A hat-trick for the Adams in Tipperary Soccer League on Sunday

Clonmel Credit Union Division 3 League

Moyglass United 2 – 0 Tipperary Town

Moyglass United continued their promotion push with another win on Sunday morning against struggling Tipperary Town.

The home side were always in charge and dominated possession in the first half, but through a combination of excellent defending by Tipperary Town and poor finishing by the hosts, the game went to the break scoreless.

The second half followed a similar pattern and Moyglass must have felt time was running out for them before they finally broke the deadlock just eight minutes from time, when Eddie O’Brien was taken down in the Town penalty area, and Adam Lyons picked up the ball and blasted the resulting penalty to the net.

This seemed to knock the stuffing out of the away side and they conceded a second five minutes later when Adam Hayes went on a mazy run and dinked a clever finish over the onrushing ‘keeper, to ensure all three points for his side.

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Burncourt Celtic 2 – 4 Bansha Celtic
Bansha Celtic’s seconds picked up just their second win of the Third Division season when they came out on top away to Burncourt Celtic on Sunday afternoon.

In the early exchanges it was the home side that dominated but despite creating three or four clear chances in the first quarter of an hour, they were unable to get the ball into the net.

They finally did so in the 22nd minute when Pa Ryan collected a through ball and made no mistake in sliding it past Alan Carter in the Bansha goal.

The game settled down and it looked like staying as is was until half-time, but Bansha got level with a late goal in the first half when Aidan Coffey finished smartly after a deft ball was played over the top.
The second period began as the first ended, with Bansha on top, and they took the lead just three minutes in when Adam Hennessy finished smartly from just inside the box into the bottom right corner.

They added a third less than seven minutes later when Cormac Buckley finished from close range.
After this Burncourt stirred back into life but they were unable to find the net until ten minutes from the end, when David Cagney shot from just inside the area into the top corner to set up a cracking finale.

But as often happens when a team chases a goal, they leave their flanks unprotected and following a mix-up in the Burncourt defence, Craig Maher stole in to seal the points for the Bansha Celtic with just minutes left.