Booze Crew And Ezy Take Control

Thursday Division 1

The Division saw all teams play twice this week so it was a good opportunity to make up ground on the leaders. But the Booze Crew and Ezy FC are taking control of this division as they both gained maximum points this week. Last Thursday the Booze Crew had a walkover over the Dreamers and then last night they dismantled the Vale AFC by 7 goals to 2. Ezy FC did a similar job on the Vale last week with a 7-0 win and then had an excellent 5-1 win over the Cupid Stunts last night. These 2 sides look to be well ahead of their rivals on quality and it looks like a 2 horse race for the title at the halfway stage. After drawing 3-3 a few week ago, these sides will have to face each other twice again in this Summers league. Can the Booze Crew burst the Ezy Bubble after 5 titles in a row? Both sides will be looking forward to their next clash on July 10^th.

Booze Crew kept the ball much better than the Vale did last night, and were more incisive when attacking. The final ball left the hard working Vale outfit, down too many times. Brothers Eoin and Alan Kinsella were in top form for the Cobh lads, with Jimmy Griffin and Jody Greannan also contributing largely to a top class performance.

Ezy had a tougher game against the Cupid Stunts, but were still too strong for the Stunts with Andy Daunt and Peter Fitzmaurice superb in defence. The Stunts made an excellent game of it with Jamie Owens and Dan Williams battling very hard.

Shane Murphy was having an excellent game for the Stunts but injured his foot after 25 minutes, and was a huge loss to his side when he was substituted.

Steve Dwyer put Ezy ahead with a low right foot drive after a powerful run up the right wing. Andy Daunt made it 2-0 after 20 minutes with another low right foot shot when he cut inside from the left wing. And when Shane Murphy got injured, the writing was on the wall for the Stunts. Ezy successfully played a counter attacking game for the second half, with Andy O'Mahony scoring twice and ran out easy winners in the end.

The Dreamers may have found a new keeper in Rory Perry as he was in brilliant form in goal as they grinded out a 2-0 win over the Sons Of Pitches. Perry made many excellent saves to keep the Pitches scoreless. Paul Hayes was also excellent in midfield for the Dreamers and was man of the match. Both he and Jonathan Coughlan were on the mark in a hard fought battle.

Thursday Division 2

The Wanted jumped 4 points clear with a fine 5-0 win over the Rotten Johnnies.

Andrew Hegarty was man of the match here and scored 4 times to take his total to an impressive tally of 14 goals after 6 games. The Johnnies started with only six players and went a goal down before they got their seventh player on the pitch. They played well and had plenty of possession but lacked a cutting edge in front of goal which the Wanted FC had in Hegarty.

Hardly Ath lost ground when they went down 3-1 to the Thirty Somethings.

James Barry did well for the Somethings and was amongst the goals along with Brian Kelleher and Shane O'Donoghue.

Thursday Division 3

Crystal Eagle had a tough encounter against The Barrells, but just about shaded it coming out 8-5 in a highly entertaining game. Pat Coleman was at his best for the Eagles in midfield, while James Corcoran and Eoin O'Sullivan did most of the goal scoring damage. The Barrell's Dean Long scored and excellent volley when he raced on to a long ball, for the game best goal. Long scored a hatrick, and both he and the hard working Joey Herrity were unlucky to be on the losing side.

Men Utd jumped up into joint third spot with a fine 4-1 win over KFC, joining them on 10 points and 6 points off the leaders. Connor O'Regan was again man of the match for Men Utd, scoring twice, and was a constant threat to the KFC defence. This game was tighter than the scoreline suggests with 2 goals in the last 3 minutes for Utd sealing 3 valuable points.

River Plate stayed in contention with a win 6-4 over the Whitfords. This was a tricky encounter for River Plate, with Danny Meade's finishing proving the main difference between the sides.

KFC TOO STRONG FOR JT SPECIALS

The early exchanges between KFC and JT Specials were tight and it looked like a close encounter was on the cards. Ten minutes into the game John Ferry of the Specials, ran on to a great through ball from Rob Carpenter and confidently slotted it into the KFC net. Unfortunately, for the Specials it was downhill from this point on. The concession of an early goal seemed to spur on KFC and they went on to dominate the match. Peter Carroll replied almost immediately for KFC with a great strike before Rob Browner put them ahead with a great individual goal. Dean Dunlea and Michael Ollney also scored a couple of goals for KFC in between an incredible six for Rob Browner. Goalkeeper Andrew Rock and midfielder Killian Boland were two others who impressed for the winners. These lads will be contenders when the honours are presented at the end of the season.

The Pathetic Athletic, Men United encounter was a brilliant match that was deadlocked at two goals a piece with a couple of minutes left. Shane O Hanlon and Colin Melsop were the scorers for Pathetic while Mick Ryan and Bernard Parks were on the mark for Men United. However Pierce Warren stole the points for Pathetic with a superb twenty metre strike .

Crystel Eagle maintained their position at the top of the table with a resounding 12 - 3 win over River Plate. The immense James Corcoran was the main man for the Eagles.

The Hardly Athletic, Wanted tie was a top of the table clash that Hardly had to at leas draw to keep their title aspirations in their own hands. They started tentatively and allowed The Wanted to dictate the early pace. The Wanted deservedly took the lead after about 15 minutes when Andrew Hegarty scored a great goal. However as the match progressed, Hardly improved and were 5-3 ahead with ten minutes remaining. However The Wanted recovered the initiative in the last ten minutes and secured an equaliser when Zoltan scored a brilliant goal in the last minute.

Eric Cotter was outstanding for Boca Seniors in their match with Mount Oval. Boca won 2-0  with Bryan Connell and Des Ryan scoring the goals.

Paul Stanton scored a super hat trick for Panicyakios in their 7- 3 win against Bayer Neverlusen. Kevin Twomey also scored a brace for Panicyakios while Gonzalo scored a couple for Bayer.

The highlight of The Rotten Johnnies, Thirtysomethings match was a thunderbolt of a free kick by Wayne O Callaghan for The Johnnies from the half way line direct to the Thirtysomethings net. The final score was 4-1 in favour of The Johnnies.

The top of the table match between Ezy FC and The Booze Crew was the match of the evening. With Jimmy Griffin in top form for The Crew the Cobh lads took the early initiative and were two up half way through the first half. However it took a late goal from Joady Grennan to get a share of the points for The Crew. Andrew Daunt scored a brace for Ezy while Steve Dwyer was his usual brilliant self.

The Sons of Pitches and The Vale played a thrilling 3-3 draw. Garry Dennehy was in top form for The Vale while James O Loughlin impressed for The Pitches.

Magyars Pass Panicyakios Test

Thursday Division 2

2 probable contenders for this division went head to head last week, as The Wanted FC took on Panicyakios. The Hungarians lads coming out on top in a feisty affair by 4 goals to 2. The Magyars did well coming from 2 goals behind after Panic dominated the early exchanges jumping 2 in front after 15 minutes with goals from Peter Reidy and Paul Stanton. The second goal from the impressive Paul Stanton seemed like it might be crucial as they scored seconds after Horvath missed a great chance to equalise but his first touch left him down in front of goal. The Hungarians boys deservedly got back on level terms before the break and this gave them more confidence for the second half as they were growing into the game. Wanted FC sealed the points with 2 unanswered second half goals. One each from the boot of Andre Hegarty and Zsolt Laszlo did the trick. This win puts them back on top with a point to spare over Hardly Athletic who they will face next week.

Mount Oval lost valuable ground as they went down to the Rotten Johnnies who had their first win of the season. The Johnnies had their best team lined for the first time this season and they should make up ground on the leaders in the coming weeks if this display was anything to go by. Conor Lyons was best for the Johnnies in this very open game that produced 11 goals, with 7 going to the Johnnies. Phil Mohally showed some clinical finishing and scored a hatrick for the winners.

Polish man Rob Kregial also showed what a good finisher he is, scoring all 4 of the Mount Ovals goals.

Hardly Athletic kept ground with the leaders with a fine 4-1 win over Bayer Neverlusen. The games highlight being a cracking volley from Hardly's Laurence Ging from 20 yards. Rob Dwyer scored a brace for the winners here also.

Old rivals Boca Seniors and the Thirty Somethings, both of whom have dropped a division this Summer, went head to head again, in a game that is usually a close encounter. This was no different ending in a 3-3 draw, with a late equaliser from Brian McLoughlin for the Somethings. Eric Cotter scored 2 superb goals for the Bocas

Thursday Division 1

Ezy Fc continued their winning ways with a comfortable 7-2 win over the Sons of Pitches. Andy O'Mahony impressed the most and scored twice for Ezy, as did Steve Dwyer and Dave Johnson. Defender Peter Fitzmaurice scored with a cracking low drive from 18 yards for the games best goal. Con Carey and Alan White were on the mark for the Pitches who were always second best on the night.

The Dreamers got their season off the mark with their first win over The Vale AFC. Dreamers coming out 3-1 on top with goals from Dave Linnane (2) and Dean Cummins. Their keeper Carlo Gleeson had an excellent game in goal. Ken O'Connor was the lone Vale scorer.

Thursday Division 3

Next weeks tie between newcomers Crystal Eagle and River Plate, looks like it will be important as the season progresses into week 5. Both these sides have been in excellent form, and both had big wins last week.

Crystal Eagle thumped the JT Specials 8-2, while River Plate overcame other potential title rivals KFC by 3 goals to 2 in an excellent game. Danny Meade with the all important late goal for River Plate in a game neither side deserved to lose.

Declan Kelly was man of the match for The Barrels as they beat Pathetic Athletic comfortably. Craig Hayes was on the mark 3 times and Ivan Weir and Dean Long both had a brace of goals a piece for the winners.

Men Utd and Whitfords played out a really close game with United just shading it 2-1. All 3 goals came in the first half, Stephen O'Neill and Conor Regan were on the scoresheet for the winners, while the evergreen Cameron Espey replied for Whitfords

Mount Oval Show Intent

Mount Oval Show Intent

Having been well beaten the previous week by The Wanted, Mount Oval needed to get back to winning ways this week against Bayer Neverlusen to maintain their challenge for the division two title. They started the game well and created some good chances early on but the Neverlusen goalkeeper, Angelo Di Corcia was always able to deal with the Mount Oval efforts. On the one occasion that Angel was beaten, Anthony Dempsey made a miraculous save to cover for his keeper. Eventually, towards the end of the first half Tomas Radilek scored a super goal for Mount Oval. One would have thought that Mount Oval would have went on from there to easily win but that was not the case. It was Bayer Neverlosin who began to create the best chances until eventually they equalised with a magnificent goal from John Cadogan.

With twenty minutes remaining Brian Connell began to become more influential for Mount Oval and slowly but surely they began to control the match more and more. They took the lead again when Robert Kriegal scored a brilliant goal which resulted from a counter attack after a Neverlosin corner and involved some great inter play between Connell, Radilek and Kriegal. The last twenty minutes was one way traffic and Radilek went on to score three more goals.

Wednesday Division 1

Ken Hourihan scored a cheeky late winner direct from a corner for The Could Have Beens in their thrilling 6-5 win against Sliabh na mBan. This was Hourihans third in a man of the match performance during which Mark Riordan was also magnificent for Sliabh na mBan and who also scored three.

ABCDE FC were too strong for Deportivo in their 8-3 win. Brian Murphy, Brian Forde and Diarmuid Ring scored two a piece for ABCDE.

Mark Riordan was outstanding for The Kids during their 6-3 win against PSV. He scored a hat-trick and showed magnificent skill and vision through out the match.

The Lemon Drizzlers were well worth their 5-2 win against  Crossbarry Celtic. Brian Nolan was their main man and he scored three fine goals. Richard Barrett scored a brace while Kevin Finn and Paul Buckley scored for Crossbarry.

Wednesday Division 2

The best match in this division was The Individuals, Voxpro encounter. This was a ding dong affair which could have ended up in victory for either team. However it was Voxpro who ended up with the honours. Man of the match was Jurgen Bukowski of The Individuals who bagged two.

Inspite of scoring a magnificent hat-trick Kevin Corbett ended up on the loosing team when his team Pathetic Athletic were just pipped by KFC FC. Jason O Reilly scored two for KFC.

Padraig McGovern of Racing Returns was the difference between the teams during the Racing, Olympiakos encounter. He scored four goals while Conor O Regan bagged a brace for Racing while Ian Casey, Mike Wren and Joe Cullity scored for Olympiakos.

The AC Standard, Dynamo Tonduff match was an open exciting game with plenty of goals and chances. It was however AC Standard edged the game. The final score was 4-2. Julius scored two for the winners.