Dundalk and District League round-up

Square United 4-4 Carlingford Celtic

On the night that Carlingford received their retained Dundalk and District League Premier Division trophy, one of only 12 clubs in the league's 120-year history to achieve such a feat, both sides provided a thrilling game for their supporters to savour.

Arthur Sands opened the scoring to give Square the lead after 20 minutes. From then until the final whistle, it was non-stop action.

Coran Lindsay bagged a brace, one from the penalty spot for Carlingford, taking him to 19 goals for the season, nine behind league leader Sands on 28. With 30 minutes left to play, Square had a player sent off, and the visitors soon took the lead.

By this stage, with only minutes left to play, goals from Eddie Duffy and Joe Dunne had the Seasiders 4-3 in front.

Goals from Stefan Halpenny and Aaron Sanogo had cut the lead to just a goal, and in a last-minute attack, Square's 10 men forced an own goal before the referee blew full-time.

Aoghan McGuinness, captain of Carlingford, received the trophy from Joe Mellon of the Dundalk and District League.

Shamrock FC 8-4 Parkside FC

This goal-fest saw Barry O'Hare, Shamrock's top scorer, net his second hat-trick of the season. Ben McCourt was close behind him with a brace. Gareth O'Hare, Matthew Cunningham, and Brendan Martin all added a goal apiece to the home total.

Jake McShane, Parkside's joint top scorer with Dominik Pawelkiewicz, both on six goals, led the way, with Dylan Hack, Ciaran Kearney, and John McCormack all following with a strike each, netting in Parkside's cause.

Carrick Rovers 2-8 Glenmuir United

Glenmuir came away from their trip to Carrick with a thundering 8-2 victory. Once again, Andy McDermott and Mark Molloy were outstanding for the Hoey's Lane side, each bagging a brace of goals.

Mark has 11 to his credit while Andy has seven. Ferdia Hynes, Amie Tsieng, Mylka, and Ben Hanlon got on the scoresheet. Carrick's goals came from Darragh Wynne and Nathan Keenan, his 10th goal this season.

Faughart Rovers 4-3 Haynestown Celtic

This final league match for both clubs was a thriller for their McConvill Cup clash next Tuesday on the all-weather pitch in Muirhevnamor. Beaten 4-1 in the first league fixture, Faughart just edged out their visitors in a very enjoyable match.

Faughart led 3-0 early into the second half, but Haynestown got back to 3-2 before the home side went 4-2 in front. Once more, Haynestown fought back to 4-3, but time had run out for them. Missing a penalty did not help.

Aaron Quinn, Conrad Quinn, Peter McDermott, and Cathal Manning scored for Rovers. Jamal Mohammad, Liam Corbett, and Sahnoun Buye replied for Celtic.

Top Scorers

Arthur Sands (Square) — 28 goals

Sean Bailey (Rampart) — 20 goals

Coran Lindsay (Carlingford) — 19 goals

Barry O'Hare (Shamrock) — 16 goals

Micky O'Kane (Muirhevnamor) — 12 goals

Mark Molloy (Glenmuir) — 11 goals

Lucas Silva (Muirhevnamor) — 10 goals

Nathan Keenan (Carrick) — 10 goals

Daniel Duffy (Muirhevnamor) — 9 goals

Sahnoun Buye (Haynestown) — 9 goals

Joe Dunne (Carlingford) — 9 goals

Colm Bracken (Muirhevnamor) — 8 goals

Richie McGee (Carlingford) — 8 goals

Hat-Trick Heroes

Arthur Sands (Square) — 3 goals

Coran Lindsay (Carlingford) — 2 goals

Sean Bailey (Rampart) — 2 goals

Barry O'Hare (Shamrock) — 2 goals

Stephen McQuillian (Faughart) — 1 goal

Ken McKenna (Square) — 1 goal

Colm Bracken (Muirhevnamor) — 1 goal

Jawed Alabed (Muirhevnamor) — 1 goal

Lucas Silva (Muirhevnamor) — 1 goal

Jarred Rogers (Muirhevnamor) — 1 goal

Cian Norton (Glenmuir) — 1 goal

Joe Byrne (Glenmuir) — 1 goal

Daramola Akinade (Haynestown) — 1 goal

Dean Brown (Shamrock) — 1 goal

Nathan Keenan (Carrick) — 1 goal

Toheeb Osho (Glenmuir) — 1 goal

Mark Molloy (Glenmuir) — 1 goal

Conrad Quinn (Shamrock) — 1 goal

Dwayne Markey (Haynestown) — 1 goal

Ross Dullaghan (Carlingford) — 1 goal