Johnson KOs Kids

Thursday Division 1

Dave Johnson starred for EZY FC scoring 3 times and showed some excellent finishing as they beat their old rivals The Kids 7-2 to move above them in the table and into 2^nd place. The Kids had most of the possession and played some excellent football, but missed some good chances at the start of the 2^nd half which proved costly as the more direct and fast breaking EZY were more clinical in front of goal. Steve Dwyer and John Daly were also excellent for Ezy where Michael Doody was tops for The Kids and scored both his sides goals.

Oxford remain top and are now 6 points clear of Ezy and The Kids after another impressive display in beating Joga Bonito 10-4. Colm Coveney was instrumental in their victory pulling all the strings in their midfield, setting several of Oxfords goals. Brian O Sullivan was also impressive and scored a hatrick. Oxford have a very strong side, very well organised and are now strong favourites for to take the title at the half way stage of the season.

Los Pistoleros and Red Shirts played out an exciting 4-4 draw, with Los Pistoleros doing well in the 2^nd half coming back from 3-1 down to take a share of the spoils. Donal Collins impressively scored all sides goals and with Ken O Connor had an excellent game. Mark Kitteringham scored a brace for Red Shirts and should have been out of reach at the 30 minute mark, with the post and crossbar coming to Los Pistoleros rescue just before half time.

Thursday Division 2

Boca Seniors and The Chancers are pulling away from the other teams in this division as they both had good wins over the Dragons and Jt Specials respectively. Boca had too much for The Dragons who are suffering from too many weekly changes in their side.

Dave Peterson scored 5 times for Boca and along with the skilful Paul Tierney were both excellent.

The Chancers looked impressive in taking a 4-1 lead against The Specials, but The Specials who are in division 2 for the first time battled hard with Neil Gordon to the fore and fought back to 4-3 after 2 goals from Ian Cahalane. But the Chancers hit a late goal to settle this tie and remain 2 points ahead of Boca Seniors. Barry O Sullivan worked tirelessy in midfield for the Chancers covering a lot of ground and winning back possesion many times. Gavin O Driscoll and Ross Long both scored twice for the winners.

Unreal Madrid and Mount Oval fought a tough battle that ended 1-1, a fair result for 2 fully commited teams. This game remained goalless for 50 minutes, until Dave Hogan pounced on a loose ball to put Mount Oval in front, only for Ashley Gyves to score a very late equaliser for Madrid.

Thursday Division 3

The Sons of Pitches look determined this season to make up for being so close to winning division 3 a few times now, and put in a very display in their 6-3 win over the Whitfords. This game was nicely poised 3-3 at half time, but the younger Pitches side pulled away in the 2^nd half, with goals from Eoin Barrett. Ken O Connor scored the pick of the goals just before half time after an excellent run out of defence before a powerful low strike into the corner of the Whitfords goal.

The Nobodys put in their best display so far with a good win over Men Utd. Derek O Brien scored a hatrick for the 5-3 winners, who had newcomer Larry Lee in tremendous form. Bernard Parkes and Jason Lake played well for Men Utd but too many substitutions are affecting this sides rythym.

Balaga Tonga stay in 2^nd spot behind the Pitches on goal difference after they beat the Lemmons 5-4 in the pick of last weeks Footy games. The Lemmons battled hard and came back from 4-1 down to 4-4, only for Eoghan Hayes to score a dramatic late winner to seal 3 crucial points for Tongo. Cormac Murphy was best for The Lemmons who were a little unlucky not to get something from the game. Tongos Eoghan Kennedy and Josh King were a constant threat to the Lemmons defence and were amoungst the goals.