Sligo-Leitrim and District Soccer League
RESULTS
Played on Friday, March 29
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 19: Manor Rangers 4, Real Tubber 1; Cartron United 4, Ballymote Celtic 0
Played on Saturday, March 30
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 19: Carbury FC 1, Calry Bohs 0
RESULTS
Played on Sunday, March 31
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 19: Gurteen Celtic 2,
St John’s FC 1; Glenview Stars 1, Strand Celtic 9; Cliffoney Celtic 0, Arrow Harps 6
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND 11: Calry Bohs Reserves 1, Coolaney United 2 ROUND 14: Merville United 4, Ballisodare United 3
FIXTURES
First named team has home advantage unless otherwise stated. The referee for each fixture is denoted in brackets.
Friday, April 5
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND 11: Aughanagh Celtic v Valley
Rovers (6pm) (Owen McLoughlin)
Sunday, April 7
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 13: Gurteen Celtic v Cliffoney Celtic (11am) (Stephen Fallon)
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND TWO: Merville United v Coolaney
scoring for the winners. Six of Strand’s nine goals came in the first-half.
Glenview notched a consolation goal after 82 minutes when Jake Drewe found the net.
Arrow Harps were similarly devastating when they defeated Cliffoney Celtic 6-0 at the north Sligo club’s base. The most damage was inflicted in the first-half when David Barlow netted a hat-trick for Arrow Harps. David’s brother George also scored as did Luke Flynn, who is part of the Sligo-Leitrim panel for this season’s FAI Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup campaign.
Arrow Harps, who led 5-0 at half-time, scored once in the second-half when Conor Kearns found the target.
The only other top flight fixture played last weekend was the meeting of Manor Rangers and Real Tubber on Good Friday – this game took place at Ballisodare’s astroturf pitch. Manor won 4-1. Real Tubber were a goal down at the break – Brian McDonald scored for Manor – and
United (11am) (Michael Farrell)
ROUND 11: Strand Celtic Reserves v Ballisodare United (11am) (John Griffin) Connacht Football Association Women’s Junior Shield
FAI Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup SEMI-FINAL: Sligo-Leitrim v Mayo (Athlone Town Stadium, 4pm)
FIXTURES
First named team has home advantage unless otherwise stated. The referee for each fixture is denoted in brackets. Saturday, April 13
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND 22: St John’s FC v Real Tubber (MacSharry Park, 7.30pm) (G Gilmartin)
Sunday, April 14
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
ROUND SIX: Ballymote Celtic v Cartron
United (11am) (Rolf Zoschke)
ROUND 22 – GAMES START AT 11AM: Carbury FC v Cliffoney Celtic (MacSharry Park) (TBC); Calry Bohs v Glenview Stars (Justin McMorrow); Arrow Harps v Manor Rangers (Philip McLoughlin); Strand Celtic v MCR FC (Owen McLoughlin)
Sligo Pallets Premier League
ROUND 15: Ballygawley Celtic v Ballisodare United (11am) (Terry Butler)
Connacht Football Association
Men’s Junior Shield
QUARTER-FINAL: Dromahair FC v Ballinagare Manor United (2pm) (Mark Irwin)
the south Sligo club were also down to 10 players due to Rhys Henry’s red card after 31 minutes.
Two further goals for Manor had them comfortably 3-0 ahead by the 72nd minute – Michael Mulholland and Patrick Gilgunn were the goalscorers. Jack Attard’s first senior goal for Manor – from a Patrick Gilgunn assist – wrapped up this victory for the Leitrim side.
Bottom of the table Real Tubber pulled a goal back in the last minute when Ciaran Gorman scored.
The number of hat-tricks scored last weekend in the two tiers of this season’s SLDSL.
THERE were just two games played last weekend in the Sligo Pallets Premier League – both took place on Easter Sunday. Coolaney United won 2-1 away to Calry Bohs Reserves. Max Farrell’s goal put the home side in front after 10 minutes. Calry Bohs Reserves maintained this lead until the 56th minute when Michael Mulvey equalised for the visitors.
Coolaney left it late to get the winner – Alan
STANDINGS
TOP SCORERS
SUPER LEAGUE
14 GOALS: Dylan Martin (Strand Celtic); 12 GOALS: Jake Drewe (Glenview Stars), Thomas Sweeney (Gurteen Celtic); 11 GOALS: Ben Tuohy (Arrow Harps); 10 GOALS: Jack Davitt (Cliffoney Celtic), Jordan Harte (MCR FC), Donal Gallagher (Cartron United), Eoghan Nerney (Gurteen Celtic); 9 GOALS: Donagh Crowne (MCR FC); 8 GOALS: David Barlow (Arrow Harps), Conor Brennan (St John’s FC), Leo Doherty (Strand Celtic), Keith Nibbs (MCR FC), Clive Brennan (Cartron United), Luke Flynn (Arrow Harps), Malachy Spratt (Carbury FC); 7 GOALS: Dylan Walsh (Gurteen Celtic), Cian Kilcoyne (Carbury FC), Darragh McGoldrick (St John’s FC).
PREMIER LEAGUE
29 GOALS: Tyler Stallard (Merville United); 16
GOALS: Daniel Watters (Benbulben FC); 15 GOALS: Oisin Gilmartin (Benbulben FC), James Kiernan (Aughanagh Celtic); 11 GOALS: Adam Grace (Ballisodare United), Andrew Callaghan (Calry Bohs Reserves), Darragh Healy (Ballisodare United), Alan Kavanagh (Dromahair FC), Sean Stenson (Coolaney United), Seamus Hailstones (Aughanagh Celtic); 10 GOALS: Keith Cotter (Ballisodare United), Stephen Mullan (Dromahair FC).
Duggan scored in the 89th minute to make it 2-1. This was the final game of the Premier Division season for Calry Bohs Reserves, who have finished seventh in the table after 22 games.
Merville United, this season’s second tier runners-up, won 4-3 at home against Ballisodare United as top scorer Tyler Stallard notched a hat-trick. It was 1-1 at the break – U-17 player Ben Sherlock’s 18th minute goal for Ballisodare was cancelled out five minutes before the interval by Tyler Stallard.
Then it was Ballisodare’s turn to retake the lead on 53 minutes – Brian Mahon the scorer – but Merville answered again when ex-Ballisodare player Conor White scored.
Ballisodare went ahead for the third time thanks to substitute Keith Cotter’s goal after 76 minutes. Merville, now trailing 3-2, recovered and their lethal marksman Tyler Stallard goaled twice in the last 10 minutes (the first of these goals came from a penalty) to earn Merville the spoils.
THIS coming Sunday Gurteen Celtic take on Galway’s Mervue United in the Connacht Football Association Women’s Junior Shield final at Umbro Park, Milebush (kick-off 12.30pm). Gurteen were runners-up in this season’s inaugural Sligo Bay Lobsters Women’s League and the Sligo Bay Lobsters Women’s Cup, with Glenview Stars winning both competitions.
MFAI Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup semi-final against Mayo this coming Sunday in Athlone, there’s a significantly reduced schedule of matches locally. There is just one game in the Sligo Southern Hotel Super League and two fixtures taking place in the Sligo Pallets Premier League.