The Ezy Train Rolls On

WednesdayDivision 1

Ezy FC won their top of the table clash with the Baggios to take the Division 1 title for the 4th time in succession. They also completed a perfect season with 14 wins out of 14, by winning this clash 5-2. This feat has only been done twice in Footy's 9 year history, and has impressively been both times by Ezy in 2013.The Baggios could have won the title if they had won this last game by 4 clear goals took the game too Ezy from the start and were leading 2-1 at half time through 2 excellent goals from Stephen O’Donovan. Ben Ryan and O'Donovan were driving the Baggios forward at every opportunity, but Ezy were good at soaking up the pressure with Shane Browne and Peter Fitzmaurice excellent in defence. The 2nd half half continued with Baggios pushing forward in search of those elusive goals, but eventually Ezy caught them on the break with an excellent counter attacking goal through golden boot winner John Daly. Steve Dwyer and Dave Johnson and Daly again added further break away goals to seal the win and deliver the winners trophy yet again.

Champions - Ezy FCRunners Up - The Baggios Golden Boot Winner - John Daly Ezy FC - 27 GoalsMVP Winner - Ben Ryan The Baggios

Wednesday Division 2

This division came to a really exciting conclusion as Roco Risers, a bunch of young lads just out of Rochestown College, came out on top. They managed to beat Rosies rather easily 7-2 in their final game, gaining the points they needed to have a chance of finishing on top of the pile. They needed Missing FC to take all 3 points against Schuf FC, who themselves only needed a draw to clinch honours.After 20 minutes Schuf were 3-0 up and looked like cruising  to honours in their maiden Footy season. But Missing FC incredibly fought back to take a 5-4 win. Their substitute keeper Charlie Quinn was the star of the game as he made brilliant saves in the last 10 minutes to deny Schuf of the point they needed to secure honours. Ryan O’Brien was top player in midfield for Roco all season, who also had the very influential Mark Murphy to the fore in their final 3 league games. Champoins- Roco RisersRunners Up - Missing FCGolden Boot Winner - Andrew Dorgan - Roco Risers - 24 GoalsMVP Winner - Aidan McGuinness - Schuf FC

Thursday Division 1

The Drink Team finished as champions here with a week to spare. They were pushed hard for most of the season by the Net Busters, who lost 2 of the 3 crucial ties against the champions. Marcin Glyda and Marcin Zielinsk were their top players for most of the season. This polished Polish outfit played a very simple but very effective passing game and were a pleasure to watch all season and were deserving league winners. They went down 5-4 to the Thirty Somethings in their final game, but with the pressure off they may not have been at full steam. A Graham Virgo hatrick and 2 goals from Mark Murphy after his hatrick last week did the business for the Somethings who contributed largely to this league.

Champions - Drink TeamRunners Up - The Net BustersGolden Boot Winner - Paul Sexton - Net Busters - 30 GoalsMVP Winner - Brian McLaughlin - Thirty Somethings

Thursday Division 2

"The Alan Jordan Memorial Cup"The Dreamers were maiden Footy Champions as they won this league also with a week to spare. They won another tight game against AC Exiles 3-2, to celebrate their league campaign in style. Rory Perry again coming up a late winner to take all 3 points. The Sons Of Pitches had an excellent 5-1 win over Mount Oval to round off an excellent season. Mount Oval were the Dreamers main challenger's but came up short in the 2 ties against them.The Cowboys who took a while to get to grips with Footy after losing their first 8 games did very well to finish mid table, rounded off their season with an excellent 5-4 win over the Dragons. This division turned out to be an excellent league with a lot of very close games, with the teams at the bottom upsetting the top teams throughout the season.

Champions - The DreamersRunners Up - Mount OvalJoint Golden Boot Winners - Rory Perry - The Dreamers, Dave Hogan - Mount Oval - 17 GoalsMVP Winner - Dan Hegarty - JT Specials

Thursday Division 3

The Boothouse Bingers deservedly took honours here with 2 weeks to spare. These lads bravely played on in memory of their friend and team mate Brian Conway, who passed away just after the season started. They won their final game in style as they demolished The Mighty Reds. Shane Cahill was their best player all season and a very deserving MVP nominee. Panicyakios who also had an excellent season were the Bingers main threat to honours all season but also came up short in their recent clash with the Bingers.  The Ball Busters who finished in 3rd spot, also finished off their season in style with a 2-1 win over the Flying Column, for their 6th win in a row.

Champions - The Boothouse BingersRunners Up - PanicyakiosGolden Boot Winner - Cormac Manning - Boothouse Bingers -24 GoalsMVP Winner - Josh Sheehan - The Mighty Reds

Schuf And Ezy Closing In On Titles

Wednesday Division 2 

Schuf FC are closing in on winning the title and can do so next week over their title rivals Missing FC, if they can get can manage to get a point from the game. Schuf take on Missing in a rich vein of form, while Missing have struggled of late to find some form and will be missing a key player from their midfield in Paul Richardson who is injured. But with the hard working Sinnott brothers and Jurgen Bukowski in their side, Missing will be determined to win, having led the league for most of the season.
3 teams can win this division going into the last game, with Missing FC and Roco Risers both just 2 points behind. Roco will be hoping that Missing can beat Schuf and and get a win over Rosies, this would put them level on points with Missing, but with a better head to head record. Missing will be hoping that they can beat Schuf and that Rosies will do them a favour over Roco so they can come away with the honours. So it will be all to play for with all games in each division happening simultaneously.
Paul Richardson was injured very early in the game last Wednesday against Roco, and although they led 1-0 and 2-1 early in the game they struggled to stay with a resurgent Roco side who were at full strength, and who ran out comfortable 7-4 winners. Mark Murphy and Ryan O'Brien was in great form for Roco, and with centre forward Andrew Dorgan back in form in front of goal with a superb hatrick, which will give them a boost going into their final game against Rosies.
Schuf meanwhile had a hard fought win over bottom placed Angry Badgers, with their two best players all season Darren Lynch (2) and Aidan McGuinness on the score sheet for them. Keith Ryan replied for the Badgers who had a man sin binned during at a crucial stage of the game when they conceded their 2nd goal.
Balaga Tongo had a narrow 2-1 win over Rosies with the reliable Eoin Kennedy with 2 very well taken goals for Balaga, while the very skillful Daniel Freitas scored for Rosies.

Wednesday Division 1

Ezy FC are also closing in on another Footy Title, and are impressively chasing their 4th 1st division title in a row and their 2nd perfect season (14 out of 14 wins). But standing in their way are 2nd placed Baggios, who can snatch the league from them if they can manage to beat EZY by 4 clear goals. Baggios are well capable of this with some excellent players like Ben Ryan and the free scoring Wayne O Callaghan and Darragh O'Regan in their ranks. But it will  be a tough test against Ezy who will start as favourites as won their last encounter 5-2 and with with Dave Johnson, Steve Dwyer and Peter Fitzmaurice and John Daly also in top form for the league leaders. Ezy dispatched Albino Leffe last week with a 5-1 win. The game was tight in the first half at 2-1 but an unanswered hatrick from John Daly in the 2nd half did the business for Ezy.
Baggios also had a comfortable 5-2 win over Sliabh na mBan with Ben Ryan (2) Cian Lucey and Darragh O'Regan their scorers.
Rob O'Donoghue was man of the match for Deportivo as they overcame Fritzl Palace in a tight game and snatched a 2-1 win. O'Donoghue and Colin Gurhy scored the Deportivo goals.
Dynamo Tonduff beat AC Standard 3-2 in a cracking game. John Daniels was best for Standard who had Tim O'Connor score twice. Alan Forde and Dave Murphy replied for Tonduff. This left the game 2-2 at half time. MVP Nominee Dave Murphy scored a 2nd half winner for Tonduff, and his 15th of the season. 

Perry Hatrick Dashes Mount Oval Hopes

Thursday Division 2

Perry Hatrick Dashes Mount Oval Hopes

Mount Oval 2  Dreamers 4

Formations - Mount Oval 2-2-2, Dreamers 2-3-1

Teams Line ups

Mount Oval - Issac Farrell, Don Canny, Aaron McGrath, Aidan O Sullivan, Philip Healy, Niall Murphy, Dave Hogan.

Dreamers - Dean Cummins, Paul Smith, Dave Cummins, Sean Kelly, Jonathan Coughlan, Dave Linnane, Rory Perry, Subs - Paul Hayes, Chris Hayes

         The Dreamers took a giant step towards winning division 2 at their first attempt when they deservedly beat Mount Oval in this top of the table clash last Thursday night. Man of the match Rory Perry was instrumental for the Dreamers by scoring a hatrick. Perry has shown a real knack for being in the right place at the right time in front of goal this season and is leading the golden boot race with 16 goals. Perry opened the scoring after 5 minutes, when he tapped in a cross at the far post. Mount Oval levelled 5 minutes later with a contentious goal, a well placed shot from Aidan O'Sullivan was well saved by MVP nominee, Dean Cummins when he pushed the ball against the post. The Referee had a tough call to make whether the ball crossed the line or not but allowed the goal to stand. To be fair to the Dreamers they put a tough call behind them quickly and got on with the  job in hand. But Oval took advantage of the momentum they got from the equaliser and took the lead through Niall Murphy when he smashed the ball home after a goalmouth scramble. The game was not high on quality and neither team got a passing game going in a rather scrappy first half.        Mount Oval must have decided to drop back and defend their lead in the 2nd half, so the Dreamers dominated possession and kept the pressure on Farrells goal. Midway through the 2nd half Perry equalised when he neatly lofted his shot over Farrells body after a good pass from Sean Kelly. Mount Oval then came out of defence and went on the attack as a draw was of no use to them as they were 2 points behind their opponents going into this crunch game. Niall Murphy and MVP nominee Philip Healy tried hardest for Mount Oval in their midfield but they lacked penetration against a well organised Dreamers defence. With 5 minutes left on the clock, Kelly had another assist when he set up skipper Dave Cummins who hit a low drive from a tight angle to the far post to seal the 3 points for the Dreamers who now lead the title race by 5 points. They only need a point from their 2 remaining games to take the title.           Michael Deasy and MVP nominee Alan O'Sullivan were best for the Sons of Pitches as they cruised to a 6-0 win over AC Exiles. The improving Booze Buddies also easily beat the Dragons 4-0 with goals from Terence Alcock, Padraig Hanley, Jodi Greannen and Michael Hurley. The Cowboys put in their best performance of the season at they beat the JT Specials 7-1. Jessie Byrne was best for the Cowboys and scored a brace for the Carrigaline boys.

Thursday Division 1

The Drink Team also took a big step towards winning their division as they beat their main rivals the Net Busters 2-1 in a closely contested game. The Polish boys won with good performances from Damien Tezca and Adam Cambridge. Piotr Castellatti and Damien Madejski  scored a goal in each half to take a 2-0 lead. Paul Sexton, who is running away with the golden boot race, was the main threat  all night for the Drink Team defence  scored late in the game to give the Net Busters some hope. The Drink Team pushed the ball around well for the hour and were deserving winners. They are now 4 points clear so a win next week against 3rd placed River Plate, will deliver the division1 title. Stephen Stromsoe and Conor McDowell were a big loss to the Net Busters who were  below their best in this important clash.FC Copen Badly won their first game of the season as they beat a Boca Seniors side who had just 6 players. Copen Badly always looked comfortable in this very open game. Rob Lydon was brilliant for the Bocas, and scored 5 times. The lively Jack O'Connor scored 4 times for Copen, who always looked like they could up their game  if they needed to.The Thirty Somethings continued their good run and beat River Plate 7-4 in another open contest. Kevin Murphy and Barry Kennedy both scored twice for the Somethings who always looked in control having led 4-2 at the break. Peter Meade was best for River Plate, who missed some early chances that came back to haunt them.

Thursday Division 3

League leaders Boothouse Bingers hammered the Lemmons and an hour later, 2nd placed Panicyakios were beaten against the Ball Busters, thus handing the title to the Boothouse as they are now 6 points clear and their head to head against their main rivals is better, after their win over Panic last week. Performance of the week goes to the Ball Busters who beat Panicyakios 6-3. Darren Burns was again best for the East Cork boys and scored a brace while Finbarr Murphy did likewise.Dave McCool scored twice for the Flying Column as they came from behind to beat Men Utd 2-1. Whitfords hammered the Mighty Reds with Jack Russell and Kevin O'Connell impressing most for the Whitfords.

Footy Autumn Season MVP Nominations

Autumn Season 2013 MVP Nominations

Wednesday Division 1

Dave Jonhson - Ezy FC

Ben Ryan - Baggios

Killian Lynch - Fritzl Palace

Dave Murphy - Dynamo Tonduff

Peter Fiztmaurice - Ezy FC

Wednesday Division 2

Jurgen Bukowski- Missing FC

Aidan McGuinness - Schuf FC

Ryan O Brien - Roco Risers

Will O Shea - Balaga Tongo

Darren Lynch - Schuf FC

Thursday Division 1

Paul Sexton - Net Busters

Stephen Stromsoe - Net Busters

Marcin Zielinsk - Drink Team

Marcin Glyda - Drink Team

Brian McLaughlin - Thirty Somethings

Thursday Division 2

Alan O Sullivan - Sons Of Pitches

Dan Hegarty - JT Specials

Dean Cummins - The Dreamers

Rory Walsh - Dragons

Philip Healy - Mount Oval

Thursday Division 3

Shane Cahill - Boothouse Bingers

Eoin Savage - Panicyakios

Matt O Connor - Panicyakios

Josh Sheehan - The Mighty Reds

Darren Burns - Ball Busters

No Panic In The Boothouse

Crucial Footy Tie

Thursday Division 3

Boothouse Bingers 4  Panicyakios 1

Formations - Boothouse 2-3-1, Panicyakios 2-2-2

Teams Line ups

Boothouse - Richard Sherlock, Robert Kenny, Paudie O'Flynn, Shane Cahill, Thomas Meade, Cormac Manning, Sean O Donnell, Sub - David James

Panicyakios - Steven Ahern, Paul Fortune, Luke Lyons, Eoin Savage, James Daly, Roch Hallihan, Matt O'Connor, Sub Seamus O'Brien

No Panic In The Boothouse

This was the first of this season’s major games as the season draws to a close. Panicyakios and The Boothouse went head to head level on points and having won all of their games except when they played each other 7 weeks ago when they drew 4-4. This tie was eagerly anticipated by both sides as any winner here would be odds on to win the league. Both sides were fully committed to closing down the opposition and the early exchanges were scrappy. The opening goal came from a goalmouth scramble, after a Boothouse corner on 15 minutes, when the ball broke loose and fell to Shane Cahill, who duly hit the back of the net with a low drive. Cahill was playing like a man possessed and was everywhere for the Bingers, and he doubled their advantage a few minutes later with a superb Van Basten like volley from 15 yards into the top corner giving Stephen Ahern no chance in the Panicyakios goal. Eoin Savage who had a great battle with Cahill in midfield, cleverly found Matt O'Connor on the right wing from a free kick, where O'Connor took a neat first touch and hammered the ball in off the near post just before half time. O'Connor was a constant danger to the Panicyakios defence and dropped deeper in the 2nd half  to get more involved in the game as they were losing the battle in midfield. They procceded to dominate the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half and came close to an equaliser on a couple of occasions but the Bingers were saved by the post twice and by their keeper Richard Sherlock, who made a crucial save on 15 minutes. This may have been the turning point as the Panic pressure lifted. David James missed a glorious chance to put the Bingers 3-1 up when he broke clear but Ahern got down well to push his effort around the post. Just a minute later, Thomas Meade did put some daylight between the sides, when he scored a beautiful half volley from a Cormac Manning pass to finish off an excellent move. Manning himself then scored with a low drive  from the right wing to the far corner with just 2 minutes to seal the 3 points.The Boothouse should now see out this season as league winners with just 3 games to go. They bravely played on after their friend and team mate Brian Conway passed away just 2 weeks into the season. I think he may have been watching this one !! And with 3 of the Boothouse goals just shaving the inside of the post and the post coming to their rescue twice, who knows, he may have had a hand in the win also.

Wednesday Division 1

          The Baggios were pushed all the way but again had a bit too much quality as they overcame a dogged hardworking Fritzl Palace side. Killian Lynch was man of the match  here and did not deserve to be on the losing side. Darragh O'Regan scored twice for Baggios who led 2-1 at the break. Sean Stack and Pat Crotty were on the scoresheet for Palace along with Lynch. The reliable Ben Ryan and Wayne Callaghan were best for the winners.            Ezy FC also kept their 100% record going and with only 3 games to go they may be able to repeat their feat last Spring season when they achieved a perfect season. The Baggios will be their main rivals when they go head to head on the last night of the season on December 18th. Ezy were comfortable winners over last placed Dynamo Tonduff and won by an  8-1 scoreline. Cenrte forward Dave Johnson was again to the fore for Ezy and scored 4 times. John Daly chipped in with a hatrick. Kevin Quirke was the lone Tonduff scorer, for who Dave Murphy and Alan Forde tried hardest.           Albino Leffe had their third win in a row as they beat AC Standard 6-2, with Mick Dowd most impressive for the winners. He scored twice along with Conor Martin and and Mark Kennifick whose introduction to the Albino side a few weeks ago has helped them to their 3 rd win in a row. The very consistent Tim O'Connor also a brace for Standard.

Wednesday Division 2

This division is really hotting up with only 3 points separating the top 4 teams. Missing FC  remain in top spot despite gaining only 2 points out of  the last 12 . They drew 3-3 with Balaga Tongo but needed 2 own goals to gain a very valuable point. Eoin Hayes scored 2 excellent goals for Balaga, the opening goal coming from a superb pass from keeper Damien Kennedy when Hayes volleyed first time to the net for a very well taken effort. Missing battled back and equalised through Jurgen Bukowski. Derry Nagle's back heeled goal 3 minutes from time should have sealed 3 points but a last minute o.g. scuppered their hopes of joining Missing at the top.          Schuf FC had an exciting 4-3 win over an understrength Roco Risers side and remain a point adrift in 2nd place, but are playing the best of the top 4 at present and must be real contenders in their maiden Footy season. Aidan McGuniiess again impressed for Schuff along with Darren Lynch who scored twice in their comeback as they were 2 down early in the game. Mike Holland , Andrew Dorgan and Richie Breen scored for Roco who will need to be at full strength in the 3 remaining games if they are to have any chance of honours. This weeks fixture between Balaga and Roco is now a must win game for both sides if they are to stay in the hunt.