Leaders MCR FC win another top flight tie
MCR FC’s winning streak continues. The Sligo Southern Hotel Super League leaders, unbeaten after 10 games and with a 100% record, maintained their superb form with a 3-2 defeat of Calry Bohs at Sean Fallon Park on Sunday last.
Donagh Crowne’s 40th minute goal gave MCR a 1-0 interval lead. Kailum Burns doubled this advantage in the 54th minute.
Calry’s top scorer Eoin Nicholson then scored to give MCR the jitters but they were back on course for victory when substitute Alieu Manoh Sesay netted.
Nicholson’s scored again for Calry in stoppage time – his 17th goal of the season – but MCR held on.
Cartron United, who are second in the table, eight points behind MCR but having played one game fewer, won 3-2 away against Arrow Harps. This was a comeback win for Cartron – last season’s Super League runners-up went 2-0 down because of goals from Luke Flynn and
TOP SCORERS
17 GOALS: Eoin Nicholson (Calry Bohs); 15 GOALS: Jason Lyons (Carbury FC); 13 GOALS: Raffaele Cretaro (Real Tubber); 12: Kailum Burns (MCR FC); 9 GOALS: Dylan Martin (Strand Celtic).
17 GOALS: Cian Kilcoyne (Ballymote Celtic), Jack Hever (Ballymote Celtic); 15 GOALS: Thomas Sweeney (Gurteen Celtic); 12 GOALS: Dylan Walsh (Gurteen Celtic); 11 GOALS:
Fola Ayorinde (Benbulben FC); 8 GOALS: Shane Beirne (Carrick Town).
Johnny Quinn for Arrow Harps.
Steven Patton’s converted penalty gave Cartron a lifeline before the first-half ended. In the second-half the revival continued – Brendan Fitzsimons levelled matters and Donal Gallagher struck what proved the winning goal after 70 minutes.
Champions Carbury won 4-0 away to Cliffoney Celtic. Two goals from the lethal Jason Lyons, who scored a goal in each half, as well as finishes by Steven Armstrong and Gareth Kelly showed that Carbury had bounced back from their loss to MCR the previous weekend.
Third-placed Carbury are on 19 points – the same number of points as Real Tubber, who won 4-2 against Manor Rangers at MacSharry Park last Saturday night.
Goals from Matthew Mulhern (2), Raffaele Cretaro and Ciaran Gorman gave Real Tubber a sixth win from nine games. The winners were a goal up at the break. Dylan Gilligan and Seamus Ryder netted for Manor Rangers.
Aughanagh Celtic and Ballisodare United shared the spoils in a 3-3 thriller last Sunday. Despite going two goals down, Aughanagh found their feet and later went 3-2 ahead. It took a second goal from Adam Grace to earn Ballisodare a draw.
STANDINGS
SLIGO SOUTHERN HOTEL SUPER LEAGUE P W D L F A Diff Pts 10 10 0 0 41 11 +30 30 9 7 1 1 33 11 +22 22 8 6 1 1 41 10 +31 19 9 6 1 2 28 20 +8 19 10 4 4 2 27 17 +10 16 7 3 1 3 17 17 0 10 9 3 1 5 23 32 -9 10 9 3 1 5 16 30 -14 10 7 2 2 3 10 21 -11 8 9 1 3 5 19 29 -10 6 9 2 0 7 17 30 -13 6 10 1 2 7 12 36 -24 5 10 1 1 8 16 36 -20 4
MCR FC
Cartron Utd Carbury FC
Real Tubber
Calry Bohs
Strand Celtic Manor Rangers St John’s FC Coolaney Utd Aughanagh Celtic Arrow Harps Cliffoney Celtic Ballisodare Utd
SLIGO PALLETS PREMIER LEAGUE
Gurteen Celtic Ballymote Celtic Benbulben FC Glenview Stars Ballygawley Celtic Dromahair FC Carrick Town FC Calry Bohs Res Kilglass-E’crone Utd Strand Celtic Res Chaffpool Utd
Valley Rovers
Pts 30 21 20 16 16 16 15 14 10 8 8 5
Adam Grace’s first goal and one from Conor Davey put Ballisodare 2-0 in front. Aughanagh rallied with goals from Ciaran Dorrian and Tom Duffy. Ciaran O’Connor’s goal then put them ahead – but Ballisodare found a way back. Elsewhere, the scheduled meeting of Coolaney United and St John’s FC was postponed when Coolaney’s pitch was deemed unplayable.