Clonmel Celtic and Cullen Lattin progress to Tipperary Youths Cup semi-finals

Youths Division 1 Cup

Clonmel Celtic 6 – 0 Slievenamon Celtic

Clonmel Celtic Youths continued their recent good form and are through to the Tipperary Cup semi-final after a six goal win against Slievenamon Celtic in Clonmel on Saturday.

The visitors had the better of the early exchanges and were unlucky not to take the lead in the seventh minute when a header at the far post from a free just went to wrong side of the upright. But eventually the hosts took control, but could not convert this into scoring chances until four minutes before the break when Paddy Ormond’s ball in to the box was pounced on by Jack Aylward, who after a bit of indecision by the visiting defence fired his side into a lead going into the break.

Celtic got a second in the 56th minute when Alex Greene spun his marker from Max Ryan’s pass and slotted home. And it became three just minutes later when Jack Lawlor was fouled in the box and Paddy Ormond put away the penalty.

Celtic took complete control after this, and added a fourth in the 67th minute when Alex Greene crossed for Julian Kerton to head home.

It became 5-0 ten minutes from the end, when Reece Farrell’s pass found Michael Prendergast unmarked and he slotted home, and the sixth arrived right on the final whistle, when Paddy Ormond found Alex Greene in space and he rounded the keeper and finished to the net.

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Cullen Lattin 4 – 2 Cahir Park

Cullen eased into the next round of the Youths Cup with a hard fought victory over Cahir Park on Saturday afternoon.

They sprang out of the blocks and opened the scoring in the first minute when Javier Seranno fired home from the edge of the area. They continued making chances and added a second in the tenth minute when Dylan McGrath was brought down in the penalty area, and he stepped up to fire the resulting spot kick home.

The home side went itno cruise control and allowed the visitors back into the game, and Cahir Park got a deserved goal ten minutes from the break through a Lee Murphy strike. The rest of the half was very competitive but it remained the same scoreline to half time.

The away side started the second half on top, and levelled the game just before the hour mark with a second Lee Murphy strike.

The introduction of some substitutes by the home side though, changed the momentum of the game, which seemed to be running away from the hosts, and they regained control of the central parts of the pitch.

With ten minutes to go, they retook the lead when a wonderful free kick delivery from Jake Ryan was headed home by Tom Ryan Bob.

It was all Cullen after this, and with five minutes left Jason Henley got the goal he deserved racing in behind the defence to slot home, making it 4-2 to the home side, a scoreline they didn’t give up from there to the end.