*Photograph: Natasha Barton
Lifford caused the shock of the weekend when they dumped Shannon Town Utd A out of the Banner Flooring and Carpets Clare Cup with Tulla Utd recording a dramatic win in a penalty shootout.
Extra time winner for Lifford
Lifford 4
Shannon Town A 3
(after extra time)
Lifford progressed to the next round in the Banner Flooring and Carpets Clare Cup when they overcame a fancied Shannon Town A side on Sunday.
Extra time was required to produce a winner in this tie with the Ennis outfit eventually coming through by the odd goal in seven.
Lifford raced into a 2-0 lead but Shannon Town pulled one back before the break. They levelled in the second half but Lifford regained the lead soon after. Town hit back again to level and force the tie to extra time.
The game was decided five minutes from the end of the second period of extra time through an own goal when a Lifford corner ended up in the net via the head of Cody Waller.
Goalscorers for the winners were Niall Guinnane, Godsway Kuffour, Mattie Davenport and the own goal. Shannon Town’s replies came from Gary O’Connell (2) and Jack Ryan.
Lifford: Rhys Phillips; Dan Daly, John Maher, Eddie Killeen, Darragh Kerins; Guillermo, Niall Guinnane, Paul Martyn, Godsway Kuffour, Nathan Rezende, Gary McNaboe
Subs: Keith Shea for Daly; Matthew Davenport for N. Guinnane; Eoin Monahan for Kerins; Jean Ganda for McNaboe; Hamad Kuku for Maher
Shannon Town A: Fintan Quinn; Steven Carroll, Colum Treacy, Darren Griffin, Cody Waller, Brian Monaghan, Jack Kelly, Rob Wall, Gary O’Connell, Brian O’Connor, Kieran Hackett.
Subs: Jack Ryan for O’Connor; Ian Collins for Carroll; Charlie Morrisson for Hackett. Ben O’Neill for O’Connell.
Easy for Avenue
Corofin Harps 1
Avenue United A 8
Avenue United A booked their place in the third round of the Clare Cup with this easy win over Corofin on Sunday.
Three days earlier the Ennis side were 10-0 winners over Manus B in round one of the competition.
On Sunday, Mark Roche scored five while Elias Kunz, Gary Roche and Dylan Barry were the other scorers.
Corofin’s reply came from Jack Keane, a youths players who made his junior debut at the weekend.
Eoghan Thynne scored four, Gary Roche had a hat trick while Elias Kunz,
Thomas Hehir and Dylan Casey also found the net in Avenue’s midweek win over Manus B.
Avenue United A; James Tierney; Jamie Roche, Simon Cuddy, Dylan Casey, Shane Brown; Mark Roche, Mikey Dinan, Eoghan Thynne, Philip Talty, Elias Kunz, Gary Roche.
Corofin Harps; Mikey Concannon; Ronnie Meere, Gary Tierney, Brendan Keane, Brian Halpin; Pat Connole, James Collins, Jason Tierney, Steven Keane; Ethan Neylon, Jimmy Perez
Subs: Jack Keane for E. Neylon; Jonathan Lane for J. Collins;
Tulla advance after penalty shoot out
Tulla United 1
Rhine Rovers 1
(after extra time)
Tulla won 3-2 on penalties
A penalty shoot out was requires to separate neighbours Tulla United and Rhine Rovers in this Clare Cup round two tie at the Cragg on Sunday.
Half an hour into the game Rhine Rovers took the lead through Gary Hogan and they held this advantage until Darrgh Corry headed home from a Jack McSweeney corner midway through the second half.
Tulla supporters were cheering five minutes earlier when Corry again found the net but this was ruled out for an offside infringement.
Tulla had the better of exchanges in extra time but they nearest they came to scoring was when Emmet Lynch’s header rebounded off the crossbar. Lynch was one of the stars in the under 19 team’s Munster quarter final victory on the previous day.
In the penalty shoot out Ray Bane, Eoin Hassett and Jack McSweeney were the scorers for the winners while Conor Grogan and Gary Hogan scored for Rhine Rovers before Cillian Duggan saw his effort rebound off the crossbar.
Tulla United; Simon Kilker, Fiachra Hale, Donal Sheedy, Ray Bane, Daragh Corry, Darragh Murphy, James Wallace, Oisin O’Connor, Craig McNamara, Eoghan Ryan, Emmet Lynch,
Subs; Jack McSweeney for O’Connorl Dan Withycombe for Ryan; Adan McNamara for Sheedy; Eoin Hassett for C McNamara; Dara Ryan for Hale
Rhine Rovers; Cian Slattery; John Kennedy Cillian Duggan, John Hassett, Tom Vaughan; Gary Hogan, Chris McMahon, Conor Grogan, Paul Clune; Paddy Tiernan, Daire Hannon;
Subs; Rory Morris for Vaughan; Niall O’Halloran for Clune; Adam Mullins for Hannon
Shannon Hibs overcome Moher challenge
Moher A 1
Shannon Hibs 2
Shannon Hibs booked their place in the next round of the Clare Cup thanks to victory by the odd goal in three over Moher Celtic on Sunday.
Billy Connors and Ciaran McKee were the scorers for the Shannon side who led 2-0 before Moher got through for their goal which came from Joe Hanrahan just a minute after Hibs had scored their second.
Noel Hynes saw his effort hit the post in the final attack of the game.
Moher Celtic A; Paul Cagney; Shane Doyle, Tom Hanrahan, Joshua Vaughan, Lue Moore; Francesco Benito, Joe Hanrahan, Niall Canavan, Niall Hogan; Noel Hynes, Eoin Davies
Subs: Liam Cotter for Doyle; Oisin Leyden for Davies; Brian Considine for Moore;
Shannon Hibs; Damian Casey; Pa Devanney, Bobby O’Connell, Stephen Tuohy, Julien Woods; Darragh McDade, Dean Devanney, Jack Hannah, Stephen McInerney; Gary Leahy, Ciaran McKee
Subs: Adam Ryan for Devanney; Mikey Wall for McInerney; Darrren O’Loughlin for McKee; Billy Connors for McDade; Zygge Wall for Hannah
**Cup holders Newmarket Celtic A received a walkover from Kildysart Celtic
In the only Premier Division fixture of the weekend, Sporting Ennistymon recorded an away 2-1 victory against Mountshannon Celtic.
