Classy Carbury FC win Champions Cup but scoreline doesn’t reflect Calry Bohs’ efforts at MacSharry Park

Sligo-Leitrim League Champions Cup Final Carbury FC

Calry Bohs 4 0

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HE MORE things change, the more they stay the same. Carbury FC’s supremacy in the Sligo-Leitrim and District Soccer League’s Super League, based on last Saturday’s Champions Cup success against a plucky Calry Bohs, looks set to continue.

Last season’s Sligo Southern Hotel Super League champions were 4-0 winners over the side that won the Sligo Pallets Premier League in the 2021-22 season.

Carbury striker Jason Lyons, the top scorer in last season’s Super League, scored a hat-trick at MacSharry Park, with Carbury’s tally illuminated by a splendid individual goal from playmaker Niall Brennan.

The winners, who scored twice in each half, were significantly hindered by the enforced withdrawal of Chris Kelly after 14 minutes, with the former Sligo Rovers and Ballinamallard

McGoldrick also impressed for Carbury, while forward Jason Lyons, a player with League of Ireland experience, has genuine goalscoring smarts for this level. Calry, unfortunate that is should end 4-0, did enough – in parts – to suggest they can be a competitive force in the Super League after dominating last season’s second tier.

Full-backs Dylan Streete and Benedict Nwani were good, Eoghan Doherty worked hard, there was energy from Ivan Paramonov and Aaron Flynn, and substitute Ronan Niland was especially impressive – he played the full second-half. The issue for Calry is that they didn’t create sufficient goalscoring chances to trouble either of the goalkeepers that Carbury fielded, with Pablo Alves playing the first-half and Mark Rooney between the sticks for the second 45 minutes. Carbury had no such issues and, after a period where they were stalled by Calry’s industry and focus in the

DELIGHTED: Niall Brennan celebrates his goal against Calry Bohs at MacSharry Park.