Holders Carbury FC return to the summit
IN THIS season’s title race, early bragging rights have gone to champions Carbury FC. The holders were 4-0 winners over Cartron United, last season’s runners-up, at MacSharry Park on Sunday last.
This result has returned Carbury to the summit of the Sligo Southern Hotel League, with previous leaders Cartron dropping back to second – only one point worse off.
Lethal striker Jason Lyons netted twice for Carbury to bring his season’s tally up to 12. The second of his goals here was a converted spotkick. Mark McGoldrick and Aaron Murrin also scored for Carbury, who were 2-0 ahead at the break.
Third-placed MCR FC are keeping pace with the top two. They defeated St John’s FC 4-0 at Sean Fallon Park. Ciaran Harvey’s first-half brace put MCR in a strong position for their fourth win of the season.
The second-half saw MCR extend their lead through goals by Donagh Crowne and Kailum Burns.
Last Sunday’s other top tier fixture saw Aughanagh Celtic win 5-1 at home against Cliffoney Celtic. James Kiernan bagged a hattrick for Aughanagh, with Sean Bruen and Daniel Lyons also on target.
Cliffoney’s goal came from James Gallagher, whose strike put the visitors ahead – before the hosts took charge.
Calry Bohs’ 6-0 away win over Ballisodare United was one of two games played on Saturday night. Leading 2-0 midway through, Calry scored four times in the second-half.
Eoin Nicholson was in brilliant form for the winners, scoring five times, while Michael Flynn also netted for the winners.
Also on Saturday night, Strand Celtic won 2-1 at home against Leitrim’s Manor Rangers.
This was a comeback win for Strand, who went a goal down when Philip Patton scored for the visitors.
Dylan Martin’s goal brought Strand level – it was 1-1 at half-time. Aaron O’Boyle supplied the winning goal for Strand in the second-half. Meanwhile, Raffaele Cretaro’s hat-trick illuminated Real Tubber’s 6-3 defeat of Arrow Harps at Ballisodare’s all-weather pitch on Friday night last.
Ciaran Gorman, Matthew Mulhern and Brian Morahan also scored for the winners. The Arrow Harps goalscorers were Niall Kenny (2) and Daire Callaghan.
STANDINGS
SLIGO SOUTHERN HOTEL SUPER LEAGUE W D LFA Diff
4 1 0 30 5 +25
4 0 1 24 5 +19
4 0 0 20 4 +16
2 3 0 17 8 +9
3 0 1 11 11 0
2 1 2 10 12 -2
1 1 2 10 12 -2
1 1 2 8 14 -6
1 1 2 5 14 -9
1 1 3 8 21 -13
1 1 3 8 22 -14
1 0 4 9 18 -9
0 0 5 7 21 -14
Carbury FC Cartron Utd
MCR FC
Calry Bohs
Real Tubber Strand Celtic Aughanagh Celtic Cliffoney Celtic Coolaney Utd St John’s FC Manor Rangers Arrow Harps Ballisodare Utd
SLIGO PALLETS PREMIER LEAGUE
W D F Diff 5 1 39 +31 5 0 21 +13 4 0 20 +9 3 1 13 +1 3 0 11 +2 3 0 9 -14 2 1 11 -1 2 0 16 +1 2 0 21 -4 1 1 8 -8 0 1 8 -11 0 1 6 -19
Ballymote Celtic Gurteen Celtic Glenview Stars Carrick Town Ballygawley Celtic Calry Bohs Res Kilglass-E’crone Utd Benbulben FC Dromahair FC Strand Celtic Res Valley Rovers Chaffpool Utd
Pts 16 15 12 10 9 9 7 6 6 4 1
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