Balaga Tongo Back In The Hunt

Wednesday Division 2

Balaga Tongo are back in the hunt as results went their way last week and they now find themselves 4 points off the top with 5 games to go.Roco Risers missed out on a chance to join Missing FC at the top of the table as they were held in a thrilling 5-5 draw against Rosies. A last minute equaliser by veteran Kieran Hurley was enough to give the Carrigaline boys a point as they continue their improvement after a poor start to their season. Ryan O'Brien was best this young Roco side and scored a hatrick. Daniel Freitas did likewise for Rosies. A lack of experience from Roco led to them conceding the late equaliser as they went chasing another goal and got caught on the break.Missing FC and Schuf FC had drawn 2-2 earlier in the evening. This was a tough battle as Schuf are 4 points leaders Missing and a loss here would have probably ended their title hopes. Darren Lynch for Schuf and Jurgen Bukowski for Missing were best for their sides and were both on the score sheet with Bukowski extending his impressive tally to 18 goals with 2 excellent strikes. Leslie Edwards was Schuf's other scorer and a draw was a fair result. Roco's tie with Missing on the 2nd last week of the season looks like it may be a title decider.Balaga Tongo had a hard fought 2-1 win over the Angry Badgers with centre forward Eoin Kennedy proving to be a real handful for the Badgers, scoring twice with a strike in each half. John Duggan was impressive in midfield and gave Balaga what they they may have been missing all season, with Balaga holding possession for longer periods than they have been in previous weeks. Stephen O'Reilly had given the Badgers a first half lead who missed a glorious chance to go 2-0 up and so missed out on a chance to gain their first points of the season.

Wednesday Division 1

Ezy Fc continued to steam roll this division and again had too much power, pace and skill as they dismantled AC Standard 7-1. Standard put up a good fight in the first half and were only a goal down at half time, but Dave Johnson was star man for Ezy after the break and scored a hatrick, with the reliable Steve Dwyer again scoring twice. Paul Kilcoyne was AC's lone scorer who could not live with Ezy's increase in tempo in the 2nd half. Paul Smith Lyons and Peter Fitzmaurice were Ezy's other scorers.Albino Leffe had a good 4-2 win over last placed Dynamo Tonduff. Mark Kennefick was man of the match and scored a brace for Albino. Peter O Keeffe scored the games opener with a brilliant strike from 25 yards for Tonduff, Jeff Abbott also scored a really well worked goal for Albino to make the score 1-1 at halftime.  Joe McAuliffe was star man for Sliabh na mBan as he scored 3 times in a 6-2 win over Fritzl Palace. Killian Lynch and Mike Wren tried hardest for Palace and Lynch scored both goals. Rob Lydon was in top form for na mBan and passed the ball very well and did most to organise his team in an impressive team display.Deportivo gave 2nd placed Baggios a scare and gave them an excellent game. Colin Gurhy proving a handful for the Baggios defence scoring twice. But the Baggios passed the ball better and created more chances with Darragh O Regan and man of the match Ben Ryan also scoring 2 a piece.  

Thursday Division 2

The Cowboys had their first win of the season after 9 games as they beat the Booze Buddies 3-2. An own goal proving to be the winner with 5 minutes to go. The Cowboys who are from Carrigaline defended well especially in the closing minutes to clinch their first win. This win should give them a lot of confidence having come close in the last few weeks.The Sons of Pitches opened up this division again with their best performance of the season with a fine 5-1 win over league leaders the Dreamers who had impressively won their opening 8 games. Mount Oval went back on top on goal difference as their won a tough battle with AC Exiles with a 1-0 win. Philip Healy with the only goal, but their real hero was their keeper Isaac Farrell who made 3 point blank saves in a frantic 30 second period late in the game. Twists and turns lie ahead in this league with lower lying teams capable of good performances and upsetting teams above them. Notably the JT Specials and now the Cowboys after their first win of the season