Kerry District League

KDL Weekly Round Up
Weekending Sunday 23rd February 2020
By Tommy Naughton .

FAI Junior Cup 7th Round Last 16

Crettyard Utd

0-3

Killarney Celtic

Killarney Celtic are once again into the last eight of the FAI Junior Cup after a very convincing with away against Crettyard from the Carlow/Kilkenny league.  A scoreless opening forty five minutes included a penalty miss from Stephen McCarthy when the Crettyard keeper guessed correctly driving low to his right to turn his effort around the post. Stephen McCarthy made amends for this miss when he opened the scoring ten minutes after the restart. Things got better for Celtic five minutes later when the home side were reduced to ten men. Celtics place in the last eight looked to be secured when Wayne Sparling scored with four minutes remaining in normal time. Things got worse for the home side when they were then reduced to nine men before Wayne Sparling got his second with a cracking effort that found the top corner. Killarney Celtic will find out their quarter final opponent tomorrow when the draw takes place at Abbotstown.

FAI U17 Cup 1/4 Final

Killorglin Afc

1-1 pens 8-7

Carndonagh Fc

Killorglin Afc are into the last four of the FAI U17 Cup after they came from behind to defeat Carndonagh Fc from Donegal in the quarter final on Sunday morning in Killorglin. Carndonagh opened the scoring after 44 minutes when the converted from the penalty spot.  Killorglin gave everything to get back into this game and were finally rewarded in the 97th minute when a corner was swung in and in a crowded goalmouth the ball was forced over the line. Neither side could find a winner in extra time and so this quarter final was to be decided by a penalty shootout. After 18 penalties it was left to Simon Coffey to score the final penalty to send Killorglin into the final four. Killorglin will now have to wait until the draw takes place to see who they could face with Parkvilla Fc from Navan and Mervue Utd from Galway already in the semi finals. The final spot will be taken from the winner of Douglas Hall from Cork or Aisling Annacotty from Limerick.

Greyhound Bar KO Cup 1st Round

Mainebank Fc

1-1 pens 4-2

Ballyhar Dynamos

Mainebank Fc from Denny Division 2A are into the next round of the Greyhound Bar KO Cup after the y came from Behind against Denny Premier B side Ballyhar Dynamos. After a scoreless first half Evan Cosgrove opened the scoring for Ballyhar Dynamos who looked like they would hang on for the win until a late equaliser from Jonathan Regan and the game was to be decided in a penalty shootout. After three penalties each the score was 2-2, Mainebank were to score their fourth with Ballyhar Missing the target to put Mainebank 3-2 up with one penalty left each. Daniel O’Connell stepped up and made no mistake to send the Denny Division 2 side into the next round.

Denny Premier A

Tralee Dynamos

1-0

Killarney Athletic

Tralee Dynamos moved out of the relegation zone on Sunday morning with a narrow win against fifth place Killarney Athletic at Cahermoneen. The only goal of the game came from Lorcan Seymour .

Denny Premier B

Killarney Celtic B

1-0

Castleisland B

Killarney Celtic B team made it four league wins in a row on Friday night at Celtic Park and are now into joint second place in the Division thanks to a Ryan Kelliher goal. This result leaves Castleisland in fifth place but still in the promotion and survival race.

Denny Division 1B

Killorglin B

1-5

Castlemaine Utd

Castlemaine Utd picked up all three points in there derby encounter with Killorglin Afc B on Saturday night and now sit top of Denny Division 1B with three games remaining. Padraig O’Brien scored twice for the winners with Wayne Coffey and Cathal Moriarty getting one goal each. Sean Costelloe was the scorer for Killorglin B who must win both their remaining games to avoid the drop into division 2A.

Killarney Athletic B

3-0

Windmill Utd

Killarney Athletic B picked up a big three points in the bid to avoid the drop on Sunday afternoon at Woodlawn. Jack Cooper scored twice for the winners with Monziur Yassin getting one. This result sees Windmill United finish their league campaign and must now wait and see have they done enough to avoid relegation .

Denny Division 2A

Mastergeeha Fc

3-0

Rattoo Rovers B

Second hosted third on Sunday in Denny Division 2A and it was the home side who took all three points and are now just one win away from gaining promotion. James Nagle, Dylan Murphy and Gearoid Kerins were the scorers for Mastergeeha .

Denny Division 2B

Windmill Utd B

4-3

Lenamore Rovers

Windmill United B picked up the win on Friday night and have kept their promotion dreams alive while putting a huge dent on any hopes of Lenamore Rovers gaining promotion. Eoin Lynch scored a hat trick for Windmill United while Jake Kelly scored twice for Lenamore Rovers with Donal Leahy getting one.

Lisard Wanderers

3-0

Clanmaurice Utd

Lisard Wanderers picked up their fourth win of the season against bottom side Clanmaurice Utd at Mounthawk Park on Saturday night. Declan Cooney scored from the penalty spot for Lisard with Brandon Byrne and Leon Shalemba getting one each.