Bocas Crowned Division 2 Champions

Division 2

Boca Seniors took the division 2 title which went down to the last series of games. The Chancers who were in 2^nd place went into the last week with a chance of winning the league but needed a favour from Unreal Madrid to upset Boca Seniors, and win their own clash against the Dragons. Neither of these scenarios worked out as Bocas convincingly beat an under strength Madrid side 6-2. While the Chancers also came up short and were beaten 2-1 by a resurgent Dragons side. Tony Hennessy scored a brace for Bocas while Eric Cotter was best for the Champions on the night as they did well and came from a goal down. The Dragons who have been very inconsistent this season mainly due to fielding a different side almost every week, gave their best display of the season to stifle the Chancers. Tim O Callaghan and Rory Walsh were best for the Dragons while O'Callaghan and Fiachra O'Driscoll scored their goals. Gavin O'Driscoll bagged his golden boot award with an excellent volley and his 25^th goal of the season for the Chancers.

The JT Specials were inspired by MVP winner Dan Hegarty who scored their 2 goals in their 2-1 win over Mount Oval. The Specials who struggled early in the season with the added pressure of moving to division 2 after several years in division 3, settled very well in the last few weeks and played some decent football. Mount Oval will also need to find a consistent team next time out as too many changes in their weekly line up has also affected their position.

Division 3

The Sons of Pitches who took the title with a week to spare, beat the Lemmons 5-4 in a very exciting game to close out the Summer season. The Lemmons looked a beaten side came back from 5-2 down to almost snatch a draw from the Champions. MVP nominees Michael Deasy and Alan O Sullivan were again best for the Pitches while Justin Banks and Cormac Murphy were best for the Lemmons.

Stuart Howard starred for the Whitfords as they beat Men Utd 6-2. Howard showed some sensational finishing as he scored 5 times for his side. This victory was even more impressive as this aging Whitfords team played with only 6 players, but used the counter attacking game to great effect.

2^nd placed Balaga Tonga won their last game with a hard fought 2-1 win over the Nobodys. Josh King and Eoin Hayes scored for Balaga while Barry Clinton replied for the losers.

Division 1

Ezy FC have now dominated this top league for 3 seasons. This side was astutely managed by Shane Browne this season, who got his sides tactics right for the big games this season. The dynamic energy of John Daly in the Ezy midfield proved pivotal for them and he deservedly picked up the MVP award. Dave Johnson who played as a very effective holding center forward for the season also played a major role as did the powerful duo of Steve Dwyer and Peter Fitzmaurice. Goalkeeper Justin Banks and Paul Smith Lyons also had impressive seasons for the Champions who had many players in double figures in the goalscoring chart.

Joga Bonito overcame the Red Shirts 6-3 in an entertaining game with the game highlight being a wonderful chip by Daniel Freitas from 45 yards for the last kick of the game. Brian Lyons and Killian Boland were excellent for the Red Shirts but came up short against Bonito whose side was high on skill level and showed some lovely touches and passing moves.

Booze Crew Take as Griffin Takes Awards

Wednesday Division 1

The Booze Crew wrapped up the Division 1 title win a very emphatic win over a strong Crossbarry Legends side. The Crew hit Crossbarry for 6 and impressively held them scoreless to wrap the league up in style. Double award winner Jimmy Griffin was again very impressive and picked up the MVP award and the Golden Boot with a tally of 29 goals for the season.

Damien Grady, Damien O'Leary Pa Burns scored while Griffin chipped in with a hatrick for the Cobh lads who were deserving league winners and played some excellent free flowing football throughout the season.

Abcde FC wrapped their season with a 4-3 win over Racing Club. Another excellent performance by MVP nominee Jason Lake was not enough for Racing as they just came up short and lost to a late James O Donoghhue goal.

Runners up Sleazy Lemmons beat an under strength Trotters Traders side 8-3. Alan Greaney and Steve Dwyer were best for Sleazy, who missed the influential Greaney for the last few weeks which did not help their title aspirations.

Wednesday Division 2

Sliabh na mBan who won division 2 last week, drew with 2^nd placed Dynamo Tonduff 6-6 in a thrilling end of season game. Colm O'Riordain was top player for na mban and scored 4 times as they raced into a 6-2 lead, however Tonduff came back impressively & led be Alan Mooney and equalised with a last ditch effort from Dave Murphy to make it 6-6 and a point a piece for the top 2 teams.

Fritzl Palace secured 3^rd spot as they beat AC Standard in hard fought game, winning by the odd goal. Golden Boot winner Tim O Connor scored twice for Standard, but was not enough as this hard working Fritzl side led by Mike Wren went on to win with a last minute winner.

Bayer Neverlosin beat the Duffers in a bottom of the table clash. Adam Cambridge with a hatrick for Neverlosin, and along with team mate Barry Sheehan were in good form for the Harvey Norman lads, while Gerry Roche worked hardest for the Duffers.

Douglas Mortgage who played with only 5 players, really gave FC Coping Badly a great game for 45 minutes, but their tank inevitably emptied in the closing stages and Coping ran in late goals through John O Brien and Rob Dwyer to secure a 5-2 win. Eric Cotter scored both of the Douglas Mortage goals

Thursday Division 3

The Sons of Pitches finally wrapped a Footy title with a week to spare, after having been runners up 3 times in the past. They beat their close rivals Balaga Tongo in a closely contested game 2-1. Balaga could have still won the league going into this game had they won their remaining 2 fixtures so were well up for the challenge. But the |Pitches organised by their injured manager William O'Brien were up for the challenge of coming out on top even more.

Donie Ryan, Michael Deasy and Man of the match Mark O'Sullivan were in brilliant form and Ryan and O'Sullivan were the Pitches scorers. Balaga's top player all season Eoghan Kennedy was on the mark for the leagues runners up.

Dave O'Donovan scored a brace and a last gasp winner for The Nobodys in their exciting 4-3 win over the Whitfords. Cameron Espey was best for the Whitfords who did well to come back from 3-1 down.

Goalkeeper Arthur O'Shea starred for The Lemmons as they overcame Men Utd 7-5 in another close game, making 2 crucial, excellent saves when the game was tied at 4 a piece.

Ezy Outfox Oxford

Thursday Division 1

Ezy FC are now firm favourites to be crowned champions for the 2^nd season in a row, with 2 weeks to go, and again maybe at the expense of Oxford International who also finished 2^nd to Ezy last season. Oxford who have lead the league for most of the season now find themselves 3 points behind Ezy after they were defeated by the Ballintemple lads 3-0. The first half was extremely tight with both defences on top, which led to the 0-0 half time score. The first goal was always going to be crucial here, and ever reliable Steve Dwyer struck the first blow for Ezy 15 minutes into the 2^nd half after he latched onto a long ball out of defence and finished calmly to the far corner. This goal was a killer blow for Oxford as they had just started to dominate possession. Playing Andrew Daunt at centre half was a very smart move, as he marshalled the leagues leading scorer Conor Hawes very well and thus Oxford were not as effective. Peter Fitzmaurice in defence and MVP nominee John Daly performances are very worthy of a mention, especially Daly as he worked tirlessely in midfield and scored their 2^nd goal. Dwyer added a 3^rd to seal the 3 most important of the season. Brian O Sullivan was best for Oxford who were better than the 3-0 scoreline suggests.

Joga Bonito defeated Los Pistoleros 4-2, with Daniel Fretias and Joao Oliveros both scoring twice for the Portoguese lads. Ken O Connor and Barry Collins who has had an excellent season for Los Pistoleros were on the scoresheet for the losers. Freitas was the difference as he showed incredible skill during the game and took his brace of goals well.

Thursday Divison 2 - “The Alan Jordan Memorial Cup”

Boca Seniors are also 3 points ahead of their closest rivals The Chancers after they defeated Mount Oval 9-3. With 2 weeks left they should close out this division and seal ther first Footy title. The Seniors were very well organised and work very hard and their constant tracking back to help out in defence is paying rich dividends. They took their chances well unlike Mount Oval who took too much out of the ball in the final third giving the Bocas too much time to come back to defend. Eric Cotter and leading scorer Ronan O'Sullivan both scored a hatrick for the league leaders.

JT Special and the Dragons played the game of the week that finished 7-7. Sean O'Neill scored 5 for the Specials and Rob Carpenter scored the other two. The lead changed hands several times during this game, but the games highlight was a goal from Fiachra O'Driscoll for the Dragons, who volleyed to the net after a series of 4 passes where the ball never touched the ground following a throw out from their keeper.

The Chancers had too much class in their side for Unreal Madrid and won rather easily by 7 goals to 2. MVP nominiee Gavin O Driscoll scored 3 times. Liam O'Donoghue also scored a memorable solo goal for the Chancers. Danny Meade looks like an excellent addition to the Chancers outfit and was man of the match. Chancers will be kicking themselves they did not bring Meade in to their side earlier in the season as they may have left it too late to catch Bocas.

Thursday Division 3

The Sons Of Pitches also find themselves 3 points to the good and should also close out the 3^rd division, after they defeated Men Utd comprehensively. Michael Deasy was again to the fore for the Pitches. Both he and Dave Power dominated the midfield and their performances were capped by notching a hatrick a piece.

2^nd placed Balaga Tonga who are recently inconsistent, can still win the league if they beat the Pitches next week and win their last fixture against The Nobodys. They are well behind the leaders on goal difference but can win the league on the head to head rule, as it takes presedence over goal difference. Tonga played 2 games this week, losing a tight game to the Lemmons, before hammering the Whitfords the following evening to stay in touch with the leaders. Josh King and Eoghan Kennedy were best on both evenings for Balaga.

The Nobodys produced their best performance of the season when their new look side beat the Lemmons 4-0. Peter Leahy, Padraig Hanley and Kevin Wilson were best for the winners.

Summer MVP Nominations

Wed Division 1

Jimmy Griffin - Booze Crew

Connie Murphy - Abcde FC

Kyle Hosford - Trotters Traders

Jason Lake - Racing Club

John Paul O Mahony - Crossbarry legends

Wed Division 2 

Paul Tierney - Sliabh na mBan

Joe McAulliffe - Sliabh na mBan

Tim O Connor - AC Standard

Jordan O Leary - Bayer Neverlosin

Dan Gallagher - Fritzl Palace

Thursday Division 1

John Daly - Ezy FC

Steve Dwyer - Ezy FC

Conor Hawes - Oxford International

Colm Coveney - Oxford International

Donal Collins - Los Pistoleros

Thursday Division 2

Gavin O Driscoll - The Chancers

Ronan O Sullivan - Boca Seniors

John Browne - Boca Seniors

Ronan Sherman - Unreal Madrid

Dan Hegarty - JT Specials

Thursday Division 3

Michael Deasy - Sons Of Pitches

Jason Lake - Men Utd

Eoghan Kennedy - Balaga Tonga

John Barry - Whitfords

Alan O Sullivan - Sons Of Pitches

Griffin Leads The Way For Booze Crew

Division 1

All four games were very tight in the first division, 3 games were decided by the odd goal and Crossbarry Legends and Trotters Traders finished a 5-5 draw.

New table Toppers the Booze Crew won a pulsating clash with the Sleazy Lemmons 7-5. This game was played at a very high intensity by both sides and led to a very entertaining game with lots of high quality goals scored. The Cobh lads went into a 2 goal lead after only 2 minutes, before Sleazy ever settled. But settle they did and brought it back to 2-2 at the break. With the game tied at 5-5, Jimmy Griffin scored a brilliant goal with a few minutes left. Both he and Damien Brady who scored 4 times were best for Booze Crew. Glen and Dave Johnson with scored a brace each and they and Steve Dwyer were best for the Lemmons.

The Trotters and Crossbarry clash was another high quality spectacle. John Paul O Mahony scored 4 of Crossbarry goals, and the all important last minute equaliser. The Trotters will feel like they threw this game away as they were 5-3 up with 5 minutes left. These valuable lost points may yet cost them a shot at the title. Keith Kelleher was best for the Trotters.

The Booze Crew will be hard to stop now with only 2 games left after 3 important wins on the bounce

The Thirty Somethings were 4-3 winners over Racing Club. Graham Virgo rolled back the years and rolled in the winner with the final kick of the game for a deserving victory. Jason Lake and Ed Noonan were Racing's top players on the night while Virgo and Shane O Donoghue were tops for the Somethings.

CSKA Tongo pulled off an excellent victory, a 3-2 win over Abcde FC. CSKA played with 6 players for most of the 2^nd half as they had a player sent off for dissent. However they adopted a sit back and defend tactic and played on the break, which worked a treat as Philip Cotter broke out of defence and scored with a well taken goal to seal the points. Joe Dempsey and John Crean (2) were brilliant for Tongo while Tom Rice and Wilson were on the scoresheet for Abcde FC.

Division 2

Dynamo Tonduff kept the title race alive for another week as the beat Douglas Mortgage 7-2 . This win keeps them 5 point off leaders Sliabh na mBan who also won. With 2 games left, Tonduff will be hoping that the Duffers will do them a favour next week against na mBan to take the season to the final week and a top of the table clash for a potential title decider. Alan Forde (2) and Dave Murphy were best for Tonduff in their dismantling of Douglas Mortgage.

Slaibh na mBan beat FC Coping Badly 6-2. This game was a tight affair with only one goal in it with a few minutes left. But Coping ran out of steam and John Browne, Joe McAuliffe and Ronan O'Sullivan took full advantage with late goals. Na mBan look a very organised team and should see this out and win their first Footy Title.

Fritzl Palace outclassed Bayer Neverlosin and ran out easy winners. Dan Gallagher and man of the match Dave O'Keeffe both scored hatricks for Palace.

The Duffers who are struggling to field a team through injuries in the last few weeks, played out a friendly with AC Standard with Standard coming out easy winners.

Veteran Cronin Inspires Nobodys To Victory

Division 3

The Nobodys who are having a very inconsistent season upset table toppers the Sons Of Pitches when they beat them 3-2 last week. A brilliant display from the evergreen Denis Cronin in defence inspired the Nobodys to their best result of the season so far. They deservedly went one up through a well taken David James goal, before Niall Johnson doubled their advantage after 20 minutes with an excellent strike after a neat one two. A cracking shot by Ken O'Connor pulled one back for the Pitches just before half time to set up the 2^nd half nicely. The Pitches threw everything at the Nobodys defence as they dominated 2^nd half possession. But Cronin was impenetrable and totally dominant at centre back position. Johnson scored to extend their lead before Eoin Barrett scored late on for the Pitches, leading to a tense conclusion, but the Nobodys held on for a deserving victory.

2nd placed Balaga Tonga did not take advantage of the Pitches defeat as they also went down to Men Utd, who also produced their best game of the season, winning by a 4-1 scoreline. Eddie Noonan scored a brace and Bernard Parkes starred for Men Utd as both teams contributed to a highly entertaining battle. Josh King's opener for Balaga, a tremendous volley, was the game highlight.

Shane Browne scored a hatrick for the Lemmons and got the man of the match, but they still went down 9-3 to Whitfords. Jack Russell and John Barry both scored a brace a piece as Gavin Rosser was the pick of the Whitfords players on show and was the most effective player in an over crowded midfield.

Division 2

“The Alan Jordan Memorial Cup”

Boca Seniors took a major step to a Footy title in their maiden season as they beat 2^nd placed the Chancers 3-2. Eric Cotter showed some class finishing and scored all of Boca's goals. The Chancers battled hard late in the game and were a little to unlucky not to get something from the game. Jason O' Connell and Liam O Donoghue tried hardest and both scored for the Chancers, but are now 5 points behind the leaders.

The JT Specials may have ended Unreal Madrid chances of honours, by beating them 4-2. Dan Hegarty was brilliant for the Specials and scored 3 cracking goals, the 2^nd of which was a beauty. Hegarty's performance and his excellent finishing was the main difference between the sides in a very tight game.

Division 1

Los Pistoleros also gave their best performance to date as they beat the Kids 6-4. Glen Johnson and Sean O Regan were best for Pistoleros and both scored twice. Greg Maher was also excellent for the winners and was full of running. The Kids produce a lack lustre performance and did not match the intensity of their opponents and may now be out of the title race as they are 3 points behind the leaders Oxford along with Ezy FC have a game in hand.

Ezy FC maintained their 2^nd place with an easy win over Joga Bonito. Only for keeper Robbie Doyle who made some brilliant saves the scoreline would have looked worse than the final 9-2 outcome. Peter Fitzmaurice and Steve Dwyer both scored 3 a piece for Ezy.

Oxfords kept top spot mainly thank to Stephen Moriarty who was their best player on the night as they also crusied to a 9-1 victory over Red Shirts. Moriarty scored 4 goals and contributed largely to his sides victory.