Tony McNamee netted a hat-trick against former club Swilly Rovers this afternoon.
Fanad United 8 Swilly Rovers 2
Fanad opened the scoring in the seventh minute after good work from Martin McEhinney won a free kick and Tony McNamee stepped up and buried it into the bottom corner.
After this Shane Graham in the Fanad goals made two excellent saves from Daire Crossan and Marty McDaid
On the half hour Fanad doubled the lead after a long ball up the field from keeper Graham evaded everyone, Oisin McMenamin raced through and lobbed Sean Friel.
Tony McNamee missed a gilt-edged opportunity as he fired wide after a lung busting run from Keelin McElwaine.
McNamee made amends shortly after as he and Kyle Black linked up to set up Oisin Langan who finished neatly to make it 3-0 .
In the 44th minute Swilly responded as a Marty McDaid flick on found Kennedy Boachie and his strike found the bottom corner.
Fanad still found time for another goal before half time as Oisin Langan got his second from a headed assist from the hard working Martin McElhinney.
The goals continued at the start of the second half as Fanad scored two quick fire goals, first from McNamee after good work from Conor Blaney and Seamus Coshia Friel.
Blaney scored himself with a fine strike to the bottom left hand corner .
To Swilly’s credit they kept plugging away and they got their reward after a fine Daire Crossan free kick was headed in to his goal by the unfortunate Paul Lynch to make it 6-2.
After the hour mark McNamee got the hat-trick that his performance deserved after scoring a brilliant header from a Davitt Walsh cross .
Fanad made it 8 with a quarter hour left as James Kerr played Kyle Black through and the striker unleashed an unstoppable effort from 30 yards into the top corner.
Best for Fanad were Martin McElhinney and Jordan Toland
Team effort from Swilly who battled hard throughout.
RESULTS
Four Lanterns Ulster Senior League
Thursday
Bonagee United 1 Finn Harps Reserves 3
Sunday
Fanad United 8 Swilly Rovers 2
Letterkenny Rovers 0 Cockhill Celtic 4
TOP GOALSCORERS (League goals only)
Garbhan Friel (Cockhill Celtic) 5
Sean McBride (Derry City Reserves) 5
Oisin McMenamin (Fanad United) 5
Tony McNamee (Fanad United) 5
Laurence Toland (Cockhill Celtic) 4
Mark Moran (Cockhill Celtic) 4
Jimmy Bradley (Cockhill Celtic) 3
Matty Doherty (Derry City Reserves) 3
Connor O’Reilly (Finn Harps Reserves) 3
| Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| Cockhill Celtic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 12 | |
| Derry City Reserves | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |
| Letterkenny Rovers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | * |
| Fanad United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | * |
| Finn Harps Reserves | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 6 | |
| Bonagee United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 1 | |
| Swilly Rovers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 1 |
FIXTURES
There are no Four Lanterns Ulster Senior League fixtures next weekend to allow for the preparation of the USL squad for the FAI Intermediate Inter-League Tournament the following weekend in Galway.
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