Lone goal paves the way for Cosmos

Navan Cosmos travelled to Termonfeckin on Sunday and came away with the Meath & District League Div 1 points thanks to a late Joe Martin goal. Cosmos had dominated for long spells, but didn"t seem destined to make a breakthrough until Martin finished to the net at the second attempt. Kevin Ivers, Ivan Reilly, Wayne Murtagh and Martin were most impressive for the winners whose promotion chances are still very much alive after this result. Navan Cosmos - D Coogan; D McGovern, W Smith, M Nichols, F Murray, K Ivers, W Murtagh, I Reilly, J Martin, L Ivers, S Ivers. Subs - D Vinny for S Ivers, S Przemek for McGovern. Longwood 2 Torro Utd 2 The Marriot Hotel in Enfield played host to a cracking Div 1 game on Sunday as Longwood and Torro Utd shared four goals. The all-weather pitch is being used as a temporary home by Longwood and the perfect surface contributed to an excellent match between two teams chasing promotion to the Premier. All the goals came in the opening half with Ian Keenan and Aaron Ennis responding to an early Torro strike to give Longwood the lead before Torro made it level again. Best for Longwood were Aleric Costigan, Aaron Ennis and Ian Keenan. Longwood - A Holton; T Reilly, B Reilly, M Ennis, A Ennis, M Burke, B Hannah, M Weir, A Costigan, D Flynn, I Keenan. Fordrew Rovers 3 Donacarney 3 Hosts Fordrew Rovers gained a creditable Div 3 point against Donacarney on Sunday. The home side were behind early on before David Farnan"s strike had the sides level at the break. Donacarney started the second-half brightly and raced into a 3-1 lead, but Fordrew produced a spirited comeback and late strikes from the impressive Colm Tevlin and Pearse O"Hanlon earned a draw. Fordrew Rovers - C Farnan; C Tully, A Corcoran, G Mooney, K Kelly, S Browne, P O"Hanlon, D Williams, G Browne, C Tevlin, D Farnan. Subs - R Rennicks for Williams. Castle Villa 2 Knightsbrook 6 Friday night under the lights in Moynalty saw Knightsbrook record a convincing victory away to Castle Villa in the MDL Div 4. Knightsbrook were always too strong and this victory maintains their six-point advantage in the title race. First-half goals from Craig O"Hanlon and Darren Blaney had the winners 2-0 ahead at half-time. O"Hanlon completed his hat-trick after the interval and further strikes from Anthony Craig and Eddie Murray rounded off the Knightsbrook scoring. Best for the winners were O"Hanlon, Alan O"Brien and James Curran. Knightsbrook - E Goulding; T Dempsey, D Blaney, TJ Garry, D Gibney, C Ryan, A Craig, J Curran, C O"Hanlon, E Murray, A O"Brien Subs - G. O"Neill for Blaney, D Buckley for Murray, J Moynihan for Dempsey. Kilmessan Shield Newtown 2 Navan Town 3 Navan Town travelled to Newtown on Sunday and secured their passage to the next round of the Kilmessan Shield. The Premier side were made to work hard for their victory despite leading at the break thanks to Kevin Dunphy"s goal. Newtown then looked like causing an upset when two quick second-half goals gave them the advantage. Navan Town fought back however, and a second strike from Dunphy had the sides level before a superb long-range volley from Mark Power settled the tie. Best for Navan Town were Dunphy and Stephen Casey. Navan Town - T Donoghue; C Ward, C Dowdall, D Gavin, M Power, S Smith, D O"Reilly, S Casey, K Dunphy, A Dowdall, P Mooney. Sub - R Coyle for D O"Reilly. RESERVE LEAGUE Navan Town 1 Chord Celtic 1 Navan Town needed a last minute goal from Sean Coyle to grab a point in the Premier A Reserve on Saturday at Boyerstown. The home side dominated for long periods in difficult conditions but looked like losing until Coyle"s last gasp strike. Best for Navan Town were Stephen Casey, Coyle and Bernard O"Reilly. Navan Town - T Donoghue; S Mitchell, P Stanley, B O"Reilly, L McEvoy, Glenn, S Smith, S Casey, K Crowley, S Coyle, D Kennedy. Subs - D O"Reilly for Smith, S Smith for Crowley. Robinstown 2 Albion 2 Hosts Robinstown and Albion played out an entertaining draw despite the testing conditions in the Premier A Reserve at Robinstown on Saturday. The hosts raced into a two-goal lead inside the first half-hour thanks to goals from David Gilkeson and Joseph Farrell. However, Albion fought back strongly and halved the deficit before the interval. The Louth side managed an equaliser in the second-half but neither side could find a winning goal. Best for Robinstown were Darren Sheehy, Damien Sheridan and Gilkeson. Robinstown - C Farrell; D Sheehy, A Clarke, B Farrell, D Sheridan, S Markey, J Farrell, G Farrell, A Clarke, D Gilkeson, S Mahon. Sub - D Corrigan for Farrell. Rossin Rovers 1 Athboy Celtic 2 Trevor O"Toole was the hero for Athboy Celtic in the Premier C Reserve on Saturday as his last minute strike earned his team victory away to Rossin Rovers. Keith Peppard had given the winners the lead from the penalty spot earlier in a game which was played in atrocious weather conditions. Athboy Celtic - G Peppard; J Brown, J Darcy, A Griffith, R Walsh, N Murdiff, T O"Toole, D Smith, C Ward, K Peppard, G Voynov.