First time Cup glory for Lough Derg
By Pat Sheehan
Premier League
A Matt O’Gorman goal gave Nenagh AFC the points at Mungret Regional on Sunday while Newport Town fell 3-0 to Regional United.
Cups
In the Division 1B Cup, Newport Town ‘B’ reached the final after a 3-1 win over Mungret Regional ‘B’. Brian O’Sullivan scored twice, and Conor Brett also obliged for the winners.
Division 3B Cup Final
Herbertstown 2-3 Lough Derg
Lough Derg marked their first appearance in Jackman Park in style with a thrilling 3-2 win over Herbertstown in the Division 3B Cup final on Friday evening.
Striker Daniel Fogarty scored a hat-trick for the Tipperary side including a 94th minute goal to seal the issue.
Lough Derg went two up courtesy of Fogarty to put them on their way. However, Herbertstown regrouped and levelled the tie with scores from Dan McGuire and Joe Fogarty.
With the tie heading to extra time, Lough Derg were awarded a corner kick and Darragh Hickey’s delivery was met by Fogarty who headed powerfully home from six tards to win the contest.
Lough Derg: Cathal Mullane; Jack Grace, Tomer Migdal, Cian Commins, Dan Cassidy, Darragh Hickey, James Frahill, Jay Collins, Daniel Fogarty, Adam Stuart, Daniel Tighe. Subs: Dan Furey, Dermot McCarthy, Cian McAuley, Dean Lawlor, Daryl Peters, Liam O'Shaughnessy, Jason Cumley, Cian Oakley.
Youth Division 2 Cup Final
Corbally United 2-1 Nenagh AFC
It was last minute heartbreak for Nenagh AFC’s youths in their Divisional Cup final with Corbally United at Jackman Park on Thursday evening when they relinquished an early lead to be pipped at the post.
Nenagh took an early when a sublime through ball by Dylan McKenna was blasted to the net by Daniel Connolly. The Tipperary side contained Corbally rather comfortably for the remainder of the half restricting the Limerick side to a couple of long-range efforts.
After the break, however, Corbally came more into the game and Nenagh were forced into a defensive mode for most of the second half. That said, Sean Morrissey went within a whisker of doubling Nenagh’s lead but his shot struck the crossbar.
When it seemed like Nenagh had done the hard part, Corbally struck an equaliser through Oscar O'Donoghue. It was a heartbreaking blow for Nenagh but worse was to come as Corbally snatched the winner in the dying moments. On a quick breakaway substitute Thisea Zabatakis fired a sweet shot into the top corner to snatch a memorable win.
Nenagh AFC: Conor Hodgins; Niall Connolly, Joey McLoughlin, Brehon O'Donnell, Kaluca Darcy, Chulainn Murphy, Sean Morrissey, Mark Manley, Daniel Connolly, Dylan McKenna, Dan Zamotsnyy. Subs: Rhys Meagher, Ryan Clifford, Oisin Flynn, Julian Cecan, Kian McDonald, Cathal O'Neill, Jack Kenneally.