Youth League Division 1
Clonmel Celtic 4-2 Cahir Park
Clonmel Celtic welcomed Cahir Park on Saturday, both teams started brightly and a couple of early chances for both teams went abegging. Cahir opened the scoring after 10 minutes when a shot from Padraig Farrell deflected in over James O’Brien in the Celtic Goal. Celtic responded well and created a number of chances and on 25 minutes Finn Napier finished well inside the box to tie the game. The game was open at this stage and Celtic created a number of chances but failed to take them. On 35 minutes Cahir went back in front when a well-placed cross found Oisin Power who headed home to leave Cahir 2-1 ahead at the break. Celtic made a few adjustments and started brightly and on 50 minutes Jack Aylward equalised from a well-placed free kick. Celtic were in more control at this stage when on 60 minutes, after some great work down the left from Finn Napier, Jack Aylward broke into the box and slotted home to make it 3-2 to the home side. Ten minutes later Jack Aylward completed his hat trick when he once again broke into the box and finished well to leave the final score 4-2 to Clonmel Celtic.
Youth League Division 2
St Michael’s 1-4 Galbally (No report supplied)
Tipperary Youth Cup 1/4 finals
Cashel Town 3-4 Shanbally
This was an end-to-end game that saw Shanbally come away with the victory. In a game of many chances for both sides the teams were level at half time with the score 2-2. Conor English and Keelan Williams scoring for Shanbally with Jamie Gayson scoring twice for Cashel.
The same two scorers were on hand in the second half to extend Shanballys lead to 4-2. Cashel replied through Tim Hanrahan to make it 4-3 but that was to be the last of the action.
Cullen Lattin 2-3 Cahir Park
Just a week after their league encounter, Cullen and Cahir faced off again, this time in a high-stakes Tipperary Youth Cup quarter-final. Both teams were familiar with each other’s style of play, setting the stage for an intense and closely contested battle.
Despite missing a few key players from the previous match, Cullen showed no signs of hesitation and took the game to Cahir from the outset. They dominated possession early on, limiting Cahir to sporadic counter-attacks while looking comfortable at the back.
The breakthrough came on 35 minutes when Javier Serrano produced a moment of magic, unleashing a stunning looping volley that powered past the helpless Cahir goalkeeper. A goal of sheer brilliance, it seemed destined to be Cullen’s goal of the season. With that, Cullen went into halftime deservedly leading 1-0.
However, Cahir emerged from the break determined to shift the momentum. The second half became a thrilling end-to-end contest, with Cullen nearly doubling their lead, only to be denied by a superb fingertip save that pushed the ball over the bar.
Then, in a crucial 10-minute spell, Cullen’s control slipped. A couple of loose passes and moments of defensive hesitation were punished by Cahir’s John O’Regan, who showed clinical finishing to turn the game on its head and put Cahir 2-1 ahead by the 65th minute.
As Cullen pushed forward in search of an equalizer, they were caught out by a routine long ball that should have been dealt with. A moment of casual defending allowed O’Regan to pounce again, completing his hat-trick and extending Cahir’s lead to 3-1.
Despite the setback, Cullen refused to give up. With just five minutes remaining, Javier Serrano picked up the ball 30 yards from goal, dribbled past six Cahir defenders in a mesmerizing solo run, and calmly slotted home his second of the match. The crowd was left in awe, believing he had outdone even his first wonder goal.
Cullen continued to fight until the final whistle, but time was against them, and Cahir held on to secure their place in the next round.
This was a true cup tie—full of drama, quality goals, and excitement from start to finish, keeping the large crowd on its feet throughout.
Two Mile Borris 5-2 (AET) Clonmel Town (No report supplied)
Peake Villa 3-2 Mullinahone
This was a game of two halves with Villa just doing enough in the first half to book a place in the semi-final of the Tipperary Youth Cup.
Villa started very quickly and went one up in the first minute through Jason Patterson. They were 2-0 up after 9 minutes when Cian O’Dwyer scored.
Villa scored again in the 35th minute when James Lloyd scored close-in to make it 3-0 at the break.
Mullinahone, in fairness to them, did not lie down and came out in the second half with real purpose.
They got a goal back through Tom Lee midway through the half and scored again late on when Eoghan McAree scored to make it 3-2 at full time.
Sunday February 16th
FAI Junior Cup 6th Round
St Michael’s 3-0 Ballyheane FC (No report supplied)
TSDL Premier League
Peake Villa 0-1 Two Mile Borris
Villa’s title hopes took a step backwards in this local derby game and will have it all to do if they are to bring this title race to the wire.
There was nothing between the sides in the first 20 minutes, with both defences playing well.
Borris took the lead in the 23rd minute when they were awarded a free kick and Urban Nolan stepped up and found the top corner with his effort to make it 0-1.
Villa grew into the game and were well on top before the break. Mikey Wade crossed to Ronan McGuire in the 41st minute and it looked like an equaliser for Villa, but his effort was blocked on the line by defender Tony Galvin.
The second half saw Villa take the game to Borris but their defence was playing very well and Villa were getting no joy in front of goal.
Villa did create two good chances in the dying minutes when Dale Loughnane found space in the box but his flick-on was dealt with by Josh Coady in the Borris goal.
Villa had the ball in the Borris net, but it was deemed offside. Villa will be disappointed with their performance but came up against a Borris side that worked very hard for their win.
Cahir Park 1-1 Clonmel Celtic
It was the visitors who started the better forcing Cahir onto the back foot from the start.
While dominating possession they didn’t create anything of note and failed to force the Cahir keeper into any meaningful action.
Cahir went closest to scoring after 20 minutes when Cian O’Dwyer dragged his shot wide.
On 30 minutes Darren Sweeney had a free kick on target comfortably save by the Cahir keeper .
The second half saw an improvement from the home side, and they created a number of half-chances as they dominated the opening stages.
The game looked to be heading for a nil all draw, until 10 minutes from time when the visitors took the lead, Cillian O Brien heading home from close range.
Cahir battled hard to get level and in the 90th minute got their reward when following good work down the right Rhys Byron stretched to volley home a Ryan St John cross.
Cashel Town 5-0 Bansha Celtic
This was one way traffic from kick-off, Cashel were 2-0 up inside 15 minutes through well-taken goals from Devon Ryan and Cian Mooney. How it stayed 2-0 at halftime no one really knows with Cashel spurning numerous gilt-edged chances to extend their lead.
The second half continued in the same vein and Cashel made it three on 60 minutes through Kevin Keating. Cashel then scored another two goals through Jack Fitzpatrick and Lee O’Riordan to leave the final score at 5-0.
Paddy Purtill Cup 1st Round
SC&K Utd 1-2 (AET) Cullen Lattin
The first division side gained revenge for last week’s cup defeat in a closely contested game where chances were hard to come by and it was no surprise that it was 0-0 at half time.
The second half was a totally different story, however. On 49 minutes the away side broke and a cross from the right from Darren McGrath was met at the back post by Tony O’Neill who headed home. On 51 minutes the home side were awarded a penalty for a push in the box but it was saved. On 55 minutes Ben Smith wasted a great chance when one on one with the keeper. He made amends on 62 minutes after great work by Corey O’Brien and Smith was on hand to finish from close range.
20 minutes of extra time was needed with players tiring and chances were at a premium. It looked like it was heading for penalties when on 109 minutes Cullen Latin broke and a long ball from Darren O’Brien found Darren McGrath who volleyed from distance to score the winner.
TSDL Division 1
Peake Villa OFF Wilderness Rovers
Galbally Utd 2-0 Vee Rovers
A goal apiece from Mike Donovan and Eoin O’Mahoney sealed a two-goal victory for Galbally United. Donovan opened the scoring on eight minutes prodding home a Ciaran Sheehan cross. O’Mahoney then doubled the lead on 14 minutes with an excellent 20 yeard daisy cutter to the bottom corner.
Ger Quinlan came closest in the second half but excellent defending by Rovers Shane McGrath and the keeper kept the away side in the game right up to the full-time whistle.
Powerstown 1-2 Tipperary Town
Powerstown fell just short against Tipp Town in a tightly contested match. After taking the lead through Cathal McKeown in the first half, Powerstown were pegged back by a Daniel Quigley own goal before halftime. Despite creating several chances in the second half, they were undone by a late winner from Ryan Maher, giving Tipp Town a narrow 2-1 victory.
Tipp Town started strongly, forcing two early corners, but Powerstown defended well to clear the danger. Daniel Quigley almost caught the Tipp Town goalkeeper off guard with a cross, while the resulting corner led to a chance for Kevin Kirwan, whose header was well saved.
Powerstown broke the deadlock in the 29th minute when Quigley showed brilliant footwork before finding Gino Lonergan, who slipped Cathal McKeown through on goal. McKeown made no mistake, finishing calmly to put Powerstown 1-0 ahead.
However, the lead was short-lived as Tipp Town equalised in the 34th minute. A free kick from Alex Mason was whipped into the box, and Daniel Quigley deflected it into his own net to make it 1-1. Tipp Town nearly took the lead before halftime, but Kieran Quirke produced a superb point-blank save in the 39th minute to keep the scores level.
Powerstown started the second half brightly and were inches away from retaking the lead. Harry O’Connor’s shot was parried by the Tipp Town goalkeeper, and Cathal McKeown’s rebound struck the post.
O’Connor was involved again moments later, linking up with Kevin Kirwan and Gino Lonergan before firing a shot that forced a strong save low to the keeper’s left. At the other end, Tipp Town continued to press, but Kieran Quirke was quick off his line to smother a dangerous attack and keep Powerstown in the game.
The decisive moment came in the 87th minute when a ball in behind the Powerstown defense found Ryan Maher, who finished clinically to put Tipp Town 2-1 ahead. Powerstown pushed for an equalizer in the closing minutes but couldn’t find a way through, as Tipp Town held on for the win.
TSDL Division 2
Ballingarry OFF Cashel Town
St Nicholas 3-3 Suirside
Suirside were off to a quick start scoring after three minutes through Tom Keating. St Nicholas grew into the game and levelled from the spot when Declan Riordan scored after Jason Sutton was fouled. After 30 minutes Sutton was again fouled in the box and made no mistake from the spot himself. Just before half time Suirside had a penalty for themselves and Jason Coffey finished cooly to leave it two all at the break.
Suirside hit the lead after 55 minutes when Tom Keating found the top corner from the edge of the box. St Nicholas pressed for the equaliser and found it with five minutes to go when a Declan Riordan free kick was headed home by Aaron Blanche. For the remaining 5 minutes both teams pressed hard to gain the three but chances were missed at both ends.
Moyglass 1-1 St Michael’s
A share of the spoils for two teams battling at the lower end of the table.
It was difficult for either side to get any rhythm to their play due to a difficult surface, but Moyglass had the better of the play in the opening 20 minutes and took the lead on 22 minutes after some nice link-up play between Niall Doocey and Brian Delahunty put Gus Brown through wide on the right, Gus got his head up and picked out Finn Nolan with a pin point cross, and Nolan found the bottom corner with a powerful header.
The rest of the first half was an even affair but Michael’s got the vital equalizer on 40 minutes when some great battling in the box eventually found the ball fall to Alex Webster who calmly finished to the back of the net.
The early exchanges of the second half were a scrappy enough affair with Moyglass looking a threat with the ball over the top and St Michael’s coming close from a couple of set pieces. Moyglass were reduced to 10 men on 60 minutes when their midfielder received a second yellow. To their credit they reacted very well and were the better team for the last 30 minutes, but they must have felt like they left two points behind them when they failed to convert from three great chances in the last 10 minutes.
TSDL Division 3
Clonmel Celtic 1-2 Cahir Park
A late Kieran Condon goal earned Cahir Park B a very important three points at the top of Division 3. A Ross Condon goal had Celtic B 1-0 up at the break after a good first half from the home side. Cahir B upped their game in the second period and Jake Kiely was at the far post to tap home a free kick on 50 minutes to leave it 1-1. Cahir got on top for a period after this goal as they pushed for a second that could prove important in their quest for promotion. Celtic were making it difficult for them and Brandon Treacy almost put Celtic ahead late on after a defensive error, but his effort just went to the wrong side of the post. Just when it looked as if Cahir would have to settle for a point Kieran Condon fired home to the roof of the net to seal all three points for the visitors.
Rosegreen 5-1 Mullinahone
Rosegreen welcomed table toppers Mullinahone to Rosegreen on a wet Sunday. It was the home side who were playing against a very strong wind in the first half that started stronger and after 10 minutes they were awarded a penalty which Christopher Brabston struck perfectly into the back of the net.
10 minutes later the home side were two up when TJ Ryan slotted home from a perfectly timed pass from Keith Bergin. On 40 minutes a lovely pass from Ian Shelly put Keith Bergin through and he finished well into the bottom corner.
Mullinahone came out a different team in the 2nd half and caused the home side a lot of problems. In the 50th minute they pulled a goal back, but any hopes of a comeback were dashed 10 minutes later when Rosegreen were awarded another penalty and Christopher Brabston stuck it in the top corner. With 10 minutes to go TJ Ryan rounded the keeper and slotted it home to make it 5-1.
Dualla 1-0 Donohill
This was a highly competitive match played in windy conditions. Dualla had a strong wind in the first half and managed to create a number of chances. They finally made the breakthrough a few minutes before the break when Stevie Coppinger, who had been causing the Donohill defence problems, won a penalty which he converted himself.
Donohill had most of the possession in the second half but failed to convert with some good stops from David Clark in the Dualla goal. Both teams had a player sent off at different times for second yellow cards in what was not in any way an over physical game. Donohill host Dualla in a cup game next Sunday in what should be another close match between two very competitive teams.
Killenaule 1-2 Tipp Town
Tipp Town could be described as set-piece specialists after this game with both goals coming from long throw-ins. Their first goal was headed home by Jamie Ryan on 25 mins with Mark Browne repeating the trick in the 65th minute. Killenaule scored a penalty in the 40th minute through Mark Doyle but it wasn’t enough to earn the home side a point.