Title holders are knocked out

There were a number of surprises in the second round of the Clare Junior Cup last Sunday, not least the defeat of title holders Rineanna Rovers by Burren United in Doolin.

Cratloe Forest and Sporting Ennistymon maintained their recent good form, with victories away to Kilrush Rangers and Tulla United A.
Manus Celtic A and B teams progressed to round three with wins over Kildysart Celtic and Connolly Celtic respectively but for Tulla United it was a disappointing day as both of their sides bowed out of the title race, going down by the same margin, 4-0.
Newmarket Celtic, Bridge Celtic A, Bunratty A, Hermitage A and Lifford all had their expected wins but Bridge United A are out of the race having gone under to Rock Rovers, winner of the title two years ago.
The draw for round three will take place on Friday evening.

 

Kilrush Rangers  4   Cratloe Forest  6
Cratloe dominated the early exchanges of a high-scoring game, which needed extra time to separate the sides.  The south-east Clare outfit took the lead after 15 minutes through Pádraig Chaplin but then the home side took control and they scored three times in 10 minutes to jump into a 3-1 lead.
Robert Carey scored their first two, the first from a free kick and Trevor Clancy had their third from the penalty spot.
Cratloe came storming back, helped by some defensive blunders of the home side. Patrick O’Halloran scored their second and they drew level just before half-time when Pádraig Chaplin struck again, this time from the penalty spot after David Quinn was fouled, to leave the score at 3-3 at half-time.
Kilrush went back in front when Brian Harte found the net in the third quarter but inside the last 10 minutes, Chaplin completed his hat-trick for the visitors and tied up the match for the third time, leaving the score at 4-4, which was the position at full-time.
Cratloe struck twice in the first period of extra time when Seán Hayes and Damian Browne netted and these goals sealed the side’s place in the last 16 of the competition.
Kilrush Rangers: Ger Griffin, Kevin Clohessy, Johnny O’Connor, Robert Carey, Mike Plaeck, Martin Danaher, Brian Harte, John Campbell, Mateusz Skoczek, Trevor Clancy, Eoin Fitzgerald.
Subs: Brian Clancy for Fitzgerald; Ollie Copley for Campbell; Paddy Coleman for O’Connor.
Cratloe Forest: Pierce DeLoughrey, John Murphy, Shane O’Brien, Patrick O’Halloran, John O’Callaghan, Philip Counihan, Brian Phelan, Pádraig Chaplin, Damian Browne, Brian McMillan, David Quinn.
Subs: Seán Hayes for David Quinn; Mark Ward for Pádraig Chaplin; John O’Halloran for Philip Counihan.

Kilkishen Celtic  3   St Pat’s  0
Kilkishen Celtic booked a place in the last 16 with this comfortable win over St Pat’s. Alan McInerney opened the scoring and the winners led 1-0 at half time. In the second half, Derek Canny and substitute Johnnie Cooney struck for the winners.
Kilkishen Celtic: Jan Da Silva, Damian O’Connell, James Hook, Colm Gleeson, Matt Holmes, Shane McInerney, Noel Nash, John Lyons, Derek Canny, Alan McInerney, Micheal Fleming.
Subs: Brian Donnellan, Johnnie Cooney, Patrick McInerney.
St Pat’s: Brendan Melican, Seán Ryan, Seán McNamara, Enda Conway, Niall Reidy, Niall Pilkington, Diarmuid Lorrigan, Ciaran Ryan, Brian Cummins  Dermot Kelly, John Hickey.
Sub: Neil Johnson.

Bunratty B  1   Bridge Celtic A  2
Bridge Celtic A advanced when they scored a hard-earned win over Bunratty B.
Ger O’Connell and David Hickey scored the winners’ goals in the first half, while Bunratty’s goal was scored by Shane Meehan from a penalty after Brendan O’Neill was tripped in the box.
Hickey’s goal was particularly impressive and one of the best seen at a Clare league fixture for some time.
Bunratty B: Noel McInerney, Chris McGrath, Andrey Sheynin, Cathal Jones, Mickey Hayes, David Hogan, Don Murphy, Brendan O’Neill, Shane Meehan, Damian Smith, J P Griffin.
Subs: John Liddane for Smith; Danny Hanson for Murphy.
Bridge Celtic A: Ruairi Ahern, Paul McEvoy, Trevor Howard, Rob Seymour, Rob Cassidy, Kevin McEvoy, Shane Byrnes, Ricky Mowatt, David Hickey, Peter Fitzmaurice, Ger O’Connell.
Subs: Brian Barry for Fitzmaurice; Damian McCarthy for K McEvoy.

Burren United  2   Rineanna Rovers A  0
Title-holders Rineanna Rovers surrendered the crown at Doolin on Sunday when they went under to Burren United.
The all-important goals came at either side of half-time. Martin McDonagh gave the home side the lead just before the break and John McDonagh doubled their advantage shortly after play resumed.
Rineanna finished the game with 10 men after they had substitute Neil Mills sent off on a second yellow card.
Burren United: Eric Cahilane, Daniel Carey, Kevin Danaher, Michael Keating, Stephen Flaherty, Dave Devanney, John McCormack, Pat Nagle, Marine Ghat, John McDonagh, Martin McDonagh.
Subs: John Paul Keating for Flaherty.
Rineanna Rovers A: Jason Casey, Dean Richter, John Earls, Pa Fahy, Stephen Kelly, Patsy Keyes, Seán O’Connor, Brian Kelly, Hugh Kelly, Jay Hannam, Paul Butler.
Subs: Martin Reidy, Paul Walsh, Neil Mills.

Bridge United A  2   Rock Rovers  3
Having fought back from being two goals behind, Bridge United will rue a lapse in concentration that cost them the opportunity to take this tie to extra time. Rock led at the break thanks to a Niall McNevin strike and they doubled their advantage on 60 minutes when Cathal O’Sullivan was on target.
Bridge looked dead and buried until the 80th minute when Greg Deegan’s sublime through ball was picked up by substitute Billy Maxwell, who squared to Derek Fahy to reduce the deficit. Five minutes later it was all-square when the Rock Rovers keeper failed to deal with Stephen Stewart’s free-kick and Fahy was again sharpest to react to stab home the equaliser. It looked like the tie would be heading to extra-time but deep into injury time a cross from the right was headed home by McNevin to put the 2008 cup winners into the last 16.
Bridge United A: Brian Culbert, Steve Stewart, Jonathan Downes, Donald Devanney, Shane Devanney, Greg Deegan, Mark Culbert, Adrian Whyte, Trevor Maxwell, Jason Whyte, Derek Fahy.
Subs: Kieran Quinlan, Dara Fitzgerald, Billy Maxwell.
Rock Rovers: Eric Murphy, Ronan Judge, Barry Woods, Shane Daniels, Luke Coote, Rowan Eade, Daryl Eade, Marty McLoughlin, David Ryan, Cathal O’Sullivan, Niall McNevin.
Subs: Ashley Glynn, Dean Gardiner, Gavin Dinan.

Connolly Celtic  1   Manus Celtic B  3
Connolly took the lead after 20 minutes through Kieran Dillon but the visitors were back on terms before the break after Adam Healy scored.
In the second half, Mickey McDonagh scored for Manus with an overhead bicycle kick and two minutes from the end, Neil Mulqueen scored in similar style to seal the Clarecastle side’s place in the next round.
Connolly Celtic: Seán Cregan, Andy Clancy, Keith O’Looney, Killian Torpey, Brian Connellan, Bernard Field, Ken Kennedy, Brendan Dillon, Ray Kennedy, Senan McCarthy, Kieran Dillon.
Sub: Patrick Hogan
Manus Celtic B: Pakie Healy, Aidan McCarthy, Ian Considine, Barry Malone, Barry Guinnane, Emmett Considine, Stephen Geraghty, Adam Healy, Andrew Page, Michael McDonagh, John Molloy.
Sub: Neil Mulqueen

Newmarket Celtic A  5   Cooraclare Celtic  2
Cooraclare took a shock lead when they won an aerial tussle and the ball was sent across the centre for Barry Lynch to tuck it away.  Stung by this early reverse, Newmarket hit three before half-time through Eoin Hayes and a brace from John Paul Healy.
Cooraclare, strongly challenging for the third division title, didn’t throw in the towel and they hit back to narrow the deficit when Paul Murphy headed in a corner kick. Despite their best efforts, the equaliser never came and the big finish came from Newmarket as they added two more from Mike O’Malley and Seamus Considine to seal their place in the last 16.
Newmarket Celtic A: Trevor O’Donnell, Mark O’Malley, Michael Devitt, Mark Donlon, Dave O’Grady, Gary Browne, Mike O’Malley, John P Healy, Seamus Considine, Kieran Devitt, Eoin Hayes.
Subs: Seamus Lawlor for Browne;  Eoin O’Brien for K Devitt (inj).
Cooraclare Celtic: Declan Keane, Conor O’Doherty, Joe Kelly, Colm Carroll, Gearóid Kelly, Tommy O’Connor, Seán Bermingham, William McNamara, Barry Lynch, Paul Lynch, Paul Murphy.
Sub: Damien Honan for McNamara.

Bridge United B  3   Rineanna Rovers B  1
Barry Downes, Robert Conlon and Gavin Downes were the goalscorers as Bridge United B were made fight all the way by a spirited Rineanna Rovers B side in this cup game on Sunday.
In a first half, with very little quality on show, both hosts and visitors struggled to create any clear-cut chances. Just before the break, Rineanna took the lead when David Dunne capitalised on some uncertainty in the Bridge defence. Bridge played with much more urgency in the second half and almost equalised on 46 minutes when Jamie Gorman’s cross fell to half-time substitute Trevor Kearney, whose shot was well parried by the keeper. Bridge equalised on 60 minutes through a Barry Downes penalty following a Rovers’ hand ball and they took the lead 15 minutes later when a Gavin Downes cross was guided home by Robert Conlon.
Rineanna almost equalised but Barry Deasy brought off an impressive save for the home side. However, in the closing stages, Conlon’s cross from the right was brilliantly headed goalwards by Kearney. His header was tipped on to the crossbar but fell invitingly for Gavin Downes to tap home.
Bridge United B: Barry Deasy, Johnny Hayes, Damien Murray, Kevin Meehan, Dominic Murphy, Barry Downes, Jamie O’Gorman, Paul Fitzpatrick, Chris Lake, Gavin Downes, Tommy Liddy.
Subs: Geoff Flynn for Hayes; Trevor Kearney for Liddy; Robert Conlon for B Downes.
Rineanna Rovers B: Gerry Cahill, Alan Leamy, Mairtín MacDonnacda, Declan Mahoney, Brian O’Leary, David Dunne, Martin Frawley, Alan Barrett, Stephen McInerney, Danny Sweeney, Tom Donlon.
Subs: Declan Collins for McInerney; Conor Quinlivan for Donlon; Mark Cahill for Leamy.

Manus Celtic A  2   Kildysart Celtic  1
Manus Celtic A had to come from behind to overcome the challenge of Kildysart Celtic, who took the lead through Damian Hill.  
John Pyne equalised for Manus before Conor Plunkett scored the winner 20 minutes from the end.
Manus Celtic A: Brian Keogh, Gary Farmer, Kevin Clohessy, Declan Frawley, Micka Malone, Seán Travers, Danny Scanlan, David Geraghty, Eamonn Callinan, John Pyne, Conor Plunkett.
Kildysart Celtic: Keith Murphy, John Murtagh, Keith O’Connor, David Neenan, Ger Kelly, Kieran Connolly, Ciaran Neenan, Eoin Cleary, Damian Hill, Pa Kelly, Des O’Shea.

Moher Celtic B  2   Corofin Harps B  1
Moher Celtic B continued their recent good form when they progressed in the cup race by beating their neighbours Corofin Harps B.
Jack Queally and John Stack were the goalscorers for the winners while Corofin’s goal came from Brian Halpin late in the game.
Moher Celtic B: Noel Sexton, James Monaghan, Neil Burke, Davy Commane, Declan Harvey, Damian Finnucane, Robert Lucas, Declan Egan,  John Stack, Jack Queally, Brendan Vaughan.
Subs: Pa Nagle, Stephen Murray.
Corofin Harps B: Ryan Doherty, Paul Moroney, Fiachra Roche, Joe Mullane, Kevin Darcy, John Conneely, Ronnie Meere, Michael Daly, Daryl Bane, Seán O’Brien, Brian Halpin.
Subs: Karl Mahoney for O’Brien; Michael Concannon for Darcy.

Bunratty A  3   Moher Celtic A  0
Bunratty A moved into the next round with this comfortable win over Moher Celtic A on Sunday. 
Pat Twomey was the hero, scoring all of their goals in a tie which they led 1-0 at half time.
Bunratty A: Enda McNamara, Shane Purcell, Ally McMillan, Terry Duggan, Gearóid O’Connell, Jamie Cullen, Daithi O’Connell, Seán McDonald, Pat Twomey, Con Collins, Ryan Kelly.
Subs: Declan McDonald, Kieran Kissane, Martin Russell.
Moher Celtic A: James Shannon, Michael Talty, Graham Kelly, Denis Murphy, Cathal Honan, Kieran Monaghan, Willie Murphy, Thomas McDonagh, Thomas Murphy, Paul Cagney, Patrick Darcy.

Lifford 5   Shannon Olympic B  0
Lifford scored an easy win over Shannon Olympic B in this cup tie at Cassidy Park. They got off to a great start when Darren O’Neill found the net in the very first minute with a free-kick.
They went on to lead 3-0 at half time and continued their dominance in the second half on a day when their other goals came from Ryan Boyle and Fabrice Baptista, who scored a hat-trick.
Lifford: Colin Burke, Stephen O’Halloran, Hamad Kuku, Darren O’Neill, Gary McNaboe, Declan McMahon, Ryan Boyle, TJ Ajisomo, Lunga Balman, Roberto Pinta, Fabrice Baptista.
Subs: Moshua Bashua, Declan Meaney, Dylan Blake.
Shannon Olympic B: James McInerney, Brian Cunningham, Conor Flynn, Paul McInerney, Gerard Mason, Aiden Boreland, Greg Keane, Joe Finlay, Ronan McGirl, Karl Ahlsved, Chris Ryan.

Hermitage A  7   Bridge Celtic B  1
Recent signing Scott Hennessy was the star of the show in this game as he scored six in Hermitage’s easy win over Bridge Celtic B.
Eoin O’Loughlin scored first for the Ennis side before Hennessy took over and he had a hat-trick to give his team a 4-0 lead. Conor Hynes pulled one back for the visitors before the break.
In the second half the ’Tage took up where they had left off and Hennessy scored three more to complete an easy win.
Hermitage A: Joe Burke, Alan O’Riordan, Rhys Phillips, Davy Moloney, Bobby Downes, Eoin Kane, Seán McGee, Ger Dullaghan, Eoin O’Loughlin, Scott Hennessy, Robert Dunne.
Subs: Paul Dullaghan for Dunne; Seán Kelleher for Moloney.
Bridge Celtic B: Paul O’Connell, Eugene Fleming, Luke Turner, Dean Synott, Diarmuid Aherne, Noel Howard, Brendan Nolan, Ollie Phillips, Ben Hynes, Conor Hynes, Alex Simpson.
Sub: Aaron Walsh.

Kilmaley Fern Celtic  1   Rhine Rovers 0
The only goal in this tie was scored after 15 minutes and it came from Joel Loemia and was enough to put Kilmaley Fern Celtic through to the last 16.
Kilmaley Fern Celtic: Gerard Healy, Pat Sherlock, John O’Loughlin, Alan Hehir, Noel Healy, Jamie Mills, Conor Brennan, Philip Noonan, Gavin Cording, Mark Healy, Joel Loemia.
Rhine Rovers: Rory Callinan, Seán Heaney, Fergal Doyle, Martin McInerney, Kevin Johnston, Gavin O’Sullivan, Mark Hanrahan, Paul Johnston, Shane McNamara, Caimin O’Connor, Brian Nagle.
Sub: Ed Bradfield Smith.

Tulla United B  0   Avenue United A  4
Avenue United A justified being favourites when accounting for Tulla United B in this cup tie at the Cragg on Sunday.
A Pa Wilson penalty gave the winners a 1-0 interval lead and they went on to add second-half goals from Barry Nugent, Eamonn O’Reilly and player-manager Alfonso D’Auria on a day when they were short a number of first-team regulars due to injury.
Tulla United B: Martin Floyd, Peadar Greene, Dermot O’Keeffe, Brian Canny, Brian Murphy, Owen Ryan, Cheyanne Power, Gerry Ryan, Joe Joe Floyd, Declan Curran, Cathal Dinan.
Subs: Eamonn Howley for JJ Floyd; Dan Daly for  Dinan; John Horne for O’Keeffe.
Avenue United A: John Healy, Simon Cuddy, Paul Crowley, Eamonn O’Reilly, David Russell, Mattie Nugent, Pa Wilson, David Smith, David Herlihy, Barry Nugent, Anthony White.
Subs: Colin Smith for Wilson; Alfonso D’Auria for White.

Tulla United A  0   Sporting Ennistymon  4
Sporting Ennistymon caused something of an upset when defeating an in-form Tulla United A side on Sunday morning. The visitors had the better of the opening exchanges and took the lead after 15 minutes with a goal to grace any game. With his back to goal and the ball drifting by him Noel Mullane executed the perfect bicycle kick to stun the home team. This goal separated the sides at the interval.
Playing with a stiffening breeze, Tulla came more into the game in the second half but 15 minutes in, Ennistymon went two up when a defender headed into his own net under pressure from Paudie Fahy.
With 15 minutes to go, Tulla’s chance to get back into this game disappeared when Shane Keane turned a Tulla penalty kick onto his left-hand post and the danger was cleared. With the home side pushing forward, Paudie Fahy beat his marker before rounding the keeper to score. With five minutes to go John McInerney hit a great through ball to Noel Mullane, who calmly scored his second and Sporting Ennistymon’s fourth.
Tulla United A: Shane Collins, Ricky Collins, Tom Byrnes, Denis Murphy, Niall Whelan, Ger Hanrahan, Seosamh O’Loughlin, Shane Mason, Eoin Ryan, Keith Lenihan, Mike McDermott.
Subs: Kevin De Loughrey for Ryan; Brian Hehir for Collins.
Sporting Ennistymon: Shane Keane, Michael McDonagh, Caoimhin Fahy, Joe Dowling, Pádraig Brennan, Alan Sexton, Jason Sexton, Eoin Brennan, Alan Horan, Noel Mullane, Paudie Fahy.
Subs: Abdel Ennaoui for Eoin Brennan; Tadgh Malone for Pádraig Brennan; John McInerney for Jason Sexton.