Ardee will have title in their sights as they face Glenmuir

ARDEE Celtic play fellow contenders Glenmuir with the title as their prize if they win this Saturday in the Dundalk U-19 league.

Currently Saint Dominic’s head the table with 15 points with their full programme of seven games completed.

Ardee with one game left are a point adrift and can leap frog them and couldn’t be caught.

However, Glenmuir who lag behind in matches played, with only three completed by the weekend, have a crucial encounter with Rock Celtic this Tuesday, and if victorious in it, could creep up on the rails and land the title by winning or drawing with Ardee.

Full points from their scheduled two games this week would bring Glenmuir to 12 points, the same total as Rock who would have completed their programme.

Even a win and a draw would leave Glenmuir with the opportunity to still take the title with six points from their last two games hoisting them to the summit, one point ahead of current leaders Saint Dominic’s.

So it is a very crucial week in the league, with the draw also to be made this Wednesday for the first round of the challenge cup which will take place in Glenmuir Park.

Ties will be played on the week ending Sunday February 23

A backlog of fixtures will also be sorted out which will determine who will contest the bottom four competition.

Saint Dominic’s took over the leadership of the table by virtue of a victory on Saturday in a high scoring tussle with Bellurgan that produced nine goals.

Fintan Brady bagged four for the winners, with brother Brian and Aaron Crawford notching one apiece.

Sean Dawe, Luke Higgins and

Ian Arnold netted for Bellurgan,

In a mid week re-fixture, Quay Celtic got the better of Termonfeckin on a 3-1 scoreline. Taylor Murphy, Michael Begley and Dillon Cahill scored a goal apiece for Quay, and Izzac Bona replied for the losers.

Results

Bellurgan 3 (Sean Dawe, Luke Higgins, Ian Arnold) Saint Dominic’s 6 (Fintan Brady 4, Brian

Brady, Aaron Brady)

Termonfeckin 1 (Izzac Bona) Quay 3 (Taylor Murphy, Michael Begley, Dillon Cahill).

Fixtures

Tuesday

Rock Celtic v Glenmuir, Sandy Lane 7.30.

Saturday

Glenmuir Utd v Ardee Celtic, 2.00 (Glenmuir Park or Muirhevnamor)