Kappa Clare Cup Quarter Final
Avenue United- 1
Bridge United-2
Bridge United A qualified for the semi-final after coming from behind in the second half to defeat Avenue United in a well contested match at Roslevan on Sunday.
Avenue started strongly with Kaylon O Loughlin and former Pike Rovers man Paddy O’Malley to the fore in the opening stages. As the game settled down Bridge United started to enjoy some more possession and were awarded a penalty on 23 minutes when David Russell was adjudged to have handled in the penalty box from a Quinlan free kick. Quinlan however failed to take advantage from the spot with his effort flying wide of Ryans right post.
Avenue took the lead just shy of the hour mark when Bridge keeper Paul Touhy misjudged a back pass and the quick thinking Mark Roche picked his pocket to tap home.
Bridge United were awarded a second penalty on 65 minutes when Terry Lenihan was fouled by Davy O’Halloran and this time Darragh Fitzgerald sent Barry Ryan the wrong way.
Bridge hit the front minutes later when Alan Mulreadys free was headed back across goal by Lenihan to Lee Wall who made no mistake and crashed home the winning goal.
Avenue threw the kitchen sink at Bridge for the final 15mins but the best chance of the final minutes fell to Johnny Okoro who struck the post from a misplaced Barry Ryan clearance.
Team: Paul Tuohy, Terry Lenihan, Darren Murphy, Alan Mulready, Chris Griffin, Darragh Fitzgerald, Kieran Quinlan, Derek Fahy, Conor Deasy, Johnny Okoro, Mike McNamara
Subs: Eoghan Pewter for Quinlan, Lee Wall for McNamara, Jon Downes for Okoro
Newmarket Celtic A - 3
Bridge United B - 1
Defending champions Newmarket Celtic A are through the semi-final after getting the better of Bridge Utd B in a tough battle where they were made to work hard for the victory at McDonagh Park on Sunday.
Ronan McCormack put Newmarket in front on 44 minutes after finishing off a shot from Stephen Kelly that was saved. Donald Devanney responded for Bridge on 45 minutes with a good finish from a corner. Eoin Hayes put Newmarket back in front on 80 minutes from the penalty spot and Cathal Hayes ensured a place for the holders in the semi-final draw with a goal in injury time.
Team: Barry Deasy, Jay Whyte, Johnny Hayes, Cathal Kinnane, Donald Devanney, Trevor Maxwell, Tadgh Keogh, Adrian Whyte, Eric Carr, Brendan Murphy, Conn Agnew
Development Draw
Winners of March Development Draw were
€350 Willie & Helen Frawley
€200 Devin / Jenna Downes
€100 Martin O'Connell...
€50 Mary Egan
€50 Alan McAuley
Congrats to all winners and thanks to all draw members for your support!
Schoolboys / Girls Corner
This week’s results.
U13 Division 2
Moher Celtic – 2 Bridge United - 4
(Adam Murphy Black 3, Drew Deegan Greene)
U14 Division 1
Avenue United – 1 Bridge United - 1 (David Kennedy)
U15 Division 1
Avenue United – 2 Bridge United- 2
(Dylan Downes & Leon Kelly)
Well done also to our U11 & U12 boys teams who opened their campaigns this week with some excellent performance. This week sees our U10 boys kick off their season as well as our U12 / U14 girls teams.
Under 7’s visit Lisnagry (Photo attached)
Our under 7's travelled to Lisnagry FC on Saturday for a mini blitz where each player played three 4v4 matches.
All players showed great improvements since the start of the season and worked well on their passing and movement during the matches.
Great performances from all players. Well done to all the lads.
Under 13’s taste League of Ireland Action
Following on from their visit to the Markets Field on Friday evening to see Limerick FC v Cork City in the SSE Aitricity Premier League our U13s recorded their second win of the new campaign over the weekend. Having fallen behind in the first half the win was secured thanks to a a hatrick from the industrious Adam Murphy Black and a fourth by Drew Deegan. Well done guys, keep up the good work!
