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Bailey Win Top of Table Clash

Division 1

After 5 weeks of games The Bailey must be favourites to take the title as they overcame their rivals The Kids 2-1 in their toughest test yet. This game was an excellent encounter with some really high quality football being played by both sides. Colin Hammond put the kids ahead midway through the first half, But Stephen McCarthy who showed some lovely touches and excellent vision equalised for The Bailey. Ronan Sherman came up with a great header to seal the points in what is considered to be a 6 pointer.

CUH if they can keep a settled team will be a test for anyone and should be in the shake up towards the business end of the season. Although missing Denis O'Mahony through injury, they have found 2 excellent players this season in Shane Fitzgerald and Brian Crowley. Fitzgerald was brilliant in midfield and helped them overcome Sliabh na mBan 4-2, coming up with a brace and always looked a threat breaking from midfield.

Last season Champions CSKA Tongo also stayed in touch as they beat the 30 Somethings 4-1. This game was tied with 10 minutes to go but CSKA who showed the Somethings how to finish as they converted their chances which was the Somethings downfall earlier in the game. John Crean with a double and the ever reliable Joe Dempsey, and John O'Connell were CSKA scorers.

Crystal Phallus ousted Racing Club in a very open game. Racing who have a few newcomers this season are still finding their feet and need to close the gaps at the back if they are to have a chance of contending. Their lack of a steady goal keeper this season has particularly hurt them. Meanwhile these 3 points for Phallus has moved them off the bottom of the table and they should gain a lot of confidence from this performance scoring 10 goals in the process. Darragh O Regan was a real handful for the Racing defense scoring 5 times and getting man of the match for his efforts.

Division 2

It looks like this division could be between 4 teams after week 5. Sub Standard Liege top the standings at present, are ticking all the boxes this season, being tighter at the back and have an excellent keeper. James Mealy who is normally deployed as a striker is taking up a more defensive role for Liege this season and it seems to be working as Patrick Coleman and Phil Wade who have been excellent so far and are working very hard in Midfield. They easily dispatched an understrength Rosies side last week.

Donal Lennon's Lemmoms will also be a team to watch and as they seemed to have turned the corner after an inconsistent start to the season. Steve Dwyer and the very skilful Alan Greaney look like top players and should help the Lemmons to be in contention at the end of the season.

AC Standard seemed to have lost their consistency, going down again to the Lemmons 5-2. Fritzl Palace and FC Coping Badly both had good wins to stay in 2^nd and 3^rd place respectively and should also be in the shake up. Coping Badly overcame the Duffers 3-0 but were made to work very hard for this win as the Duffers worked very hard and were the better side for a lot of the game. Coping Badly's keeper Rob Doyle was man of the match and did well to keep a clean sheet.

The very organized Fritzl Palace were too strong for AFC Tesco, beating them 8-4. The highlight in this game was a cracking volley from Seamus Daly for Palace. Tesco who are in their first Footy season are still finding their feet but have some skilful players but need to show more of Palace's organizational skills if they are to get some results.