Tipperary Soccer: Cagney brothers shine as Burncourt Celtic overcome Killenaule

Clonmel Credit Union League Division 3

Burncourt Celtic 4 – 2 Killenaule Rovers

Burncourt Celtic started very well and could have been a goal up inside the first minute but for a wonderful save from the Killenaule goalkeeper.

Killenaule then had a period of domination but were unable to make it count, and the home side opened the scoring eight minutes before the break when Matty Darcy played through Pa Ryan and he made no mistake, finishing high into the Burncourt net.

Three minutes later they doubled their advantage when the Cagney brothers, David and Sean, combined for David to finish at the back post from a pinpoint cross.

This was how the game was at the break. But eight minutes into the second period, Killenaule pulled a goal back when Burncourt failed to clear, and Tommy Delaney took full advantage to score from the edge of the area.

But it wasn’t long before Eoghan Heffernan restored Burncourt’s two-goal advantage after being set up by Pa Ryan.

Sixteen minutes from time the away side set up a tense finish when they brought it back to a single goal game after a well-taken effort by John Madden, who fired to the roof of the net from just inside the box.

But inside the final ten minutes, a short Burncourt corner saw Sean Cagney head home from a Pa Ryan cross, to ensure that they would take all three points.