Saturday January 18
Youth Division 1
Cahir Park 1-4 Two Mile Borris
Neither team created any clear-cut chances in the first 15 minutes of this game but on 17 minutes a Borris player was fouled on the edge of the box and Charlie Walsh converted the free kick to give the away side a 1-0 lead. TMB probably had the better of the remainder of the half with the Cahir keeper saving a close range header the best of the chances.
Half Time 0-1
Two Mile Borris started the second half on the front foot and latched on to a poor clearance and Alex Coppinger finished from 20 yards to put his side 2-0 up. Both teams created half chances but Cahir Park couldn’t get back into the game. With 10 minutes to go Cahir Park conceded a penalty which was converted by Coppinger to secure the result followed by a fourth by Tristan Troy three minutes later. Rowan Barrett scored a fine 30 yard strike consolation goal for Cahir Park with a few minutes to play but it was Two Mile Borris who secured the deserved victory.
Clonmel Town 3-4 Clonmel Celtic
Clonmel Celtic recorded an important derby win to make it three wins from three in the Youth League Division 1. Some first class finishing from Finn Napier (2), Jack Aylward and Cillian Fitzgerald had Celtic in a commanding 4-1 early lead in the second half before Town staged a comeback. Celtic held firm to record a 4-3 win to keep their title hopes very much alive.
Youth Division 2
Cashel Town 1-2 Cahir Park
A competitive game played on a nice January’s day in Cashel saw Cahir maintain their lead at the top of the Youths Second Division. Cahir took the lead on five minutes through an own goal and they doubled their lead on 20 minutes when Liam Kelly added their second.
Cashel came out in the second half a lot more lively and pulled a great goal back on 65 minutes when Eoin Rice scored a great goal. Both sides had chances in the final 20 minutes but Cahir held on to take the points.
Mullinahone 2-2 Cullen Lattin
The match took off to a quick start with both teams getting forward but it was Cullen Lattin who got the better of the opening 15 minutes and they got their reward through Daniel O’Connell who converted his chance well. Mullinahone grew into the game starting to play some nice football, especially down the flanks with Sean Fitzgerald and Darragh Walsh providing great pressure on the Cullen lattin defence. Tom Lee equalised the game through an excellent corner which found the back of the net.
Mullinahone stayed putting the pressure on with Cullen lattin struggling for chances with the five at the back of Mullinahone not giving any easy opportunities away. Cullen took the lead once again with a peach of a goal from Reece O’Dwyer from the edge of the box after Mullinahone failed to deal with a well executed corner by Sean O’Donnell. This woke Mullinahone up, taking the game to Cullen, whose defence was very resilient. After some great midfield play from Colin O’Brien and Luke Lacy creating some great chances, Adam Houlihan brought the sides level just before the half time break with a very tidy finish leaving the Cullen goalkeeper with little chance.
The second half proved to be a very even battle, with both sides having opportunities to take the lead. As the half went on Mullinahone made a host of substitutions which nearly prevailed as the home side went close with Mike O’Dwyer hitting the bar with his headed effort. With the tiring small squad of Cullen Lattin showing great character and determination in their defence while still causing problems on the counter attack. However the sides couldn’t be seperated and shared the points.
Galbally Utd 3-3 Shanbally
Tiernan Ryan gave Galbally the lead on 20 minutes. Conor English levelled for Shanbally but Killian Peters restored the Galbally lead before Conor English got his second to make it 2-2. Tiernan Ryan was on hand again to put Galbally in front on 70 minutes but Harrison Conway got a late equaliser to ensure a share of the spoils for Shanbally.
SC&K Utd 2-2 St Michael’s
In a tightly contested game in Ballypatrick, in what was the first outing of 2025 for the home side, it ended with a share of the points in a 2-2 draw.
St Michaels started strongly, but the home defence held firm and it was Gus Nolan who put SC&K ahead after 15 minutes following an Adam Moran throw in.
The lead didn’t last long as Aaron Brazil equalised for the visitors from a free kick. Michael’s took confidence from their goal and pounced on a defensive mistake to make it 2-1 at the break, with Luke Webster applying the finish.
SC&K put in a strong second half performance, aided by the return of both Sean Hughes and Brandon Landers from recent injury, with Landers providing a goal with a tidy finish from just inside the area.
There were chances for both sides in the final 10 minutes, but both defences held out and it ended in a 2-2 draw in what was an entertaining game.
Sunday January 19
Munster Junior Shield 4th Round
St Nicholas 1-2 Aisling Annacotty
St. Nicholas made a dream start, going ahead in the third minute. Jason Sutton scored after great interplay between Jack Radigan, Jack Downey, and Mike Fitzgerald, whose through ball set Sutton up for a one-on-one finish.
However, Aisling Annacotty equalised in the 13th minute, with their No. 8 heading in from a corner against the run of play.
St Nicholas had chances to regain the lead, notably through Thomas Flynn in the 15th minute, but his shot went just wide. But Aisling capitalised on another set piece in the 25th minute, as their number three scored from a corner to make it 2–1.
St Nicholas came close again in the 24th minute with Jack Downey’s effort, but the Aisling goalkeeper made a fantastic save.
Halftime: Ashling Annacotty 2–1 St. Nicholas
St Nicholas started brightly and created pressure, but Bradley McNabb had to be at his best on two occasions to keep the away side out, making two brilliant saves in the 58th and 63rd minutes.
The final 15 minutes saw St Nicholas push hard for an equaliser, creating several opportunities. However, they were unable to convert their chances, and the match ended 2–1 in favour of Aisling Annacotty.
A spirited performance from St Nicholas fell short as Ashling Annacotty capitalised on set pieces and defended resolutely to secure their spot in the last eight of the Munster Shield.
SC&K Utd 4-1 UCC (B)
TSDL Premier League
Peake Villa 4-2 Cahir Park
After the long Christmas break and the bad weather last week, Peake Villa were finally back in action Sunday morning.
Cahir were the visitors with conditions for the game good with a slight chill in the air. The first ten minutes, both sides were playing good possession football.
Villa were awarded a free kick in the 14th minute, and Cian Mitchell found the far post where Darragh Byrne was on hand to square it to Pippy Carroll, who made no mistake close in to make it 1-0.
Villa nearly doubled their lead midway through the half when Michael Quilnan came close, hitting the bottom of the crossbar from a header, but it didn’t cross the line.
Villa did extend the lead in the 39th minute with veteran Alan Leahy finding Dale Loughnane on the wing and his cross found Darragh Byrne who again squared the ball and Ronan Mcguire was on hand to score to make it 2-0.
Half time 2-0.
Villa pressing well in the second half were rewarded in the 56th minute when Cian Mitchell crossed for Ronan Mcguire, whose deft touch found the bottom corner of the Cahir goal to make it 3-0.
In the 65th minute, Pippy Carroll played a great ball over the top into the path of Ronan Mcguire, and he side footed past the oncoming keeper to make it 4-0.
Cahir never gave up and got a goal back in the 73rd minute with John O’Brien scoring.
Just before full-time Cahir got a second when Willie O’Dwyer was quickest to react from a corner to make it 4-2 at the full time whistle.
Two Mile Borris OFF Clonmel Celtic
Bansha Celtic 0-3 St Michael’s
After an opening 20 minutes dominating possession, St Michaels took the lead when Ed O’Dwyer did well to evade the defence and after his shot was well saved by the keeper David Slattery was on hand to head home. Saints had a good chance to double the lead when the ball broke kindly in the box but the forward shot wide. Bansha had a free kick on the edge of the box taken by Robbie Byron but the away keeper did well to tip over the bar, keeping the score at 1-0 going to the break. The second half started with Bansha defending deep, and St Michaels made it two on 60 minutes when a free from the right was headed home by David Slattery.
With Bansha forced to push men on to try and get back into the game, they came close to scoring when a Tony Egan free kick just cleared the bar. St Michael’s made it three nil on 75 minutes when the ball was pulled back from the end line and Ed O’Dwyer fired the shot to the bottom corner. St Michael’s saw out the remaining 15 minutes to ensure all three points.
Cashel Town 0-1 Clonmel Town
A competitive game between two sides in the bottom half of the table but lacking quality throughout. Cashel shaded the first half and on 30 minutes had a great chance through Adam Hennessy but he couldn’t break the deadlock and the teams went to the half time break level.
The second half continued in the same vein, both teams not wanting for effort but lacking a bit of quality in the final third. The game was looking like petering out to a draw until two mins into injury time Clonmel Town won a corner and after a scrap in the six yard box Ian Healy somehow bundled the ball into the net to give Clonmel Town the win.
TSDL Division 1
Powerstown 1-6 Galbally Utd
Galbally opened the scoring in the 5th minute when Mike Donavan converted a corner to give them an early lead. Twelve minutes later, Cathal Flynn tapped in a cross from the right after Powerstown failed to deal with the danger, making it 2-0. Flynn struck again in the 18th minute with a deflected shot finding the net to extend the lead to 3-0. Powerstown’s best chances came from Kevin Kirwan, whose shot was saved well, and Conor McGrath, whose curling corner hit the post. Galbally rounded off a dominant half in the 40th minute when Scott Fitzgerald finished off a quick break to make it 4-0.
Second Half
Powerstown came out with a renewed effort after the break, with Harry O’Connor’s shot tipped over the bar following a quick free-kick by Gino Lonergan. However, all this pressure was undone in the 66th minute, a wayward back pass gifted Donavan a straightforward finish to make it 5-0. Two minutes later, he held the ball up well, turned and slotted home to complete his hat-trick, making it 6-0. Powerstown grabbed a consolation goal in the 80th minute when Conor McGrath’s header hit the bar, and John Allan Lowes bundled the ball over the line. Full time Galbally 6, Powerstown 1.
Vee Rovers 1-1 Wilderness Rovers
Cullen Lattin 4-2 Two Mile Borris
Cullen started well and were one up after 10 minutes when Tony O’Neill crossed from the left to find Danny O’Dwyer at the back post, O’Dwyer showed good feet and finished well. 1-0 Cullen.
Cullen were 2-0 up on 18 minutes when Micheal Elligott controlled and turned well to play in Tony O’Neill who finished nicely.
Cullen were 3-0 up when O’Neill did well to dispossess a Borris defender and finished well from close range.
Borris had a dominate period before half time and were awarded a penalty on 40 minutes but Darren Hueston in the Cullen goal saved well.
Borris starter well in the second half and and Darren Ivors got Borris back in the game with a well placed header to make it 3-1.
However almost immediately, Orrin Jones played a one-two with Fiachra O’Grady and O’Grady played in Jones who produced a sublime dinked finish to put Cullen 4-1 up on 68 minutes.
Jamie Meaney got Borris back in the game when the ball arrived to him at the edge of the Cullen box from a corner and he made it 4-2 on 79 minutes, However, Cullen got back of top for the final 10 minutes and saw out the game for a 4-2 win.
Tipp Town 2-2 Peake Villa
A game where the away side had a lot of possession and the home side squandered numerous chances but in the end finished all square.
Nil all at the break the second half came alive when Kevin Browne finished a Dylan Cummins cross. Peake Villa responded with a corner which was tapped home from close range by Maris Baltins. The home side thought they won it when Vinny Godfrey found Olek Ivanov who spectacularly found the top corner. However, Villa equalised late on when Stephen Cahill finished off a flowing move down the right to earn his side a deserved share of the spoils,
TSDL Division 2
Suirside Celtic 1-0 Ballingarry
After a six-week break for Christmas and bad weather both sides got back to league action on Sunday last in Grange.
The visitors had the better of the early exchanges and the first real chance of the game came when Eddie Mullaly ran clear of the defence and shot wide. Suirside then came into their own and forced a series of corners when Dylan Price forced a fine save as did John Darmody. Next it was Ballingarry’s turn when Keith Cleere, after a sweeping attack, struck the cross bar when it seemed he was destined to score. From then until half time it was all Suirside. Conor Makim played a smart ball into Tom Keating who played in Darragh Cronin who narrowly shot wide and on 41 minutes the breakthrough came. A diagonal ball from David Brannigan found Luke O’Brien who swept it wide to Dylan Price who beat two opponents before squaring for a Cronin effort that was blocked by Ian Ivors only for Tommy McDonagh to snap up the rebound to fire to the net.
The second half was similar to the first with Ballingarry enjoying large periods of possession and resorting to long balls to try and force an equaliser, which O’Brien, Mark Campbell and Jason Coffey dealt with.
The evergreen Paul Kennedy started to control midfield for the home side with Conor Makin putting in an incredible shift. That said the best opportunity of the half came on 78 minutes when a Michael Ivors free kick was brilliantly saved by Dan Hayde. Not one for the purists but a very honest hard fought game throughout with the home side holding on for a 1–0 win in what is a very tight division.
Old Bridge 3-3 St Michael’s
TSDL Division 3
Rosegreen Rgs 2-0 Burncourt
Rosegreen welcomed Burncourt to the village for the home sides first game back after the winter break. Both sides started well and it was the home side who had the better chances early on. Burncourt kicked on midway through the first half and went close to troubling Tyler Barry in the Rosegreen goal. With five minutes to go Rosegreen took the lead through a well crossed ball from Brian Morrissey and a lovely finish from Christopher Brabston.
Half time.
Rosegreen 1-0 Burncourt
The second half was very entertaining and both teams went at it. Ian Collins hit the crossbar for Rosegreen in the 65th minute and a few minutes later Keith Bergin put Rosegreen further ahead with a powerful finish from inside the box.
Full time
Rosegreen 2-0 Burncourt
Mullinahone 4-2 Clonmel Celtic
Mullinahone welcomed Clonmel Celtic to their fine grounds on Sunday morning and while both teams started brightly, it was the home side who emerged victorious.
Johnny Lawlor had a few chances in the opening minutes but it was Eoin O’Dwyer in the 8th minute who took a solo run breaking through the Celtic defence to open the scoring. Celtic then tore Mullinahone apart with a great ball from the centre out to the wing which was put in at pace, Mullinahone deflected the ball into the net, but it would have been a tap in for the striker in any case. Within five minutes Johnny Lawlor and Eoin O’Dwyer had the homeside 3-1 up going into the second half.
Celtic came out strong and Dylan Kiely found the back of the Mullinahone net with a very well placed finish in the second minute of the second half. A great ball from the Mullinahone midfield, cut the Celtic defence in half and five mins into the second half, Johnny Lawlor regained the two goal lead. Tiredness began to show in the second half for both teams, substitutions were made, however the scoreline remained the same until the final whistle, Celtic never gave up and Mullinahone defended well as a unit to secure the win.
Final score Mullinahone 4 – Clonmel Celtic 2
Dualla 3-1 Killenaule Rovers
Donohill 2-6 District v Cahir Park
This match began with Cahir Park B asserting their dominance early on, scoring the opening goal in the sixth minute. This early setback put Donohill FC on the back foot, but they responded positively. Darragh Mooney equalised for the home side just nine minutes later, finding the net in the 15th minute and lifting the spirits of the home team.
Denis Cross then put Donohill FC ahead in the 32nd minute, showcasing a moment of brilliance. Cahir Park B quickly regained control, scoring their second goal just two minutes later in the 34th minute, followed by a third goal in the 40th minute, leaving Donohill FC trailing 3-2 at half-time.
The second half began with Cahir Park B continuing their relentless assault, scoring their fourth goal just six minutes after the restart in the 51st minute. The visitors then extended their lead further with a penalty conversion in the 52nd minute, making it 5-2 and leaving Donohill FC reeling.
As the match progressed, Cahir Park B maintained their composure and control, with a sixth goal arriving in the 68th minute, sealing a comprehensive victory.
The match concluded with Cahir Park B celebrating a decisive win, while Donohill FC were left to reflect on a challenging day at the office
SC&K Utd 1-0 Tipp Town
