CUH Go Joint Top Of Division 2

Wednesday Division 2

CUH were in outstanding form when they defeated the league leaders Far From Athletic 2-1 to go joint top. An O.G. and a Tom O Brien strike put the Wilton lads 2-0 up at the break. Wayne O Callaghan pulled a goal back for FFA early in the second half, however CUH held on for victory.

The match of the evening involved another hospital team, The Bons, who were opposing  Club Redz. This fixture resulted in another tight win for The Bons on a 4-3 score line. Jimmy Reardon scored three for The College Road lads.

Douglas mortgage returned to winning ways again this week with a fine 3-1 win over Sons of Pitches. After a dull first period, the encounter picked up in the second half, illuminated by the performance of Jerry O Reilly for the Pitches.

Rosies finally found the form that that made them so competitive for the last few seasons when they defeated Balaga Tonga 4-0. This fixture could have gone either way until Paddy Cronin scored a rocket from about 20 meters. This inspired Rosies and in the end they won quite easily.

Wednesday Division 3

After an evenly contested first half, the Average Joes dominated the second and defeated BNYM FC 4-1. The high light of this fixture was the spectacular free kick scored by Terry Jones of The Joes from 25 meters.

Hit and Miss are improving with every match. They stepped their performance up a notch again this week when they easily defeated the early league leader Barstoolona 6-1. Peter Sinnott and Dan Williams early goals set the tone.

Stephen Barry and Aidan Ryan scored a hat trick a piece for Boca Seniors as they easily defeated The Castlemartyres. Paul Hennessy was the man of the match for Boca while Jimmy Mellis and Brian Connell were on the mark for The Martyres.

Despite the heroics by Barry O Donovan in goal for Marys Ramblers, Substandard liege won this contest. The high light of the match was the the thunderbolt scored by Tony O Donovan – a volley direct from a throw in.

  

Wednesday Division 1

Despite scoring very early on and having the man of the match Liam Doyle among their ranks, O Donovans just couldn’t live with Racing Club. Chen was outstanding for Racing and scored 5 goals.

The QEF Global, Kids match was delicately balanced at 2-2 at half time. However The Kids took control in the second half and ran out easy winners. Eoghan Murphy was inspirational for the Ballinlough lads.

The Temple Inn easily defeated match.com 9-0 in a one sided affair. Kevin Garde scored four for Temple while Steve Dwyer was man of the match.

Pawel was in sparkling for the Refugees during their victory over Dynamo Tonduff. The concession of two very early goals didn’t help the Tonduff cause.

Thursday Division 2

The high light of this top of the table clash between The Net Busters and Bank of NY was the sweet strike by Gerald Guihan of Bank of NY for the opening goal. However this wasn’t enough to prevent The Net Buster from claiming the points in a very entertaining encounter that ended 7-5.

An outstanding last minute winner scored by Steve Riordan against The Flying Column earned JT Specials their first points of the season. A man of the match performance and a fine goal by Kieran McArtan couldn’t prevent The Specials from taking the spoils.

It looked like BNY United would move to within a point of the top of the league when Paul Creedon gave them a 3-2 lead towards the end of a very entertaining fixture against The Whitfords. However Cameron Espey denied them when he scored a bullet, the best of his three, to equalize with minutes remaining.

TA Sheehan were cruising at half time when they were leading Apple Exiles 2-0. In fact if it wasn’t for the heroics Apple goal keeper Sean Kenny, the encounter would have been decided at this point. It was a different story in the second half when Apple scored three to win by one.

Thursday Division 1

Despite leading twice the Bandits ended up on the wrong side of the 4-3 score line in an enthralling contest against Pity The Fool. Kieran Hetherington was man of the match while Eoin Barrett and Chris Dennehy scored 2 a piece for the winners. Shane Comerford and Ciaran O Brien stood out for the Bandits.

The Unknown Quantities demolished The Ex Pats 6-1 in this top of the table clash. Peter Fitzmaurice was immense at the back for the winners. Gordon Lynch also had a great innings and helped himself to an excellent hat trick.

Despite conceding an early goal, a six man United outfit defeated an out of sorts All Blacks 5-2. The high light of this match was the great goal scored by United goal keeper Cian Kennedy.

Regans Late winner Gives Column Victory

Thursday Division 2

Ray Regan scored the winner for The Flying Column with five minutes to go in an enthralling contest between The Flying Column and TA Sheehans which ended 4-3. Earlier John O Connor scored a brace for TA Sheehans while Donagh McCartan scored two for the Column.

Apple Exiles finally got some points on the board when they defeated JT Specials 5-3. Despite conceding an early goal, Apple were always in command in this encounter.

The Net Busters moved to joint top of the table after scoring a 4-2 win over a spirited Whitfords side. The game was delicately balanced at 1-1 when The Buster scored from a lucky ricochet and never looked back.

Both goal keepers were in top form in the derby match between BNY and Bank of New York when neither goal line was breached. However Bank of New York keeper Sean Tobin decided to show the forwards how to do it when he went out field in the second half and scored two while helping his team to a 5-2 win.

Thursday Division 1

Ex Pats Athletic were extremely fortunate to defeat a strong United to remain joint top of this division. Fiachra O Driscoll put United in the lead early on but a great team goal finished by Paddy O Donnell and set up by Pat McLaughlin left both teams deadlocked at half time. Kevin Broderick’s winner was comical. The ball rebounded to the net off of his back from the Uniteds goal keepers kick out.

The Unknown Quantities are living up to their name this season. They had a well deserved 6-2 win over The All Blacks. Gordon Ryan was the man of the match and scored a fine hat trick. The All Blacks, despites having a very talented squad can’t seem to get going this season.

The Thirtysomethings scored two late goals to defeat Pity The Fool 6-4 in a very exciting encounter. Man of the match, Eoin Barret scored three for Pity and didn’t deserve to be on the loosing side.

Wednesday Division 1

Jason Lake and Chen were in top form for Racing in their contest with Dynamo Tonduff. The Passage West lads were in command through out the match and deserved their 6-3 win.

Goal Keeper Tom O Connell played out of his skin for The Temple Inn in their victory over QEF Global. Dave Johnson, who scored three, and Rory Perry also impressed for the winners while Ray Keating and Danny Meade did well for QEF.

Despite leading early on, O Donovan Electrical found the going tough against a very polished Refugees. Kris Pawlik and Robert Kriegal tormented O Donovans for the evening while Leon Crowley and Leon Fitton did all they could to stem the tide. The high light of this match was an outstanding individual goal scored by Leon Fitton for O Donovans.

Wednesday Division 2

The Sons of Pitches finally got some points on the board when they defeated Club Redz 6-3. Jerry O Reilly of The Sons of Pitches was outstanding. He scored three goals and assisted two. However, the real difference between the sides was the youth and fitness of The Sons.

The upset of the evening was the defeat of douglasmortgage.ie by The Bons. The Douglas display seemed lethargic and slow compared to recent performances. In contrast The Bons were full of energy and industry, especially man of the match, Jimmy Reardon and were worth their 7-4 win. James Cooke scored an excellent hat trick for the winners.

Far From Athletic are continuing to impress in this division and are emerging as early favourites to take the title. This week they defeated Rosies with very impressive performances from Mark O Callaghan who scored four and Pat O Regan who scored 3

The CUH verses FC Balaga Tonga encounter was a very tight affair until the final 15 minutes when CUH scored four unanswered goals. Ivan Weir was in top form for CUH and is a very impressive finisher. He scored five.

Wednesday Division 3

The Boca Seniors BNYM FC encounter was a very tight, physical but sporting encounter which Boca Seniors won 5-3. The high light of the match was the second of Paul Cashmans two goals which was a long range thunder bolt.

Tony O Donoghue inspired Substandard Liege to a 7-4 victory over the early pace setters in this division, Barstoolona. The high light of the match was his brilliant run through the entire Barstoolona team before slotting the ball calmly past the keeper. The Barstoolona goal keeper also had an excellent match. In fact if it wasn’t for his string of top class saves the margin of Barstoolonas defeat would have been greater.

Marys Ramblers defended valiantly for long periods against Hit and Miss but the class of Dan Williams and Jody Sinnott for H and M shone through in the end. Dan Williams and Darren Morgan notched a hat trick a piece for the winners.

Despite an excellent performance and two great goals by Brian O Connell of The Castlemartyres, The Average Joes had a well deserved 7-2 win. The high light of this encounter was Erik Montgomery’s third goal which was set up by his brother Trevor.

Thirtysomethings Starting To Look Good

Thursday Division 1

The Thirtysomethings and The Ex Pats 3-3 draw was an enthralling contest. The Ex Pats looked like they would take the spoils when two goals by Bill Henry gave them an early lead. However, The Thirtysomethings were the better team in the second half and earned a draw when Luca and Jake McAuliffe scored two late goals.

It looked like Pity The Fool had scraped home in a humdinger against United when Garry Leahy gave them the lead with just a few minutes to go. Their joy was short lived when Cian O Malley equalised with the last kick. Paul Terry scored three for Pity.

The Bandits finally got their campaign off of the ground when they defeated The All Blacks 3-0. The high light of this encounter was the great team goal finished by Shane Comerford for the winners.

The Unknown Quantities had little difficulty defeating The Boothouse Bingers. However the goal of the match was scored by Robbie Bowen for the losers.

Thursday Division 2

The Flying Column and BNY shared the spoils in a very entertaining match that ended 1-1. Colin Devey scored a fine individual goal for BNY despite being kicked accidently in the face. Mark Cahill responded within five minuted for the Column with a great long range strike.

Sean Kenny was outstanding between the sticks for Apple against The Net Busters. If it wasn’t for his string of top class saves The Busters would have won by more than 3-1.

Kevin Clarke scored a last minute winner for TA Sheehans against a 6 man Bank of NY. The Bankers paid dearly for their many misses when Kevin pounced on a loose ball and calmly slotted it into the corner for a dramatic victory.

The Whitfords had a big win over JT Specials. Gavin Roser scored three for the winners while man of the match was Kevin O Connell who scored two.

Wednesday Division 1

Racing defeated QEF by three goals to one in a very entertaining match. It was Racings counter attack strategy that won it for them as they scored all three goals on breakaways. Racing keeper Colin Irwin was in top form, while Ryan Nolan & Danny Meade were always a threat for QEF.

Temple Inn had too much power and pace for Dynamo Tonduff in a very one sided affair. Kevin Garde scored 4 great goals for the Ballintemple outfit.

A much improved O’Donovan Electrical tried hard but came up short against The Kids, despite leading early on. Liam Doyle was excellent for O’Donovans, while Adrian O Connell was inspiring for The Kids.

The Refugees had too much strength in depth for match.com and ran out easy winners. Peter Bajeckl and Kris Pawlik were best for the Poles.

  

Wednesday Division 2

Far From Athletic continued their winning start to the season with an great all around team performance against Sons of Pitches. Liam Hennessy was the man of the match in this contest.

The CUH & Douglas Mortgage encounter was balanced on a knife edge at 3-3 half way through the second half before Albert Hobbs & Ed Quirke came to the Douglas lads rescue with 2 late goals. Gavin Summers & Cathal O’Sullivan were in great form for CUH.

Terry Yelverton put in a huge performance for Club Redz when he scored all five goals in their 5-2 win over Rosies. His 4^th goal was the pick of the bunch which was a great long range shot. Antoine Bercy scored a brace for Rosies.

An excellent individual goal by Dave Spiteri for the Bons was not enough as they were defeated 4-3 by Balaga Tonga. Ian Slattery and was central to Balaga’s victory and scored two fine goals.

Wednesday Division 3

Boca Seniors defeated SubStandard Liege 5-4 in the match of the evening. Paul Cashman scored an outstanding early goal for the winners. Pat Coleman was in top form for Liege who were unlucky to lose to a very late Shane Counihan winner.

Frank Carley was in a scoring mood for BNYM FC when they overcame Barstolona 8-5. He scored three, one a header and another a clever back heel. Gary Cronin & Paul O’Leary were best for The Barstool boys

The Castlemartyrs beat Marys Ramblers 8-4 to earn their first points. Jacob notched four goals for the winners, one of which was a spectacular volley. Ciaran O’Sullivan was tops for the Ramblers.

Hit & Miss, had too much energy and youth for the Average Joes when they defeated the White Cross lads 8-5. Dan Williams played in goal in the first half and pulled off a string of fine saves. He played the second half up front and scored a hat rick. Eric Montgomery scored 4 goals for the Joe’s and did not deserve to be on the losing side.

Ex Pats Rediscover Form

Thursday Division 1

The Ex Pats Athletic seem to be rediscovering the form that brought them great glory in the past. They defeated The Bandits 4-0 in a match they controlled from the start. Eamon Kelleher’s goal was the high light. It was a typical Ex Pats goal, involving all of their outfield players, with Eamon finishing with aplomb.

United defeated The Boothouse Bingers 7-3. The Boothouse did very well considering that they only had five players. In fact, they were still in contention at half time when they trailed by only 2. However, it was only a matter of time before United would put the match beyond the Whites Cross lads and when Kevin Wren scored his third the match was over as a contest.

Pity The Fool and The Unknown Quantities played a thrilling contest which was decided by a last minute Peter Fitzmaurice goal. It looked like Pity had secured a share of the spoils when Ken O Connor scored a fine goal to equalize approaching the final whistle but Peter Fitzmaurice dashed their hopes when he scored his second in the dying seconds.

The Thirtysomethings are emerging as a major force in this division this season. They defeated their old rivals The All Blacks quite easily. Niall Kerrigan was the star of the show for The Magpies while contributing two fine goals. Mark Murphy also scored two for The Thirtysomethings.

Thursday Division 2

BNY FC continued their winning ways with a fine 5-3 win over Apple Exiles. Apple had brought the deficit back to one with five minutes to go but Shane Lawler scupered their chances with a fine late individual effort.

Ricky Fleming scored three for Bank of NY in their 8-3 win over JT Specials. The high light of this match was the long range goal scored by Ger Guihan from deep in his own half.

The Net Busters found their form again when they had an excelleny 4-1 win over The Flying Column. John Sexton scored all four for the Cobh men. Alan Mullery scored a rocket for The Column late in the match.

TA Sheehans were brought back down to earth after their heroics of the previous week by a powerful Whitfords display.  Gavin Rosser, who scored three goals was the man of the match.

Wednesday Division 1

It looked like Match.com had earned their first point of the season when Racing conceded an O.G in the last minute but incredibly they conceded an O.G. themselves in the dying seconds to finish on the wrong side of a 10 – 9 score line. Simon O'Leary scored three for Match but was bettered by one by Patrick McGovern who scored four for Racing.

The Refugees had to work very hard to defeat QEF 8-4. However, they were always in control in this encounter and are the early favorites to retain their title. Ryan Nolan put in another classy performance for QEF and helped himself to a hat trick while Piotr Bajcekl scored three for the Polish lads.

The Kids had another impressive win over Dynamo Tonduff. Man of the match Eoin Murphy and Kevin O Brien put in top class performances for the Kids while Declan O Callaghan did all he could to stem the tide.

The Temple Inn also had a big win, defeating O Donovan Electrical in a one sided match. It was unfortunate for O' Donovan’s to come up against Temple so early in the league. Rory Perry and John Daly were the men who did most damage for Temple.

Wednesday Division 2

F.C. Balaga Tonga secured their first win of the season with a pulsating victory5-4 win over The Sons of Pitches. Two amazing first half goals by Philip O Driscoll, within five minutes of each other was the difference between the sides.

Far From Athletic won a great contest against The Bons. Pat O Regan was the man of the match in this affair and contributed two well taken goals to their 4-2 win. David Spitter and Jimmy Reardon scored for the Bons.

Douglas Mortgage were too strong for Rosies in a one sided affair. Rosies seem to have taken their collective foot off of the peddle this season after performing well in previous campaigns.  Douglas emerged victorious, winning 6-2. The Keepy Uppy King, Albert Hobbs bagged four.

Ivan Weir was the man of the match for CUH against Club Redz. He scored two great goals, including a thunderbolt from a very tight angle. CUH were just about worth their 4-2 win.

Wednesday Division 3

Hit and Miss and The Boca Seniors played a thrilling 6-6 draw. It looked like Hit and Miss had secured the points until man of the match, Aidan Fahy of The Boca Seniors equalized, scoring his fourth goal with the last kick of the match. Stephen Sinnott and Dan Williams scored two apiece for Hit and Miss,

The Average Joes and Substandard Liege encounter followed a very similar pattern. Terry Jones of The Average Joes popped up to secure his team a draw with a last minute equalizer. This was another enthralling contest which finished 5-5.

Barstoolona remain unbeaten despite a great display from The Castle Martyrs. The high light of this match was the great individual goal by Ian Cotter in the first half. He went on to score a hat trick.

BNYM FC also maintained their 100% record when they defeated Mary’s Ramblers 9-6. . Frank Carley helped himself to four for BNYM while Ciaran O Sullivan and Paul McCabe scored 2 each for the Ramblers. However the goal of the night was scored by Shay O Connell for BNYM. He collected the ball in his own area and danced through the entire opposition before dispatching the ball calmly into the right side of the goal.

Refugees Continue To Shine

Wednesday Division 1

Last season champions, The Refugees started the Spring 2011 season in the same vein as they finished the 2010 Autumn season. Despite a first half hat trick by Padraig McGovern that earned Racing a 3-2 half time lead, The Refugees had plenty in reserve and finished comprehensive 8-3 winners. Pawel Pciak and goalkeeper Marcin Korona were again in outstanding form for the winners.

Newcomers, The Kids started their campaign with a fine 4-1 win over Temple Inn Tigers. These lads will probably be contenders in this division if they maintain this standard of performance.  Eoghan Murphy, who scored twice and Colin Hammond did well for the winners while Steve Dwyer tried hardest for Temple.

QEF Global proved to be too strong another new team, Match.Com. The excellent Ryan Nolan scored 5 times for QEF while Ray Keating also impressed.

Dynamo Tonduff got their campaign off to a good start with a 4-2 win over O’Donovan Electrical. It looked like O’Donovans had retrieved the situation when Mark Halahan equalised with his second goal half way through the second half ,but Brian O’Donovan secured the points for Tonduff with two late goals.

Wednesday Division 2

CUH had a great start to the season with a big win against Rosies. Thomas O’ Brien and Ivan Weir were excellent for CUH, but it was newcomer Sean Sheehan who was most impressive.

The Bons had a hard fought 5-3 win over Sons of Pitches. This Bons team can only improve with practise and will be contenders in this division. Jimmy Reardan, who scored twice was his usual handful for the Bons while Steve Crowley put in a good shift for the Pitches.

Douglas Mortgage went from 3 up to 3 down and came back to win 7-6 in a most amazing contest against Club Redz. Young, Connor Quirke scored 4 times for the Douglas lads, while man of the match Terry Yelverton  scored 4 for Club Redz.

FC Balaga Tonga and Far From Athletic shared 8 goals in another exciting game. A late John Duggan strike rescued a point for Balaga, forcing Far From to regret the many wasted opportunities that they had to put the fixture beyond doubt.

Wednesday Division 3

Barstoolona started life in Division 3 with an easy win over newcomers Marys Ramblers. Despite a great headed goal by Donal Crowley for Ramblers, the youth and fitness of the Barstoolona lads proved to be the difference between the teams. Ian Cotter and William Punch were in fine form for the winners.

It was one of those nights when everything seemed to work for BNYM FC as they easily defeated the Castle Martyrs. Kevin Murphy, Shay O Connell and Mark Kirby all had great games for the winners while Mick Ryan did all he could for the Martyrs.

Excellent finishing by Joe O’Sullivan proved to be the difference between the Average Joe’s and the Boca Seniors. He scored 4 times. Despite equalising before the break the Boca Seniors lost their way in the second half and ended up on the wrong side of the 6-3 score line. Philip “Blackie” Blackwell and Paul Cashman were best for The Boca boys.

Dan Williams was in sparkling form for Hit & Miss in their encounter with Sub Standard Liege. He scored a hatrick and was ably helped by the Sinnott Brothers. These lads will be contenders this season. James Mealy, Pat Coleman and Tony O Donovan scored for Liege.

Thursday Division 1

A well organised Ex Pats Athletic defeated their old rivals, The All Blacks in a very entertaining tie that ended 5-3. This was a case of organisation and team work defeating individual flair, which the All Blacks have in abundance. Niall Murphy and Dave Donnelly were always a threat for the Mount Oval lads while Dan Mannix and Eamon Kelleher, who scored two vital goals, were most effective for their opponents.

A spectacular volley by Paul Richardson with five minutes to go earned United a share of the spoils with The Unknown Quantities. A feature of this match was the silky skills of Chen, who is revelling on the new surface at Garryduff and the opportunities he created for his team mates. Padraig McGovern accepted most of what was on offer. He bagged a hat trick.

Last seasons Division 2 champions got their campaign in the higher flight off to a great start when they defeated The Boothouse Bingers 2-1. The Boothouse will consider them selves unlucky to have lost this affair. The high light of this game was Steve Cronin’s wonder goal for The Boothouse.

Thursday Division 2

Newcomers, TA Sheehans made a miraculous recovery when they recovered a 5-0 half time deficit.  Despite Rob Carpenters man of the match performance for JT Specials, John Collins’s men showed great spirit and did him proud in the second half.

It was experience and know how that won the day for the Flying Column when they defeated Apple Exiles 3-0. It was the Exiles first 7-a side encounter, but with some practise they will improve. Ray Regan(2) and Noel Hayes were on the score card for the Barrack Street lads.

Despite having the man of the match, Tim Crowley among their ranks, being a man short was just too much for The Net Busters. BNY FC won this game quite easily in the end. The ever green Philip Carey and Shane Lawler scored two a piece for the winners.

The other Bank of New York team in this division also won their match quite easily, despite being 3-1 down early on, when they defeated The Whitfords 7-3. Indeed, if it wasn’t for goal keeper Jasper Peterson, the BNY lads would have won by much more.