Tipperary Soccer: Borris's DJ Troy scores four to put Cashel Town in a spin

Clonmel Credit Union League Division 2

Two Mile Borris 6 – 1 Cashel Town

Borris’ seconds had a comprehensive win over Cashel Town at Newhill Park on Sunday morning, but had to come from behind to do so.

On a sunny morning in perfect conditions for football, Cashel got off to a flying start, taking the lead in the first minute through a Gerry Horgan strike. That was as good as it got for them, however, and within five minutes they were behind thanks for a brace of goals for Borris from DJ Troy.

By the quarter-hour mark the home side had got their third goal when Richard McCarthy’s pressing persistence paid off and he robbed a defender before coolly firing to the net.

On the half hour mark, Troy completed the perfect hat trick with a fine finish to send Borris to the break four 4-1 in front.
The second half started fairly slowly until Troy capped a brilliant performance with his fourth of the day to put the result beyond any doubt.

And Two-Mile-Borris added the coup de grace late on with another a brilliant team goal, finished calmly to the net to leave the full-time score at 6-1.

Powerstown 2 – 2 St Nicholas

Powerstown and St Nicholas shared the points on Sunday after an entertaining game that produced four goals.
St Nicholas were sharper out of the blocks and took the lead in the second minute when Paddy Fitzgerald found the net, and almost doubled the lead moments later but for a wonderful save by Kieran Quirke.

Powerstown eventually played themselves into the game and began to control possession, finally beating Philip Doherty in the St Nicholas goal in the 27th minute when Aaron Kiely powered home from the edge of the box. However, they were rocked back just minutes later when a rare Saints attack saw them sweep downfield from a corner kick and Jack Downey kept his composure to place the ball behind the Powerstown ‘keeper’s reach and into the net.

This was the final goal in a good first half, with the away side going in a goal to the good.

Powerstown came back out and dominated possession for the majority of the second half. However, they struggled to create any clear chances until nine minutes from time when Cathal McKeown finally got their equaliser when a ball from Gino Lonergan was fired home from the middle of the box.

Powerstown came close to grabbing a winner but St Nicholas held strong, with the game finishing all square.

Moyglass United 3 – 1 Dualla

This was a game played in perfect conditions after a really wet week, and Moyglass started strongly, having some good efforts from Stephen Houlihan and Niall Doocey early on.

Dualla eventually settled and the game evened out, but Moyglass opened the scoring minutes before the break when Craig Nolan got behind the visitors’ back line and headed to the bottom of the net.

Dualla started the second half on the front foot and fashioned some chances of their own, but Moyglass United made it 2-0 on the hour mark when Mike Hickey whipped in a free kick from the left that left the ‘keeper flapping and unable to keep it out.
Moyglass United made the points safe eight minutes from time when they added a third goal, courtesy of Jamie Walsh finishing well from just inside the box.

Dualla got a consolation goal in time added on from Tossy Ryan, but it made no difference to the outcome and the home side took all three points.