Illistrin FC and Lagan Harps continue to lead the way in the Terry Leyden Under-14 League after away wins over Raphoe Town and Swilly Rovers on Wednesday night.
Raphoe Town 0 Illistrin 2
Two goals in the five minutes before half-time proved to be the difference on Wednesday night as Illistrin took a hard-fought victory away from their visit to Raphoe.
The home side was helped in no small part though by some terrific performances, not least goalkeeper Abbie McKnight who made some really terrific saves throughout.
Ellie McBride at the heart of the defence and the hard-working midfield duo of Alannah Kee and Julie Wilson were excellent again for Raphoe who will have taken a lot of encouragement from this performance.
Illistrin had the bulk of the possession in the first half, but Raphoe defended superbly and the resistance wasn’t broken until the 30th minute when Sinead McBride finished off a fine move to score.
A minute before the break Rebecca McGlinchey made it 2-0 and that was that in terms of goals.
Raphoe had a couple of good attacks in the second half with Shania McMonagle, Marie Sweeney and Rocha McCullagh all involved, but they were called upon more often than not to defend and they stood up to the task.
Illistrin had chances to add to their tally but couldn’t find a way past the inspired Abbie McKnight, and had to be content in the end with a 2-0 win.
Mulroy Academy 2 Bonagee United 0
A solid u14 Bonagee team came to Rabs Park on Wednesday evening to do battle with Mulroy Academy
Both teams were very evenly matched and settled into play quickly.
Mulroy had a few lovely chances set up by strong crosses from Lisa Dugera and Maria Mc Gee but Mulroy just didn’t hit the target
Roisin Martin held the Bonagee defence line solid tested nicely by the Mulroy squad a number of times.
Some exception runs from Lisa Dugera on the wing lead to a few cracking shots but it just was not to be her night.
A fine cross by Lisa from a corner ball lead to Emma Friel connecting with her powerful left foot this put Mulroy ahead going into second half.
Emma Doherty was not going to give Mulroy a easy time of it. A superb keeper and saved some unreal shots. The player of the night.
Bonagee tried hard to charge into the Mulroy half but Dearbhla McDevitt and Sophie Gallagher was not going to let this happen.
Hannah Hopkins displayed a few super runs but Aoife Sweeney was in control and kept a cool head.
The second half saw a corner kick taken exceptionally well by the Caitlin Heraghty and into the back of the net by Maire Kerr. This left Mulroy in a good position going into final few minutes of play and they saw it out to claim the win.
Swilly Rovers 0 Lagan Harps 5
U14 League | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Illistrin FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
Lagan Harps | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
Finn Valley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Swilly Rovers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 6 |
Raphoe Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
Mulroy Academy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
Bonagee United | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | -20 | 0 |
RESULTS
Terry Leyden Under-14 League
Wednesday
Mulroy Academy 2 Bonagee United 0
Raphoe Town 0 Illistrin 2
Swilly Rovers 0 Lagan Harps 5
FIXTURES
ARENA 7 UNDER-16 LEAGUE
Sunday, May 14, 5pm
Lagan Harps v Finn Valley
Tuesday, May 16, 6.30pm
Swilly Rovers v Bonagee United
TBC
Kilmacrennan Celtic v Mulroy Academy
UNDER-12 LEAGUE
Monday, May 15, 6.30pm
Finn Valley v Bonagee United
Gweedore Celtic v Mulroy Academy (S)
Mulroy Academy (M) v Lagan Harps
Kilmacrennan Celtic v Gweedore United
Raphoe Town v Illistrin FC
TERRY LEYDEN UNDER-14 LEAGUE
Wednesday, May 17, 6.30pm
Illistrin FC v Finn Valley
Lagan Harps v Raphoe Town
Mulroy Academy v Swilly Rovers