Dreamers Set The Pace

Thursday Division 2

"The Alan Jordan Memorial Cup"

The Dreamers continued to set the pace in this division and maintain their their 100% record. They again had another 3-2 victory over the Booze Buddies, but only just hung on to the 3 points as they came under intense pressure from the Buddies in the last 10 minutes. Chris Hayes was their star man and scored a brace to keep them 2 points clear of Mount Oval who they beat by the same scoreline the previous week. Rory Perry, who was the late match winner against the Oval, was again on the mark for the Dreamers. Their young goalkeeper Dean Cummins deserves a lot of credit for keeping his side at the top after some fine displays between the sticks this season. Damien O'Leary and Kevin Wilmot weer on the mark for the Booze Buddies.

Mount Oval also won 3-2 to stay in touch with the leaders but were also hanging on as they were pushed all the way by a battling Dragons side. The Oval just about deserving of the narrow victory. Fit again Philip Healy was tops for the Oval and scored twice. Brian O'Connell was excellent in midfield for them as was their keeper Issac Farrell who made a crucially made an excellent last minute save to keep all 3 points.

The Sons of Pitches again showed how much they have improved since moving up a division as they beat the ever improving Cowboys. A 6-1 scoreline did not really reflect the game as the Cowboys only trailed 1-0 at the break. But the well organised and hard too break down Pitches team showed some clinical 2nd half finishing, through Eoin Barrett (2) Will O Brien, Alan O'Sullivan, Michael Deasy and Alan White. Darren Cronin was the lone Cowboy to score.

The JT Specials moved into 5th place in the table as they had too much for an understrength AC Exiles side. The stylish play of Rob Carpenter was very much to the fore as he scored 4 times for the Specials. Sean O'Neill was also a constant thorn for the Exiles defence and scored a brace.

Thursday Division 1

The Thirtysomethings continued their remarkable streak of high scoring draws, with another 4-4 draw with the Boca Seniors. This was their 6th draw in 7 matches and their 3rd 4-4 draw. They looked to have won it with a late Brian McLaughlin goal but conceded a last gasp equaliser to the Bocas scored by Eric Cotter.

The Net Busters moved into 2nd place with a fine victory over River Plate. Stephen Stromsoe was the star player on show here as he scored 6 times in a very one sided game.

Drink Team stay top after their 6-3 win over FC Copen Badly. Marcin Baranowski showed he is a top player and scored an impressive hatrick for the Polish boys.

Andrew Daunt and Shane Browne were best for Copen Badly.

Thursday Division 3

The Top 3 teams are moving clear of the chasing bunch in this division that should go down to the wire. Panicyakios, Boothouse Bingers, and Men Utd all won to stretch out in front of the Lemmons who are 6 points behind. The Boothouse beat the Flying Column 6-3 with Shane Cahill again their top player. Cahill scored a brace and was too quick in the midfield for the Column. Cormac Manning was also excellent for the Bingers and also scored a brace. Kieran Barry was best for the Column who were well in the game at 3-3 after 40 minutes, but ran out of steam as the game closed out.

Danny O'Driscoll was best for Men Utd as they beat the Lemmons 6-2. Some poor goalkeeping did not help the Lemmons cause but they battled very hard with only 6 players, but also ran out of steam towards the end. Craig Hayes and Niall Collins were best for the Lemmons.

Panicyakios maintained their title challenge with a narrow 2-1 win over the Whitfords. Matt O'Connor and Stephen Roche were on the mark for Panicyakios who should have won by more but for an outstanding display by keeper Jesper Peterson the Whitfords goal.

The Ball Busters were too physically strong for the Mighty Reds and ran out 8-2 winners. Both sides are in their first Footy season and are showing signs of improving. Seamus Slattery scored a hatrick for the East Cork lads who are settling better than the Reds.