Dundalk and District League round-up

Haynestown Celtic 2-3 Muirhevnamor FC

By virtue of this away victory, Muirhevnamor cut Carlingford once 12 point lead to three, the ‘Ford with a game in hand.

Conor Mackin was the hero for the new Clancy Cup winners, bagging a brace of goals, bringing his season's account to six strikes. Kyle Carroll notched his second goal of the campaign to edge the Blues to a very hard-fought win over Ollie Carroll’s battling side.

Audulangi Farah, with his third goal so far and Dylan Mulholland were Haynestown's marksmen. Muirhevnamor have 30 points from 13 games played compared to Carlingford 33 from 12 games played.

Rampart Celtic 0-6 Square United

An under-strength Rampart were no match for the Ardee side, and shipped six goals for the second game in a row. Their chief tormentor was the goal-grabbing Archer Sands, who collected his third hat trick of the season.

Martin Duffy put Square ahead inside the first minute, finding the roof of the net. Sands struck his first goal just before the break to give Square a 2-0 lead.

In two minutes between the 50th and the 52nd minutes, the lethal Sands struck with two very well placed goals to complete his hat-trick and put his side 4-0 in front.

Not to be outdone, Michal Szostakowski scored twice in the 68th and 73rd minutes to bag a brace, his first goals this term. Square are fourth with 22 points from 12 games. Ramparts are in third place with 24 points from 13 games played.

Faughart Rovers 2-1 Glenmuir United

Thanks to a brace of goals from Conrad Quinn, the home side were able to record their fourth victory in the league, and do the double over the Glens.

Mark Malloy, who scored a hat-trick in his last game for the Hoeys Lane side, got their solitary goal. This win lifted Rovers out of the bottom two in the table.

Carlingford Celtic 6 Parkside FC

Carlingford got back to winning ways with this big win over bottom club Parkside and re-established their six-point lead over second place Muirhevnamor.

Coran Lyndsey, with a hat trick, led the way for the seasiders, his second this season, which leaves him on 15 goals in second spot behind Arthur Sands of Square, who has 21 goals.

Shaun O’Connor found the net along with TJ McCabe and Eamon Sheelan. All three netted once. The league leaders will have Rampart as visitors for their next assignment.

Top scorers

Arthur Sands - Square 21; Coran Lyndsey - Carlingford 15; Sean Bailey - Rampart 14; Micky O’Kane - Muirhevnamor 11; Nathan Keenan - Carrick 9; Barry O’Hare - Shamrock 9; Lucas Silva - Muirhevnamor 8; Jack Dowdall - Square 7; Deane Brown - Shamrock 7; Daniel Duffy - Muirhevnamor 7; Colm Bracken - Muirhevnamor 7; Sahnoon Buye - Haynestown 7; Mark Molloy - Muirhevnamor 7; Keith Harmon - Muirhevnamor 6; Dominik Pawelkiewicz - Parkside 6

Hattrick heroes

Arthur Sands - Square 3; Coran Lyndsey - Carlingford 2; Stephen McQuillan - Faughart 1; Ken McKenna Jnr - Square 1; Colm Bracken - Muirhevnamor 1; Jawad Alabed - Muirhevnamor 1; Lucas Silva - Muirhevnamor 1; Jarred Rogers - Muirhevnamor 1; Cian Norton - Glenmuir 1; Joe Byrne - Glenmuir 1; Daramola Akade - Haynestown 1; Deane Brown - Shamrock 1; Barry O’Hare - Shamrock 1; Nathan Keenan - Carrick 1; Sean Bailey - Rampart 1; Tomiwa Osho - Glenmuir 1; Mark Molloy - Glenmuir 1