League leaders New Oak Boys AFC play host to 4th placed Slaney Rovers AFC at Burrin Rd Carlow (New Oak Boys) at 10 am

New Oak Boys AFC come from a crushing 16-0 win at home against Nurney Villa AFC. They are currently on a winning streak of 7 games.They They have yet to be beaten at home.
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Slaney Rovers AFC's last result was a unlucky 2-1 loss away against Vale Wanderers AFC.
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New Oak maintained their unbeaten run and cemented their place on top of Div 1 with a hard earned 3-0 win over Vale Wanderers at New Oak this afternoon.

Plenty of possession and high pressing was the theme of the game for New Oak in the opening quarter of the game, bu Luke Honeyball kept his side in it with a series of good saves. However, on 19mins, the deadlock was finally broken when the ball broke to Cormac Lowry on edge of the box and his first time shot found the bottom corner of Vales net, making it a deserved 1-0 to New Oak. With continued pressure coming from New Oak when any time out of possession, they came very close to increasing their lead on 26mins, when Cormac Lowrys shot struck the foot of the post. Vale tried to push forward in closing stages of the first half but New Oaks defence stayed strong, and it finished 1-0 at half time.

New Oak immediately pushed forward from the kick off in the search for no2, but it was Vale who got down the field and a shot on goal required New Oak goalkeeper Nigel Coughlan to get down low to his left to save well.

6mins into second half however, New Oak got their deserved 2nd and it was a beautiful ball over the top from Cormac Lowry to Keelan Brennan whose first time shot found the bottom corner. It was tit for tat in midfield after that until 29mins in, a cross from Conor Dooley found Ruarai Delaney in a great goal scoring position but the shot was saved only for it to fall to the onrushing Daniel Custerson who couldn'tiss and made it 3-0, and this how it finished. Well deserved win for New Oak but it was hard fought from start to finish. Vale tried hard throughout and best for them on the day were Brendan Byrne, Logan Coleman, Sean Foley, James Aughney.

Best for New Oak were Cormac Lowry, Fiach Donnolly, Conor Dooley, Zach Kelly & Jamie McCormack.

6th placed St Patrick's Boys AFC play host to 5th placed Parkville United AFC at The Meadows Graiguecullen (St Pats Boys) at 10 am

St Patrick's Boys AFC's last result was a disappointing 3-1 loss away against St Joseph's AFC.
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Parkville United AFC come from a 1-1 draw at home against St Joseph's AFC.
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We are delighted to announce the start of our season this weekend. After a shortened season due to the outbreak of the coronavirus last March, we're all looking forward to Saturday and a full fixture card. Please remember that clubs will have protocols in place to ensure that all our players, coaches and families have a safe playing environment.

An evenly contested game at the meadows graiguecullen St pats boys hosted the leauge leaders baltinglass to a thrilling exchange in division 2 early chances fell to both sides but baltinglass took the lead and held it to the brake top performances from Thomas Lawler Marcin Palak Darragh McEvoy Ronan Frazer could not hold out visitors into the 2nd half either goals from John furlong(2) Marcus whittle (1) Tony Kelly (1) and man of the match performance from Jack Nolan (goalkeeper) led baltinglass to hold on for victory.

Best for pats were Emily Kelly and Mollie Cowman

result:

St Patrick's Boys 1

Baltinglass 4.

4th placed Bagenalstown AFC play host to League leaders Burrin Celtic AFC at McGrath Park Bagenalstown at 10 am

Bagenalstown AFC come from a crushing 6-0 win at home against St Patrick's Boys AFC.
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Burrin Celtic AFC has yet to be beaten in this competition, having won 7 out of its last 8 games.
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4th placed Ballymurphy Celtic play host to 3rd placed St Anne's AFC at Ballymurphy at 10 am

Ballymurphy Celtic's last game was a confident 3-0 win at home against New Oak Boys AFC.
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St Anne's AFC's last result was a 3-3 draw at home against Parkville United AFC.
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8th placed St Joseph's AFC play host to 9th placed Nurney Villa AFC at McArdle Cross Tinryland (St Josephs) at 10 am

St Joseph's AFC's last fixture played was a poor 0-3 loss at home against Hanover Harps AFC. They are currently on a losing streak of 4 games.
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Nurney Villa AFC come from a 2-2 draw at home against Killeshin AFC. They have yet to win away from home.
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7th placed Vale Wanderers AFC play host to 2nd placed St Patrick's Boys AFC at Superbowl Leighlinbridge (Vale Wanderers) at 10 am

Vale Wanderers AFC's last game was a straightfoward 4-2 win at home against Ballymurphy Celtic FC.
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St Patrick's Boys AFC's last result was a disappointing 0-2 loss at home against St Fiacc's AFC. They have won 3 out of 4 away games.
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Burrin Celtic AFC Pink play host to 5th placed Nurney Villa AFC at The Valley Ballon (Burrin Celtic) at 10 am

Burrin Celtic AFC Pink's last game was a straightfoward 2-0 win at home against Burrin Celtic AFC Yellow.
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Nurney Villa AFC has yet to win in this competition, having lost all 3 games.
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5th placed Baltinglass Town AFC play host to 2nd placed Parkville United AFC at Parkmore Baltinglass at 11 am

Baltinglass Town AFC come from a poor 0-3 loss at home against St Joseph's AFC.
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Parkville United AFC come from a disappointing 4-2 loss away against St Joseph's AFC.
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5th placed Slaney Rovers AFC play host to 3rd placed Hanover Harps AFC at Rathvilly behind graveyard (Slaney Rovers at 11 am

Slaney Rovers AFC's last result was a crushing 8-0 loss away against Burrin Celtic AFC. They are currently on a losing streak of 4 games.They They have yet to win at home.
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Hanover Harps AFC's last result was a crushing 8-0 win at home against Vale Wanderers AFC.
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5th placed Crettyard United AFC play host to League leaders St Anne's AFC at Crettyard Utd at 11 am

Crettyard United AFC come from a 2-2 draw at home against St Patrick's Boys AFC.
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St Anne's AFC's last result was a narrow 2-1 win at home against Hanover Harps AFC.
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Vale and Nurney villa’s girls played out a tough match in good condition in Leighlinbridge. It was a very tight 1st Half with Nurney putting on the pressure early on but both teams were limited to shots on goal. Vale starting to string a few chances together and when Sarah devine was clean through she was fouled in the box and a penalty was given.

The resulting Penalty was superbly saved by Zara Farrell in the Nurney goal

Half time 0-0

The second half started slowly with vale looking tired but they came back into the half and Alice Hickey was clean through but had strayed offside.

Then with 10 minutes left Nurney broke through the vale defence and Sarah murphy slotted home to give Nurney the lead.

Vale piled on the pressure and nearly scored from a well taken corner which broke to Zoe Clarke and somehow her shot was cleared off the line. Zara Farrell also pulled off a shot that look destined to cross the line.

Injuries started to tell for vale and eventually Nurney held out for the win.

Well done to Nurney especially Sarah Murphy, Zara Farrell and Mia craddock who put in great work

Commiserations for vale who tried really hard especially emma Delacy, roisin Collins and Sarah devine.

A bright morning in the Meadows hosted an exiting game of football.

The game started off end to end until Rian Ayers opened the scoring after 20 minutes. St.Pats got back into the game but they couldn’t convert there chances.

Half Time, Fiaccs 1-0

St.Pats created chances but couldn’t break through the Fiaccs defence. 30 minutes into the second half Oshoka Saliu made it 2-0 to secure the 3 points.

St Fiaccs had a brilliant team performance

Best for Pats - Marc Mulhall , Ben Cullen and Sean Walsh

It was clear and calm on the Plots this morning when Hanover Harps welcomed Parkville Utd. The home side started the better and applied lots of early pressure. This front-footed approach paid dividends when Cian Howard was unleashed by great wing play from Nathaniel Jukabiec to make it 1-0. Harps doubled their lead moments later when Masfie Islam found Shay O Grady who made it 2. Midway through the half a through ball from David Dutu was latched onto by Jukabiec who made no mistake. The rest of the half was much of the same with Hanover pressing forward. Before half time, Howard was on hand from a Dutu corner to bury a half chance and made it 4-0 at the break.

For the second half Hanover rung the changes and lost their rhythm a bit. Parkville began to find a footing and started to break the home team's line and grabbed a goal from the spot with the penalty cooly slotted in by Kai Quinn. As the game progressed it became an end-to-end battle with both team's going close. Andrian Robu missing several one on one's before eventually getting the goal his efforts deserved. But the visitors weren't done and kept searching for a second goal that came when a fumble by the keeper was pounced on by Lorcan Cleary. The game finished Hanover 5-2 Parkville Utd.

Best for Hanover were: Nathaniel Jukabiec, James (J.P.) O Connor, and Cian Howard.

Best for Parkville were:

Lorcan Cleary, Donacha Myres, and Ryan Watchorn

Ballymurphy Green 2-1 Slaney Rovers

A great game of football from both sides with Ballymurphy coming out on top in the end. After a good start by Slaney, Ballymurphy took the lead just before the 15 mins mark through Cillian Doyle.. Slaney evened things up at the break with a very good goal. HT 1-1

The second half took off at a blistering pace with chances for both sides, a last gasp Finn Scully tackle saved the day for Bally on 56 mins to leave the scores level. Then on 58 mins Bally struck the winner through Noah Fitzpatrick after being set up by Noah Scully.

Best for Bally were Callum Kelly, Noah Scully and Conor Walsh. Slaney had a great battling team performance.

Bagenalstown AFC welcomed St Patrick's Boys AFC to the McGrath Park this afternoon. Both sides started of well. A couple of minutes into the match Kelan O'Sullivan scored his first goal of the match for Bagenalstown AFC. Bagenalstown AFC settled into the game quickly with Kelan O'Sullivan, John Lillis, James Brennan and Paul Carroll taking control of the mid field and forward line putting pressure on St Patrick's Boys AFC defenders. James Brennan eventually made it through and put the ball in the net putting Bagenalstown AFC 2 nil up. St Patrick's Boys AFC tried their best to make it through but Bagenalstown AFC's Niall Power, David Reddy and Matthew Stratton were very disciplined in their defence to keep St Patrick's Boys AFC at bay. Bagenalstown AFC took control of the game with Kelan O'Sullivan scoring his 2nd goal of the match. Just before half time Paul Carroll put his team further in the lead putting the scoreline at half time Bagenalstown AFC 4 St Patrick's Boys AFC 0.

Both sides started the second half well. In the 2nd half St Patrick's Boys AFC had a few opportunities from corners, Bagenalstown AFC's defenders and goalkeeper Dean O'Sullivan kept these opportunities at bay.. Bagenalstown AFC took control of the game once more with John Lillis scoring the 5th goal for his team. Both teams battled hard and some exceptional skills were shown from both sides. Danny Travers scored Bagenalstown AFC's 6th goal of the game. Both teams fought hard for the remainder of the match score at full time Bagenalstown AFC 6 St Patrick's Boys AFC 0.

Best for Bagenalstown AFC Niall Power, David Reddy, Matthew Stratton and Kelan O'Sullivan

Best for St Patrick's Boys AFC all players played well and put in a good performance

Hanover Under 15's progressed to the quarter final of the SFAI Cup after a hard fought win over Glynn Barntown of Wexford in The Plots on Saturday afternoon.The home team took the game to the opposition from the first whistle and contested every ball in what was a physical battle in midfield.

Hanover had a couple of half chances before Aaron Cunningham Burke got in behind the defence to open the scoring mid way through the first half.The Wexford team applied pressure but the home defence and Ewan Breen in goal were very solid. As half time approached Daire Byrne had a header just wide at the back post before the half ended 1-0 to the home team.

The second half was much the same with Hanover posing more questions but Glynn looked dangerous on the break.The second goal came when Aaron got his second goal with a back post header from a Sam McHugh corner. Hanover looked a threat all afternoon from set pieces.With the game in injury time Glynn were awarded a contentious penalty which was put away well, however the final whistle blew on the restart and Hanover had secured a well deserved win.

An all round team performance was the key to victory with Eoin Ryan outstanding in midfield, the back four solid, and the tireless running of Darragh Redmond, Utura Fernandez and Sam McHugh.Thanks to the Under 14 players for stepping up.

Burrin could have put the game to bed in the first half but could not take the chances that came our way. The first goal was an exceptionally worked goal from the goalie Aiden O Brien as he played it out from the back and some great passes to Tadgh Campbell who crossed it, and Bobby Finn with an exceptional header to make it 1-0. Burrin missed some great chances but still played very well. Bagnelstown defended well and got their goals on the break. Burrin got the score line back to 3-2 when Robbie Kelliher scored but it was too late. Final score 2-3

Best for Burrin - Colm Donald, Callum Butler, Jack Cantwell and Tadhg Campbell

This was a very tightly contested game on a lovely morning at the Superbowl. Both teams started well and this was to set the trend for the remainder of the game with both teams creating chances. It was Vale who broke the deadlock through Conor Kavanagh to go in at break one up.

The second have continued as the first with chances being created at both ends of the pitch. Vale went two goals up through Ciarán Nolan. Slaney were never out of this game and brought the scoreline to 2-1 through Daragh Corcoran. A very entertaining game finished with a win for the home side.

Best on the day for Vale Shane Daly, Cillian O'Brien and Ryan O'Shea.

Conor Doody and Luka Kavanagh stood out for Slaney.

Parkville 4-0 New Oak:

The league leaders started well with Noel Butler and Tomas Doran combining to set up Oisin Wall to fire just wide. Parkville continued to dictate the game with some neat passing and in the10th min the deadlock was broken when Paidi Connolly raced through the New Oak defence to fire home from close range. It was all Parkville after that with chances coming from Tomas Doran, Oisin Wall and Bobby Cullen but kept out by the New Oak goalie. Parkville came again with good play out from the back by Johnny Kelly finding Tomas Doran who in return found Paidi Connolly to rifle it to the top corner for his and Parkvilles 2nd. New Oak had their chances aswell only to find an inform Bradley Stynes in the Parkville goal keeping them at bay and some last ditch defending from Denis Fitzgerald, Johnny Kelly and Bobby Cullen. Parkville stepped it up another gear after that an with some neat passing in midfield between Cody Doyle and Noel Butler. They found Oisin Wall to fire close home for his 1st and Parkville's 3rd..Then just before the break the goal of the game came when Oisin Wall picked the ball up on the half way line an spotted the keeper off his line to shoot from range for his 2nd an Parkvilles 4th..

4-0 H/T. New Oak came out stronger in the 2nd half creating some good chances early on only for Bradley Stynes who was in no humour to concede. Parkville came back in to it with chances of there own from Dara Murphy and Alfie Haberlin Brennan going close. New Oak kept fighting till the end and were nearly awarded for there efforts only for some last ditch defending from Jordie Coughlan and Tymek Plonka. Best for Parkville: Jordie Coughlan, Denis Fitzgerald, Johnny Kelly, Cody Doyle, Tomas Doran, Dara Murphy and Bobby Cullen.

Hanover welcomed Vale to The Plots, this game was an exciting game from start to finish, fantastic soccer been played from both sides. Hanover seemed to apply a lot of pressure and shots from Gael O Rock and Leon Fitzgerald both just pass the post. The dead lock was broken on the 8th minute when Leon's shot bounced off the Vale keepers hands and Peter lynch volleyed it home to make the game 1-0. Straight from tip off Hanover pressured the ball which they got a free kick just outside the 18 yard box and TJ Brennan stood up and made no mistake and put it at the back of the net.

Shortly after Vale got a free and there no 8 Conor Twomey stood up to take it and his shot just passed the post. Hanover pressed the ball just before halftime when Gael O Rock shot at goal and saw a Vale player handball which resulted in a penalty and TJ Brennan stood up to take it and slotted it home to make it 3-0 at halftime.

Second half started much the same with both teams applying pressure, some great soccer, with Leon Fitzgerald but his shot hit the post. Tj Brennan got a through ball from Peter lynch and made no mistake and putting it behind the keeper. Shortly after Vale no.3 Ciaran got a free and his shot just went passed the post.

Hanover seem to get on the ball more and more with goals from TJ Brennan, Axel O Rock and Geal O Rock saw out the game.

Best for Hanover were Kyle Martin, Tj Brennan and Peter Lynch

Best for Vale were Adam Dowling, Radoskan Rneltwiski and Tommy Dunne