic courtesy of goals from Jake Leamy 3, and two apiece from Alan Keane and Shane Waters.

James Kelly claimed a hat trick for Athlunkard Villa B but it proved futile as Carew Park B hit four times through Denis Brophy, Wesley Mulqueen, Logan O'Byrne and Jackson Morey to take the spoils.

Dean Quinn (2), Martin Duggan, Calvin Kennedy and Tyrone Fitzgerald scored for Moyross B in a 5-2 win over Summerville Rvs B.

Herbertstown B hit Murroe for six through Nick Hayes (2), Cathal Kearns, Aaron Carroll, Ryan Mawdsley and an own goal while Mungret Reg C went down at home to Lough Derg who had scorers in Daniel Fogarty (2), Jack Grace and two own goals.

Runaway Division 3A leaders Holycross B added another three points in a 5-2 win over Newtown Rgs B. Adam Cusack 3, Ross O'Brien and Sean Lyons scored to open an eight-point lead after just six games.

That lead would be cut significantly if Fairview B win their two games in hand. They kept pace on Saturday with a 7-3 win over Castle Utd courtesy of scores from Evan Madigan 4, Niall McNamara 2 and Cian Donnelly.

Shelbourne B 2 - 1 Newport C. A hat trick from Jack Lynch helped Lough Derg to a 3-2 win over Shelbourne B for whom Alan Gill and Jack Rice replied.

Goals from Daniel Reddan (2), Thomas Moran and Sean Joyce gave Caherdavin Celtic B the points in a 4-1 win over Croom Utd B.

Prospect Priory B also won 4-1 when they hosted Athlunkard Villa C. Danny Colbert claimed a hat trick with Pat Nolan also netting.

In Under 17’s football, Pike Rvs A made it three from three in the Premier League with a 7-2 win over Aisling Annacotty A.
Jack Meaney 2, Finn Morrison, Ryan Moloney, Shane Cross, Liam Murphy and Joe Murphy were the scorers for the winners.

Fairview Rgs also struck seven, when they visited Kilmallock. Eamon Doyle 3, Darren Keogh 2, Chad Molloy and Callan Barry were the marksmen while goals from Michael Hanly and Bryan Nagy gave Holycross a 2-1 win over Corbally Utd for whom Fionn Reid replied.

In Division One, Pike and Shelbourne lead the way on seven points following wins on Friday. Conor Ryan scored the only goal of the game for the Hoops against Mungret Reg while Paul Gleeson and Cian Cronin obliged for Shelbourne in a 2-0 win over Aisling Annacotty B.

Geraldines are a point behind but have a game less played. They beat Corbally 4-2 thanks to scores from Ryan Phillips 3 and Tom Hehir.

David Nolan, Cadden Mudd and Gary Slevin were on the mark as Lough Derg beat Caherconlish. Mike Koyce scored for the visitors.