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.