Unknowns Remain On Top

Thursday Division 1

Despite leading 3-0 half way through the first half,The Unknown Quantities were very fortunate to come from behind to tie with The Thirtysomethings in the top of the table clash. Man of the match, Gordon Lynch scored two fine goals for The Unknowns while Luka scored twice for The Thirtysomethings.

The goal of the night was scored by Paul Richardson of United who hit an unstoppable rocket from the half way line against The Bandits. Despite a late rally, the Bandits were unfortunate not to take a share of the spoils. The final score was 3-2.

Pity The Fool had a comprehensive 6-2 win over The All Blacks. Chris Dennehy put in a man of the match performance for Pity and helped himself to four goals.

New Boys, The Booze Crew had a fine 4-2 win over The Ex Pats in a great match which was illuminated by a couple of spectacular goals scored by Martin Carroll. However the goal of the match was scored by Tom Vaughan of The Pats.

Thursday Division 2

Kilkenny man Sean Tobin scored three and was man of the match for Bank of NY, as they easily defeated Apple Exiles 7-1. Jonathan McSweeney also bagged a hat trick for the winners.

Despite conceding a fine goal to Steve Riordan of JT Specials on the first play of the game, BNY FC won this fixture convincingly. Paul Creedon scored a hat trick for the winners.

Robert Johnson was outstanding for The Whitfords during their 3-0 triumph over The Flying Column. The pick of his stops was his top drawer save from a spectacular 25 yard volley from Dan McCarthy. Gavin Clancy notched two for the winners.

The Net Busters consolidated their position at the top of the table with an emphatic win over new boys TA Sheehan. Jake Smith was in great form for the winners and bagged four goals.

Wednesday Division 2

Far From Athletic and douglasmortgage.ie, both contenders for the title, came face to face and produced a scintillating contest which resulted in a narrow victory for Douglas. The dual was delicately balanced 1-1 at half time, but Brendan O Sullivan secured the points early in the second half for the winners following a great move involving Conor Quirke and Jim Walsh.

Club Redz and Balaga Tonga played out a pulsating 6-6 draw in the game of the evening. It looked like Balaga had secured victory when man of the match Rory Browne scored his fourth goal with minutes remaining. However, Niall Duggan equalised at the death when he was first to react to the loose ball following a good save from a fine Terry Yelverston free kick.

The Bons defeated a resurgent Rosies 6-3 in an entertaining match. James Cooke and Enimucha scored a brace a piece for the winners but the goal of the match was a thunderbolt by Paddy Cronin for Rosies which was struck on the volley.

CUH are improving every week and are now serious contenders for the title. Tom O Brien and Cathal O Sullivan scored four each for the winners. The pick of the goals was Toms fourth, which was a volley from about 20 meters.

Wednesday Division 3

Hit and Miss had a fine 5-2 win over fellow contenders BNYM FC. The high light of this encounter was the chest and volley goal scored by Darren Morgan for the winners. Frank Carley and Mark Kirby scored for BNYM.

The concession of three early goals made a difficult task even more difficult for Marys Ramblers against Boca Seniors. Chris Baker and Paul Cashman scored three each for The Bocas as they won this contest quite easily.

Erik Montgomery scored two superb goals and was generally outstanding for The Average Joes during their 4-0 over Barstoolona

The Castlemartyres, sporting their lovely new strip were looking good when they took an early lead against Substandard Liege. However, Substandard got back on level terms before half time when Brian Connell scored following a great pass from Patrick Hogan. Tony O Donovan scored the winner for Liege early in the second period.

Wednesday Division 1

The top of the table clash between Temple Inn and The Refugees was all square until just before half time when pressure from The Refugees finally paid off and they took a 2-1 lead. The second half  followed a different pattern and the Polish lads won easily enough in the end.

The Kids, Racing Club encounter followed a similar pattern. Racing did very well in the first half and deserved to be on level terms at half time. In the second period The Kids showed their class. Their movement and team work was immense and they scored four unanswered goals to win 6-2

Danny Meade was in top form for QEF and scored a hat full of goals as his team easily dispatched O Donovan Electrical.