Dramatic Win For EZY

Thursday Division 1

The Ex Pats Athletic, Ezy FC encounter was a thrilling match. Colin Farmer scored three magnificent goals for the Ex Pats while Steve Dwyer matched his tally for Ezy. Both goal keepers, Bill Henry for the Pats and Arthur O Shea for Ezy were also outstanding, but with five minutes to go it looked like Ezy would take the points when they went tw goals ahead. However The Pats closed the defecit and appeared to have salvaged a point. But the drama wasn’t over yet. Almost straight from the kick off Kevin Garde notched a winner for Ezy. The final score was 6-5 in favour of Ezy FC.

The Go With The Flow, Thirtysomethings match was a tough hard fought encounter. An early goal scored by Luca Gastoldi for The Thirtysomethings was all that separated the sides entering the final fifteen minutes. During this period Go With The Flow were pressing hard and had numberous chances either saved or off target. When John Duggan finally equalised with two minutes remaining it looked like the Passage lads had salvaged a draw. However their celebrations were short lived because Jake McAuliffe scored a fine winner with thirty seconds remaining to give The Thirtysomethings a 2-1 win.

The All Blacks have made a great start to the season and are now top of the table by virtue of their 4-2 win against The Hooligans. Both teams played some great ball but it was obvious from very early that The All Blacks were better organised and were more used to the format. New comers, The Hooligans have some very good players but got caught too far up the pitch at times which allowed The All Blacks a couple of two on ones in front of goal, which the easily converted. Niall Murphy was his usual commanding self in the middle of the pitch for the All Blacks while Aidan O Sullivan scored twice was always dangerous up front. Niall Kingston and Pat O Regan were in the mark for The Hooligans who will be a fine team when they get used to the 7 a side format.

Thursday Division 2

The Whitfords have started this season in the same vein that they finished last season. They had a fine 4-2 win against Men United this week. The first half was an evenly contested affair during which Cameron Espey of The Whitfords and Joe McCarthy of Men United exchanged goals. However The Whitfords dominated the second period. Their off the ball movement and ability to create space for each other was outstanding. Kevin O’ Connell, Jack Russell and Cameron Espey all scored for The Whitfords during this period while Padraig O Riordan replied with a fine long range effort for Men United.

The Sons of Pitches, Red Bull Anascaul match was thrilling encounter. The teams were deadlocked at 2-2  entering the final ten minutes when Diego Garcia scored a fine winner for The Pitches. Infact it was the Spaniard who scored all of the Pitches goals and was a constant thorn, or sword in the Red bull side. Nick McWade was also outstanding for The Bulls and scored a fine goal for his team.

Dillon O Brien was the difference between The JT Specials and Paniceastcork, as he scored three to give Paniceastcork a 3-0 win against JT Specials.

Athletico PTF were flatterd by their 3-0 win against Big Test Icles. Even though Big Test had a lot of possession and chances they failed to score. On the other hand, Athletico made the most of their chances and scored three fine goals through Ken O Connor, Paul Killeen and Ross O Riordan. Paul Killeen was outstanding in defence for the winners.