Newmarket edge closer to league title

 

Lifford A 0   Newmarket Celtic A 1

NEWMARKET Celtic A continued their march towards the Premier League title with this win over Lifford at Cassidy Park on Sunday.

The home side had the better of the first-half exchanges but failed to breach the visitors’ defence.
In the second half, Newmarket got the upperhand and Daithi O’Connell scored what proved to be the all-important goal with 20 minutes remaining.

Lifford A: Jan Da Silva; Eoin Murphy, Joe Lynch, Michael J Sulllivan, Dylan Blake; Paul Cantillon, TJ Ajisomo, Pat Darcy, Ruairi Norrby; Ryan Boyle, Killian Malone.
Subs: Scott Hennessy for Norrby; Lunga Balman for Malone.
Newmarket Celtic A: Jason Casey; Darren Cullinan, Stephen Kelly, Eoin O’Brien, David O’Grady; Mike Devitt, Alan Kelly, Ronan McCormack, Paudie Hayes, Daithi O’Connell and Gary Collins.
Subs: Seamus Lawlor for Kelly; Seamus Considine for Collins; Kieran Devitt for McCormack.

Shannon Olympic A 3   Burren United 5

IN a high-scoring tie at Lisdoonvarna on Sunday, Burren United proved too strong for Shannon Olympic A.
Burren took the lead after 10 minutes from the penalty spot through Pat Nagle after he had been fouled in the area. They quickly added a second through Evan Talty and led 2-0 at half-time.
Shannon Olympic had a few chances in the first half but they had to wait until the second half for their opening goal, which came from Stephen Dolan. 
Martin McDonagh restored the winners’ two-goal advantage when he finished to the net after a good run. Substitute Neil Guilfoyle quickly made an impression when he pulled one back for the Shannon side.
Good pressure from Evan Talty led to the winners’ fourth goal before another substitute, Darren Duggan hit the target for Olympic.
Burren had the final say when, after pressure from Pat Nagle, the visitors conceded an own goal.

Shannon Olympic A: Gary McGettrick; Dave Collins, Kieran Keane, Karl Fogarty, Pa Fahy, Donnacda Kelly, Stephen Dolan, Jay Regan, Kieran Lake, Declan McDonald, John Keogh.
Subs: Neil Guilfoyle for Lake; Darren Duggan for Keogh.
Burren United: John McDonagh; Enda Coughlan, Daniel Carey, Michael Keating, Dale Masterson; Pat Nagle, Evan Talty, Alex Garcia, Martin McDonagh; Patrick Darcy and Danny Burke.
Subs: Micheal Duffy for Burke (inj); Conor Burke for Garcia.

Ennis Town Rock 3   Tulla United A 2

ENNIS Town Rock defeated Tulla United A at Lees Road on Sunday.
Stephen Hickey scored a hat-trick for the winners who were never headed in this tie. Hickey gave them the lead midway through the first half but Tulla hit back and Denis Murphy levelled following a Trevor Corbett corner.
The winners were 2-1 in front at half-time after Hickey struck for his second and he completed his hat-trick midway through the first half when putting his side two goals clear.
With the final whistle approaching, Paudge Vaughan pulled one back for the visitors but time wasn’t on their side and the Ennis outfit held on for victory.
Midway through the first half, Tulla lost goalkeeper Whelan to injury. Sunny Jay took over between the posts.

Ennis Town Rock: Stephen Loftus; Ethan Considine, Ronan Judge, Gary Walsh, Shane Daniels, Adrian Walsh, Daryl Eade, Ritchie Neylon, Dean Gardiner, Stephen Hickey and Marty McLoughlin.
Sub: Francis Daniels for Neylon.
Tulla United A: Paul Whelan, Thomas McKeown, Gearóid O’Doherty, Niall Whelan, Denis Murphy, Shane Mason, Noel Collins, Cillian Bane, Seosamh O’Loughlin, Trevor Corbett and Sunny Jay.
Subs: Alan Brigdale for Whelan (inj); Colin Nelson for O’Loughlin; Paudge Vaughan for Bane.

Hermitage A 0   Avenue United A 0

THERE were few chances in this all-Ennis Premier League clash at Lees Road on Sunday and a share of the spoils was a fair result on the day.
A Hermitage effort from Noel Frawley rebounded off the upright, while goalkeeper David Phillips made a couple of impressive saves.

Hermitge A: David Phillips; John Maher, Neil Mills, Tola Crowe, Rhys Phillips; Eoin Ryan, Ger Dullaghan, Noel Frawley, Seanie McGee; Ritchie Fitzgerald and Paul Dullaghan.
Subs: Shane Talty and Robert Dunne for McGee and Maher.
Avenue United A: John Healy; Mattie Nugent, Con Collins, Simon Cuddy, Colin Smith; David Smith, David Herlihy, Pa Wilson, Alan Roche, David McCarthy and Barry Nugent.
Subs: Mikey Mahoney for Wilson, Alex Zmusko for Herlihy.