Kerry District League

Weekending Sunday 09th April 2017

By Tommy Naughton

SSE Airtricity U17 League

Sunday 09th April 2017
UCD  1-1 Kerry .
Kerry picked up their first point of the season away against UCD in Dublin on Sunday and in truth they could have taken all three points only for a very late penalty awarded to UCD. Kerry took the lead in the 17th minute when a through ball from Martin Coughlan found Dillon Robinson who beat the last defender and keeper to score. Kerry were unlucky not to have extended their lead with some excellent play from Thomas Burke and Kevin Williams saw Dillon Robinson’s effort come back of the post. While Kerry were dominating the possesion stakes Kerry keeper Robert Osborne had to be alert to bring of a number of fine saves to keeep his side infront. Michale O’Gara did manage to put the ball in the UCD net in the 63rd minute only for it to be rule out for offside. Then in the 83rd minute came the controversial penalty decision . A high ball in towards the Kerry box where the Kerry derfenders challanged the UCD forwards, the referee awarded a free kick to UCD but his assistant made the decision that the foul had taken inside the penalty area. The referee change his decision and awarded the penalty which they scored to level the game. A much better performance from Kerry from last weeks second half performance and now they will look to the visit of Cabinteely Fc in Mounthawk Park on Sunday April 23rd .

FAI Junior Cup Semi Final

Saturday 08th April 2017
Killarney Celtic  1-1  Sheriff YC , AET Sheriff wo 4-2 on penalties .
Killarney Celtic’s amazing run in the FAI Junior Cup ended on Saturday night at the semi final stage in a dramatic penalty shoot out. Celtic had the better of the chances in the opening half and Matt Keane was unlucky not to open the scoring only for Lee Murphy to deny him with a goal line clearance. The second half saw the cup holders Sheriff take the game to Celtic but Jamie Spillane and John McDonagh were outstanding in the Celtic defence and neither side could find a goal in the 90 minutes. Sheriff opened the scoring in the second minute of the second period of extra time with a strike from Thomas Dunne. Things looked to get worse for Celtic with Chris O’Leary was then sent off for a second bookable offence.  But just like in the previuos rounds Celtic with ten minute battled back and were awarded a penalty in the final minute of the game. Jamie Spillane took on the responsibility and made no mistake driving the ball low to the keepers right to send the game to a penalty shootout. Roy Kelliher saved Sheriff’s first penalty low to his right but when Sheriff’s keeper Lee Murohy saved Killarney Celtic’s third and fourth penalties they only needed to score their fifth which they did to book their place at the Aviva Stadium for next months final . Well done to everyone involved at Killarney Celtic on reaching the semi final and to Mastergeeha Fc on hosting the Semi final at Kilbrean Park.

Denny Premier A

Sunday 09th April 2017
Rattoo Rovers 1-1 Fenit Samphires .
Dingle Bay Rovers 4-2 Inter Kenmare .
Tralee Dynamos 1-2 Castleisland Afc .
Rattoo Rovers and Fenit Samphires picked up a point each on Sunday and this result puts Fenit two points clear at the top of the division.
Dingle Bay Rovers are up to fourth place with a home win over Inter Kenmare on Sunday where Denis Cronin and Mark Riordan scored for Inter Kenmare.
Castleisland Afc picked up another three points from their game against Tralee Dynamos when they came from behind with goals from Sean Brosnan and Dean Poolman.

Denny Premier B

Sunday 09th April 2017
Castleisland B 3-0 Classic Fc .
AC Athletic 3-0 Camp United .
Castleisland B are into joint second position after they defeated Classic Fc on Sunday morning thanks to two goals from Sean O’Connell and one from Jonathan Downey.
AC Athletic are also in joint second place after they defeated Camp United on Sunday afternoon with goals from Gerard Leen, Robert Silies and Gavin Dooley .

Denny Division 1A

Sunday 09th April 2017
Mitchels Avenue 0-0 Castlegregory Celtic .
CG Killarney 2-1 Ballyheigue Athletic .
Mitchels Avenue and Castlegregory Celtic picked up a point each from their scoreless draw on Sunday morning at Mounthawk Park.
CG Killarney picked up a valuable three points in their bid to avoid relegation with a home win against Ballyheigue Athletic. Darren Burns opened the scoring for Ballyheigue Athletic in the second half but goals from Sam Dobbins and Joe Donovan turned the game around for CG Killarney who had excellent perfomances from Ger Foley and Billy Goulding .

Denny Division 1B

Sunday 09th April 2017
Sporting Listowel 1-1 Strand Road .
Ballymac Celtic 1-3 Mastergeeha Fc B .
Killarney Athletic B 4-3 Windmill United .
Strand Road have gained back to back promotions after they picked up a point from second placed Sporting Listowel on Sunday morning. Dillon Hennerbry scored for Strand Road with Brian Leahy scored for Sporting Listowel .
Mastergeeha B picked up three points on Sunday morning with a win over Ballymac Celtic with goals from Padraig Nagle, Jason O’Sullivan and Ciaran Doolan .
Killarney Athletic B team picked up three points on Sunday with a win at home against Windmill United. Athletic were 3-0 up at ahalf time with goals from Chris O’Meara, Gary Moynihan and Dan O’Sullivan but goals from Paudie Bailey, Jason McCoy and Gary Savage nearly staged a great comeback for Windmill United only for an OG to secure the points for Killarney Athletic B.

Denny Division 2

Friday 07th April 2017
Mitchels Avenue B  5-6  Castlemaine United B .
Sunday 09th April 2017
Ballybunion Fc 0-1 Annascaul Inch Utd .
CS Clochain Breannainn 3-0 CS Abbeydorney .
An 11 goal thriller on Friday night at Mounthawk Park saw Castlemaine United B pick up another three points in their promotion bid. Cathal Moriarty scored a hat trick for Castlemaine United with Morgan McCarthy, Daniel Cronin and Daniel O’Connor getting one each while Adrián Soler López scored twice for Mitchels Avenue with Kevin quirke , Nathan o leary and Craig Locke also getting on the scoresheet.
Annascaul Inch United are into joint second place thanks to a single goal from Jack O’Connor against second placed Ballybunion FC .
CS Clochain Breannainn picked up a big three points on Sunday when they defeated the league leaders CS Abbeydorney at Mounthawk Park .

Denny Youths League

Tuesday 04th April 2017
Listowel Celtic  0-2  Killarney Celtic  .
Killarney Celtic moved to the top of the Youth divison with a win away against Listowel Celtic on Tuesday night with goals from Evan jones and Cian Casey .

Dominos Pizza U17 Cup 1st Round

Friday 07th April 2017
Listowel Celtic A  4-2  Listowel Celtic B .
Listowel Celtic A are into the quarter finals of the Dominos Pizza Reserve Cup with a win over Listowel Celtic B on Friday night. They will now host Castleisland in the quarter final.

Denny U17 League

Saturday 08th April 2017
St Brendans Park  1-7  Castleisland Afc .
Tralee Dynamos  3-0  Killarney Athletic , Walkover .
Castleisland Afc picked up three points on Saturday with a big win over St Brendans Park. Josh Horan and Ben Cooney scored two goals each for Castleisland with Danny Hickey, Cathal O’Donoghue and Eamon Nolan getting one each with Aaron Ward scoring the Park Fc goal.
Tralee Dynamos picked up another three points on Saturday with the aid of a walkover from Killarney Athletic .