The League leaders Strand Celtic bounced back to their winning ways in the Southern Super League Strand Celtic at the Astro in the Showgrounds on Saturday night against St John’s. The first seen both sides playing an open attacking game and both defences holding solid. St John’s took the lead through Conor Brennan three minutes after the break and it was game on. Strand kept their composure and seven minutes later it was evening pegging when Mark McCallion fired home the equaliser. The game looked set for a share of the spoils but eight minutes from time and Daniel Lang struck the second goal for Strand and on the stroke of full time a sublime touch from Lee Marshall finished off the game as a contest. This was an excellent result for Strand who have lost only three games in a fifteen-game run and Lee Marshall is now joint top scorer on the Ej’s Menswear leader board with a haul of thirteen and more to come.
MCR played Gurteen Celtic in the Andrew Mullen Premier League on the Astro at Cleveragh. Keith Nibbs was on fire hitting six goals in a remarkable game. Wayne Conway and Andrew Flannery each added one goal while Ross O’Dowd and Fiachra Gorman each scored once for a battling and sporting Gurteen Celtic. Keith Nibbs has crashed to the front of Ej’s Menswear in the Premier league with nineteen goals to date and how to good to see this talent hitting the front.
The only game to survive the weather on Sunday was the 4th Round Connacht Cup clash between Carbury FC and visitors Corrib Rangers that was played at Sean Fallon Park Carbury opened their account on twenty minutes when Ross Mc Loughlin crashed home the opening goal and just before the break Barry O’Mahony added the second goal to give Carbury and comfortable lead at the interval. Matters got seriously worse for Corrib Rangers in the second half. Ibrahim Savage scoring twice to drive Carbury further ahead and then Corrib had two players dismissed in what ended up as a very one-sided affair. Carbury now march on to the quarter-finals of the T P Brennan Connacht Cup and on this performance will be major contenders.
Oscar Traynor:
The Oscar Traynor Quarter Final fixture Sligo Leitrim DSL v Kerry League on Saturday night the 3rd March KO 7.45pm Showgrounds Sligo.
Result Saturday 10h February
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
| Strand Celtic | 3 – 1 | St John’s FC |
Results Sunday 11th February
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
| Arrow Harps | P – P | Ballygawley Celtic |
| Calry Bohs | P – P | Aughanagh Celtic |
| Ballymote Celtic | P – P | Manor Rangers |
Sligo Pallets Premier League
| Dromore Villa | P – P | Coolaney Utd |
| Real Tubber | P – P | Benbulben FC |
| *Gurteen Celtic | 2 – 8 | MCR FC |
| Glenview Stars | P – P | Merville Utd |
T P Brennan Connacht Cup 4th Round
| 4 | Ballisodare Utd | P – P | West Utd |
| 5 | Carbury FC | 4 – 0 | Corrib Rangers |
Fixtures Sunday 18th February K O 11am
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League KO 11am
| Arrow Harps | v | Ballygawley Celtic |
| St Johns FC | v | Carbury FC |
| Aughanagh Celtic | v | Calry Bohs |
| Ballymote Celtic | Manor Rangers |
Sligo Pallets Premier League KO 11am
| Gurteen Celtic | v | Cartron Utd |
| MCR FC | v | Dromore Villa |
| Glenview Stars | v | Coolaney Utd |
| Cliffoney Celtic | v | Chaffpool Utd |
T P Brennan Connacht Cup 4th Round Fixtures Sunday KO 2pm
| 4 | West Utd | v | Ballisodare Utd |
Merville Utd v Achill Rovers
All results by 1.30pm after game to 087 1417566 Home team responsible for calling in match result with all scorers. Where a ground is deemed unplayable the home team can if possible provide another approved venue otherwise the game must revert to the opponent’s ground. Where both grounds are unplayable the two teams concerned can agree fixture for approved Astro if available, and split the costs 50/50. Home Team responsible to provide at least Four (4) Match Balls for all Home fixtures.
Cup & Shield Games decided on the day if still a draw after 90 minutes plus one period of extra time (10 minutes E/W) FIFA Rules on Penalty’s to apply. Any Club / Team forfeiting a fixture will be removed from the competition and disciplinary action will follow.
League Tables Sunday 11th February 2018
Sligo Southern Hotel Super League
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Strand Celtic FC | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Carbury FC | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 32 | 27 |
| 3 | Manor Rangers | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Aughanagh Celtic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Calry Bohs | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 17 |
| 6 | Ballisodare United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | St. John’s FC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 41 | -13 | 14 |
| 8 | Ballymote Celtic | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Arrow Harps | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Ballygawley Celtic | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 44 | -34 | 3 |
Ej’s Leading Scorers: (13) Ibrahim Savage Carbury FC Lee Marshall Strand Celtic (12) Gareth Kelly Carbury FC Malachy Spratt St. John’s (11) Mark Irwin Ballymote Celtic Niall Walsh Manor Rangers Seamus Ryder Manor Rangers (9) Andrew Patton Ballisodare Utd (8) (6) Dermot Beggan Aughanagh Celtic Anthony Elding Arrow Harps Conor Davey Ballisodare Utd Matthew Conlon Oates Strand Celtic (5) Paul McTiernan Aughanagh Celtic Jack Hever Ballymote Celtic
Sligo Pallets Premier League
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | MCR FC | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 33 | 30 |
| 2 | Merville United | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 35 | 27 |
| 3 | Cartron United F.C. | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 25 |
| 4 | Cliffoney Celtic | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 24 | 24 |
| 5 | Glenview Stars | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 22 |
| 6 | Real Tubber | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 16 |
| 7 | Coolaney United | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 12 |
| 8 | Benbulben FC | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 10 |
| 9 | Chaffpool United | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 10 |
| 10 | Dromore Villa | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 33 | -25 | 2 |
| 11 | Gurteen Celtic | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 62 | -53 | 0 |
Ej’s Leading Scorers: (19) Keith Nibbs MCR FC (16) Ryan Mc Manus Merville Utd (14) Kevin Buckley Cartron Utd F.C. (10) Alan Harrison Cliffoney Celtic (9) Bartley Clancy Cliffoney Celtic (8) Gavin Mc Donagh Cartron Utd Keith Carty Glenview Stars (6) Niall Thomas Cliffoney Celtic Joe Kilcullen Coolaney Utd Ciaran Harvey MCR (5) Alan Mc Gloughlin Benbulben Stephen Feeney Dromore Villa Ryan Hargadon Merville Utd Tyler Stallard Merville Utd Eoin Walsh Real Matthew Mulhern Real Tubber
