Whitfords Need Just One Point

Thurs Division 3

Whitfords comprehensively beat Men Utd 7-0 to stay top, 3 points ahead of the Flying Column who were also winners over their Barrack St rivals South City. Cameron Espey and Kevin O’Connell each scored excellent individual goals for the Whitfords who are playing some excellent football as the season concludes.

Alan Mullery was excellent in midfield and last season’s MVP Kieran McArtan scored a hatrick for the Column who were too strong for South City in a one sided game. The hard working and a little unlucky Flying Column team have finished runners on a few occasions now and look to South City to do them a favour against Whitfords next Thursday. Whitfords, with all their experience, should see it out and win their first Footy title.

Cormac Crowley took his 2^nd half goal well, which proved to be the winner for The Sons of Pitches who won 2-1 against the JT Specials. John McCarthy was best for the Specials.

Panicakios made hard work in seeing off the B69ers who battled well with only 6 players. The Niners lost out on a 5-3 scoreline, were the better side for much of the game, but the industrious Dillon O’Brien eventually turned the game in Panicakios’s favour with 2 well taken goals.

Thurs Division 1

Already crowned division 1 champions the 30 Somethings were beaten by 3-2 by Ex Pats. Paul Kilcoyne did most of the damage for the Pats scoring twice. The under strength Somethings were no match for their opponents on the night and the Ex Pats should have won more comprehensively.

EZY FC moved into 2^nd place by beating the All Blacks quite easily and showed some excellent finishing in front of goal, notably from Kevin Garde who was superb and scored 5 goals. Dave Johnson in midfield and Steve Dwyer were also at their best for EZY. Rob Healy and Rory O’Leary were on the score sheet for the All Blacks.

Thurs Division 2

Mark Ryan was best for Apple Exiles as he scored a great hatrick and kept them at the summit of division 2. The Exiles who were 4 nil up at half time, against Athletico PTF conceded twice in the 2^nd half, to goals from Dave Barry and Brian Fleming.

The Net Busters remain 3 points adrift and are looking forward to the final league of the season when they square up to the Apple boys in a game which may yet decide this division, that is if Apple do not slip up next week against the Bandits.

The Bandits won a very exciting game 5-3 against The Barrack Rats. Bandits keeper Quintan Gambore provided the turning point when the game was tied at 3-3, by making 2 spectacular saves. His side went on to score twice more through Malcolm Harte and Seamus Keane to seal the points. The inconsistent, mid table, but very capable Bandits may pose problems for the Exiles next week, depending on their attitude.