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Killala 6 Claremorris B 2
The U-16 boys chalked up their first win with a comfortable 6-2 result this evening.Starting brightly they were 2-0 up in the first ten minutes with two excellent finishes from S Helly and another by M Keane made it 3-0 at the break.The home side started quickly after the break and two more from M Keane completed his hatrick.The away side pulled two goals back but M Keane put the game to rest with his fourth,
Team:J Flannelly J Noone K Higgins F O Hara J Carroll E O Neill C Noone L Haymer S Helly M Keane P Murphy
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Killala 3 S & F United 0
The U-14 boys forced a title play-off against Ballina Town B by virtue of this victory at home this evening.On a wet evening both teams started the game with ambitions of winning the title in a lively encounter.Killala took the lead after twenty minutes through K Lally and the same player made it 2-0 just before the break.The second half was fairly evenly matched and with three minutes remaining D O Boyle made it3-0.So Killala now look forward to a title show down with local rivals Ballina.
Team:J Flannelly J Noone S Mc Andrew R Sweeney K Healy K Higgins D O Boyle L Haymer A Kenny K Lally K Mc Loughlin
Subs:N Browne B Lawlor T Dempsey
This post was submitted by Aidan Sweeney.
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Brave Killala Girls Miss out on Glory
MANULLA 3 KILLALA 2
MANULLA were on the right end of an entertaining five goal contest at Milebush Park on Sunday afternoon, with goals from Hannah Flatley, two, and Emer Gilligan, proving the difference between the sides.
To their credit, Killala never gave up the battle, despite being three goals in arrears at the break, and no doubt the Yellow and Blue will be in another final in the not too distant future.
Despite the windy conditions at Milebush Park, Manulla began the game in positive fashion and just one minute into proceedings, they pinched the lead. Following some neat build-up play, Hannah Flatley won possession and she finished with some skill past Emma Munnelly.
Four minutes later, a cross from Megan Costello found Flatley but this time her header was saved by Munnelly.
Flatley was in inspired form and moments later, she was most unlucky to see her drive whistle inches wide.
Killala began to move the ball around the park with greater purpose as the half progressed and after some great work from Alison Munnelly, Ashling O’Donnell just missed out on guiding the former’s cross to the back of the net.
Manulla were wary of a Killala revival and on 14 minutes, Joe King’s troops added a second goal. A delightful through ball from Costello, released Emer Gilligan and after controlling possession, she unleashed an unstoppable effort beyond the reach of Emma Munnelly.
On 15 minutes, Manulla appeared to be out of sight, as they netted their third goal of the afternoon, courtesy of Flatley, who made a weaving run before applying a splendid finish.
Hannah Flatley almost completed a hat-trick shortly after, but this time her effort was thwarted by Emma Munnelly, with Flatley then seeing her rebound strike crash against the upright.
Manulla were eager to end the game as a contest and five minutes into the second half, they almost achieved that aim, but Chloe Tansey’s angled drive was thwarted by the alert Emma Munnelly.
As the half progressed, Killala upped the tempo and the coastal outfit went for broke. Alison Munnelly gave a busy display throughout this final and after making a neat run on 33 minutes (20 minutes per-half), she saw her strike hit the side-netting.
However, Killala did manage to peg a goal back on 37 minutes, courtesy of Collette Collins and this gave her team hope that all was not lost.
One minute later, Killala netted a second goal, as their captain Alison Munnelly’s sizzling strike hit the underside of the crossbar, before crossing the line, much to the delight of the Killala faithful.
During the dying embers of the game, Killala valiantly went in search of the leveller, but none was forthcoming, as Manulla held on to record the victory.
MANULLA: Jessica Nolan, Sinead Brennan, Chloe Durkan, Emer Gilligan, Megan Costello, Megan Staunton, Hannah Flatley. Subs: Lauren McLellan, Chloe Tansey, Kirsty Kelly.
KILLALA: Emma Munnelly, Alison Munnelly, Michelle Walker, Collette Collins, Niamh O’Donnell, Ashling O’Donnell, Caitlyn McLoughlin. Subs: Niamh Breslin, Ashling Bilbow, Rebecca Rooney, Shannon Cummins.
REF: Stephen Manning
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Goal-den Gallagher is spot on for cup chasers Killala
By Aoife Herbert
KILLALA 1 KNOCK/KILTIMAGH Utd 0
AFTER what was a fairly evenly contested cup tie, Killala progressed to the final on the back of a victory sealed by Rory Gallagher’s penalty kick in the 79th minute.
Killala had been reduced to 10 men when Eamon Knox was shown a straight red card 10 minutes earlier, but to their credit they kept pushing purposefully forward and were rewarded for their efforts when Johnny McNulty was chopped down just inside the Kiltimagh penalty area. Gallagher made no mistake.
The visitors did have two particularly good chances to draw level following the Killala goal. A fizzing effort from Ciaran Jennings was tipped over the bar by Killala goalkeeper Sean McHale and in the dying moments a shot from winger Shane Prendergast was desperately cleared off the line by a barricade of Killala defenders.
Killala held on, and over the 90 minutes were the side that looked most likely to progress to the final. However, it was Kiltimagh who started the brighter of the teams in the first half. Liam Groarke, Johnny Mulroy and Shane Prendergast were lively in the opening exchanges and created a couple of early half chances between them.
Killala, though, found their rhythm 20 minutes into the first half. Alan Murphy had a snapshot gathered by the Kiltimagh goalkeeper Ryan Glynn before Marc McDonnell sent Rory Gallagher through on goal but his attempted chip saw Glynn scramble backwards and recover just in time to palm the ball away for a corner kick.
Johnny McNulty had another chance a minute later when the Kiltimagh defence was guilty of letting the ball bounce and the Killala front man was causing the Kiltimagh defence problems in the air too. From one such flick on, his strike partner Rory Gallagher smashed a shot off the post on 38 minutes.
Kiltimagh, as in the first half, started the second half enthusiastically and had held the balance of possession before Killala’s Johnny McNulty dragged a shot wide of the far post following good work by John Clarke in the centre of midfield. The game drifted into a stage where neither team could keep hold of possession for a decent amount of time and no clear cut chances materialised.
Killala lost their strong and imposing centre-back Eamon Knox to a straight red card in the 69th minute following an off the ball incident spotted by the referee. Kiltimagh immediately tried to pick gaps in a restructured Killala defence and Ciaran Jennings tried for goal with a header, but this apart Killala looked relatively comfortable and kicked forward with no apparent disadvantage.
The game finally increased in intensity during the final quarter. Rory Gallagher had a busy evening upfront for Killala and when some neat footwork by Johnny McNulty drew a rash tackle in the box, it was the former who stepped up to put away the penalty with just over 10 minutes remaining.
Kiltimagh fashioned two fantastic opportunities to equalise in the final stages but the Killala defence held firm and survived to record a well deserved win.
KILLALA: Sean McHale, Matt Webb, David Cadden, Eamon Knox, Ollie Clarke, John Clarke, Mark McDonnell, Kevin White. Rory Gallagher, Johnny McNulty. Alan Murphy.
KILTIMAGH: Ryan Glynn, Brendan Clarke, Brian Gallagher, Ciaran Jennings, Brian McDonagh, Tommy Prendergast, Shane Prendergast, Kieran McNicholas, Kevin O’Brien, Johnny Mulroy, Liam Goarke. Subs: John Gill (for Clarke 59), Gavin Goarke (for McDonagh 62), Michael Walsh (for Mulroy 73).
REF Michael McCay
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The U-14 boys made the short journey to S & F United , one of their title rivals and came away with a 1-1 draw.Both teams attacked from the start and killala created some great chances most of note from J Noone and O Boyle but the half ended 0-0.It was the same again in the second half with K Lally unlucky not to give killala the lead.Finally on sixty minutes D O Boyle went on a mazy run and scored after beating several players.S & F went all out in search of the equaliser and with the final attack of the game scored from a corner.A draw was probably a fair result and leaves three teams still with chances to win the league on the last say of the season.
Team:J Flannelly D Lawlor S Mc Andrew K Healy K Higgins D O Boyle L Haymer R Sweeney J Noone K Lally K Mc Loughlin
Subs:P Lynott A Kenny B Lawlor N Browne T Dempsey
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Killala 5 Cornboy Utd 5
Killala U.16 Boys opened their league campaign against Cornboy Utd. at Courthouse St. which saw 10 goals in an entrawing encounter. Killala went 3 – 0 up in the first 30 mins with three great strikes from strikers Mattie Keane and Simon Helly. The home team had most of the posession and created many more chances with Darragh O’ Boyle and Padraig Murphy causing the Cornboy defence bother. Killala conceeded just before half time when a misjudged corner ended up in the back of the net with the half time score left at 3-1. Cornboy came out flying in the second half and shocked the Killala defence with 4 goals in quick succession leaving the Killala team stunned. A hard fought battle on all areas of the pitch eventually led to Darrag hO’Boyle latching on to a long ball from Cian Noone and bury it into the roof of the net, closing the gap to 1 goal. Killala snatched the equalizer in the last minute with Louis Hemer quickest to react to a Padriag Murphy corner to leave the final score 5-5. Killala found it tough against a physical and organised Cornboy team and hope to improve next week when they pay a visit to Snugboro Utd.
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Castlebar Celtic C 0 Killala 3
Killala U-14 Boys went back to the top of the league with a 3-0 win against Castlebar Celtic C.A Darragh O Boyle hatrick gave the away side a comfortable victory.Leading 1-0 at half time this game was never in any danger of being lost.
Team:J Flannelly J Noone P Lynott R Sweeney S Mc Andrew K Higgins D O Boyle K Healy A Kearney K Lally K Mc Loughlin
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Killala throw title race wide open by ending Mulranny’s long unbeaten run
TUESDAY, 22 JUNE 2010 11:24 WRITTEN BY TOM KELLY
Mulranny United 0
Killala 3
Killala have pick-pocketed the leadership of Division One of the Mayo League in unexpected fashion.
They brought Mulranny United crashing to their first defeat of the campaign at sun-blessed Currane on Sunday with a stunning second half performance.
The result put Killala at the top of the table on goal difference as they set their sights firmly on the title with nine rounds of matches remaining.
The home side could not have selected a worse time to suffer their first loss of the series after registering 22 points in their previous eight outings.
Despite the surprise setback, they remain in a strong position to mount a serious bid for the crown in which surely is a two-horse race between themselves and Killala.
There was little evidence in a scoreless opening half to suggest Mulranny were destined to lose their long unbeaten run.
And even when the intelligent Rory Gallagher gave the visitors the lead in the early moments of the second half, United displayed all the signs of a side capable of mounting a successful comeback.
The inventive Charlie O’Donnell was utilising his experience to telling effect in his central midfield role while Adrian Grealish, Wesley Patten and Tom Molloy were supporting him at every turn.
Molloy should have equalised from close range after being set up by O’Donnell’s precision pass, but the finish was sprayed over Sean McHale’s crossbar.
Patten’s shooting was also less then perfect when he had McHale at his mercy in the 73rd minute.
Grealish had the misfortune of recording the most glaring miss of all, his headed effort from four yards being hooked wide of the target.
Ultimately, United paid a heavy price for committing too many players to attack in an all-out effort to salvage a draw at the very least.
Killala, adept at defending in numbers when they needed to, displayed a sharp ability to counter-attack at pace.
Gallagher , operating in a lone striker’s role for much of the second half, was exceptionally good at holding up the ball, turning at speed and putting pressure on the Mulranny defenders.
He killed off the game with nine minutes remaining when he brilliantly capitalised on a poor clearance before clinically executing his second goal with composure and zeal.
McNulty was also involved in engineering his side’s third goal three minutes later following Killala’s most impressive move.
Jonny McNulty and Gallagher combined impressively with one touch passes to carve open the United defence, the move climaxing with the former rolling the ball into an empty net.
It was a magnificent passage of play by a Killala side full of confidence and adventure.
While the two front men may have stole the headlines, the work rate and resilience of the Killala defence during the spell of intense Mulranny pressure did not go unnoticed.
Central defender Eamon Knox was inspirational while Matt Webb, John Clarke, Mark McDonnell and McHale never stopped working.
It was a very disappointing result for Mulranny and it will be revealing to see how they respond to it.
Mulranny United: R. O’Grady, K. McManamon, S. McManamon, J. O’Donnell, M. Staunton, C. O’Donnell, F. Cowley, W. Patten, A. Grealish, P. Sweeney, T. Molloy.
Subs used: J. O’Malley, S. Padden and M. Joyce.
Killala: S. McHale, M. Webb, D. Cadden, E. Knox, O. Clarke, J. Clarke, K. Whyte, M. McDonnell, J. McNulty, R. Gallagher, A. Murphy.
Subs used: K. Murray, B. McNulty, D. Lowther.
Ref: S. Manning (Achill).
●Star rating: Rory Gallagher . Strong and unselfish.
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Castlebar Celtic B 0 Killala 4
The U-14 boys collected another three points tonight against Castlebar Celtic B away from home in their quest for the title.It was a close contest for the first twenty minutes until R Sweeney gave killala the lead and ten minutes later K Healy made it 2-0.Straight from the start of the second half K Lally scored and five minutes from time A Kearney finished the scoring with a fine finish.
Team:J Flannelly S Mc Andrew P Lynott R Sweeney D Lawlor K Higgins D O Boyle K Healy J Noone K Lally K Mc Loughlin
Subs:A Kearney B Lawlor (all used)
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Killala 3 Knock/ Kiltimagh 0
In this rehearsal for the cup semi final on July 1st neither team looked convincing and it was the home side who took the lead before the break with a fine Rory Gallagher goal.The visitors began to show the effects of their Thursday night cup battle and Killala exploited this and their strong running and incisive tackling was too much for the weary Knock/Kiltimagh lads and goals from Jonny McNulty & Alan Murphy sealed it for Killala. Team Sean mcHale, Matt Webb, Eamon Knox, Oliver Clarke, Kevin Whyte, Marc McDonnell, Ian O’Boyle, Alan Murphy , John Clarke, Rory Gallagher, Johnny McNulty subs Ritchie Lynn & David Cadden
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