Another excellent victory for Gurteen
GURTEEN Celtic continue to set the pace at the top of the Sligo Pallets Premier League. Last Sunday the leaders won 8-1 away to Dromahair FC – an eighth win from nine games. Leading scorers Thomas Sweeney and Dylan Walsh each grabbed a brace, with Nathan Dwyer, Ross Donovan, Matt Henry and Billy Flynn also on target.
Thomas Sweeney and Dylan Walsh have, so far, scored 25 of Gurteen’s 51 goals – Sweeney with 13 and Walsh has bagged 12.
Dromahair’s goalscorer against
Gurteen was Shane Fowley. Ballymote Celtic, who are second in the standings, six points behind Gurteen, drew 4-4 with Valley Rovers on Friday night last.
Cian Kilcoyne’s 17th goal of the campaign earned Ballymote a point after a rollercoaster of a fixture under lights.
Valley Rovers led 2-1 at half-time – an own goal and a Jake Tobin strike put them in front after Ballymote had taken the lead through Jack Hever’s goal.
A second-hald brace from Ciaran
Jenning put Valley Rovers 4-1 up with half an hour left. Ballymote recovered, however. Jack Hever scored his second goal, there was an own goal and then Cian Kilcoyne’s equaliser. Glenview Stars are up to third in the table – they won 4-2 against Strand Celtic Reserves at the astroturf pitch in The Showgrounds on Saturday night.
Although they trailed 2-1 at the break, Glenview were transformed in the second-half and scored three times. On target for the winners were Thomas Myers (2), David Lynch and Michael Ward. The goalscorers for Strand Celtic’s second XI were Darragh McCormack and Jared Tiernan.
Chaffpool United were 5-4 winners at home over Calry Bohs Reserves. Eoin Carty’s goal after 89 minutes gave Chaffpool victory.
Also scoring for Chaffpool, who led 4-2 at half-time, were Shane Prendergast (2), Padraig Murtagh and Liam Carty.
Joe Kilcullen was on form for Calry Bohs Reserves – he scored a hat-trick. Billy McCarthy scored the other goal
RESULTS
Played on Friday, November 4 Sligo Pallets Premier League
Valley Rovers 4, Ballymote Celtic 4
Played on Saturday, November 5
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
Real Tubber 5, St John’s FC 0
Sligo Pallets Premier League
Glenview Stars 4, Strand
Celtic Reserves 2 for Calry’s second string.
Fola Ayorinde, who has played inter-county Gaelic football for Westmeath, bagged four goals for Benbulben FC in their 6-2 hammering of Ballygawley Celtic at MacSharry Park. Ryan Harte and Jack Leonard also scored for the north Sligo outfit. Ballygawley’s goalscorers were Cathal Davey and Hughie McGowan. Meanwhile, Carrick Town defeated Kilglass-Enniscrone 3-0 at Dromahair’s all-weather pitch. Their goals came from Gary Regan (2) and Dylan Regan.
Played on Sunday, November 6
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
Cliffoney Celtic 0, Coolaney
United 0; MCR FC 5, Manor Rangers 2; Arrow Harps 0, Calry Bohs 2
Sligo Pallets Premier League
Chaffpool
United 5, Calry Bohs Reserves 4; Carrick Town 3, Kilglass-Enniscrone United 0; Benbulben FC 6, Ballygawley Celtic 2; Glenview Stars 4, Strand Celtic Reserves 2; Dromahair FC 1, Gurteen Celtic 8
FAI Junior Cup
REGIONAL QUALIFIERS – ROUND THREE: St John’s Athletic (Roscommon) 0, Strand
Celtic 3; Manulla FC (Mayo) 3, Carbury FC 2
FIXTURES
First named team has home advantage unless otherwise stated. The referee for each fixture is denoted in brackets. Saturday, November 12
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
Carbury FC v MCR FC (MacSharry
Sunday, November 13
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League GAMES START AT 11AM: Calry Bohs v Aughanagh Celtic (S Fallon);
Manor Rangers v Cliffoney Celtic (P McLoughlin); Coolaney United v Real Tubber (O McLoughlin)
Sligo Pallets Premier League
Connacht FA Junior Men’s Cup ROUND TWO: Merlin WoodsMedtronic FC (Galway) v
Ballymote Celtic (2pm);
Ballyglass FC (Mayo) v Glenview Stars (2pm); Colemanstown United (Galway) v Calry Bohs ‘B’ (2pm) TOP SCORERS 17 GOALS: Cian Kilcoyne (Ballymote Celtic); 14 GOALS: Jack Hever (Ballymote Celtic); 13 GOALS: Thomas Sweeney (Gurteen Celtic); 12 GOALS: Dylan Walsh (Gurteen Celtic); 11 GOALS: Fola Ayorinde (Benbulben FC).