TSDL Youths Round-Up
Clonmel Celtic 3 – 0 Slievenamon Celtic
After their first league defeat of the season, Clonmel Celtic were determined last Saturday to get back to winning ways, and did so with a comfortable three goal win over a Slievenamon Celtic side that has been showing some very good form of late themselves. The home side started brightly and created most of the early chances, but an inspired performance by Kyle Grant in the visitors’ goal denied both Alex Greene and Michael Prendergast’s attempts to opening the scoring. Their patience was rewarded however in the 27th minute, when Max Ryan found Julian Kerton outside the box and Kerton fired home to the bottom corner. Three minutes later they doubled their lead when they won a corner and Jack Lawlor headed home Paddy Ormonde’s cross at the far post. This was how they went to the break, and in the early part of the second half, they dominated the game, scoring a third just before the hour mark. This time it was all Max Ryan, as he cut in from the left and lashed home a shot that gave the keeper no chance. The visitors did continue to battle, and had a couple of half chances, but nothing that really worried the home sides defence and the Clonmel side took the points in the end.
Cullen Lattin 5 – 3 Clonmel Town
Playing each other for the second time in a couple of weeks Cullen and Clonmel Town played another high scoring entertaining game on Saturday afternoon in front of a vocal crowd of supporters from both sides. Playing against the elements the home side raced into a two-goal lead inside the first half hour, with Tristan Stokes scoring the first after some good build up play and Dylan McGrath scoring the second after a well worked corner kick routine. But they seemed to take their foot of the gas before half time and allowed Town back into the game, when they scored eight minutes from the break. Stand in goalie John O’Brien then had to pull off an excellent save to keep it his sides lead by the time they went off, and they seemed to take the funk with them onto the early part of the second period, with Town levelling the game within the first ten minutes. This seemed to finally shake the home side from their torpor, and they regained control of the game, by adding two more goals within a ten-minute period. First is was Javier Seranno who scored after bursting behind the Clonmel defence, and then Paddy Downey made it four with a brilliant strike from outside the box. But again, they got caught against the run of play for the away side to bring it back to four goals to three, before straight from the kick off, Tom Ryan Bob with his fourth assist of the day sent Tristan Stokes away to round the goalie and make it five and assure his side of the points. A long awaited but much deserved league win for the home side.
TSDL Youths Division Two
Cashel Town 4 – 0 Mullinahone
Cashel Town maintained their grip on the top of Division Two of the Youths league, with a four goal win over a young Mullinahone side on Saturday. They were two up at the break thanks to a twelfth minute goal by Niall Hallisey, and a strike by Paraic Ryan just after the half hour mark. Two more in the second period from Alex O’Sullivan and Blake Doyle Carroll ensured that the home side would finish the weekend where they began at the top of the pile. Special mention was also given to the young away keeper who had an excellent game in goal, despite being beaten on four occasions.
Shanbally United 3 – 0 Cahir Park
Shanbally United kept in touch with the top of the table with a win over local rivals Cahir Park on Saturday afternoon. The home side were always in control and goals from Ben Doyle, Cathal Tobin and Ryan Breedy were enough to take all three points on the day.