Sligo-Leitrim & District Soccer League
AThe number of hat-tricks scored in last weekend’s series of games in the Sligo-Leitrim League.
last Sunday. The leaders won 10-0 at home against Kilglass-Enniscrone United, with the visitors blitzed by Aughanagh’s attacking power.
The winners, who were 3-0 up at halftime, scored through James Kiernan (2), Seamus Hailstones (2), Sean Bruen (2), Ciaran O’Connor, Niall Craig, Brian Craig and Dillon McDermott.
Merville United, who are the strongest of the chasing pack in second place, won 5-1 against Calry Bohs Reserves at the astroturf pitch in The Showgrounds last Saturday night.
The winners had the job almost completed at the break when they led 4-1. Shane Rooney, Jack Canning, Eamon Flynn (2) were on target
RESULTS
Played on Friday, February 9
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND 20: Benbulben FC 12, Carrick Town 0
Sligo Bay Lobsters Women’s Shield
Played on Saturday, February 10 Sligo Bay Lobsters Women’s Cup
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND 20: Valley Rovers 2, Strand Celtic Reserves 3; Merville United 5, Calry Bohs 1
RESULTS
Played on Sunday, February 11
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 16: Arrow Harps 3, Calry Bohs 1; Strand Celtic 0, Carbury FC 2; St John’s FC 0, Cartron United 4; MCR FC 5, Glenview Stars 2;
Manor Rangers 2, Gurteen Celtic 3 for Merville in the first-half. The Calry Bohs Reserves goalscorer was Andrew Callaghan.
There was only one goal in the second-half – substitute Ryan Gillen’s 87th minute finish for the winners, who were without their top scorer, Tyler Stallard, for this fixture.
Merville’s win brought them level on points with Aughanagh but the leaders restored their three-point advantage the following day, Sunday, with that emphatic win over west Sligo’s Kilglass-Enniscrone United.
Ballisodare United, in third place but 12 points behind Aughanagh Celtic, were 11-1 winners at home to Dromahair FC last Sunday.
FIXTURES
First named team has home advantage unless otherwise stated. The referee for each fixture is denoted in brackets. Saturday, February 17
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 17: Carbury FC v Arrow Harps (MacSharry Park, 7.45pm) (P McLoughlin)
Sunday, February 18
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND FOUR: Ballymote Celtic v
Calry Bohs (11am) (G Gilmartin)
ROUND 17 – GAMES START AT 11AM: Gurteen
Celtic v MCR FC (P Kilcoyne); Cliffoney Celtic v St John’s FC (T Butler); Cartron United v Strand
Celtic (MacSharry Park) (O McLoughlin)
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND 21 – GAMES START AT 11AM: Valley Rovers v Merville United (R Zoschke); Strand Celtic
Reserves v Aughanagh Celtic (C Gunning); KilglassEnniscrone United v Ballisodare United (D Basquille); Dromahair FC v Ballygawley Celtic (J Griffin); Coolaney United v Benbulben FC (S McGarry); Calry Bohs Reserves v Carrick Town (J McMorrow)
Darragh Healy opened the scoring for the hosts after six minutes and although Sean Conlon notched a 24th minute equaliser, that was as good as it got for the visitors. Paul Scanlon’s goal shortly before the break put Ballisodare back in front. The home side went to town on Dromahair in the second-half as they scored eight more goals – Paul Scanlon netted again, Darragh Healy scored twice (to complete a hat-trick), Keith Cotter grabbed a brace as did Adam Grace and there were also goals from Aaron Scanlon and Ben Sherlock.
Ballygawley Celtic and Coolaney United drew 2-2. Hughie McGowan’s first-half goal gave Ballygawley – the home side – a 1-0 interval
Aughanagh Celtic Merville Utd Ballisodare Utd Benbulben FC Coolaney Utd Ballygawley Celtic Dromahair FC Strand Celtic Res Calry Bohs Res Kilglass-E’crone Utd Valley Rovers Carrick Town
TOP SCORERS
P W D 16 14 1 17 13 1 15 10 1 19 10 1 16 10 1 17 9 2 20 7 1 19 6 3 17 6 2 19 5 3 17 5 0 18 1 2
L FA Diff 1 62 23 +39 3 59 33 +26 4 54 27 +27 8 72 47 +25 5 52 32 +20 6 44 34 +10 12 56 80 -24 10 44 48 -4 9 46 53 -7 11 38 57 -19 12 30 60 -30 15 18 81 -63
Pts 43 40 31 31 31 29 22 21 20 18 15 5
SUPER LEAGUE
10 GOALS: Jake Drewe (Glenview Stars); 9 GOALS: Conor Davey (Glenview Stars), Donal Gallagher (Cartron United); 8 GOALS: Ben Tuohy (Arrow
Harps); 7 GOALS: Donagh Crowne (MCR FC), Dylan Martin (Strand Celtic), Dylan Walsh (Gurteen Celtic), Cian Kilcoyne (Carbury FC), Malachy Spratt (Carbury FC); 6 GOALS: Conor Brennan (St John’s FC); Darragh McGoldrick (St John’s FC), Thomas Sweeney (Gurteen Celtic), Dylan Monaghan (Cartron United). PREMIER LEAGUE
23 GOALS: Tyler Stallard (Merville United);
16 GOALS: Daniel Watters (Benbulben FC); 15
GOALS: Oisin Gilmartin (Benbulben FC); 13 GOALS: Alan Kavanagh (Dromahair FC); 10 GOALS: Stephen Mullan (Dromahair FC), Andrew Callaghan (Calry Bohs), Adam Grace (Ballisodare United), Seamus Hailstones (Aughanagh Celtic), Evan McDonald (Benbulben FC); 9 GOALS: Ronan Martin (KilglassEnniscrone United), Sean Stenson (Coolaney
United), Sean Conlon (Dromahair FC), Darragh Healy (Ballisodare United), James Kiernan (Aughanagh Celtic); 8 GOALS: Brian Callaghan (Calry Bohs Reserves), Keith Cotter (Ballisodare United), Dillon McDermott (Aughanagh Celtic), Jack Somers (Coolaney United).
lead. Declan McCormack brought Coolaney level early in the second-half but Kyle Carty’s goal put the hosts 2-1 up with 20 minutes left. Joe McMunn later cancelled out this goal and it finished 2-2. Ballygawley’s Kyle Carty was redcarded at the conclusion.
There was one other Premier League game played last Saturday – a 3-2 win for Strand Celtic Reserves over second from bottom Valley Rovers at Cleveragh’s astroturf pitch. The winners were 3-1 up after 72 minutes thanks to goals from Conor Mulligan, Donnacha Beirne and Oisin McElhinney.
Valley Rovers, who scored in the first-half through Callum Moore, scored again with 10 minutes remaining when Rafal Nazaruk scored.
Meanwhile, bottom of the table Carrick Town lost for the 15th time in 18 games when they were tanked 12-0 by Benbulben FC at Ballisodare’s astroturf pitch last Friday night.
The goalscorers for a rampant Benbulben were hat-trick heroes Oisin Gilmartin and Daniel Watters, Evan McDonald (2), Jack Leonard (2), Sean Kiernan and Anthony Moylette.
CALRY Bohs were beaten 4-0 at home last Sunday by Galway club Athenry FC in the Connacht Football Association Women’s Connacht Shield quarter-final.
Also last weekend there were victories for Real Tubber in the Sligo Bay Lobsters Women’s Shield final – they were 3-1 winners over Ballymote Celtic – and Glenview Stars, who defeated Gurteen Celtic 1-0 in the Sligo Bay Lobsters Women’s Cup decider. Both games took place at MacSharry Park.