Limerick District League FAI Junior Cup, Munster Junior Cup and lower league round-up

FAI JUNIOR CUP:

Fairview Rangers 4 Aisling Annacotty 2

FAIRVIEW Rangers recorded a superb comeback to knock joint Premier League leaders, Aisling Annacotty out of the FAI Junior Cup in a thrilling encounter at the Fairgreen on Saturday evening.

With a 6.30pm kick off the end of the game overlapped the start of the Ireland rugby side's World Cup game, but a riveting cup tie kept the fans firmly in place until the final whistle.

Fairview’s current woes, where they lost a number of key players, are well documented but Paul O’Donnell’s men showed huge character to knock a superb Aisling side out of their stride.

The victory was even more impressive considering they had to fight back from a 2-1 half time deficit to seal the win.
Fairview took the lead with a superb goal. Sublime skill from Filip Mostowy created the opening for Liam Quinn to hit a first-time volley past Josh Coady.

Aisling recovered well. Kevin Barry was creating havoc in the Fairview rearguard and the striker’s excellent through ball put Leon Daly in to fire home the equaliser.

Adam Foley pulled free of his marker to collect at the back post and he fired into the far corner to send Aisling in ahead at the break.

The second half began with no hint that Fairview were going to burst into life but if ever substitutions changed a game, this was it.

Aisling replaced the tiring Barry while the home side sprung Kane Connolly and Josh Quinlivan.

The latter tied up the game with a well struck volley from a clever Quinn pass.

With Barry out of the fray, the Fairview defence pushed forward more and Cian McNamara tilted the tie back in Fairview’s favour when he burst through the Aisling defence and traded passes with Kane Connolly before firing home.

With time running out, Aisling went all out for the equaliser and were caught when from a quick breakaway Quinlivan latched onto Duggan’s clearance and centred for Connolly to put the nine-time winners into the next round.

Fairview Rgs: Josh McCarthy GK; Igor Vasylenko; Blake Curran; Jason Cross; Shane Tracey; Adam Dore; Cian McNamara; Josh McCarthy; Shane Duggan; Filip Mostowy; Liam Quinn. Subs: Josh Quinlivan; Kane Connolly; Dylan Higgins Kelly; Adam Keating.
Aisling Annacotty: Josh Coady; Eliah Riordan; Adam O'Regan; Wayne Colbert; Richkov Boevi; Adam Foley; Paul Brennan; Leon Daly; Kevin Barry; Jeffery Judge; Tom Kidd. Subs: Sean Ezekannagha; Adam Costello; Raid Mouras, Theo Joyce.

TUOHY CUP:

Mungret Regional 1 Nenagh AFC 1
(Mungret won on pens aet)
MUNGRET advanced to a quarter final bout with Pike Rvs in the Tuohy Cup following a penalty shoot-out win over Nenagh AFC in Jackman Park on Thursday evening.

Mungret took a first half lead through Cian McNicholas, and it looked like it would be enough to see them through. However, in the final minute Kieran Barr struck an equaliser for Nenagh to send the game to penalties.

Mungret keeper James Roche saved two Nenagh spot kicks before Eoin Kelly converted the deciding kick.

Mungret Regional: James Roche, Evan Patterson, Eoin Ryan, Conor Myers, Jamie Enright, Cian McNicholas, David Conway, Kieran Long, Michael Curran, Aled Harkin, Pa Aherne, Subs, Brian Cotter, Dara Killian, Eoin Kelly, Hamza Celik, Gary Kelly.
Nenagh: Aaron Savage, Saeed Ryan, Lee Mowatt, Colm Hayden, Kieran Barr, Alan Sheehan, Matthew O’Gorman, Conor McCormack, Ryan Gilmartin, Adam Ryan, Aidan White, Subs, Mark McKenna, Tommy Heffernan, Eoin Coffey, Eamon White.

MFA CUP:

Janesboro 1 Pike Rovers 7

PIKE Rvs set up a mouth-watering third round clash with MFA holders Regional United following a comfortable win over a very young Janesboro XI on Sunday.

Adam Lipper opened the scoring and a double from Dylan Murphy had Pike well in control by the break.

‘Boro pulled one back through Thomas Clarke after the restart but the Premier side upped another gear adding goals from Shane Franklin, Derek Daly, Colin Daly and Conor Coughlan to complete the scoring.

Pike Rovers: Gary Neville; Nathan O'Callaghan; Sean Madigan; Adam Lipper; Eoin Hanrahan; Steven Bradley; Conor Coughlan; Colin Daly; Dylan Murphy; Kyle Duhig; Wayne Sparling, Subs: Shane Franklin; Derek Daly; Danny O'Neill; Eddie O'Donovan.

Newport 3 Coonagh Utd 1
NEWPORT came out tops in the all-premier clash at the Tipperary venue against Coonagh Utd.

Christy Connors headed home from Dave Ryan’s corner kick and Luke Ryan doubled the home side’s advantage when he latched onto Pa Murtagh’s through ball.

Newport tacked on another goal in the second half through Darren Collins while the visitors will take scant consolation from Evans Ezekannagha’s late goal.

Newport: Harry Ryan; Eoin Looney; Pa Murtagh; Drew McLean; Christy Connors; Elliot Slattery; Darren Collins; David Ryan; Luke Ryan; Brian O'Sullivan; Jay Ryan, Subs; Cillian O'Shea; Dan Egan; Daniel Ryan; Killian O'Malley.
Coonagh Utd: Josh Sheehan; Luke Doherty; Niall Earls; Ian Considine; Andrew Leydon; Ronan Ryan; Ger Myles; Mike Guerin; Colin Scanlon; Christian Mubiala; Joey Sheehan, Subs: Amani Ally Amani; Evans Ezekannagha; Sean Hartney; Colm Kenny; Darragh Peters.

Corbally Utd 1 Geraldines 0
Corbally Utd produced the shock of the day when they knocked Geraldines out of the Munster Junior Cup at Athlunkard on Sunday morning.

Corbally were full value for their win against the Premier side, who just couldn’t find their rhythm.

The game was scoreless at the break but midway through the second half a clearance from a corner fell to Ian O'Donoghue and the former Dines favourite played a ball over the top for Jack Fitzgerald who lobbed the outrushing keeper to score the only goal of the game.

AJ Moloney went within a whisker of an equalising goal but in truth the home side deserved their win.

Corbally Utd: Andrejs Katkovs, Adrian Finnan, Liam O'Flynn, Conor Madigan, Sean O'Dwyer, Mike White, Barry O'Sullivan, Alan Doherty, Jack Fitzgerald, Ian O'Donoghue, Sammy Klorane, Subs; David Thompson, Pa Whelan, Mark Hayes.
Geraldines: Cian O'Brien; Adrian Mitchell; Paul Fitzgerald; Scott Kelly; Thomas O'Grady; Chris Kaya; Karl Turner; Dean McNamara; AJ Moloney; Tony Mambuana; Craig Collopy, Subs: Rob Lowe; Dean McNamara/; Aaron Hickey; Zac Mursal; Jason Mullins.

Hyde Rgs 2 Prospect Priory 1
The local derby between Hyde Rgs and Prospect was as close as you would expect in such encounter before Hyde snatched victory with a late goal.

Calum Murphy put Hyde in front with a cracking goal but Prospect top scorer had the sides level by half time.
An evenly fought second half saw the game heading for extra time before Evan Shine pounced on a rebound to blast in from close range.

Hyde will now meet Corbally in round three.

Hyde Rgs: Tibor Voćanec, Nathan Walsh, Dylan Bourke, Dylan O’Neill Dillon Byrne, Lee Hartigan, Alex Kiely, Ben O’Shaughnessy, Evan Shine, Ben Kennedy, Callum Murphy, Subs; Richard Benn, Jonathan Somers, Douglas Silva.

PREMIER LEAGUE:

Nenagh AFC 2 Charleville 1
In a real relegation six pointer Nenagh came up trumps edging out rivals Charleville by the odd goal in three.

The Tipperary side took a two-goal lead with scores from Saeed Ryan and Matt O'Gorman. A number of wasted chances kept Charleville in the fray and Colin Quaid scored to reduce the deficit.

Nenagh held on to take the points and leapfrog Charleville out of the drop zone.
Nenagh AFC: Aaron Savage; Saeed Ryan; Lee Mowatt; Colm Hayden; Kieran Barr; Eamon White; Adam Ryan; Aidan White; Kieran O'Brien; Matt O'Gorman; Tom Heffernan, Subs: Diarmuid Fitzpatrick; Eoin Coffey; Mark McKenna; Oisin Fitzpatrick.
Charleville: Fionn O'Connor; Joey Herbert; Colin Quaid; Kristen O'Gorman; Jason O'Hara; Joe Kavanagh; Mark Kavanagh; Jack Callaghan; Gerry O'Reilly; Gary Ward; Alan Saunders, Subs: Joe O'Connor; Clement Hehir; Cory Curtin.

ROUND-UP:

In the Munster Junior Shield, Newport B advanced at the expense of Croom Utd on a 6-3 scoreline. Conor Brett and Jamie Kavanagh scored two apiece. Pat Gallagher and an own goal made up the winners tally. Josh Shinners (2) and Cian Costello replied for Croom.

Ryan Deere and Joe Lonergan scored two apiece with Denis O'Donoghue also on target for Cappamore in a 5-3 win over Knockainey for whom Rory Reale, Nick Hayes and James Hayes scored.

The Munster Youth Cup kicked off with the big two making through with ease. Aisling Annacotty put six past a game Summerville XI. Alex Keating claimed a hat trick while

Rhys Meehan, Andrew Kearney and Luke Jordan were also on the mark for the winners.

Pike Rvs beat their Under 17 team 4-0 thanks to goals from Shane Franklin (2), Lenny Raleigh and Jamie Mitchell.

Goals from Senan Ryan (3) and Ciaran Carey (2) gave Newport A a 5-3 win over Corbally Utd.

In the Premier A League, Kilmallock went joint top with Janesboro following a hard earned 2-0 win at Caherdavin Celtic. Goals from Shane Lyons and Paul Moloney sealed the win.

Aisling Bees put five past Moyross through Kai Joyce, Cian Arthur, Shane Donegan, Danny O'Donovan and Alex O'Donoghue.

Pallasgreen remain top in Division 1A following a 3-3 draw with second placed Star Rvs.

Vinnie Ryan  (2) and Brian O'Leary scored for the county side; Emmet Hehir, Frank Hogan and Jake Downey scored for Star.

Regional Utd B join Star in second following their 3-2 win at Caherconlish.

James Cleary and an own goal accounted for the home scores but goals from Ciarán Downey, Mark Shannahan and Ian Downes gave United the win.

Jamie McNamara (2) and Aaron Brosnahan were on the mark for Granville Rgs in a 3-3 draw with Ballylanders. Seamus Ryan, Mark O'Callaghan and Philip O'Sullivan replied. Herbertstown            move to the top of the table in Division 2A after a 5-1 result at home to Hyde Rgs B. Kevin Meade scored three, Mike Bob Ryan and Johnny Culhane made up the tally while Noel Shanahan replied for Hyde.

The big game in Division 2B went the way of Balla in a 7-4 win over Brazuca United.

Ger Higgins (2), Dean O'Brien, Thomas Hourigan, Ryan Earls, Barry Quinn and Jamie O'Sullivan scored for the winners.

Tristan O'Sullivan, Bobby O'Mara and Sean Cronin scored for Lisnagry B in a win over Newport C while Newtown Rovers and Mungret Reg D ended 4-4.

Cillian O'Sullivan, Mike Donnellan, Conor Slevin and Mark O'Grady scored for Newtown,

Danny Galvin (2), Barry Danaher and Alan Finucane for Mungret.

In Division 3A Geraldines led Carew Park B 3-0 when the game was halted with minutes remaining. Geraldines B scorers were Thomas Lyons, Ken Nealon and Alan Keane.

Dave O'Donovan and Oussoubi Niakate scored for Summerville Rvs B in a 2-2 draw with Dromore Celtic for whom Joe O'Callaghan struck twice.

Lough Derg moved to the top of the table in Division 3B after a 4-0 win over Nenagh.

Dan Furey, Daniel Fogarty, Alex Lawlor and an own goal accounted for the scores.

Evan Madigan (4), Stephen Wallace (2), James Power and Cian Donnelly scored for Cals in an 8-3 win over Northside for whom Frank Daly (2) and Tim Hogan replied.