North End sink Celtic
North End United beat New Ross Celtic and the weather when they overcame the Barrowsiders 4-0 in their Premier Division match on St. Patrick’s Day.
The Sky Blues will be glad to have gotten one of their numerous games in hand out of the way, with the snow putting paid to the rest of the men’s fixtures 24 hours later.
It was a routine victory for the champions, with Andy Moore helping himself to a double and Adam Beary and Jason Murphy also hitting the back of the net.
John Godkin’s men continue their quest in the New Balance FAI Junior Cup next Sunday when they take on Ayrfield United in the quarter-final at Ayrfield Community Centre at 2 p.m.
The winners will meet St. Michael’s from Tipperary in the final four. goal of the game as they edged out St. Leonards.
Elsewhere, Gorey Rangers and Shelburne received walkovers from Wexford Celtic and Gorey Celtic ‘B’ respectively.
Campile United moved into second place in Youths Division 1 after chalking up a good win on the road, overcoming Bridge Rovers 3-0 in Castlebridge.
Matthew Foley contributed a double for the winners, with Ben Cummins grabbing their other goal.
Wexford Bohs are just a point behind leaders St. Cormac’s after emphatically seeing off the challenge of bottom side New Ross Town in their Youths Division 2 match on Saturday.
The Wexford town outfit ran out 7-1 winners, with Todd Hynes, Darragh Nolan, Aaron Breen, Daniel Long, Andrew Byrne, Cian Whelan and Jordy Donovan all getting on the scoresheet.
Kilmore United also chalked up a handsome and impressive victory as they overwhelmed Curracloe United 5-0.
Diarmuid Cooney netted a double, while Seán Carley, Fionn Byrne and Chris O’Connor added a goal apiece.
Tombrack United battled back from a goal down to earn a share of the spoils against Gorey Rangers ‘B’ in a blustery Ballyboy on Saturday morning.
Rangers took the lead with a well-struck effort on 68 minutes, but the hosts secured a valuable point when Mick Fitzgerald found the back of the net with five minutes remaining.