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Cooraclare Celtic 3 Coole FC 5
THIRD-division leaders Coole FC took a giant step towards the title when they travelled to and beat second-placed Cooraclare Celtic on Sunday.
Coole scored first through Kyle McCarthy and led 1-0 at half-time. Cooraclare levelled through Stephen Sweeney early in the second half. Coole went back in front soon after this through Colm Grealish but Cooraclare levelled again, this time through Ruairi O’Connor.
Coole took the lead again through Kyle McCarthy and they added two more, both from the penalty spot by McCarthy to bring his tally to four. Cooraclare concluded the scoring when Gerard O’Brien converted a penalty.
Cooraclare Celtic: Declan Keane, Barry Lynch, Colm Carroll, Gearóid Kelly, Conor Marrinan, Con O’Brien, Gerard O’Brien, Ruairi O’Connor, Paul Murphy, Joe Kelly, Stephen Sweeney.
Coole FC: Shane Hanrahan, Anthony Coppinger, Dave Franklin, Aidan O’Boyle, Danielo Bento, Alex Brocard, Greg Lally, Martin Nestor, Colm Grealish, Dave Cahill, Kyle McCarthy.
Sub: Gerry McGann.
Tulla United B 0 Rineanna Rovers B 4
RINEANNA Rovers B had a comfortable win over Tulla United B at the Cragg on Sunday. An Enda Barrett goal helped them to a 1-0 lead at half-time.
In the second half, Barrett added two more to complete a hat trick. while the fourth goal came from Thiago. The winners played most of the second half with 10 men after Ronan McCormack was sent off.
Tulla United B: Trevor McInerney, John O’Hagan, Phil Browne, Eamonn Howley, Brian Murphy, Cathal Dinan, Gerry Ryan, Emmet O’Brien, Declan Curran, Owen Ryan, Alan Leamy.
Subs: Damian Hanrahan for G Ryan, Martin Floyd for O Ryan and Niall Leamy for Hagan.
Rineanna Rovers B: Eugene O’Mahoney, John O’Halloran, Dara McCormack, David Barrett, Paudie O’Looney, Martin Frawley, Thiago, Alan Barrett, Enda Barrett, Ronan McCormack, Shane Meehan.
Subs: Gerard Cahill, Mark Cahill and Conor Quinlivan.
Treaty Celtic 2 Shannon Olympic B 0
TREATY Celtic earned a comfortable 2-0 victory over Shannon Olympic B in their third division tie on Sunday. Treaty Celtic had the better of the opening period and were rewarded with a headed goal from Noel Nash following a corner kick.
Treaty continued to apply presssure and were awarded a penalty soon after which was dispatched with ease by Martin McCarthy to make the score 2-0 at the break. Treaty Celtic always looked comfortable in the second half as Olympic B failed to exert any period of pressure.
Treaty Celtic: J Ellard, N Donovan, N Nash, G Thompson, D Nolan, C O’Shea, M McCarthy, BG Healy, S Hayes, A Considine, J Clifford.
Sub: B Deely.
Shannon Olympic B: Brian Tierney, Ronan McGirl, Conor Flynn, Cathal McKee, Declan McManus, Karl Ahlsved, Cian O’Brien, Vlado Pahuli, Terry O’Neill, Kakei Ko, Gregorsz Zimja.
Subs: Ryan Kamper for O’Brien, Joe Brennan for O’Neill and Adam Kelly for Zimja.
Hermitage C 0 Manus Celtic B 2
MANUS Celtic B proved too strong for Hermitage C on Sunday when goals from Bernard Scanlon in the opening minutes and Aaron Considine in the second half sealed victory for the Clarecastle side.
Hermitage C: Ian Mounsey, Niall Seary, Sean Dunne, Eric O’Donoghue, Jamie Kenneally, Eamonn Moloney, Johnnie O’Grady, Trevor Devanney, Oisin O’Donnell, John Hassett, Ken Hartigan.
Subs: Mike Thousifer, Colin O’Callaghan and Robert Woods.
Manus Celtic B: Brian Keogh, Michael Malone, Barry Malone, Gary Farmer, Seanie Moloney, Danny Scanlan, Conor Plunkett, Aaron Considine, Eamonn Callinan, Bernard Scanlan, Donogh Murphy.
Sub: Davy Considine for B Scanlan.
Bridge Celtic B 1 Hermitage B 3
HERMITAGE B made the journey to O’Briensbridge on Sunday and returned with the points thanks to a 3-1 win. They took an early lead but Wesley Fleming levelled for the home side and the half-time score was 1-1. The visitors had the better of the second half and scored twice to secure the points. Scorers for the ’Tage were Cathal Keane, Brian McMahon and Damian Hand.
Bridge Celtic B: Paul O’Connell, Brendan Nolan, Johnnie Howard, Wesley Fleming, Diarmuid Ahern, Kevin McEvoy, Ollie Phillips, Shane Moloney, Paul Nolan, Ben Hynes, James Nolan.
Subs: Tim Foley, Alan Kelly and Aaron Walsh.
Hermitage B: Marcin Piotrowski, Cormac O’Neill, Joe Slattery, Seanie Kelleher, Cyril Casey, Cathal Keane, Jason Carey, Chris O’Riordan, Kevin Ruane, Brian McMahon, Ethan McCarthy.
Subs: Damian Hand, Michael Singleton and Niall Corry.
St Pat’s 2 West Clare United 1
ST Pat’s came out on top in the West Clare derby clash at Kilmihil on Sunday. West Clare took the lead through Tony Doherty in the first half but the home side were in front by half-time following goals from Brendan McNamara and Derek O’Connell.
