Two-Mile-Borris win again to keep Tipperary Youths treble hopes alive

placeholder image — John Lacey (TMB) and Cian McGrath (Clonmel Town) in action during the Youths Division 1 Shield Final. Pic: Michael Boland

Youths Division 1 Shield Final

TWO-MILE-BORRIS 4 CLONMEL TOWN 1

Two Mile Borris added the Division 1 Shield trophy to their recent league success with a comfortable victory over a game Clonmel Town side at the weekend.

Town started the quicker and could have been a goal up after 15 minutes, except for a brilliant block on the line by Borris’ John Lacey.

This was the wake-up call the league champions needed and they started to impose their style on the game after that.

Their persistence paid off in the 20th minute, when Tom Ryan collected the ball just inside of the Town penalty area and found a yard of space to get a shot away, managing to find the bottom right-hand corner of the net to put his team ahead.

Ten minutes before the break a ball broke to Eddie Mullally, who made no mistake with a cool finish from six yards out to give Borris a two-goal lead. Their dominance of possession continued for the remainder of the half but no further goals resulted.

Borris continued where they left off at the start of the second half with some nice possession, and came close to extending their lead on a few occasions.

The Town defence was eventually breached again just before the hour mark, when Louis Coughlan went through on goal before being taken down inside the penalty area. But the Town goalkeeper made a great save to deny Borris a third goal, and the Clonmel side broke down the field straight away to set up a Milo McNamara goal within a minute to make the score 2-1.

The Two-Mile-Borris Youths team who defeated Clonmel Town in the Shield final.

A few nervous minutes later, Borris’ two-goal lead was restored thanks to Louis Coughlan when, with 20 minutes remaining, he fired a direct free kick into the net off the underside of the crossbar. Borris saw out the remaining minutes with a lot of possession and patient football.

They came close to extending their lead a few times before Finn Jones scored a fabulous individual goal to secure the trophy and the double.

A historic treble awaits the winners of the Tipperary Youths Cup this Saturday when Borris Youths A take on Borris Youths B in Newhill.