Trim Celtic scoop the Premier points
Trim Celtic made it two win from three games played in the Meath & District Premier League when they fired five past Albion on Sunday with the impressive Derek Donohoe helping himself to a hat-trick. Donohoe netted all three goals in the opening half with one coming from a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area. Celtic continued their dominance in the second half with Keith Peppard adding two very well-finished goals. The Albion goal scorers were Ricky Burke, and Fran McCullough. Trim Celtic - B Callaghan; R Fitzsimons, K Jones, C Halton, D Martin, P Conway, M Corrigan, G Meehan, D Donohoe, K Peppard, M McCormick. Subs - P Campbell for Conway, C Rispin for Peppard, D Quinn for Donohoe. ______________________________________________________________ Torro Utd 2, Ardee Celtic 3 Torro are still looking for their opening win of the season and they got little joy from this encounter on Sunday when they hosted Ardee. Once again Torro leaked an early goal and made life difficult for themselves and it got worse for them when they shipped a second to trail 0-2 at the break. Andrew Tolan came on as a substiute to give Torro a lifeline. However, Ardee grabbed a third and while Tolan netted a second it was a classic case of too little, too late. Torro - S Gilsenan; D McKeever, C Doggett, C Leonard, G McKeever, P Farrelly, S Dolan, S Tolan, C Gilsenan, A Englishby, K Farrell. Subs - A Tolan for G McKeever, D McKeever for Farrell. n Rock Celtic disposed of local rivals Woodview Celtic by 5-2 despite losing David Ward through injury after only five minutes. Last season's top scorer Derek Delaney grabbed a hat-trick and further goals from Ciaran Traynor and Chris Rock sealed the issue. Anto Reilly and Chris McCann scored for Woodview Celtic. ______________________________________________________________ PREMIER A RESERVE Navan Cosmos 5, Torro Utd 1 Thomas Adamczyk helped himself to four goals as Navan Cosmos wrapped up a comfortable win over Torro in the Premier A Reserve on Saturday. Ivan Reilly finished well to add a fifth for Cosmos with a fine individual effort. Wayne Lynch got one back for Torro. Adamczyk, Martin Reilly and Paul Lane were in superb form for the winners who led 2-0 at the break. Torro - M McCarthy; M McGarry, J McGinn, A McDonagh, P Smyth, D Tolan, G Shankey, T Fleming, T McBride, T Hanlon, M Gleeson. Subs - W Lynch for Fleming, G O'Reilly for Smith, L Spillane for Gleeson. Navan Cosmos - S McDonagh; M Darcy, D Doonan, M Reilly, E O'Toole, W Murtagh, M Nicholls, I Reilly, C Hogan, T Adamczyk, P Lane. Subs - K Ivers for Hogan, F Murray for Darcy. ______________________________________________________________ Trim Celtic 5, Drogheda Town 7 Any team who scores five goals might expect to emerge as winners, but this wasn't the case for Trim Celtic in this Premier Reserve clash on Saturday. Jimmy Higgins put the Trim side in front in the opening minutes and Damien Magee added another, but Drogheda Town came back to make it 2-2 at the interval. Magee, Stephen Moriarty and John Kelly added further goals for the Trim side however Drogheda Town prevailed. ______________________________________________________________ PREMIER B RESERVE Kells/Blackwater 4, Kingscourt Harps 2 Conor Walsh grabbed two goals as Kells / Blackwater out-gunned Kingscourt Harps in this Premier B Reserve clash on Saturday. Chris Shields and Colin Tormay also found the target for the home side who had excellent displays from Shane Morgan, Stephen Murray, Jonathan Quigley and Conor Walsh. Kells/Blackwater - A Comiskey; C Tormay, S Morgan, S Murray, A O'Rourke, D J Carry, J Quigley, C Pendergast, C Walsh, C Shields, T McLoughlin. Subs - D Murphy for McLoughlin, A McManus for Pendergast, H Egan for O'Rourke, C Smith for Shields. ______________________________________________________________ PREMIER C RESERVE Athboy Celtic 4, Trim Town 3 Despite scoring three goals Trim Town lost out to Athboy Celtic in this entertaining Premier C Reserve encounter on Saturday. The Trim side started the brightest with Cormac Joyce, Joey Corrigan and Ryan Mulligan going close. Athboy took the lead from the penatly spot and they added two more goals in quick succession to lead 3-1 at the break with Joyce netting for the Trim side. Trim Town added goals from Mark Corrigan and Mulligan to leave it 3-3, but Athboy found the winner. Alan Grehan and James Costello stood out for Trim Town. Trim Town - S Butterly; A Grehan, R Kenny, G Byrne, M Doggett, C Joyce, J Costello, M Costello, J Corrigan, R Mulligan, G Clarke. Subs - M Corrigan for Kenny, R McDermott for Clarke.