EZY Achieve "Perfect Season"

Thursday Div 1  

 EZY FC made Footy history with the first ever Perfect Season, a tremendous achievement in winning 14 games out of 14. However their final hurdle was not an easy one, as they relied on a last minute John Daly goal to beat an excellent Oxford internationals side and coming from behind to win 3-2. EZY were a little lucky as their equaliser to make it 2-2 was an own goal. But EZY pushed forward in search of the much sought after winner and were rewarded when Daly pounced on a loose ball to send his teammates wild with delight. Oxford did very well in their maiden Footy season and had had some excellent talent in their side especially in Conor Hawes and Joe Kinsella. Brian Lyons was excellent again for EZY and deservedly picked up the MVP award. Polish man Sebsatian Oziomek also made Footy history as he won the Golden Boot award with an incredible 39 goals in 14 matches. An incredible record in the top division. The previous record was held by another foreign player Chen Changyou from China whose 34 goals record has stood for 4 years, but was in a lower division.

Thursday Div 2  “The Alan Jordan Memorial Cup” 

 Champions Net Busters marked their last game with another convincing win over Mount Oval and picked up the Alan Jordan Memorial Cup.  Mount Oval had a lot of possession but were caught on the counter by Dave McCarthy, Stephen Stromsoe and Paul Sexton several times, who had the quick break tactic down to a tee. Goalkepper Conor McDowell who had a fabulous season, won the MVP award and Paul Sexton won the Golden Boot with 29 goals, making it a clean sweep for the Net Busters.
Apple Exiles marked their last game with a narrow 3-2 win over O'Higgins, with Mark Kirwin being the Exiles best player for the 2nd week in succession.
The Jager Bombers finished their season on a high as they won last 4 games on the trot, their latest victims being the Chancers, beating them 4-3. The Bombers needed a while to settle into Footy but seem to have come to grips with the pace of the game and have become more organised in defence which should stand to them for future seasons.
The Dragons who finished in 2nd place, also came from behind to see off Cork Celtic, with poacher Fiachra O'Driscoll  scoring 5 times in a 6-2 win.

Thursday Division 3

 This division goes down to the wire with the top two teams with a chance of honours going into the final week. The JT Specials and the Flying Column both had convincing wins over Men Utd and Balaga Tongo respectively and must play each other in a winner take all clash this coming Thursday. The Specials go into the final week a point ahead and as a result of this are slight favourites over the Column. Both teams have huge respect for each other having being playing in the Footy leagues for several years and with neither team ever having won honours. May the best team win !
3rd  placed Sons of Pitches were back to their best as they convincingly beat the Whitfords.
All Games in this league are at 7pm this Thursday.

Wednesday Div 2

 The Lemmons were crowned champions of division 2 as Sub Standard Liege faltered at the final hurdle against the FC Coping Badly. Donal Lennon's Lemmons took advantage of this by beating bottom placed AFC Tesco comfortably and in doing so won their first Footy league honours. Alan Greaney scored 6 times for the Lemmons and scooped the Golden Boot award.
Sub Standard came up short against a resolute Coping Badly side and lost 4-3 when they needed a win. Bernard Parkes and Martin Hallahan were best for Coping Badly who fully deserved victory on the night. Patrick Coleman and James Mealy tried hardest for Liege but could not break down the Coping defence who had keeper Robbie Doyle in tremendous form.
Rosies came from behind to beat rivals the Duffers 4-3 in a closely fought encounter.
Fritzl Palace also won by the odd goal, beating AC Standard 3-2 in another tight game.

Wednesday Div 1

 The Kids picked up another league title, in a league that was won a few weeks ago when they beat their close rivals the Bailey. Colin Hammond who was their top scorer picked up the Most Valuable player award who also had Michael Doody nominated for MVP.
Racing Club overcame the  3rd placed Thirty Somethings  4-2. The Somethings fought back from 4-0 to make a game of it in the 2nd half but Racing looked like they took their foot off the gas and let their opponents back into the game. Another high energy performance from Racing's Edward Noonan and Jason Lake along with 4 goals from 42 year old Jurgen Bukowski was enough to see off the Somethings in the first half. Darragh O Regan who enjoyed another excellent season, scored 3 times for Crystal Phallus and finished just a few goals shy of Bukowski who picked up the Golden Boot award. Racing's Padriag McGovern also had another high scoring season, another impressive tally as he missed several games through injury.
The Bailey had Ben Ryan and Ronan Sherman in good form as they cruised to victory over bottom place Sliabh na mBan in a very casual and open game .

Perfect Season Not an EZY Challange

Thursday Division 2

The Net Busters were crowned division 2 champions with a week to spare as they cruised to victory over last seasons division 3 champions O'Higgins FC. Their captain and manager Damien Byrne will be the first man to lift the Alan Jordan Memorial Cup. Their chief rivals the Dragons lost to bottom placed Jager Bombers thus handing the title to the Net Busters. The energetic Dave McCarthy who has been brilliant all season for the Champions was the main man in their dismantling of O'Higgins FC. John Sexton who was the steadying influence in midfield this season was also in top form. The best team undoubtedly won the league as they definitely had a very good balance to their side this season. With an excellent goal keeper, a strong defence, plenty of energy in midfield and a brilliant finisher in Paul Sexton at centre forward.

The Jager Bombers had a comprehensive over the Dragons and are now only a point adrift from Cork Celtic at the bottom. Alan Evans was The main Bomber as he hit the net 5 times, showing some clinical finishing. Omer Mercier also scored an impressive header for the Bombers who had too much in the tank for a tired looking Dragons outfit.

The Chancers came from a goal down to win 4-3 against Cork Celtic in a highly entertaining game. Defender Jason O'Connell was best for the Chancers who have improved dramatically over the last few weeks, but lost some bad games earlier in the season and might have been contenders otherwise.

Barry O Sullivan pounced late on to score the winner.

Apple exiles were too strong for Mount Oval and had a 5-1 win . Newcomer for Apple Mark Kirwin scored a brace for the Exiles and got the man of the match.

Thursday Division 3

The Flying Column and the JT Specials played 2 games last week, the first of which was against each other in a Footy Classic. Rob Carpenter scored 2 beautiful headers to put the Specials 2-0 up and looking comfortable. But The Column showed their tremendous spirit and were driven on by MVP nominee Alan Mullery in midfield and Ray O'Regan in defence. The same post saved the Specials twice in quick succession, as O'Regan and then Mullery were desperately unlucky with two excellent strikes from 20 yards. Father and son duo Donagh and Ciaren McArtan combined as McArtan senior finished Juniors cross after an excellent left wing run. The Column piled on the pressure in the 2^nd half only to be held until the final minute as Mullery struck for a cracking equaliser. Then Dan McCarthy scored his most important Footy goal with a low deflected drive from a tight angle with only seconds remaining to send his side wild with delight.

Men Utd had an comprehensive win over the Column the following evening who gave everything they had the night before. Sean O Connor scored all 4 goals for Utd and gave a wonderful performance in doing so.

3^rd placed Sons of Pitches seem to be lacking some creativity in their midfield as their season comes to a conclusion but still have a chance of honours if they win both their remaining game as the Specials and The Column must go head to head again in the final game of the season. The Specials made up for their heart wrenching loss the night before as they narrowly beat the Pitches 4-3. Dan Hegarty was best for the Specials and scored with a wonderful volley, flicking the ball over the defenders head before crushing the ball to the net.

The golden oldies the Whitfords beat Balaga Tongo 6-2, and used all their experience to beat this young Tongo side. Brothers Jack and Harry Russell scored 5 of their sides goals and showed their younger opponents how to finish in front of goal.

Thursday Division 1

Footy's first perfect season is the latest challenge for EZY FC who have 13 wins out of 13. But they are up against it in their final game as Oxford Internationals should be well up for the challenge after an impressive rookie season. Oxford had a 11-7 win over Far From Ath in a very open game. Conor Hawes was most impressive for his side a scored a hatful of goals at centre forward.

Champions EZY FC had too much pace and power for the Booze Crew and gave them a lesson in finishing. OS Naventages also had too much football in their side for an under strength All Blacks team and had a comfortable 8-4 win.

Drink Team also hammered their opponents KFC. MVP nominee Peter Perdas was again excellent for this Polish side who are a joy to watch in possession of the ball. Sebastain Oziomek scoring 6 times for his side bring his seasons tally to a Footy record of 35 goals with 1 game still to come.

Kids Close in on Another Footy Title

Wednesday Division 1
The eagerly anticipated showdown between The Kids and The Bailey did not disappoint and was a very high tempo game played with huge intensity by both teams. The Kids needed to win as they were a point behind the Bailey with only 2 games left and both teams expecting to win their remaining games. This was perhaps the difference between the 2 sides as The Kids seemed to want it more and they never left The Bailey settle on the ball. Oisin McGrath was exellent for the Kids at centre forward and held up the ball very well and contributed with 2 goals. Ronan Sherman gave hope to the Bailey who upped their game in the 2nd half. But Colin Hammond's excellent finish provided his sides third goal to seal 3 very important points.
Sliabh na mBan and CUH played out an very entertaining 3-3 draw. Joe McAulliffe scored na mBan deserved equaliser and he was his sides best player on the night. Cathal O'Sullivan scored a brace for CUH and Shane Fitzgerald also gave an excellent performance in midfield for the Wilton Boys.
Edward Noonan was brilliant for Racing Club as they overcame Chrystal Phallus 7-3. Noonan seemed to be everywhere, making numerous interceptions and driving his side into attack. MVP nominnee Jurgen Buwoski scored 4 times for Racing, the first one being a tremendous volley after only 2 minutes. Fellow MVP nominee Darragh O'Regan was again Phallus's best player and again scored a hatrick.

Wednesday Division 2
With 2 games left this division looks like it will be down to the wire as the 4 main contenders all had good wins to keep their respective title hope alive. Sub Standard Liege who won a very tight game with Rosies and gained 3 vital points to stay top. Lemmons brought AC Standards winning streak to and end and FC Coping Badly left it very late to beat the Duffers, depending on a last minute free kick by John O'Brien to keep in the chasing pack. The very organised Fritzl Palace also stayed in the hunt with a win over bottom placed AFC Tesco.
Sub Standard Liege got off to a slow start against a Rosies outfit that seemed really up for the challange of playing the league leaders. Gus Bowen was excellent for Rosies and scored a brace to put them into a 3-1 lead. Pat Coleman and Kevin Heelan both also scored twice for Liege who improved in the 2nd half to clinch the points. Their last game of the season with Coping Badly looks like it will be huge game with the 2nd placed Lemmons waiting in the wings hoping for a draw. Alan Greaney showed all his qualities in his performance for The Lemmons scoring 3 times in their 6-3 win over AC.
Seamus Daly was brilliant for Palace and ran the game from a deep midfield position against Tesco. Tesco have some very skilful players in their side and showed some neat passing moves but poor finishing left them down, and Palace won comfortably 5-2 in the end with late Dan Twomey and Joe Culloty goals.  


Thursday Division 2
Top of the table clash between the Net Busters and the Dragons was another excellent game, with the Net Busters winning a tight battle 7-5. Two outstanding indiviudal performances was difference between these two teams. The clinical finishing of Paul Sexton was most impressive as he scored an incredible 5 times and he was too hot for the Dragons defence. Conor McDowell was brilliant in goal for the Net Busters and made some oustanding saves to keep the Dragons at bay. Shaun Jordan and Rory Walsh were best for the Dragons and tried really hard but they were always chasing the game having gone behind to 2 early goals.

Column Back in the Hunt

^{Thursday Division 3}

^{The Flying Column are back in the title race after a fine win over the Sons Of Pitches. The column who were missing their best player in Ciaren McAtran pulled out their best display of the season beating the Pitches 4-2. Alan Mullery worked tirelessly in midfield for the Column but their hero on the night was French man Fabrice Fortune. With the score 0-0 at halftime, the Column knew they had to go for all 3 points with games running out and were rewarded with a great headed goal from Fortune. He went on to score 2 more in quick succession. William O'Brien and an own goal got the battling Pitches back into the game but Conor O'Mahony sealed the 3 points with his sides 4th. The Column are now just a point off the leaders, the JT Specials who lost to Whitfords and so they should look forward with confidence when they play them next week. Whitfords also had their best display of the season when they toppled the Specials 3-0. Billy Stewart scored twice and James Hamilton once in a game where the Specials never got into their stride. Stewart's 2nd goal was a wonderful solo effort and the highlight of this game. MenUtd narrowly beat Balaga Tonga 4-3 on Thursday and then did likewise against Whitfords 6-5 in 2 great games. Jason Lake showed what an excellent defender he has become and was in top form in both ties. Josh King scored 2 very good goals for Tongo and was unfortunate to be on the losing side.}

^{Damien Kennedy was also excellent between the Sticks for Tongo and kept the score very respectable. Bernard Parkes scored three 2nd half goals and was top man for Utd, scoring with a late free kick with the sides tied at 5-5. Gavin Rosser showed all his experience for Whitfords and his  use of the ball was excellent. The lead in this tie changed many times before Parkes pounced with his late strike.}

^{Thursday Division 2 “The Alan Jordan Memorial Cup”}

^{It was a good night for leaders the Net Busters who opened up a two point lead on the Dragons who only managed a draw with Apple Exiles. The very lively Dave McCarthy was best for the Net Busters who took advantage of the Chancers being a man down for the first 15 minutes going into a 3-0 lead. However when The Chancers got their 7th man on the pitch they out performed the Netbusters for at least an half an hour and tied the match at 3-3. However they seemed to run out of steam and Stephen Stromsoe and McCarthy added 2 late goals seal 3 vital points. Apple were unlucky not to beat the 2nd placed Dragons, as they conceded a late equaliser to draw 3-3 and a share of the spoils. Shaun Jordon with the all important late effort. Rory Walsh was excellent for the Dragons as was Jarrin Hoopman for the Exiles scoring twice. It was a bad night for Cork Celtic who played 2 games in the one night but losing them both. They were comprehensively beaten by O'Higgins FC and then went down to Mount Oval 3-1 after going a goal in front. The Celtic legs tired as the game wore on and Mark Hackett capitalised scoring two 2nd half goals for the Oval.} 

Thursday Division 1

The fat lady is warming up her voice after EZY FC beat their main rivals Drink Team 6-3 in a top of the table clash. Ezy did not have as much possession as their Polish rivals but were more direct in their approach and looked more dangerous going forward. They also defended very impressively throughout the game. Steve Dwyer gave a powerful performance in midfield for EZY and Brian Lyons also making a major contribution. Justin Banks made some great saves in goal for EZY when the game was tied at 3-3. But Ezy's top man on the night was John Daly who was excellent in defence and scored with a great strike after a poor clearance to put his side 4-3 in front and they never looked back. Peter Perdas and Marcin Glyda were best for Drink Team who seemed to overplay the passing game at times.

Oxford Intl overcame the Portuguese lads OS Naventages 5-3 in a very exciting game. Maurice Shannon scoring the pick of these 8 goals. Conor Hawes again excelled for Oxford.

The All Blacks came from 4-1 down at half time to win 5-4 against Far From Ath. Donagh Dwyer with 2 late goals to seal the the points for All Blacks. John Doherty was top man for Far From, who showed seen out this game but showed a lack of urgency in the final 10 minutes which cost them dearly.

The Booze Crew had their best win of the season so far as they beat Kitteringham FC 8-3 in another very open game. Kevin Willmott was star man for the Boozers scoring an impressive 5 times. Dean Dunlea was best for KFC.