Hard-earned victory for Moher Celtic

Newmarket Celtic B 0   Moher Celtic 1

MOHER Celtic kept up their challenge for first-division honours with this hard-earned victory over Newmarket Celtic B at McDonogh Park on Sunday.

After a scoreless first half, the visitors got the vital breakthrough midway through the second period. Johnnie Daly, whose first-half effort rebounded off the post, put in the cross which saw Willie Murphy fire home what roved to be the winning score.

In the closing quarter, Newmarket piled on the pressure but Shane Keane in the visitors’ goal produced some impressive saves.

Newmarket Celtic B: Trevor O’Donnell; Jamie Cronin, Derek Moynihan, Christopher Noonan, Conor Cusack, Martin Mulqueen, Eoin Kelly, Seamus Considine, Danny Conway, Kevin Feehily, Ciarán Crosby.
Subs: Martin Frawley for Mulqueen; Martin O’Neill for Considine; Shane McMahon for Noonan.
Moher Celtic: Shane Keane; Davy Commane, Alan Horan, Denis Murphy, Brian Conway; Cohen Phillipson, Alan O’Brien, Willie Murphy, Jimmin Dooley; Johnnie Daly, Jack Cagney.
Subs: James Considine for A O’Brien; Sean Noonan for Cagney; Damian Finnucane for Dooley.

Corofin Harps 1   Inch Crusaders 1

A DRAW was a fair result in this first division league game at Corofin on Sunday. The conditions were tough for both teams but there was no lacking in effort. Pádraig Talty and Eoin Enright went close for Inch in the first half and Corofin’s best effort was a header that went over the bar.

James Rynne went close again for Inch early in the second half when his shot went over the bar from inside the box. Corofin went in front midway through the second half when Damien Ryan finished well to the right corner after a good break from the back.

Inch earned a deserved share of the spoils with six minutes remaining when Rory Killeen got on the end of a Brian McDonnell cross to score.

Corofin Harps: Michael Concannon; Stephen Quinn, Brian Halpin, Daryl Bane, Luke O’Loughlin; Jason Tierney, Damian Ryan, Michael Daly, Brian McGahern; Stephen Keane, Brendan Keane.
Subs: David O’Loughlin, Fiachra Roche, Damian Crowe.
Inch Crusaders: Andy O’Flynn; John Earls, Thomas O’Doherty, Brendan Talty, Sean Talty, Eoin Enright, Brian McDonnell, Mark Connellan, Conor Neylon, Padraig Talty, James Rynne.
Sub: Rory Killeen for Neylon.