DDL Round Up | Premier & First Division

DDL Fyffes Premier Division

Rock Celtic 3-1 St. Dominics

Venue: Sandy Lane. Date: 30.7.24.

Rock Celtic recent improvement finally bore fruit with a commanding 3-1 victory over St.Dominics, their first League success in 2024. A quiet first half drew to a stalemate completion until the home side were awarded a penalty in the 37th minute.

Alex Cooney made no mistake from the spot kick to put Rock 1-0 ahead. The Saints were quick to respond and in a goal-mouth scramble, Ryan Coalman stabbed home to send the teams in level at the break.

Two minutes after the restart, Pearse Duffy with a low shot to the far corner of the away side's net stunned them into an all-out attack for the rest of the game. The pressure on the home side was non-stop until the arrival of substitute Josh Osobe in the 84th minute.

Within seconds from entering the fray, the winger collected a wide cross and raced goalwards before unleashing a superb shot past the hapless keeper to ease edgy nerves and seal 3 points.

McConville Cup Fixtures (Round One)

Tuesday, 6th August: Rock Celtic vs. St. Dominics. Sandy Lane. Kick-off 8pm.

Rampart Celtic vs. Shamrocks FC. Muirhevnamor Astro. Kick-off 8.10pm.

DDL Fyffes Premier Division Top Goalscorers

Dean Browne - Shamrocks FC - 10 goals

Toheeb Agunbiade – Muirhevnamor FC - 8 goals

Barry O'Hare – Shamrocks FC - 6 goals

Brendan Hughes – Muirhevnamor FC - 6 goals

Micky O'Kane – Muirhevnamor FC - 6 goals

DDL Fyffes Premier Division Hattricks

Dean Browne – Shamrocks FC

Toheeb Agunbiade - Muirhevnamor FC

Bengi Dada – Muirhevnamor FC

DDL Fyffes Premier Division League Table

DDL Fyffes Division One

Carrick Rovers 1-2 Bellurgan United

Venue: Carrick. Date: 30.7.24.

Bellurgan United maintained their lead at the top of the first division after a hard-fought 2-1 away victory over Carrick Rovers.

They now have 28 points from 14 games played. Rampart can close to within 2 points with a win over Faughart Rovers, with 13 games played.

Daniel Babington with only his second strike of the season got Carrick's score, but the two Adams, Bolton and Ruddy replied for the League leaders to extend their lead to 5 points over Rampart Celtic.

Rampart Celtic 7-0 Faughart Rovers

Venue: Muirhevnamor Astro. Date: 31.7.24.

Rampart Celtic closed the gap on leaders Bellurgan to 2 points each with 2 games left to play. Bellurgan have 28 points, Rampart 26. Once more Sean Bailey hit a double hattrick, making it 6 hattricks for the season so far. It took 19 minutes for him to open his account with a well-driven shot.

Three minutes later full-back Niall Ferguson scored direct from a corner kick to make it 2-0 before the break Bailey rattled the Faughart net to make it 4-0, his first finding the roof of the rigging, his second completing his first hattrick.

He continued to terrorize the Faughart defence with a second trio of goals to make it 7-0 at the final whistle. Faughart's nearest chance of a score was denied by the crossbar late in the game. Carlingford who stand on 22 points from 11 games played are still very much in chase for the first division title.

DDL Fyffes Frist Division Top Goalscorers

Sean Bailey – Rampart Celtic - 28 goals

Peter Shields – Carlingford Celtic - 11 goals

Joe Dunne – Carlingford Celtic - 9 goals

Cathal Manning – Faughart Rovers - 8 goals

DDL Fyffes First Division Hattricks

Sean Bailey – Rampart Celtic – 4 hattricks

Joe Dunne – Carlingford Celtic – 2 hattricks

Jack Carolan – Carrick Rovers – 1 hattrick

Martin Duffy - Square United – 1 hattrick

DDL Fyffes Division One Fixtures

Wednesday, 7th August: Carlingford Celtic vs. Square United. Foy Centre. Kick-off 7.15pm.

Wednesday, 7th July: Faughart Rovers vs. Faughart Rovers. Lumpers. Kick-off 7.15pm.

DDL Fyffes Division One League Table