First Division Round-up: Series 17
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Kildare County enjoyed their first win of the season, in emphatic fashion, in round seventeen of the First Division while there were also wins for Shelbourne, Limerick FC and Sporting Fingal. Waterford United versus Finn Harps and Athlone Town versus Longford Town were unfortunately postponed.
1st Shelbourne:
Massive win for the league leaders at Belfield. “We bullied them” said Chairman Joe Casey following the narrow 1-0 victory over their promotion rivals. Mark O’Brien got the only goal in a game which also saw UCD star man Ronan Finn given his marching orders.
Should Shels turn over Fingal this Friday, at Tolka Park, belief will turn to expectation within the Dublin side.
2nd Sporting Fingal:
Conan Byrne was the standout performer in what could have been a tricky fixture against an in-form Monaghan United. Byrne, a columnist for extraime.ie, banged in a hattrick with Shaun Williams adding a fourth.
Top of the table clash this Friday, again.
3rd UCD:
Home to Shels, UCD needed to win to close the gap. However the loss, coupled with Finn’s red card, leaves UCD out of reach of the league leaders.
Another tough game, this time away at Wexford Youths, follows.
4th Waterford United:
Waterford United v Finn Harps was postponed.
5th Wexford Youths:
Poor result for Wexford. A winnable game at Limerick could have closed the gap ever more on the top four, however, Pat Scully’s men comfortably saw off the Youths threat.
The Youths’ next five fixtures are games which they can get results from, however this loss was a shock*, so who knows.
6th Limerick FC:
Excellent win against Wexford. Brian O’Callaghan and Shane Treacy got the goals in the first half as Limerick rose to sixth with a win which halted their losing run.
Away at Kildare next.
7th Monaghan United:
Fairly trounced by Sporting, Monaghan’s good form has again been undone by a top four side. Hosting Waterford this week, a good result may again be out of reach.
8th Finn Harps:
Harps’ game at Waterford was postponed. With their previous postponement against Shels still to be replayed (mid August), Harps fixture list looks like getting congested.
9th Athlone Town:
Athlone Town v Longford Town was postponed.
10th Mervue United:
Last week we wondered whether Mervue could keep bottom placed Kildare County from scoring against their awful-of-late defence. In the end Kildare found the net four times.
Rory Gaffney gave Mervue a half time lead however a dismal second forty-five minutes saw Mervue go down in the feeblest of manners. Away at second bottom Longford next; more of the same perhaps?
11th Longford Town:
Athlone Town v Longford Town was postponed.
12th Kildare County:
Finally!
Last week we noted how the results had turned around from heavy losses earlier in the season, to narrow and unfortunate losses of late. The game at Mervue posed a great chance, as United had been leaking goals all over the shop.
Dean Barrett’s second half hattrick, added to late on by Barren O’Brien, did the job as Kildare quadrupled their points tally to date.
* (5ForKeeps I was unaware. Cheers)
1st Shelbourne:
Massive win for the league leaders at Belfield. “We bullied them” said Chairman Joe Casey following the narrow 1-0 victory over their promotion rivals. Mark O’Brien got the only goal in a game which also saw UCD star man Ronan Finn given his marching orders.
Should Shels turn over Fingal this Friday, at Tolka Park, belief will turn to expectation within the Dublin side.
2nd Sporting Fingal:
Conan Byrne was the standout performer in what could have been a tricky fixture against an in-form Monaghan United. Byrne, a columnist for extraime.ie, banged in a hattrick with Shaun Williams adding a fourth.
Top of the table clash this Friday, again.
3rd UCD:
Home to Shels, UCD needed to win to close the gap. However the loss, coupled with Finn’s red card, leaves UCD out of reach of the league leaders.
Another tough game, this time away at Wexford Youths, follows.
4th Waterford United:
Waterford United v Finn Harps was postponed.
5th Wexford Youths:
Poor result for Wexford. A winnable game at Limerick could have closed the gap ever more on the top four, however, Pat Scully’s men comfortably saw off the Youths threat.
The Youths’ next five fixtures are games which they can get results from, however this loss was a shock*, so who knows.
6th Limerick FC:
Excellent win against Wexford. Brian O’Callaghan and Shane Treacy got the goals in the first half as Limerick rose to sixth with a win which halted their losing run.
Away at Kildare next.
7th Monaghan United:
Fairly trounced by Sporting, Monaghan’s good form has again been undone by a top four side. Hosting Waterford this week, a good result may again be out of reach.
8th Finn Harps:
Harps’ game at Waterford was postponed. With their previous postponement against Shels still to be replayed (mid August), Harps fixture list looks like getting congested.
9th Athlone Town:
Athlone Town v Longford Town was postponed.
10th Mervue United:
Last week we wondered whether Mervue could keep bottom placed Kildare County from scoring against their awful-of-late defence. In the end Kildare found the net four times.
Rory Gaffney gave Mervue a half time lead however a dismal second forty-five minutes saw Mervue go down in the feeblest of manners. Away at second bottom Longford next; more of the same perhaps?
11th Longford Town:
Athlone Town v Longford Town was postponed.
12th Kildare County:
Finally!
Last week we noted how the results had turned around from heavy losses earlier in the season, to narrow and unfortunate losses of late. The game at Mervue posed a great chance, as United had been leaking goals all over the shop.
Dean Barrett’s second half hattrick, added to late on by Barren O’Brien, did the job as Kildare quadrupled their points tally to date.
* (5ForKeeps I was unaware. Cheers)
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