Slick Trotters Off To Perfect Start

Footy Report Wednesday 22^nd May

Wed Div 1

Trotters Traders lead the way after 2 games of the Summer Footy Season with 2 wins out of 2. They demolished the Thirty Somethings on week 1 and then ground out an excellent 3-1 win over a strong Booze Crew side on week 2. A late Eoin Stephens goal sealed the points as the Booze Crew pushed forward in search of an equaliser only to be caught on the counter by the Traders. This Slick Traders side push the ball around well and it will take a good side to finish above come mid August.

The Sleazy Lemmons up from Division 2 are more than holding their own with two wins out of two also and are behing the Trotters on goal difference.

ABCDE FC who hail from Cobh drew 4-4 with the Thirty Somethings in a classic footy affair. This game was end to end, with a draw being a fair result. Both keepers were the best players on the pitch but Niall Kerrigan shaded the man of the match with some excellent late saves that secured a point for the Somethings.

CSKA Tongo had too much in the tank for Racing Club with Philip Cotter Joe Dempsey and John Crean in top form and if they can keep a settled side, they should find themselves at the right end of the table come August.

Wed Div 2

Sliabh na mBan and Fritzl Palace both got off to good starts with 2 wins out of 2.

Na mBan had 2 comprehensive victories over Footy newcomers Bayern Neverlosin and Douglas Mortgage and look like early season favourites. They have an experienced team with the industrious John Browne and the very skilful Paul Tierney running their midfield.

Fritzl Palace who have a few changes to their side for the Summer are also looking good and will push them all the way. They had an excellent 6-3 win over the Duffers, with Pat Crotty and Phil Canty in excellent form.

Dynamo Tonduff and FC Coping Badly drew out a really tough game, 1-1 being the half time score, but with with both defences on top in the 2^nd half no scores were added.

Bayer Neverlosin have a few decent players, will take a few weeks to settle before they should pick up a few points. The Duffers have also improved their side this Summer and should test a lot of teams in this division.

Douglas Mortgage and AC Standard drew 6-6 in a brillant game, easily the best game on week one. These sides are experienced Footy Campaigners and should be challenging for honours also.

Special Champions

Thursday Division 3

The JT Specials were crowned division 3 Champions last Thursday night for the first time in their 8 years of playing in the Footy leagues.

They drew 2-2 with their arch rivals this season, the Flying Column in their final game to clinch the title. This game was closely fought as both sides had a chance of honours going into this top of the table clash with the Column being a point behind.

The first half was a tense affair with both sides concentrating more on not conceding, but with a draw being no good to the Flying Column they pushed on in the 2^nd half leading to a more open game. With 15 minutes to go the Specials broke out of defence and Dan Hegarty pounced to steer the ball home from a very tight angle to put them one up. Hegarty who had a fine season for the Specials in attack, struck again 5 minutes later with a similar breakaway goal. But the Column battled on, as they do so well and Ciaran McAtran scored 2 late goals to make it a very tense last few minutes. Rob Carpenter ancaptain Steve Riordain were best for the winners, while MVP winner Alan Mullery and McArtan were best for the losers.

Both Men Utd and the Sons of Pitches finsihed off the season with 5-1 victories over the Whitfords and Balaga Tongo respectively.

The younger United side were faster to the ball all evening over the veteran Whitfords who were short a few of their regular players on the night. Danny O Driscoll and Sean O Connor controlled the midfield for Men Utd and they also had Jason Lake in tremendous form in defence

The Sons of Pitches were too strong and more organised than Balaga Tongo and ran out easy winners. Frank Carley scored a hatrick for the Pitches and Michael Deasy was again the Pitches best player.

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Most Valuable Players Nominees and Winners & Golden Boot Winners

Div 1 Wednesday

Jurgen Bukowski – Racing Club

Kevin Murphy – Thirtysomethings

Michael Doody – The Kids

Stephen McCarthy – The Bailey

Colin Hammond – The Kids (Winner)

Golden Boot Winner – Jurgen Bukowski 27 Goals

Div 2 Wednesday

Patrick Coleman – Sub Standard Liege (Winner)

John O'Brien – FC Coping Badly

Colin Murphy – Rosies

Alan Greaney – The Lemmons

Eamonn Kelleher – AC Standard

Golden Boot winner – Alan Greaney 31 Goals

Thursday Div 1

Peter Perdas - Drink Team FC

Steve Dwyer – EZY FC

Brian Lyons – EZY FC (Winner)

Conor Hawes – Oxford Intl

Dave O Brien – Kitteringham FC

Golden Boot Winner – Sebastian Oziomek – 39 Goals

Thursday Div 2

Joe Harte – The Chancers

Rory Walsh - Dragons

Paul Sexton – Net Busters

Conor McDowell - Net Busters (Winner)

Shaun Jordan – Dragons

Golden Boot Winner – Paul Sexton 34 Goals

Thursday Div 3

Sean O Connor – Men Utd

Alan Mullery – Flying Column (Winner)

Dan Hegarty – JT Specials

Rob Carpenter – JT Specials

Michael Deasy – Sons of Pitches

Golden Boot Winner – Rob Carpenter 22 Goal