Strand Hotel First Division Reports
Rasheney FC 2-0 Greencastle FC
Greencastle had much the better of the opening quarter with Ryan McDermott releasing Tony McClenaghan and his effort was blocked by the legs of Johnathan Noone.Conor Barrow then fired wide when well placed before McClenaghan’s long looping effort came back off the crossbar.Rasheney responded with Christy Ivers seeing his effort from the edge of the area tipped over by Darren McCarrick.Substitute John McLaughlin then cut in from the left but his effort lacked power before Anthony Doherty fired over after collecting a pass from Donal Kelly.Before the break Greencastle McDermott saw a dipping effort land on the net while after the interval Barrow ran onto a through ball but Noone advance to gather.Play swung to the other end where Ivers had one shot wide and another saved by McCarrick before at the other end Andy McLaughlin had a free kick well saved by Noone.On 75 minutes McClenaghan crossed for Jack Keys but from four yards he headed at Noone.Rasheney broke the deadlock on 79 minutes when Ivers turned on the edge of the area and fired a superb effort to the top corner.Minutes later Ivers turned provider when he laid the ball off for John Grant to fire to the top corner from the edge of the area.The home side also had the final effort when Aaron Friel saw his long range shot drift wide.
QPS 3-1 Moville Celtic Res
In a brisk opening Paul Grant for the home side headed wide from a corner while at the other end John Gillen saw his shot from the edge of the area well saved by Conor McColgan.The home side opened the scoring on 18 minutes when Simon Wallace ‘s cross was nodded down by Raymond Buchanan for Adam Harkin to rifle the ball to the top corner from ten yards.But Moville got back on terms on 33 minutes when Conor Lafferty sneaked in to pounce on a poor headed back pass and slot past McColgan from twelve yards.The point were first to show in the second period with Karl Donnelly seeing a shot well saved by Ralph Bredin and from the corner Martin Donaghy had a header cleared off the line.At the other end Christy McGeoghaghan pounced on a loose ball but saw his effort saved by McColgan.The home side regained the lead on 72 minutes when Buchanan fed Dean Barron who controlled before firing to the top corner from twelve yards.Donnelly then broke through but saw McColgan save his effort before they added a third on 84 minutes.After a good movew involving Donnelly and Barron the ball was played to Stephen McCarron who squared for Seannan McColgan to slot home.
Dunree United 3-0 Carrowmena FC
This was a dour encounter and one in which Dunree dominated but for all that dominance failed to trouble keeper Mark Doherty a lot.It took them 25 minutes to create the opening chance after Philip McGuinness beat a defender and his dangerous cross eluded all.David Laird then cut in from the right hand side and squared to TJ McKinley but from six yards he managed to lift his effort over the bar.Carrowmena replied and when Michael Crumlish was presented with a free header he should have hit the target at the very least.Dunree opened the scoring then on 41 minutes when keeper Doherty parried a McGuinness free and James Doherty was on hand to slot home.The home side increased their lead on the hour mark when Liam Baldrick’s corner was headed home by Conor McBride.They continued to dominate and completed the scoring when McGuinness crossed for substitute Thomas Doherty to head home from close range.
Strand Hotel First Division
| P | Pts | |
| QPS | 12 | 30 |
| Dunree | 12 | 28 |
| Rasheney | 12 | 27 |
| Moville Res | 14 | 22 |
| Greencastle | 12 | 15 |
| Gleneely | 13 | 13 |
| Carrowmena | 15 | 8 |
| Buncrana * | 12 | 5 |
* points deducted
Sunday 27th Jan 2013
Ulster Junior Cup
Milford V Gleneely
Lifford V Greencastle
Killylough V Rasheney
Kilmacrennan V Glengad
Carn V Keadue
E. Doherty
Moville V Drumkill
T Moyne
Clonmany V Curragh
L Porter
Aileach V Monaghan
S Deeney
Credit Union Cup
2pm ET& Pen
Buncrana V Dunree
B.Breslin
Charlie O’ Donnell
1/4 Final 2pm
ET & Pen
Redcastle V QPS
G.O’Kane
Premier Division 2pm
Cockhill V Illies
M McGonagle
Reserve Premier 11am
Cockhill V QPS
D McLaughlin
Glengad V Culdaff
JJ Lafferty
Aileach V Carn
W Curran
Clonmany V Sea Rovers
L Davenport
Reserve First 11am
Cockhill Colts V Illies
JP Houghton
Redcastle V Dunree
T Brown
Greencastle V Rasheney
W Harvey
Rasheney Rvs V Moville Yth
G McLaughlin
