MP O Sullivans Win Division 3 Title

Wednesday Division 3

MP O’Sulivan celebrated their victorious season with a hard earned 2-1 win over Fritzl Palace. Mick Crowley & MVP nominee Alan Forde,  were again excellent and scored both goals for O’Sullivans.

Joe O’Sullivan again makes the headlines for his side, the Average Joes as he scored a last minute winner against Rosies to win 4-3. This was a cracking tie between 2 very experienced teams. Martin Higgins, who impressively won the Golden Boot, after missing the first 5 games of the season, again scored twice for the Carrigaline boys.

Wayne O’Callaghan also scored a last minute winner against an unlucky Bank of New York team who did well to come back from 2 nil down to draw level. The hard working Declan McMahon scored an excellent goal for the Bankers to get them back into the tie only for them to concede in the last minute to lose.

Wednesday Division 1

Far From Athletic did well to beat CUH 4-0 after the Wilton Boys enjoyed a lot of Possession but could not convert it into goals. A brace from Pat O’Regan helped Far From secure the points but it was an excellent all round team performance that keeps them on track for their title challenge.

Douglas Mortgage new boy Robert Higgins was the best player on the pitch and scored a hatrick as they beat a hard working Cork Celtic side by 6 goals to 4. Thomas Kelly scored twice for Celtic and was also impressive.

Wednesday Division 2

Killian Hogan who has been superb for the Golden Oldies all season scored twice and set up another for Barry Fitzgerald as they overcame Dynamo Tonduff 3-0. Dave Murphy tried hardest for Tonduff who did better in this game than the scoreline suggests. The Oldies now need all 3 points in their final game against Hit or Miss to clinch this division. If they slip up, the ever improving Multiple Scorgasams could pip them for the league as they go into battle with Balaga Tonga in their final encounter next Wednesday. Balaga Tonga again slipped up as they went down to The Crew in a thrilling game that finished 8-7. Mark Parkes was brilliant for the Crew and scored a very impressive 5 goals. Philip Sweetman replied with 4 goals for Balaga but were guilty or too many missed chances and so ended up on the losing side.

Thursday Division 1

The Ex Pats came from 2 nil down to score 4 without reply as they beat the Net Busters. Tim O Connor was outstanding for the Pats as they clawed their way back into this game. Eoin Sheehy also did well for the winners and his good performance is worthy of a mention.

The Cow Tippers put in an impressive display and were way too strong as they trashed the All Blacks. Peter Kelleher with 5 goals, Paul Smith and Dave Johnson were in top form for the Tippers.

Title winners for the 2^nd season in a row, OS Naventages were also impressive as they also had a big victory the 30 Somethings. Paulo Santos scored a hatrick for the Portuguese outfit.

Thursday Division 2

  Game of the week definitely goes to champions Sporting CPL and the Boothouse Bingers who played out a cracking 5 all draw. Man of the Match Robbie Bowen scored twice for the Bingers as Alan Jordan from distance and a great header by Fiachra O’Driscoll were the pick of the CPL goals.

BNY had an excellent win 2-0 over Novartis and played the counter attacking to a tee. Novartis had all the possession but could not break down a resilient BNY defence. Cain Fleming scored a cracking 2^nd goal to seal the points and break the spirit of the Novartis side. A beautifully worked goal

By Ken O’Connor for Athletico PTF, was enough to clinch the points against the Rovers. The impressive Michael Downey was best for PTF on night.

The Bandits ousted Sons of Pitches by the odd goal in another close game that finished 3-2. Pa Doyle was man of the match for the Pitches and also scored a cracking 2 goal. The Pitches pushed for the equaliser but left it a bit late as the Bandits held out for a win. Seamus Keane scored a brace for the Bandits.

Thursday Division 3

Apple Exiles won the all important game with fellow contenders Panicakios and now close in clinching this division. 2 glorious chances that were missed by Panicakios when the game was tied at nil all cost them dearly. Seamus O Brien did put Panicakios ahead after a good move, but after that it was one way traffic as the Exiles played all the football. Ronan Geary scored a cracking equaliser from a tight angle. The very lively Jeremy Dullea was brillant in the 2^nd half and put them ahead with a well taken goal.

Fabrice Fortune shone for the Flying Column as they beat Whitfords. Fortune scored twice for the Column as they scored 3 goals in a 2 minute 2^nd half spell. Alan Mullery was excellent in midfield for the Column.

Kieran Maguire was best for South City ran amuck in the 2^nd half, as the put 8 past the JT Specials and won comfortably. Rob Carpenter scored a brace for the Specials

Golden Oldies Win Top Of The Table Clash

Wednesday Division 2

Honours in this division should now go to the Golden Oldies as they won a crucial clash with season rivals Balaga Tonga. Balaga held the lead until 8 minutes to go, after Joe Dempsey scored an early opener. Damien Kennedy was in superb form and made some wonderful saves for Balaga to keep the Oldies at bay. But when Eoin Cotter equalised, the Balaga heads dropped and their flood gates opened as and Cotter, Killan and Philip Hogan ran in 4 more late goals.

Multiple Scorgasams had a 6-4 win over Hit and Miss to keep in with a chance for honours and move into 2^nd place. Kieran Buckley scored a hatrick and Ian Cotter was also instrumental in their victory.

Wednesday Division 3

David Green was in great form for Fritzl Palace and scored a brilliant late goal to seal the points in a hard fought battle with the Baggios.

Sub Standard Liege and Rosies played out an exciting 2-2 draw. A late James Mealy equaliser sealed a point for Liege. Michael O’Sullivan was excellent for Rosies and scored their 2^nd goal.

MP O’Sullivan came from a goal down at half time but were too strong for BNYM FC in the 2^nd half and ran out easy winners. Gavin Ahern was excellent for O’Sullivans. The dependable Mick Crowley hit a brace as did Colin Guiney and Bernard Curtin for the champions.

Joe O Sullivan rolled back the years for the Average Joes and scored twice to help his team to a narrow 3-2 win over Gowlacticos. His 2^nd goal was a beautiful lob over the Gowlacticos keeper and was the highlight in this end to end game.

Wednesday Division 1

Racing Club and Far From Athletic kept up momentum with 2 good wins to keep their last game of the season to be a top of the table, winner take all clash. Padraig McGovern hit a hatrick for Racing who dispatched Douglas Mortgage 4-1. Cormac Murray did well for Racing in defence and made some crucial blocks during this win that kept his side on top by 2 points.

Far From easily dispatched an inexperienced Cork Celtic team 5-1. Shane Aherne was excellent for Celtic and got the man of the match. Pat O’Regan and Phil Mohally got a brace a piece for Far From.

Thursday Division 1

The Cow Tippers had too much power and pace for the Ex Pats and won out

comfortably in this one sided affair. Peter Kelleher who has a real eye for the goal hit a hatrick and the ever reliable Steve Dwyer also hit the net on a few occasions.

OS Naventages were out played by the Net Busters who put in a great shift and worked very hard for this surprise win. Paul Sexton was superb and hit a hatrick for Net Busters. Adrian Burke was also in good scoring form and hit a brace.

The All Blacks and the 30 Somethings fixture produced, as expected another tight game that resulted in a 1-1 draw. A great strike from Graham Virgo cancelled out an Alan Bowen goal for the Somethings

Thursday Division 2

Novartis and Boothouse Bingers produced the tie of the evening that resulted in a 4-2 for Novartis. This very tight game was won in the dying minutes as Novartis came up with 2 very late goals to seal a great win. Karl Daly was again in brilliant form and scored twice for the winners.

Paddy Daughton came up with the winning goal for the Bandits as the beat Rovers by the odd goal. Stephen Keane tried hardest for Rovers and scored with a great strike to give Rovers the lead.

Ken O Connor starred for Athletico PTF as the trounced Sons of Pitches 6-1. He scored twice, one long range effort and the other with a great header to help seal the 3 points for PTF.

Thursday Division 3

Apple Exiles produced a great team performance that resulted in an easy win over JT Specials. Mark Ryan was central to the slick passing of the Exiles who have got stronger as the season has progressed.

Conor O’Mahony came up with a last minute winner for the Flying Column as they beat their Barrack St rivals South City, 4-3 in an excellent game. Alan Mullary was excellent for the Column who were made to work very hard for the points.

The goalkeeping skills of Jim Hanlon was a feature in Panicakios’s win

over Whitfords, that maintains their title aspirations. They  ran out 2-0 winners but were pushed all the way by the experienced Whitfords. Simon and Seamus O’Brien were on the scoresheet for Panicakios.

Lucky Break For Far From

Wednesday Division 1

Last Wednesday’s floodlight failure caused all games in this division to be cancelled. At the time Far From Athletic were were 3-1 down to leaders Racing Club with just 20 minutes to play. This crucial game between 1^st and 2^nd in the table is now is rescheduled for Christmas Week and should be a cracking finish to this division. Far From have the football to be able to turn this tie around, but should now encounter an even more determined Racing Club team as they can feel a bit of an injustice was done not to just replay out the remaining 20 minutes. This abandoned game was an excellent performance from Racing who were faster to the ball in the opening 20 minutes and took advantage of defensive errors. Padraig McGovern, Rory O’Leary and Edward Noonan all scored and were 3 nil up at half time. A brilliant solo effort by Aaron Atkinson for Far From gave his side hope before the lights went out.

Wednesday Division 2

Two others crucial ties in this division were also affected by the storm.

Balaga Tonga and Multiple Scorgasams was a 1-1 draw when the lights failed, but was a cracking tie. A brilliant goal from Kieran Buckley who nut megged his opponent before toe poking the ball to the corner cancelled out an early John Duggan goal for Balaga.

Hit & Miss were 3 nil down to table toppers Golden Oldies. Killian Hogan and Eoin Cotter were excellent for the Oldies, but were pushed harder than the scoreline suggests by Dan Williams and company and may not have it all their own way in the replay.

Wednesday Division 3

2 games were completed in this division. Fritzl Palace beat Gowlacticos 3-2 to end their chances of honours as MP O’Sullivan overcame Sub Standard Liege in another tight game to seal the division 3 title. Ger Kelleher was again best for O’Sullivans who also had Lenny Lyons and Shane Forde on the scoresheet. Mike Wren was man of the match in the Palace v Gowlacticos tie as Killian Lynch notched 2 long range strikes for the winners.

Thursday Division 1

2 great goals by Emmanuel sealed the points for OS Naventages and pushes them closer to retaining the division 1 title. Paulo Santos also scored as they beat the 30 Somethings 3-1.

Steve Dwyer was outstanding for the Cow Tippers as they beat the All Blacks comfortably. Justin Banks scored twice for the Tippers as Niall Murphy scored the All Blacks only goal.

Tim O Connor was brilliant for the Ex Pats as they came from behind to overcome the Net Busters 4-2. He was on the mark twice as was Eric Olin for the Pats. Paul Sexton was best for the Busters.

Thursday Division 2

A brilliant effort from Ken O Connor was enough to take all 3 points for Athletico PTF as they beat contenders the Boothouse Bingers 1-0. This defeat for the Bingers make it very hard for them now with only 3 games left and 7 points behind CPL.

A resurgent Bandits team convincingly beat a Bank of New York side that were a man short on the night. 2 long range efforts by Paddy Daughton and Dave Creedon helped clinch the points.

Novartis overcame a determined effort by the Sons of Pitches and won 6-3. Sean Stack and Ivan Murphy were central to all that went well for Novartis on the night. Pat Doyle hit a brace for the Pitches.

Thursday Division 3

Apple Exiles joined Panicakios at the top of division 3 as they hammered them 4-0. Despite a tremendous performance from Seamus O’Brien for Panicakios, the Exiles proved a bit too strong as Arjan with a brace, Phelim O’Brien and Mark Ryan were all on the scoresheet. Their game against each other scheduled on December 15^th will be a title decider.

A double from Cameron Espey helped Whitfords beat The Flying Column

4-1. Noel Hayes scored the lone Column goal.

Arthur O’Shea was brilliant between the sticks for South City as they beat JT Specials by the odd goal in a hard fought game.