Magnificent Muirhevnamor keep perfect start intact
SAINT DOMINIC’S MUIRHEVNAMOR 1 7
MUIRHEVNAMOR were just too big, strong and powerful for the hosts at a beautifully sunny Friary Field on Saturday in the under-17 league as they extended their unbeaten start to the campaign to three matches.
They simply overwhelmed the losers in the opening half and had pocketed the points by the interval with a 5-1 lead with which they were no way flattered.
It was one of their very rare attacks in the closing minutes that produced the Dominic’s lone reward in the game when Darren Mundow won a penalty kick when tripped inside the visitors penalty box. Fintan Brady struck the spot kick low and close to Muirhevnamor goalkeeper Precious Kent but it flew underneath him into the net.
However, Muirhevnamor immediately re-asserted their dominance when the hard pressed home defence gained a fleeting reprieve when a defender cleared a net bound shot in front of his goal line only to fly straight to Samuel Olaknbasubo who struck the ball first time through the crowded goalmouth into the net seconds before the half time whistle.
To their credit Saint Dominic’s pluckily came more into the a match and were more of an attacking force in the second half, but Man of the Match Paddy Nicholson sunk any slim chance they had of staging a miraculous comeback by completing his hat-trick.
He was the fulcrum of the winners attacking play in the opening 20 minutes when they established a tight grip, with Moyo Bodun who opened the scoring also an equally menacing attacker.
Nicholson twice went perilously close to scoring with his second effort deflected for a corner from which the towering Samuel Olaknbasubo nodded the ball down in the goalmouth for Conal Doyle to prod home.
Nicholson then applied a sweet finish when William Opoku passed to him inside the penalty box and he struck an angled low shot into the far corner of the net .
He then was largely instrumental in setting up his side’s fourth goal, collecting the ball when is broke off Dominic’s goalkeeper Jack McKenna and weaved in along the end line, beating a couple of opponents to part to a colleague to lay a pass back to Bodun to nab his second and the winners fourth goal and not much more than 20 minutes elapsed.
The constant waves of attack by the winners were briefly interrupted, and Dominic’s offered more attacking intent after the changeover.
However, a brilliant stop by the Doms goalkeeper foiled Bodun from completing his hattrick. The forward broke clear into the penalty box and looked like he was dribbling past the Dominic’s goalkeeper when a perfectly time outstretched foot nicked the ball from him.
Instead Nicholson took the scoring honours with the most precise of side foot finishes low into the corner of the net when a corner by Kutan Amau broke to him just inside the 18 yard box.
Then he showed he also was as comfortable shooting with his right as his left foot when Amau put him in possession again inside the box and he drove the ball low under the goalkeeper. SAINT DOMINIC’S: Jack McKenna, Tom McBride, Darren Matthews, Mark Lee, David Jackson, Oisin Conroy, Jack Barron, Fintan Brady, Cathal McElroy, Colm Bellew, Brain Brady, Darren Mundow, Aaron Farrell. Manager, Tony McBride.
MUIRHEVNAMOR: Precious Kent, Isaac Olaide David Ekperouh, Conal Doyle, Uche Ibeh, Joshua Ayoub, Michael Stokes, Oisin Morrow, Patrick Nicholson, William Opoku, Moyo Bodun, Sean Hill, Adris Aguns, Kutan Amau, Samuel Olaknbasubo, Oboom Onurbanjo. Manager, Colin Thompson.
REFEREE: Colm McConville. Ardee Celtic 0 Bellurgan Utd 1; Walshstown 3 Rock Celtic 1; Quay Celtic 3 Muirhevnamor 1; Glenmuir Utd 3 Shamrocks 3; Rock Celtic 1 Ardee Celtic 1; Muirhevnamor 1 Shamrocks 1; Bellurgan Utd 2 Walshstown 2
Glenmuir Celtic 4 Quay Olym 2; Bellurgan Celtic 1 Quay Olym 2; Glasslough Villa v Glenmuir Celtic P; Woodview 2 Bellurgan Celtic 0; Glasslough Villa 4 Blayney Acad 1; Glenmuir Celtic v Bay Utd P
Muirhevnamor Celtic 2 Glenmuir Ath 1; Dromin Juv 4 Redeemer 1; Glenmuir Ath 2 Shamrocks Celtic 1; St Dominics 5 Shamrocks Celtic 2; Rockville 1 Ardee Ath 3; St Dominics 3 Bellurgan Ath 3; Bellurgan Ath 2 Rockville 0; Shamrocks Celtic 1 Redeemer 5; Ardee Ath v Glenmuir Ath P; Dromin Juv v St Dominics P
Glenmuir Utd 0 Ardee Celtic 2; Quay Celtic 3 Rock Celtic 4; Shamrocks v Bellurgan Celtic P; Rock Celtic 4 Bellurgan Celtic 2; Bellurgan Utd 3 Glenmuir Utd 5
Ardee Utd 4 Quay Olym 1; Rockville 1 Dromin 5; Dromin Juv 6 Bellurgan Ath 2; Quay Olym 1 Rockville 4; Ardee Utd 0 Bay Utd 5 Bellurgan Utd 0 Glenmuir Utdv 1; Ardee Celtic 0 Rock Celtic 1; Quay Celtic 2 Ardee Celtic 2; Dromin Utd 5 Shamrocks 3; Quay Olym 1 Quay Celtic 4; Glenmuir Utd v Shamrocks P; Rock Celtic 4 Bellurgan Utd 0; Glenmuir Utd 0 Ardee Celtic 6; Dromin Utd v Quay Olym P; Quay Celtic v Shamrocks P
Blayney Acad 2 Walshstown 1; Woodview 5 Quay Ath 2; Dromin Juv 0 Bellurgan Celtic 5; Woodview 2 Blayney Acad 2; St Dominics 5 Dromin Juv 2
Blayney Acad 2 Quay Celtic 2; Albion Rvs 0 Bellurgan Utd 4; Quay Olym 2 Ardee Celtic 5; Glenmuir Utd 2 Rock Celtic 6; Glenmuir Utd 3 Blayney Acad 0; Rock Celtic 5 Quay Celtic 1; Quay Olym 4 Albion Rvs 2; Ardee Celtic 1 Bellurgan Utd 6
Walshstown 4 Grove Rgs 0; Rockville 5 Bay Utd 1; Bellurgan Celtic 5 Albion Utd 2; St Dominics 1 Shamrocks 6; Bellurgan Celtic v Rockville P; Albion Utd 1 Walshstown 4; St Dominics 1 Rockville 4; Grove Rgs v Bay Utd P; Shamrocks v Bellurgan Celtic P
Quay Celtic 4 Glenmuir Utd 0; Ardee Celtic 2 St Dominics 0; Bellurgan Utd 0 Shamrocks 2; Termonfeckin 0 Dromin Juv 4; Bay Utd v Blayney Acad P; St Dominics 3 Glenmuir Utd 1; Blayney Acad 6 Dromin Juv 2; Bellurgan Utd 6 Termonfeckin 2; Ardee Celtic v Rock Celtic P;
Shamrocks v Bay Utd P
Muirhevnamor 1 Ardee Celtic 1; Bellurgan Utd 6 Woodview 2; St Dominics 3 Rock Celtic 2; Dromin Juv 1 Termonfeckin 5; Quay Celtic v Bellurgan Utd P; Termonfeckin 3 Woodview 0; Dromin Juv 1 Quay Celtic 4; St Dominics 1 Muirhevnamor 6; Rock Celtic v Bellurgan Utd P
FIXTURES Glenmuir Celtic v Glasslough Villa, Glenmuir Pk 7.00
Muirhevnamor Celtic v Redeemer, Muirhevnamor 7.00
Quay Celtic v Shamrocks, Clancy Pk 7.00 Quay Celtic v Glenmuir Utd, Clancy Pk 6.45
Quay Ath v Walshstown, Clancy Pk 7.15
Glenmuir Utd v Muirhevnamor, Glenmuir Pk 10.00; Ardee Celtic v Shamrocks, Ardee 10.00; Blayney Acad v Rock Celtic, Blayney 11.00; Bellurgan Utd v Quay Celtic, Bellurgan 10.00 Pictures: Ken Finegan Dromin Juv v Rockville, Dromin 10.00; Bay Utd v Glenmuir Celtic, Rock Rd 10.00; Quay Olym v Woodview, Clancy Pk 10.00; Bellurgan Ath v Redeemer, Bellurgan 11.00; Glenmuir Ath v Shamrocks Celtic, Glenmuir Pk 11.00
Sherriff B v Glenmuir Utd, Fairview Pk 12 Noon; Balbriggan B v Quay Celtic, St Molagas Pk 12 Noon
Walshstown v Bay Utd, Walshstown 10.00; Dromin Juv v Glenmuir Utd, Dromin 11.00
Rock Celtic v Park Celtic, Blackrock 12.30; Bellurgan Utd v Corduff, Bellurgan 12.30; Ardee Celtic v Parkville A, Ardee 12.30
Parkville v Shamrocks, Navan 1.00
Blayney Acad v Quay Olym, Beech Hill 12.30; Albion Rvs v Glenmuir Utd, Monasterboice 12.30
St Dominics v Albion Utd, Friary Field 12.30; Grove Rgs v Bellurgan Ath, The Mell 12.30; Bay Utd v Shamrocks, Rock Rd 12.30
Ardee Celtic v Dromin Juv, Ardee 2.00; Woodview v St Dominics, Fair Green 2.00; Muirhevnamor v Rock Celtic, Muirhevnamor 2.00; Quay Celtic v Termonfeckin, Clancy Pk