Late goal secures points for Cratloe

Cratloe Forest  1   Shannon Olympic A  0
SHANNON Olympic A suffered their first league defeat of the season against Cratloe Forest in Limerick Institute of Technology on Sunday morning. Despite enjoying more possession, Olympic were left ruing their poor finishing when Cratloe converted one chance late in the game.

Olympic started the game on top, putting pressure on the home side from the off with Jason Regan, Karl Scott, George Justice and Donncadh Kelly all having chances to score early in the game.
Their best chances in the first half came from a Donncadh Kelly header, which went over the bar after 25 minutes and a Jason Regan effort in the 40th minute.
Cratloe created few scoring chances in the first half but when they did, they were as profligate as the Shannon men in their finishing. Their best chance came on 40 minutes when Ally McMillan failed to convert. This was the last significant incident of the first half and the teams went into the break with honours even at 0-0.
The second half started with Olympic again on top and creating more chances. A Gareth McPhillips free kick in the 47th minute went over the bar and Ray Quigley shot tamely into the Cratloe ’keeper’s hands on 50 minutes. It looked only a matter of time for Olympic to score with Jason Regan, Ray Quigley and substitutes Alan Casey and Jimmy Houlihan all going close.
In the 70th minute, Olympic felt they should have been offered the chance to score from the penalty spot when Alan Casey seemed to have been fouled in the box by Padraig Chaplin and ’keeper DeLoughery scooped the loose ball up. It was deemed a back pass by the referee and a yellow card was issued to DeLoughery. Olympic were awarded an indirect free kick from 13 yards but captain Regan was unable to keep his shot down.
Cratloe again failed to create many chances in this half but with Olympic failing to finish and capitalise on their chances, a sucker punch began to look likely and so it was in the 85th minute when a hopeful ball into the Olympic penalty area was not dealt with properly by the defence. It fell to Cratloe substitute David Ryan on the edge of the box, who calmly stroked the ball home past McGettrick in the Olympic goal.
Olympic looked shell-shocked and tried to get back to parity with Jimmy Houlihan almost getting free of the Cratloe defence a number of times. But it was too little too late and Cratloe Forest collected the three points.
Best for Olympic on the day were Donncadh Kelly and Karl Fogarty, while Pa O’Halloran and ’keeper Pierce DeLoughery were best for Cratloe.
Shannon Olympic: Gary McGettrick, Ian Hogan, James Fitzgerald, David Collins, Karl Fogarty, George Justice, Donncadh Kelly, Gareth McPhillips, Jason Regan, Ray Quigley, Karl Scott.
Subs: Alan Casey, Mick O’Connell, Jimmy Houlihan, Greg Keane and Dave Kearns.
Cratloe Forest: Pierce De Loughery, Barry Gleeson, Phil Counihan, Paddy O’Halloran, Tom O’Connor, Padraig Chaplin, Damien Browne, Ally McMillan, Liam Markham, Brian McMillan, Aiden Browne.
Subs: David Ryan and Martin McMillan

Burren United  3   Connolly Celtic  2
THE game was poised at 0-0 after 45 minutes, before an incident-filled second half. In the second period, the winners raced into a 3-0 lead with the goals from Martin McDonagh (two) and Mareen Ghat. Connolly hit back with two from Kieran Dillon but failed to find an equaliser.
Burren United: Ian McInerney, James Droney, Mark McCarthy, John McCormack, Graham O’Neill, Evan Talty, Noel Downes, James Keating, Martin McDonagh, Patrick D’arcy, Mareen Ghat.
Subs: Stephen Nagle for James Keating and Martin Garrihy for Pat D’arcy.
Connolly Celtic: Ken Kennedy, Brian Conlon, Kieran Dillon, Keith O’Looney, Aidan Moloney, Bernard Field, Graham Kelly, Brendan Dillon, Alan Markham, Andy Clancy, Pa Hogan.
Subs: Killian Torpey, Danny Cabey and Senan McCarthy.

Sporting Ennistymon  6   Bridge United  0
FOUR goals by Sean McConigley, including a first-half hat-trick, helped the North Clare side to victory. The remaining two goals came from Killian Malone and Pa Foley as they ran out convincing winners.
Sporting Ennistymon: Shane Keane, Joe Dowling, Pa Foley, Caoimhín Fahy, Colm Donnellan, Patrick O’Dwyer, Alan Horan, Thierry Bouton, Alan Sexton, John McInerney, Sean McConigley.
Subs: Killian Malone for Pat O’Dwyer, Abdel Ennaoui for Alan Sexton and Fiachra O’Malley for Thierry Bouton.
Bridge United B: Barry Deasy, Dan Larkin, Dominic Murphy, Albert Finnan, Kevin Meehan, Barry Noonan, Barry Downes, Damien Murray, Alan Mcauley, Jason Whyte, Trevor Maxwell.
Subs: Paul Corbett, Brian O’ Connell, Mark Lonergan and Iain O’Sullivan.

Mountshannon Celtic  1   Corofin Harps  0
MOUNTSHANNON took the points after the only goal of the game came through John O’Brien.
Mountshannon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh, Martin McNamara, Raymond Cahill, Brian Rodgers, Padraig Brody, John Moloney, Cathal Moloney, George Waterstone, Tommy Gleeson, Paul Dooley, John O’Brien.
Subs: Andrew McNamara for Paul Dooley.