Roscommon & District League Round-Up 16th September 2018

In the Raftery’s Oakland Hotel sponsored Premier Division of the Roscommon and District League Ballymoe FC provided the shock result of the weekend when they beat Castlerea Celtic 5 - 3 in the local derby game played at Castlerea. Overall the sides were well matched despite Ballymoe having to play a long period reduced to ten men following a sending off of one of their players following two yellow cards. Damien Goggins was the winner’s star player as he got a hat-trick with the last two goals coming near the end of the game.
With twenty played James Connaughton headed Ballymoe into the lead but the Castlerea defender Jack Higgins levelled the game five minutes later. Damien Goggins restored the winner’s lead before half time but David Fitzpatrick levelled the game within a minute of the restart. Eoghan O Connell gave Castlerea Celtic a 3 - 2 lead with twenty left to play and they seemed on course to pick up the three points. However Ross Timothy Volleyed an equaliser and Damien Goggins added two more before the end for Ballymoe.

Title holders St. Peter’s FC beat Shiven Rovers 7 - 0 at Lecarrow. Paul Allen opened the scoring and Mark Sherlock added two before Mick Lee, Brian Cauldwell, Neil Flynn and Niall Scullion completed the scoring.

Strokestown United conceded their game to Ballinasloe Town.

Dysart FC were beaten 4 - 3 at home by Boye Celtic in their game played at Dysart. The home side took the lead through Keith Moore after only five minutes of play. The visitors were level after twenty five and added two more before half time. Darragh Keegan and James Coyle scored two for Dysart after the break but Boyle Celtic held on for a win.

In the Norio's Takeaway Division One, Moylough ‘79 had a good 4- 0 win over Cam Celtic at Cam. Adam Connolly broke the deadlock with eighteen played and added a second just before half time. Dermot Hughes added a third for the winners early in the second half and Adam Connolly completed his hat trick before the end.

Ahascragh United beat St. John’s Athletic 3 - 2 at Ahascragh. Tommy Hurley gave the Lecarrow side a 2 - 0 lead at half time but in the second half Lee Johnston set up Colin Moloney and Pat Mongan who levelled the scoring and a long clearance by James Birchin in injury time won all three points for Ahascragh.

Rahara Rovers were surprisingly beaten 3- 1 by CP Ajax at Rahara. The home side took the lead through Vando but Daniel Connolly levelled the game before half time. Connolly completed his hat trick in the last three minutes of the game to secure all three points for the unbeaten Castleplunkett side.

Ballinasloe Town had their first win of the season when they beat Dunmore Town 4 - 1 at Ballinasloe. Evan Dowd gave the home side a 1 - 0 half time lead and David McDonnell added two more and Ryan Burke one to give the home side a commanding lead. Thomas Kilgarriff scored for Dunmore Town.

In the Killeen Sports Grounds sponsored Division Two, Roscommon United made it three wins out of three played when they were comfortable 3 - 2 winners over Skyvalley Rovers at Onagh Park, Taughmaconnell. Jamie Bracken opened the scoring after eighteen minutes but Shane Dolan soon had the sides level. In the second half the talented Bracken completed his hat trick before David Grehan pulled a second back for the losers.

Glen Celtic made it two wins out of three when they beat Shiven Rovers 2 - 1 at Newbridge. Ryan McHugh opened the scoring for the Glenamaddy side with just two minutes played and P J Shanks added a second eight minutes later. Seamus Kelly pulled a goal back for the home side but Gelen Celtic held on for a win.

Castlerea Celtic had their first win of the season when they beat Manor United 3 - 1 at Castlerea. Tom Ward converted a penalty kick for Manor after Fabio Henrique was fouled to give Manor the lead. Kyle Lowry levelled the game with a powerful header after twenty nine minutes and Kevin Lynch volleyed a second just before half time. Gerry Ward scored a fine goal with sixty eight played following a good cross by Kyle Lowry to secure all three points.

Cloonfad United beat Ballymoe FC 4 - 2 at Ballymoe. Shane Barnes, Padraig Miskell and Patrick Jennings gave the winners a 3 - 0 lead before Darren Kelly pulled a goal back for Ballymoe. Eugine Burke added a fourth for Cloonfad before David Swift added a second for Ballymoe.