Little luck for Borris as Tipperary side bow out of Munster Junior Cup

Munster Junior Cup (4th Round)

Two-Mile-Borris 2 Charleville 3

Two Mile Borris’ Munster Junior Cup journey came to an end at Newhill Park on Sunday when they fell to county Cork side Charleville FC. They will feel that they left the game behind them after a very good performance that ultimately fell just short in front of their large band of supporters.

The TSDL side started well and made all the early running, but couldn’t carve out a clear enough chance to get the goal their build-up play deserved. And they were punished for not making that domination count ten minutes before the break, when a long ball out of the Charleville defence caused a mix-up in the home side’s backline, and the ball was knocked past the ‘keeper by one of his own defenders to give the away side an unlikely lead courtesy of an own goal.

This was how the game went to the break, and the second half continued to follow the same pattern as the first, with Borris having the greater possession but being unable to make it count.

Eventually the visitors started to make chances of their own and they doubled the lead just after the hour mark when the always dangerous Shane Dillon beat two defenders and fired home from the edge of the box to double Charleville’s lead.

But it took only five minutes for Borris to finally claw a goal back when Micheal Foley skinned the Charleville backline before finding Martin Darmody in the centre of the area, and he made no mistake from ten yards.

Five minutes later it looked like Darmody had got the leveller but he inexplicably managed to put the ball over the crossbar when it looked easier to score.

The away side compounded Borris’ misery when ten minutes from time a quick counter attack forced a penalty kick, and Dillon added his second and his side’s third goal from the penalty spot.

But again the home side hit back, and almost from the kick off brought it back to a single goal deficit when Jamie Lee found the net from the edge of the area.

This set up a grandstand finish, with the home side bombarding the Charleville goalmouth, but the Cork side stood strong and managed to keep them out, causing heartbreak for the Tipperary side.