Joes Upset O' Donovans

Wednesday Division 3

O Donovan Electrical were top of the table by a single point entering their encounter with The Average Joes. With Joe O Sullivan inspirational in defence and Wojtek outstanding in attack The Joes looked to be cruising to a comfortable win when they took a 3-0 lead. However with 10 minuted remaining O Donovans had recovered to 3-3. Then disaster struck for O Donovans when they conceded an OG. The Joes went on to win 5-3.

The Sons of Pitches took full advantage of O Donovans loss and comprehensively defeated The Hot Shots 8-1 to move into first place. The high light of this match was the marvellous goal scored by John Fahy for The Hot Shots.

Fritzl Palace are improving with every match. This week they had a well deserved win against BNY. The high light of this encounter was the superb goal scored by Andrew McDonald of BNY.

Wednesday Division 2

The Balaga Tongo, Dynamo Tonduff affair was deadlocked at 0-0 entering the last 10 minutes. Even though Balaga had dominated possession, Tonduff were always a threat and were becoming more and more dangerous as the match progressed. However it was Philip Sweetnam who scored the all important first goal for Balaga and they went on to win 2-0.

Liam Hennessy was outstanding in goal for Far From Athletic during their 4-1 win against Mercer. Mercer created numerous chances but were denied time and time again by Hennessy. The concession of a goal after two minutes to Patrick O Regan didn’t help Mercer.

United undid some splendid early work against table toppers douglasmortgage.ie by conceding a couple of soft goals half way through the first half. Douglas took advantage and went on to win the match 5-2 and the division title.

Wednesday Division 1

Paul Tierney was the man of the match for Crofton during their match against Nualight. The score was 3-0 in favour of Crofton at the break but Nualight were much better in the second period. The final score was 3-1.

The Kids maintained their 3 point advantage when they defeated Novartis 5-0. Oilskin McGrath and Colin Hammond notched a brace a piece for The Kids.

The Racing, Temple Inn match was a super game with more than a little skill on display. However the difference between the sides was the outstanding ability to convert chances by the Racing lads.

Thursday Division 2

BNYM were only a point behind table toppers, The Chancers entering this encounter so a win for either side would have made them favourites to take the title. The match was a thriller with the lead being swapped a number of times. BNYM were leading 4-3 with 10 minutes remaining. At this point Kevin Wilmot, who has been The Chancers outstanding player all season turned on the class and scored two great goals to win the match and title for his team.

Gerry Delea scored two goals late in the first half, the second of which was a great strike from 20 yards for Apple Exiles to break the deadlock in their game against The Whitfords. The encounter opened up in the second period and Apple went on to win 5-2.

Thursday Division 1

The Known Quantities kept up their defence of their title with a powerful display against an under strenth Ex Pats Athletic. Padraig McGovern and Gordon Lynch were lethal for the winners in attack.

Niall Kerrigan opened the scoring for The Thirtysomethings from the penalty spot to springboard his team on to a 4-2 win against The All Blacks, Luca Gastoldi was outstanding for the winners and contributed two fine goals.