Dundalk and District League round-up

Dundalk and District League - Fastfix Brian McConville Cup - First Preliminary Round

Haynestown Celtic 5-3 Faughart Rovers

After a very quiet opening 25 minutes, the Faughart goalkeeper received his marching orders, reducing them to ten men for the rest of the game; from the resulting free kick, Haynestown took the lead.

A high shot to the roof of the net on 40 mins put them 2-0 ahead. A corner from Aaron Kelly sailing directly to the net made it 2-1 right on the break. A low shot from Kelly had the sides level on the 50th minute at two apiece.

Stung by this fightback, Haynestown upped the ante and were seen pulling away after Dwayne Markey put them ahead in the 56th minute.

Two more goals followed to put them 5-2 in front with minutes remaining. There was still some fight in Faughart, with Andy Breen making it 5-3 before the final whistle.

Scorers for Haynestown were Dwayne Markey with a hat-trick, matching the last time he scored three weeks ago. Another hat-trick, Abdirahan Farah and Sahnoon Buye also got on the scoresheet. Aaron Kelly scored a brace, and Andy Breen got Faughart's goals.

Man of the Match: Dwayne Markey. Haynestown will meet Glenmuir United in the Quarter-Finals, in Glenmuir Park.

Second Preliminary Round

Rampart Celtic 2-3 Carlingford Celtic 3

Very early in the game, Rampart were awarded a penalty, and Ronan Bailey drove a powerful shot to give his side the lead. In a game that never really took off, Joe Dunne latched on to a high ball to level the scores in the 39th minute.

A brilliant team move by Rampart in the 68th minute was finished off in style by Ryan Watters to restore Rampart's lead. Minutes later Joe Dunne struck again with a great, low shot to the corner of the Rampart net, to make it 2-2.

It looked bad for the cup holders when they had a player dismissed for a second yellow card with six minutes of play left. In the last few minutes, Eddie Duffy put the Carlingford team ahead to win with a stunning winning goal.

Carlingford will meet Shamrock FC in the quarter-finals. Man of the Match: Joe Dunne.

Fastfix Brian McConville Cup – quarter-final fixtures:

Sunday, 20th September: Square United v Carrick Rovers at Community School, Stonylane, Ardee. Kick-off at 12.00noon.

Monday, 21st September: Glenmuir United v Haynestown Celtic at Hoeys Lane, Dundalk. Kick-off at 7.45pm

Tuesday, 22nd September: Muirhevnamor FC v Parkside FC at Gill Park, Muirhevnamor. Kick-off at 7.45pm

Sunday, 27th September: Carlingford Celtic v Shamrocks FC at Carlingford. Kick-off at 3.00pm

Top goal scorers:

Arthur Sands (Square United) - 28 goals

Sean Bailey (Rampart Celtic) - 20 goals

Coran Lindsey (Carlingford Celtic) - 19 goals

Barry O'Hare (Shamrocks FC) - 16 goals

Micky O'Kane (Muirhevnamor FC) - 12 goals

Mark Molloy (Glenmuir United) 11 goals

Joe Dunne (Carlingford Celtic) - 11 goals

Lucas Silva (Muirhevnamor FC) - 10 goals

Nathan Keenan (Carrick Rovers) - 10 goals

Sahnoon Buye (Haynestown Celtic) - 10 goals

Daniel Duffy (Muirhevnamor FC) - 9 goals

Eddie Duffy (Carlingford Celtic) - 9 goals

Colm Bracken (Muirhevnamor FC) - 8 goals

Richie McGee (Carlingford Celtic) - 8 goals

Hat-trick heroes:

Arthur Sands (Square United) - 3 hat-tricks

Coran Lindsey (Carlingford Celtic) - 2 hat-tricks

Sean Bailey (Rampart Celtic) - 2 hat-tricks

Barry O'Hare (Shamrocks FC) - 2 hat-tricks

Dwayne Markey (Haynestown Celtic) - 2 hat-tricks

Stephen McQuillan (Faughart Rovers) - 1 hat-trick

Ken McKenna (Square United) - 1 hat-trick

Colm Bracken (Muirhevnamor FC) - 1 hat-trick

Jawad Alabed (Muirhevnamor FC) - 1 hat-trick

Lucas Silva (Muirhevnamor FC) - 1 hat-trick

Jarred Rogers (Muirhevnamor FC) - 1 hat-trick

Cian Norton (Glenmuir United) - 1 hat-trick

Joe Byrne (Glenmuir United) - 1 hat-trick

Daramola Akinade (Haynestown Celtic) - 1 hat-trick

Dean Brown (Shamrocks FC) - 1 hat-trick

Nathan Keenan (Carrick Rovers) - 1 hat-trick

Tomiwa Osho (Glenmuir United) - 1 hat-trick

Mark Mulloy (Glenmuir United) - 1 hat-trick

Conrad Quinn (Faughart Rovers) - 1 hat-trick

Ross Dallaghan (Carlingford Celtic) - 1 hat-trick