LDL round-up: Five Limerick teams progress to national stages of FAI Junior Cup

FAI Junior Cup
Regional Utd 0 Pike Rovers 3

Pike Rvs advanced in the FAI Junior Cup with a comfortable win over Regional United at Dooradoyle on Sunday.

A youth Pike XI were rarely tested by the home side in a game that failed to match the beautiful weather.

With so much at stake the game was surprisingly tame and once Pike took the lead they managed the game easily.

Pike took the lead after 15 minutes. A long ball by Gary Neville found Dylan Murphy wide on the right. His pass found Jamie Mitchell and a quick interchange with Aaron Murphy and Steven McGann saw the latter fire in from six yards.

Pike doubled their lead minutes after the restart when the home side were caught out playing the ball across their backline as Leon Daly raced through to intercept before firing past Rob Shire in the home goal.

Regional did push forward in search of a way back but the Pike backline guided by the experienced Robbie Williams held firm.

The visitors put the game beyond doubt near the final whistle when youth player Cathal McNamara put Leon Daly clear of his marker and accepted the return pass to score a fine goal.

REGIONAL UTD: Rob Shier; Tom Frawley; Sean Madigan; Jack O’Donovan; Kieran O’Connell; Brian O’Connor; Andy Quaide; Ewan O’Brien; John Forson; Joe Lavin; Eoin Duff. Subs: Ryan Gilmartin; Alex Keating; David O’Mahoney. 

PIKE ROVERS: Gary Neville; Ethan Joyce; Eddie O’Donovan; Robbie Williams; Brendan O’Dwyer; Jamie Mitchell; Kyle Duhig; Dylan Murphy; Aaron Murphy; Steven McGann; Leon Daly, Subs: Jack Croke; Aaron Hough; Cathal McNamara.

Geraldines 2 Janesboro 1

A cracking cup tie in bright sunshine sent the large home crowd home content as Geraldines struck an injury time goal to pip Janesboro at the post in this FAI clash.

The three goals were worthy of winning any game, none more so than Cian Fitzgerald’s 94th-minute free kick that flew into the top corner to seal a memorable win.

After a tentative opening, Geraldines took the lead on 16 minutes. Shane McEvoy’s long ball found Leon Johnson and his quick Crossfield pass saw Jake Leamy let fly with an unstoppable effort into the corner.

Boro’s Shane Clarke created an opening shortly after but Jose Zaquieu made a good save to keep Dines in front.

Both sides had further efforts in the opening half through Clarke and Johnson respectively.

After the restart the home side seemed to lose their shape somewhat as Boro took a foothold on the game.

The visitors got their reward on 77 minutes when Dylan Moriarty struck a beauty from 25 yards to the top corner to level the tie.

Extra time was looming when Cian Fitzgerald was upended at the angle of the penalty box. He took the resultant kick and perfectly curled the ball into the top corner for a wonderful goal which secured ‘Dines passes to the next round where they will host Parkvilla or Portlaoise.

GERALDINES: Jose Zaquieu; Jonathan Moran; Aaron Grant; Jack O’Doherty; Scott McEvoy; Kian Mitchell; Alan Keane; Cian Fitzgerald; Jake Leamy; Gareth Ronan; Leon Johnson, Subs: Ousman Darboe; John Mullane; Dave Power.

JANESBORO: Aaron O’Sullivan; Josh O’Rahilly; Ryan Mawdsley; Dylan Moriarty; Shane Clarke; Josh Toomey; Kai Joyce; Dion Lynch; Tony Burns; Graham Bourke; Aodh O’Hanluain, Subs: Gavin Carrick; Fionn O’Leary; Rubin McCarthy.

Kilmallock 2 Corbally Utd A 1

Giant-killing Kilmallock will represent the lower leagues in the open draw stages of the FAI Junior Cup following a superb 2-1 win over Premier side Corbally Utd on Sunday.

Both sides had half chances in the opening half but the sides went in scoreless at the break.

Corbally took the lead shortly after the restart when Dave Thompson took advantage of a mistake at the back to fire home.

Kilmallock responded well and levelled on 75 minutes. Substitutes Barry Sheedy and Oisin O’Reilly linked to put a ball on a plate for Kyle Tierney to finish expertly.

With their tails up, Kilmallock struck again five minutes later. Jason Heffernan’s corner kick saw O’Reilly head to the top corner from 10 yards to the delight of the large home crowd.

Kilmallock have been drawn at home to Fort Rangers in the next round.

KILMALLOCK: Lorcan Casey; Jack Barry; Sean Lyons; D Bagnell; Aaron O’Hanlon; Paul Moloney; Kyle Tierney; Jason Heffernan; Paul Doona; Mark Hayes; Killian Hayes, Subs: Barry Sheedy; Oisin O’Reilly; Bjorn Downes.

CORBALLY UTD: Rob Madigan; Fionn O’Regan; Shane Cox; Eoghan Carr; Michael White; Barry O’Sullivan; Eoghan O’Connell; Rhys Barry; Sean Kiely; Dave Thompson; David Madigan, Subs: Robert Clancy; Pat Nathan; James Kelly; Ryan McLaughlin; Kevin Burke.

Fairview Rgs 3 Aisling Annacotty 1

FAI Junior Cup holders Fairview Rgs overcame their biggest threat locally to advance to round four with a hard-fought win over Aisling Annacotty at the Fairgreen on Sunday afternoon.

Having beaten Fairview in the MFA Cup at the same venue, the home side were on full alert for this one.

They opened the scoring six minutes from the break when Jeffery Judge played Darragh Rainsford through to finish from an acute angle.

Aisling equalised on the stroke of half time when Adam Foley pounced on a rebound from keeper Josh McCatrthy to blast home.

After the restart the game remained on a knife-edge with both sides creating half chances.

With extra time looming Fairview struck when Brian Aherne connected with a headed clearance to sent a 25-yard volley to the roof of the net for a superb goal.

Aisling were devastated and any hopes of snatching a late equaliser were dashed when Darragh Rainsford took advantage of Aisling pushing forward to score his second and seal the win.

FAIRVIEW RGS: Josh McCarth; Danny O’Neill; Blake Curran; Thomas O’Connor; Conor Kavanagh; Jeffery Judge; Lee J Lynch; Shane Duggan; Yoyo Mahdy; Darragh Rainsford; Oleg Vysochan, Subs: Josh McCarthy; Adam Dore; Brian Aherne.

AISLING ANNACOTTY: Aaron Curtis; Raid Mouras; David Moloney; Sean O’Haodha; Conor Carew; Jack Aherne; Donnacha O’Leary; Isaac O’Sullivan; Joel Coustrain; Adam Foley; Sean Ezekannagha, Subs; Adam Costello; Oscar Omorodian; Sean Oyibo.

Ballynanty Rovers 0 Mungret Reg 1

Mungret Regional caused the upset of the day when they knocked out a fancied Ballynanty Rvs side on a 1-0 scoreline. Cian McNicholas’ 10th-minute goal gives Mungret a home fourth round tie versus Montpelier FC.

Mungret have been blowing hot and cold this season but on their day are capable of beating the best.

The goal derived from great inter play between Kieran Long and Kian Barry when the latter played a superb through ball for the on-running Cian McNicholas to expertly lift the ball over the advancing Tommy Holland.

As expected the visitors were forced into defence as Balla pushed for the equaliser but Paul Danahers’ side stayed solid throughout to record a memorable win.

BALLYNANTY ROVERS: Tommy Holland; Cian Lynch; Adam Costello; Alex Kiely; Josh Adams; Leon Kirrane; Shane Walsh; Eddie Byrnes; AJ Moloney; Kane Connolly; Jamie Greaves, Subs: James Fitzgerald; Calum Kiely; Adam O’Regan; Thomas Byrnes; Gavin Hehir; Kevin Laffan; Seamus Moloney.

MUNGRET REG: Daniel Doyle; Conor Myers; Mark Barrett; Aaron Long; Colm Barrett; Darragh Killian; Danny McCarthy; Conor Madden; Kieran Long; Kian Barry; Cian McNicholas, Subs: Craig Prendergast; Mark Patterson; Sean O’Sullivan; A Hamarneh; Evan Patterson; Evan Barrett; Gary Kelly.

Premier League

Nenagh AFC 1 Athlunkard Villa 0

Nenagh beat Athlunkard Villa in a game that had both sides fighting to push clear of the drop zone.

The result sees the Tipperary side leapfrog Villa who are now six points clear of Corbally but have played two games extra.
Daniel Connolly scored the only goal for Nenagh who had to dig deep to keep Villa at bay throughout.

NENAGH AFC: Oisin Conacur; Colm Hayden; Mark Manley; Ciaran O’Reilly; Kieran Barr; Pa Steed; Daniel Connolly; Saeed Ryan; B Tracey; Adam Brennan; Aaron Cusack, Subs: Dylan McKenna; Dan Furey.

ATHLUNKARD VILLA: Robert Power; Ben Dillon; Darragh Peters; Dave Frawley; Diarmuid Grimes; John Keogh; Shane Cope; Lorcan Feeney; James Frahill; Danny Taylor; Famara Kassama, Subs: TJ McDonnell; P Taylor; Mustapha Jaiteh; Cillian Scully; Omar Darboe.

Round-up

The Premier A Healy Webb Cup produced two classic games with penalties required to separate the sides.

League leaders Moyorss played bottom side Southend expecting an easy win but the home side nearly caused the shock of the season before falling to spot kicks.

Without a win this season, Southend gave notice last week when Star Rvs struggled to beat them, that they were finding form and Moyross were glad to get out of there with the win.

Keelan Nash, Tobi Osunlola, Elvis Iheme and Dean Hogan were on the mark for Southend while Lee Quinn, Pierce Cunningham, Jay Ryan and Cian Power netted for Moyross.

Newport led 3-1 with 10 minutes remaining before Summerville staged a comeback that saw them bring the tie to penalties where they prevailed.

Callum O’Connell, Luke Ryan and Brian O’Sullivan had Newport 3-1 ahead with Shane Power on target for the visitors.

Sean Keane pulled one back and Evan Waters equalised to set up a memorable win.

The promotion race in Division 1A saw a big move on Saturday when Murroe beat Holycross to move into second place ahead of Shelbourne.

Jamie Long gave Murroe a first half lead added to after the break by Liam Quinn.

Alex Burchill pulled one back for Holycross but Murroe held on for a vital win.

Corbally Utd B edged out Parkville by the odd goal in five. Mark Hayes scored two along with Darragh Carey for the winners while Ben McNamara and Luke Carmody netted for Parkville.

In the Division 1A O’Halloran Cup there were easy wins for Shelbourne and Aisling D.

Four first half goals from Shelbourne’s Adam McGlynn, George Barry, Ger Johnson and Adam McGlynn killed their contest with Ballylanders. James Doherty completed the scoring late on.

Liam Danaher completed a hat trick for Aisling Annacotty D when they hit Cappamore for five. Jamie Collins and Mark Collins also found the net.

Division 1B leaders Ballynanty Rvs B picked up another three points with a 5-1 win over Lisnagry A. Jack O'Callaghan proved the hero for the Blues with three goals.

Eddie Radcliffe and Derek Daly were also on the mark for the Blues, who hold a two-point lead over Pike Rvs with two games remaining.

Zack Gleeson scored for Lisnagry. Despite trailing by two points, Pike have a game in hand. They kept their title charge on
course on Saturday with a 5-0 win over Croom United.

Dylan O'Neill 2, Evan Lynch, David Corbett and Logan O'Byrne were the winning scorers.

Goals from Diarmuid Fitzpatrick 2, Sean Morrissey 2 and Kieran O'Brien saw Nenagh B hit Kilfrush for five without reply.

Kilmallock B also scored five as they beat Newport B 5-1. Two apiece for Cathal Connery and Callum O'Dwyer as well as one for Conor Hanley did the damage. Keith Mawdsley replied for Newport.

Division 3A Champions finished off their campaign with an exciting 5-4 win over Shelbourne. Cian Power and Shane Power netted two apiece with Philip Clancy making up the winner’s tally. AJ McDonagh scored three along with Alex Robinson for Shels.

Niall O'Riordan bagged a brace for Castle Utd but they lost 5-2 to Athlunkard Villa C with scores from Christian Kerley 2, Aaron Carroll, Leon Carroll and Keith Kane.

Goals from Eoin Cleary and A O'Riordan gave Knockainey a 2-0 win at Lough Derg.

In Division 2A, leaders Hyde Rgs posted another big win against Newtown which means they will be crowned champions if they can beat Castle Rvs next weekend.

Dylan Bourke, Craig Downes, Jack Nash, Andrew Brosnahan, Evan Shine, Ryan McCormack and Jon Somers scored for Hyde.

Two goals from Rafael Henrique gave Brazuca the spoils at Abbey Rvs to keep their promotion charge on course.

Lough Derg kept their hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Herbertstown B thanks to a Daniel Fogarty goal.

Goals from Jamie Slater 2, Jerry Flavin 2, Stephen McNamara, Brian Murphy and Dara Prendergast saw Castle Rvs beat Cappamore B for whom Evan Coleman replied.

In the Division 2A Lipper Cup, holders Coonagh came out tops in a nine-goal thriller with Meanus.

Tadhg McCarthy 2, Niall McCarthy and Brian Sexton netted for the county side but a hat trick from Cian Moloney and further goals from Ger Hodkinson and Ronan McKenna saw Coonagh through.

Division 2B leaders Fairview Rgs B dug out a superb 1-0 win over Holycross B thanks to a Jordan Kelliher goal. The result means that if Fairview beat Prospect in their final game they will be crowned champions.

Reece Kelly and Jake Kiely scored for Prospect in a 2-0 win at Caherdavin Celtic B while an Aaron Fahy double gave Corbally the spoils in a 2-1 win at Murroe.

In the Youth Premier League leaders Fairview ran up a big score over Geraldines with goals from Fionn Reid 3, Darren Keogh 2, Chad Molloy, Daniel Zweigela and J Duggan.

Pike Rvs also scored eight in their game with Corbally Utd. Cathal McNamara scored five with Joe Murphy 2 and Dylan Kett making up the tally.

Alex Woodland, Conor Ryan and Peter Ashe scored for Murroe but they fell 5-3 to Aisling Annacotty A. Timmy O'Sullivan 2, Ben Kiely 2 and Cian Finucane scored fore the winners.