Johnstown advance in Leinster

Johnstown made a successful journey to Dublin in the Leinster Junior Shield on Saturday when they overcame top Dublin side Boca Rovers. Boca had been unbeaten in all competitions this season before Saturday, but a superb Johnstown performance ended that run. The Meath side took the lead five minutes before the interval when Ciaran Croke reacted quickest to score after the Boca goalkeeper failed to hold a Donal Cuffe free. The hosts pressed hard in the second-half, but could not breakdown a resilient Johnstown rearguard. The winners will now travel to Rochfortbridge in the quarter-final. Dermot Carry, Dave Grumley, Cuffe and Eoin Sheridan were most impressive in superb team display. Johnstown - K Costelloe; D Tully, R Croke, D Carry, A Ryan, D Cuffe, C Croke, E Sheridan, K O"Connell, S Sheridan, D Grunley. Subs - J Flynn for Ryan, M Wolfe for Croke. MDL BMC Utd 1 Trim Celtic 4 Trim Celtic advanced in the cup when they overcame BMC Utd in a match played at the MDL on Sunday. The previous week"s fixture was postponed due to vandalism at the BMC pitch according to the MDL sources. The north Meath side took an early lead before Paul Gilsenan levelled to leave the sides tied at the interval. Trim produced a much better second-half performance and victory was assured thanks to another goal from Gilsenan and strikes from Paul Campbell and Derek Donohoe. Trim Celtic - C Harte; M Gilsenan, K Jones, C Halton, D Conway, A Newman, P Campbell, M Corrigan, P Gilsenan, D Donohoe, P Rispin. Navan Town 3 Glaslough Villa 2 Hosts Navan Town kept their chances of Premier survival alive on Sunday when they overcame Glaslough Villa. Kevin Dunphy gave the home side the lead, but they trailed at the break. Brendan O"Donnell drew the sides level before Philip Mooney grabbed a winner with five minutes remaining. Best for Navan Town were Cathal Ward, Pa Sweeney and O"Donnell. Navan Town - T Donoghue; C Ward, C Dowdall, D Gavin, M Power, K Dunphy, P Mooney, B O"Donnell, D O"Reilly, P Sweeney, A Dowdall. Sub - S Casey for O"Reilly. Kells/Blackwater 2 Cavan Town 3 Kells / Blackwater were narrowly defeated by Cavan Town in the MDL Div 1 at Kells on Sunday. Having gone 0-2 down early on, the hosts fought back and a Seanie Bennett penalty halved the deficit before the break. Cavan Town went further ahead after the interval before Darragh Gogarty pulled another goal back for Kells / Blackwater. Despite pressing hard, the home side could not find an equaliser. Kells/Blackwater - W Arkins; D Gogarty, C Tormay, W Russell, J McManus, S Bennett, S McManus, J Rennicks, B Connolly, B Hanlon, T Smith. Sub - A O"Rourke for Bennett. Kentstown Rovers 1 Longwood 1 Honours finished even in the MDL Divison 1 on Sunday as promotion-chasing Longwood travelled to Kentstown. Both goals were scored in a frantic opening 10 minutes with Matty Garry giving the hosts the lead before Ian Kennan equalised for Longwood. Kentstown Rovers - E O"Connell; M McDonnell, S Doyle, R McDonnell, S Gargan, P Dunne, S Murphy, A Lynch, M Garry, G Toal, Derek Bowens. Subs - N Darby for McDonnell, David Bowens for Toal, P McDonnell for Murphy. Longwood - A Holton; T Reilly, B Reilly, M Ennis, A Ennis, K Ennis, D Donegan, M Weir, A Costigan, D Flynn, I Keenan. Subs - P McNally for M Ennis, G Ennis for D Flynn. Robinstown 1 Navan Cosmos 0 Robinstown narrowly defeated local rivals Navan Cosmos in the MDL Division 1 on Sunday. The sides were level at the break, but midway through the second-half Dean Brennan capitalised on a defensive mix-up to grab the deciding goal. Robinstown - D Jennings; P Kavanagh, D Friel, P Curtin, J O"Reilly, M Keating, P Garry, C Rennicks, D Brennan,L Nicolas, A Watters. Subs - N McGuirk for Keating, R Cooke for Garry, J Farrell for Nicolas. Navan Cosmos - S McDonagh; D Lambe, D Ratty, W Murtagh, W Smith, J McDonagh, K Walsh, I Reilly, I Ivers, S Ivers, K Ivers. Subs - J Martin for K Ivers, M Rodgers for Lambe, M Nichols for Reilly. Torro Utd 0 Bellurgan 1 Promotion-chasing Torro Utd suffered a setback when they went down to Bellurgan at Kilberry on Sunday.. Torro Utd - S Gilsenan; S Carroll, D McKeever, G McKeever, K Farrell, D Timmons, P Lennon, P Farrelly, A Englishby, S Tolan, M McKeever. Subs - Derek McKeever for G McKeever. C Leonard for Farrell, G Shankey for D McKeever.