Tipperary teams bow out of FAI Youths Cup away to top Galway and Limerick opposition

FAI Youths Cup 3rd Round

SALTHILL DEVON 2 CLONMEL CELTIC 1

TSDL Youths Division One league leaders made the long trip to Galway to take on one of Ireland’s strongest outfits in the third round of this year’s FAI Youths Cup.

The Galway side were quick out of the blocks and caught the Clonmel side cold within two minutes when a they capitalised on a defensive error to fire in the opening goal.

Celtic worked themselves back into the game after that but clear chances from either side were hard to come by, and the teams went to the break with no more goals being scored.

The second half started with the Tipperary side dominant, carving out good chances by Ciaran Fitzpatrick and Senan Butler, but they could not apply that bit of final quality that would have seen them draw level.

 And they were punished for this 15 minutes from the end, when they were caught by a speedy breakaway from the edge of the Devon area, and went two goals behind.

 The visitors kept plugging away and pulled a goal back four minutes from time thanks to a Michael Prendergast wonder goal, but despite throwing everything at their opponents in the final minutes, they were unable to pull back an equalising goal and bowed out of the competition.

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FAI Youths Cup 3rd Round

FAIRVIEW RANGERS 4 – 2 PEAKE VILLA

Peake Villa’s youths travelled to Limerick on Saturday evening to take on Fairview Rangers in the FAI Youths Cup, and although they put in a spirited performance, they came out on the wrong end of the result. 

The TSDL side started brightly and Kieran Purcell was unlucky with a strike that just went wide of the post after a great team move in the tenth minute.

Soon after Danny Moore forced their keeper into another good save, but as the game progressed the home side began to exert control and took the lead on the half hour mark with a well worked free kick to make it 1-0.

 There were a few more half chances for both side before the break, but neither could score, and the sides went in with just the single goal separating them.

The winning of the game however, came early in the second half when the home side scored two quick fire goals within five minutes of the restart.

Villa to their credit kept at it and pulled a goal back on the hour mark, when Danny Moore rounded two players and squared for Michael Anthony Mc Carthy to finish.

 But hope of getting back into the game was quickly extinguished when Fairview were awarded a penalty as Villa pushed forward and they converted to r-establish their three-goal lead.

Michael Anthony Mc Carthy scored his second with ten minutes to play and Villa pushed hard to the very end, but could not close the gap and th Limerick side advanced.