*Dylan Casey scored the all-important goal for Avenue Utd. Photograph: John Mangan

Avenue United and Ennis Town progressed to the next round of the FAI Junior cup with home victories over Desmond league opposition on Sunday.

There was no such luck for Bridge Utd who bowed out of the title race when they fell to Fenit Saphires from Kerry after a penalty shoot out.

Meanwhile, Shannon Olympic advanced in the Munster junior cup with a narrow win over their neighbours Shannon Town C. Avenue United and Newmarket Celtic clash in their re-scheduled Munster junior cup tie this Sunday. With the teams tied at 1-1 two weeks ago the game was cancelled when one of the match officials took ill.

Dylan heads Avenue into next round

Avenue United 1
Abbeyfeale 0
Venue: Roslevan

Dylan Casey scored the only goal in this FAI Junior Cup game which saw Avenue United overcome Abbeyfeale on Sunday.

Dylan rose highest to plant a powerful header in the net for the decisive score which has sent the Clare league side into the next round of this prestigious competition which sees junior clubs throughout the country chasing the title each year.

Avenue United: James Tierney; Cullen McCabe, Conor Mullen, Dylan Casey, Conor Hehir; Stephen Jordan, Cian McDonagh, Alan Roche, Shane Browne; Thomas Hehir, Mark Roche;

Subs: Cian O’Dea for McDonagh, Eoghan Thynne for Browne, Gary Roche for M Roche.

Bridge Utd lose out in penalty shootout

Fenit Saphires 1
Bridge United A 1
Fenit won 4-2 on penalties.

Bridge United made the journey to Kerry on Sunday which ended with them bowing out of the title race after a penalty shoot out.

Kieran Quinlan was the Clare side’s goalscorer in normal time n which both sides had chances to edge ahead.

Extra time failed to produce a winner and this resulted in a penalty shoot out which the Kerry outfit won. The Bridge goalscorers in the shoot out were Davy Lynch and Steve Stewart.

Bridge United; Paul Tuohy; Dan Larkin, Mikey Carr, Alan Mulready, Storm Devanney, Conor Deasy, Leon Kelly, Alex Collins, Kieran Quinlan, Leon Daly, Jordan Downes;

Subs: Brian Corry for Quinlan; Jason Loughnane for Deasy; Steve Stewart for Kelly; Davy Lynch for Daly

Ennis Town survive late Rathkeale charge

Ennis Town 3
Rathkeale 2
Venue: Lees Rd, Ennis

Ennis Town booked their place in the next round of the FAI junior cup with this victory by the odd goal in five over Rathkeale.

Ennis Town led 3-0 at half time with goals from Davy Keenan, Dean Hegarty and Yasher Aliu.

Rathkeale piled on the pressure in the second half but the home side held firm with goalkeeper Andrew Skerritt making some excellent stops in the closing quarter.

Ennis Town: Andrew Skeritt; Thomas Collins, Sean Perrill, Johnson Mulkunum, Stephen Horgan, Eoin Keenan, Peter O’Brien, Yasher Aliu, Lee Clohessy, Dean Hegarty, Davy Keenan;

Subs: Declan Ensko for O’Brien;

Olympic advance in Munster

Shannon Town C 0
Shannon Olympic 1

Shannon Olympic progressed to the next round of the Munster Junior Cup with this hard earned win over their neighbours, Shannon Town C.

After a scoreless first half the all important goal came midway through the second period when Daniel Clair got up to head a corner from the right to the net at the far post.

Shannon Town tried hard to get back into the contest but Olympic held firm for a merited win.

Shannon Olympic; Zsolt Lakos; Benjamin Cantillon, Dan Clair, Matt Chelminiak, Wayne Regan, Rachid Amaliah, Ray Quigley, Sean McDonald, Jay Regan, John Keogh, Declan McDonald;

Sub: Gary Birchall for Amaliah

Newmarket continue charge for another title

Newmarket Celtic A 4
Lifford 1

Newmarket Celtic continued their search for another premier league title with a comfortable win over Lifford.

Defensive errors proved costly for Lifford in the early stages and the winners raced into a 3-0 lead. Sean Corry pulled one back for Lifford but Newmarket restored their three goal advantage to secure all three points.

David McCarthy opened the scoring for the winners when he converted a free kick and Aaron Rudd doubled their led when he headed to the net. They stretched their lead courtesy of an own goal and led 3-0 at the interval. In the second half Aaron Rudd scored again for the winners.

Newmarket Celtic A: Shane Cusack; Pat McDaid, Darren Cullinan, Alan Kelly, Eoin Kelly; Cathal Hayes, Conor McDaid, David McCarthy, Kevin Harnett, Aaron Rudd; Eoin Hayes.

Subs: Gary Higgins for Hayes; Ian Collins for McCarthy; Jamie Egan for Harnett, Jamie Cronin for Alan Kelly, Conor McCarthy for Rudd.

Lifford: Rhys Phillips; Michael Junaid, Dan Daly, Dara Kerins, John Maher; Sean Corry, Naathan Rdendze, Josh Brack, Ruairi Norrby, Gary McNaboe, Dean Coughlan.

Subs: Zube Okore for Maher; Jean Ganda for McNaboe; Nani for Norrby; Dara Madigan for Coughlan; Eddie Killeen for Nathan Rdendze

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