Cartron United increase their lead at the summit
Super League leaders are now seven points clear of holders Carbury FC as silverware race begins to heat up
CARTRON United have strengthened their grip at the top of the Sligo Southern Hotel Super League. Last Sunday the title hopefuls defeated fourth-placed MCR FC 2-0 at Sean Fallon Park with goals from Enda McGowan, who converted a spot-kick after 20 minutes, and Donal Gallagher, who netted with a fine strike in the second-half. The result – Cartron United’s 12th win from 14 games – extends the leaders’ advantage to seven points. Holders Carbury weren’t in action on Sunday last because their scheduled game away to Cliffoney Celtic was postponed due to an unplayable pitch in Mullaghmore. Carbury, still unbeaten this season, have three games in hand. This game was re-arranged for last night, Wednesday, at MacSharry Park’s astroturf pitch. Strand Celtic, who are third in the table, were 4-0 winners at home against second from bottom Real Tubber on Saturday night at the all-weather astroturf pitch in The Showgrounds. Dylan Martin scored a hat-trick for Strand Celtic, who led 2-0 at half-time. Also scoring for Strand Celtic was Cormac Correira. It wasn’t all one-way traffic, however, as Real Tubber hit the woodwork in the first-half from a free-kick and were also denied a goal when Aaron Perry’s
STANDINGS
SLIGO SOUTHERN HOTEL SUPER LEAGUE P W D LFA Diff Pts 14 12 0 2 44 25 +19 36 11 9 2 0 50 7 +43 29 14 8 4 2 42 19 +23 28 13 7 2 4 29 24 +5 23 13 6 4 3 43 29 +14 22 13 4 4 5 35 31 +4 16 13 4 4 5 24 31 -7 16 14 5 1 8 27 39 -12 16 13 3 2 8 18 40 -22 11 13 2 3 8 27 31 -4 9 13 3 0 10 32 62 -30 9 14 2 2 10 27 60 -33 8
Cartron Utd
Carbury FC
Strand Celtic
MCR FC
Manor Rangers
Cliffoney Celtic
Arrow Harps
Ballisodare Utd
Ballymote Celtic
Aughanagh Celtic
Real Tubber
Merville Utd
RESULTS
Played on Saturday, January 8
Sligo Southern Hotel
Super League
Strand Celtic 4, Real Tubber 0
Played Sunday, January 10
Sligo Southern Hotel
Super League
Merville United 3, Arrow
Harps 2; Cliffoney Celtic P
Carbury FC P; Manor Rangers 5, Aughanagh Celtic 4; Ballymote Celtic 0, Ballisodare United 2;
MCR FC 0, Cartron United 2
Sligo Pallets Premier League
Carrick Town 4, Gurteen
Celtic 2; Calry Bohs 1, Glenview
Stars 3; Kilglass-Enniscrone
United 1, St John’s FC 3; Chaffpool United 3, Dromahair FC 1; Benbulben FC 1, Ballygawley Celtic 4;
TOP SCORERS
13 GOALS: Jason Lyons (Carbury FC); 12 GOALS: Malachy Spratt (Cartron United); 11 GOALS: Donal Gallagher (Cartron United); 10 GOALS: Jack Davitt (Cliffoney Celtic), Ryan Hargadon (Merville United), Dylan Martin (Strand Celtic); 8 GOALS: Dan Beya (Cartron United), Brian McDonald (Manor Rangers); 7 GOALS: Mark McGoldrick (Carbury FC); 6 GOALS: Donagh Crowne (MCR FC), Kailum Burns (MCR FC).
21 GOALS: Cathal Davey (Coolaney United); 15 GOALS: Conor Healy (Ballygawley Celtic); 12 GOALS: Anthony Johnston (St John’s FC),
Shane Beirne (Carrick Town), Hughie Marren (Chaffpool United); 8 GOALS: Jake Drewe (Glenview Stars), Conor Brennan (St John’s FC), Ciaran McMurray (Coolaney United); 7 GOALS: Clive Brennan (Glenview Stars); 6 GOALS: Lucas Sosa (St John’s FC), Donal Fidgeon (St John’s FC); 5 GOALS: Aaron Flynn (Calry Bohs).
free-kick was kept out by Strand Celtic goalkeeper Cian Basquille.
The Strand Celtic netminder was also busy in the second-half, making sure that his side kept another clean sheet.
Manor Rangers, who are fifth,
SLIGO PALLETS PREMIER LEAGUE
P W D LFA Diff St John’s FC 13 9 2 2 46 19 +27 Coolaney Utd 11 8 2 1 39 20 +19 Calry Bohs 12 7 3 2 37 17 +20 Glenview Stars 12 7 3 2 34 22 +12 Ballygawley Celtic 12 4 6 2 36 33 +3 Chaffpool Utd 11 5 3 3 24 22 +2 Kilglass-Enniscrone Utd 10 4 3 3 23 21 +2 Dromahair FC 13 5 0 8 36 50 -14 Carrick Town 13 3 2 8 25 42 -17 Gurteen Celtic 13 2 2 9 25 34 -9 Valley Rovers 12 2 2 8 24 43 -19 Benbulben FC 12 1 2 9 19 45 -26
Coolaney United 5, Valley Rovers 2
FIXTURES
Note: First named team has home advantage unless otherwise stated. The referee for each fixture is denoted in brackets. Saturday, January 15
Sligo Southern Hotel
Super League
Cartron United v Manor Rangers (MacSharry Park, 7.30pm)
(Paul Kilcoyne); Ballisodare
United v Strand Celtic (7.30pm) (Owen McLoughlin)
Sligo Pallets Premier League
Dromahair FC v Carrick Town (7.30pm) (John Griffin)
Sunday, January 16 Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
GAMES START AT 11AM: Carbury FC v Ballymote Celtic (MacSharry Park) (Owen McLoughlin); MCR FC v Arrow Harps (Stephen Fallon); Aughanagh Celtic v Cliffoney
Celtic (Stephen McGarry)
GAMES START AT 2PM: Real Tubber v Merville United (MacSharry
Park) (Philip McLoughlin)
Sligo Pallets Premier League GAMES START AT 11AM: Glenview Stars v Benbulben FC (Glen Gilmartin); Coolaney United v Chaffpool United (Justin McMorrow); Ballygawley Celtic v Kilglass-Enniscrone United (Philip McLoughlin); Gurteen Celtic v
Calry Bohs (Colm Gunning)
GAMES START AT 2PM: Valley Rovers v St John’s FC (Terry Butler) NOTE: Results must be submitted by the home club (including goalscorers) to 087 1087771.