It’s sweet 16 for Dunloy in cup tie

Thenorth Antrim side plundered SIXTEEN goals against Junior Division One side Larne Olympic in what is the equivalent of the FA Cup for the local league, encompassing sides from all four divisions.

Saturday was not a good day for the teams in the Steel & Sons Cup with all four making their exits though three were by a single goal in each match.

In the Intermediate League Desertmartin moved to the top of the Table after a home win over Raceview who are having a poor record in front of goals.

Saturday will see Seven Intermediate teams compete in the Irish Challenge Cup and Ballynure Old Boys ‘B’ in the Junior Cup with the rest of the teams mainly playing league games.

FIXTURES

Matches this Saturday, September 15 are:

O’Gorman Cup Rd 1: Clough Rangers Athletic v Dunloy @ Tobar Park Cullybackey

Junior Division One: Ballymoney Utd Res v Antrim Rovers @ Ballymoney Showgrounds; Glebe Rangers Res v Larne Olympic @ Joey Dunlop Centre Ballymoney; Magherafelt Sky Blue Res v Mallusk Athletic @ Spires Park Magherafelt; Tobermore Utd Res v Desertmartin Swifts @ Fortwilliam Park Tobermore; 3rd Ballyclare Old Boys v Killymoon Rangers Res @ Foundry Lane Ballyclare.

Junior Division Two: Carnmoney FC v Carniny Amateurs II @ Valley PF Newtownabbey; Castle Star v Moyola Park Olympic @ Woodburn PF Carrickfergus;FC Larne v Wakehurst Strollers @ Sandy Bay Larne; Woodlands v Red Star @ Woodburn PF Carrickfergus; York Road Loughside ‘A’ v 1st Mossley YM @ Skegoneil Avenue Belfast.

Junior Division Three: Ballysillan Swifts v AFC Carrick @ Loughside PF Belfast; Carrickfergus YC v Carnlough Swifts @ 3g Ground Carrickfergus; Cookstown RBL v Encore FC @ Fairhill Cookstown; FC Ballynure Res v Rathcoole FC @ Parkview Hockey Club Doagh; FC Whiteabbey v Remo FC @ Valley PF Newtownabbey; Sport & Leisure Swifts Res v York Road Loughside ‘B’ @ Valley PF Newtownabbey; 14th Newtownabbey v 1st Carrickfergus OB @ 3milewater PF Doagh Road Newtownabbey.

Crawford Cup, round one: Ballyclare North End v Cookstown Olympic @ 6mile Centre Ballyclare.

Irish Cup Rd 1: Holywood v Ballynure Old Boys; Newtowne v Moneyslane; Desertmartin v Rathfriland Rangers;Wellington Rec v FC Ballynure; Carniny Amateurs v Ardstraw; Sirocco Works v Raceview; Oxford All Stars v Brantwood.

Irish Junior Cup round one: Ballynure Old Boys ‘B’ v Harryville Homers @ Diamond Rathcoole

INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE

Desertmartin 3, Raceview 1: Raceview who have not had the best of starts to their season took the lead on the 10th minute through a goal scored by Dean Dunlop. Desertmartin came back with Daniel McIlhatton scoring the equaliser on the 35th minute.

Half-time came with the teams still locked together then on the 61st minute Mark Shields scored the all important third goal which saw Desertmartin go in front. Raceview then had to chase the game then with time running our Desertmartin struck a decisive blow when Jonny Smyth scored their third goal on the 85th minute.

STEEL & SONS CUP 1st ROUND

Ballyclare COmrades 1, Ballynure Old Boys 0: The Comrades probably had the best of the chances in this derby game but it was goal hotly disputed by Ballynure that decided the result. Chances had to be worked for by both teams but at half-time in front of a large crowd no goals had been scored.

The second half followed a similar pattern of play then on the 75th minute the Comrades got the all-important goal which Ballynure claimed the ball had gone out of play before being crossed into the goalmouth for the goal.

Lisburn Rangers 2, Carniny Amateurs 1: Carniny can count themselves a bit unfortunate not to have taken the game into extra time as the game was tied a one each until late in the second half the home side got a hotly disputed winner.

Jordan Graham with a sweetly struck free kick had put Carniny in front on the 34th minute then in the second half the Rangers equalised followed by the disputed winning goal.

Bloomfield FC 5, Brantwood 4 (aet): This game was decided on penalty kicks with the home side being awarded two in normal time then a third in the final seconds of extra time to win the game.