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.