Unknowns Triumph

The final round of the thursday leagues were played last thursday evening. The awards for the competitions were also presented.


Thursday Division 1

The Unknown Quantities deservedly won this league. They were unbeaten all season and performed very well in the top of the table clashes against The Thirtysomethings. In the past The Thirtysomethings were invincible in the important clashes. The silky skills and speed of Chen and the uncanny eye for goal of Gordon Lynch were The Unknowns main weapons. Ken Hourahan arrived late in the season to reinforce their ranks.

Pity The Fool, who were promoted at the start of the season, acquitted them selves very well, having struggled at this level in the past. The Bandits and surprisingly, The All Blacks both struggled.

Mark Murphy of The Thirtysomethings won the league MVP trophy. The other nominees, who were selected by the referees, were Tim O Connor of The Ex Pats, Fiachra O Driscoll of United and Chen. Gordon Lynch of The Unknowns won the Top Scorer Award with an amazing 30 goals.

Thursday Division 2

The Net Busters dominated this division from the very start. Playing in the second division is what these lads needed after they struggled in the first division in the previous campaign. They will be a force to be reckoned with when they return to top flight football. In Jake Smith and Alex Daly they have two top class forwards. Skipper, Damien Byrne and Graham O’ Keefe were always a steadying influence at the back. The most impressive trait of this team is their determination to enjoy their football, regardless of results. It was easier to maintain this this season.

The Bank of NY were a threat well into the second half of the season, however new comers TA Sheehan scuppered their chances of glory when defeating and tying with them with late goals.

Apple Exiles had a great first season and will compete strongly next season while BNY and The Whitfords will be pleased with how they performed.

Colin Deevey of BNY won The MVP award for the division while the other referee nominations were Cameron Espee of The Whitfords and Mark Ryan of Apple. Jake Smith of The Net Busters won The Top Scorer award.

Thursday Division 3

The division wasn’t decided until the final evening when CPL FC confronted The 49ers and needed to defeat them by at least two goals to claim the title. They came very close. They won the encounter, but by only one goal.  Both CPL and Panicyaikos are new teams and will be very satisfied with their performances in this league. Both will be contenders next season. Seamus O Brien of Panicyaikos picked up The MVP award.

All competitions are starting again on the 25^th of May. Teams can enter online at www.footy.ie or call 087 2332158.

Kids Win Wednesday Division 1 Title

Wednesday Division 1

The Refugees needed to defeat The Kids by at least three goals to retain their crown in the top of the table clash on the final night. The Polish lads dominated the first half and with Pawel Pciak controlling the centre of the pitch they deservedly had the three goal deficit wiped out by half time. However, The Kids didn’t panic and in the second period they rediscovered their form. When they scored two early goals the wind was gone from the Refugees sails and the title was in the possession of The Kids. The final score was 4-4.

Racing and Temple played a thriller that ended 5-4 in favour of Temple. There was never more than a goal between the teams with the lead being exchanged on a number of occasions. The hero of the match was John Daly of Temple who scored a great late goal to win the encounter for Temple.

Ryan Nolan scored a hat trick and was in top form for QEF Global during their very exciting contest with Dynamo Tonduff. His first goal was a beauty. After beating two players he calmly slotted the ball over the keeper into the corner. The final score was 7-4 in favour of QEF.

Wednesday Division 2

The battle of the hospitals was won by the odd goal by CUH against The Bons on a 5-4 score line. This win also clinched the division title for The Wilton lads. The winning goal was an OG from a back pass from the half way line while the keeper was out of the goal.

Far From Athletic defeated Club Redz 7-3 to finish the season in second place. The Ballinhasig lads would have won this division if they hadn’t dropped so many points to teams they would have expected to defeat. Pat O Regan scored a great individual goal when he beat 4 players before drilling his shot into the bottom right corner.

The early leaders in this division, Douglasmortgage.com finished the league in the same vein as they started. Albert Hobbs scored three early goals from which Balaga Tonga couldn’t recover. The final score was 4-1.

  

Wednesday Division 3

Despite trailing by three goals at half time Hit and Miss recovered and won their encounter with The Castlemartyres 4-3. This win also sealed their status as the division champions. Darren Morgan who scored a brace for the winners was in great form and awarded MVP.

Despite defending for long periods BNYM were only one goal behind at the end of a very entertaining match with Substandard Liege. Substandard had a great finish to the season and in James Mealy have an outstanding Striker. They will be a force to reckon with next season.

The Average Joes finished the season with a great 6-0 win over Marys Ramblers. Joe O Sullivan had a huge impact on the match and was hugely missed during his long absence due to injury. Considering this was Marys first season, they did quite well and always played with lots of heart and humour.

Thursday Division 1

It took a last minute goal by Graham Virgo to rescue the points for The Thirtysomethings. When The Magpies surrendered a two goal half time lead to United with five minutes remaining all of the momentum was with Cian Kennedy’s charges. However Graham Virgo was the hero when he scored in the last minute.

The Unknown Quantities maintained their unbeaten run with a hard fought victory over The Bandits in a tie that resulted in a 3-0 win for The Unknowns. The high light of the match was an outstanding strike by Ken Hourahan from inside his own half which resulted in The Unknowns second goal.

Thursday Division 2

The Net Busters were crowned champions of the division following their 9-5 win over JT Specials. Paul Sexton was outstanding for the winners and bagged four goals.

The high light of the Whitfords, Apple Exiles encounter was a brilliant long range strike by Eamon Barry of The Whitfords to put his side two up early in the second half. When Mark Ryan pulled one back for Apple it looked like an exciting finish was on the cards. However a late goal for the Whitfords settled the tie.

  

Thursday Division 3

Even though CPL defeated The 49ers 4-3 and finished level on points, it was the 49ers who claimed the crown because they had defeated CPL by two goals in the previous tie between the same teams. The high light of the match was the great individual goal scored by Alan Jordan for CPL.

An outstanding late goal scored by Dave of South City earned his side a share of the spoils against a fine Panicyikos outfit. Mark McCarthy had given the East Cork lads an early lead.