Rovers advance to next round

Junior Cup

Rineanna Rovers A 3
Ruan Utd 2

A FANCIED Rineanna Rovers side were made fight all the way for victory by Ruan United in their tie last weekend.

Ruan went in front with a Gavin Dinan goal from a free kick after 15 minutes. On the half-hour mark Rineanna equalised from a set piece when Enda Kelly was on target and this left the game at 1-1 at half-time.
Ruan went back in front when Paul Dinan scored early in the second half but again Rineanna fought back and they equalised from a free kick by Neil Mills.
There was little between the teams in extra time and the match looked to be heading for a penalty shoot-out when the home side struck with a few minutes remaining. Following a corner, there was a scramble for possession in the goalmouth and Johnnie Okoru got the vital touch to score the winning goal on a day when Ruan’s Jonathon Clohessy was in outstanding form.
Rineanna Rovers A: Jason Casey, Neil Mills, John Earls, Enda Kelly, Conor Sweeney, Patsy Keyes, John Okoru, Kieran Keane, Niall Murphy, Brian Kelly, Sean O’Connor.
Subs: Paddy Finlay for Sweeney and Martin Reidy for Murphy.
Ruan United: Damian Maxwell, Pakie Roughan, Leon Quirke, Willie Treacy, Hugh O’Donnell, Conor Reeves, Jonathon Clohessy, Ronan Leahy, Fergus Casey, Paul Dinan, Gavin Dinan.
Subs: Patrick Keegan for Reeves, Brendan Dobbins for Casey and Damian Quirke for Leahy.

Tulla Utd A 4
Kilrush Rangers 1
The Clare cup first-round tie at the Cragg on Sunday produced plenty of talking points.
The final scoreline suggests a comfortable win for the home team but, in reality, they were made fight all the way for victory by a Kilrush Rangers side that finished the game with eight players after they had three of their team dismissed.
The home team took the lead when Niall Whelan scored following a corner and this score separated the teams at half-time. The visitors were reduced to 10 men in the first half when Eoin Fitzgerald was shown a straight red card.
Early in the second half, substitute Keith Leninan doubled Tulla’s advantage before Kilrush pulled one back through Gearóid Lynch. Shortly after this, Kilrush claims for a penalty were turned down and soon Tulla were two clear again after Whelan scored his second. Lenihan then had his second to put Tulla in a strong position. Kilrush’s tale of woe continued when Martin Danagher and Kevin Larkin both saw yellow for the second time, which resulted in their dismissal.
Tulla finished the game with 10 men when substitute Kevin DeLoughrey had to leave the field due to injury at a time when they had used their quote of substitutes.
Tulla United A: Shane Collins, Niall Whelan, Padraic O’Malley, Denis Murphy, Dara Corry, Tommy McKeown, Gearóid O’Doherty, Paudge Vaughan, Shane Mason, Alan Brigdale, Mike McDermott.
Subs: John Brigdale, Keith Lenihan, Trevor Corbett, Kevin De Loughrey and Tom Byrnes.
Kilrush Rangers: John Soffe, Kevin Clohessy, Kevin Larkin, Martin Danagher, Eoin Fitzgeald, Terry Herlihy, Eoin F Fitzgerald, Sean Shannon, Gearóid Lynch, John Ryan, Trevor Clancy.
Subs: Niall Clancy, Eoin Daly and Darren Clarke.

Sporting Ennistymon 0
Rock Rovers 3
ROCK Rovers comfortably booked their place in the next round when they proved too strong for an understrength Sporting Ennistymon side at Lisdoonvarna on Sunday.
The winners’ goals came from Eoin Glynn, Niall McNevin and Marty McLoughlin on a day when they held a 2-0 half-time lead.
Sporting Ennistymon: Abdel Ennaoui, Michael O’Dwyer, Ciaran Flanagan, Robbie McInerney, Mark Burke, Patrick O’Dwyer, Brian Houlihan, Alan Horan, Alan Sexton, John McInerney, Thierry Bouton.
Subs: Cathal McConigley, James McConigley and Padraig Flynn.
Rock Rovers: Stephen Loftus, Michael Dinan, Ronan Judge, Shane Daniels, Francis Daniels, Ashley Glynn, Eoin Glynn, Dean Gardiner, Daryl Eade, David Ryan, Niall McNevin.
Subs: Barry Woods, Marty McLoughlin and Stephen Hickey.

Mountshannon Celtic o
Bridge Celtic A 1
IN an East Clare derby, the visitors struck for the all-important goal after just two minutes. Tim Foley was the scorer and his effort was enough to see the O’Briensbridge outfit through to the next round, despite being short a number of their regular side.Mountshannon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh, Martin McNamara, Raymond Cahill, Brian Rodgers, Andrew McNamara, Cathal Moloney, Kevin Dooley, George Waterstone, Keelan McNamara, John Moloney, Padraig Brody.Subs: John O’Brien, John Bugler, Wellington Pires Saores.
Bridge Celtic A: Paul O’Connell, Rob Cassidy, Ciaran Aherne, Trevor Howard, Ryan Morris, Ger O’Connell, Shane Byrnes, Paul McEvoy, Aaron Walsh, Conor Hynes, Tim Foley.Sub: Alan Kelly

Kilkishen Celtic 1
Manus Celtic A 1
(AET Manus won 4-3 on penalties)
ADRIAN McDonagh gave Manus the lead in the first half of their lively cup tie played at Kilkishen. McDonagh recently joined Manus from Avenue and he scored after good play by the Geraghty brothers, Mikey and Stephen.
Kilkishen equalised 20 minutes into second half through Derek Canny, a score that was deserved, as they had a number of efforts saved by Manus goalie, Jeff Healy prior to this.
Extra time failed to separate the teams and this resulted in a penalty shoot-out. James Hook, Damian O’Connell and Shane McInerney scored for Kilkishen, while Fergus Donovan had his effort saved but Derek Canny saw his kick sail over the crossbar.
The winners’ penalty scorers were Seanie Travers, Barry Guinnane and Kevin Clohessy before Michael McDonagh had his effort saved. When John Molloy stepped up to the final spot kick he needed to score to ensure his side’s passage to the next round and he duly did.
Kilkishen Celtic: Damian O’Connell, Flan McMahon, Mattie Holmes, James Hook, Derek Canny, Shane McInerney, Eoin Pewter, Fergus Donovan, Alan McInerney, Paul Hogan, Stevie Donnellan.
Sub: Brian Culbert.
Manus Celtic A: Jeff Healy, Aidan McCarthy, Ian Considine, Kevin Clohessy, Barry Guinnane, Seanie Travers, Adam Healy, Stevie Geraghty, Adrian McDonagh, Mikey Geraghty, Patrick Casey.
Subs: Tóla Crowe, Mikey McDonagh, John Molloy and Simon McDonagh.