There was a full programme of action yesterday evening in the Donegal Youth League – here’s a roundup.
Eany Celtic 0 Keadue Rovers 1
Eany Celtic’s winning run came to an end against Keadue at Eany Park after a superb last minute free kick from Mikey McFadden found the net.
Both sides had chances either side of half time with Michael Coughlan coming close for Eany and Maurice McGee almost giving the visitors the lead.
In the 70th minute Nathan Maxwell’s shot had the Keadue keeper beaten but struck the crossbar and Jack Byrne’s follow up volley was well saved.
Orrin Burgess was denied in the 80th minute by a superb save from Eany keeper Enda O’Hagan who had been excellent all night.
In the 93rd minute Keadue (pictured above) were awarded a free kick on the edge of the Eany box and Mikey McFadden converted with a finish that would have graced the Premier League to make it two wins from two for the visitors.
Letterkenny Rovers 6 Fanad United 2
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Swilly Rovers 3 Milford United 0
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Bonagee 2 Gweedore Utd 1
Bonagee move back top of the Youth League as they came from behind to defeat Gweedore Utd 2-1 at Dry Arch Park.
Paul Higgins’ men now have three wins and a draw from four games but fell behind in this one after 15 minutes when the visitors scored a free kick through Nathan O’Brien.
Peter Carr levelled on 31 before Bonagee secured a precious three points through a Jack Murphy penalty midway through the second half.
Lagan Harps 2 Drumkeen 1
Another victory for Lagan Harps as they defeated 2-1 Drumkeen in a hard fought game.
Drumkeen came quickest out of the blocks and took the lead scored in the second minute with a defence splitting pass and Brandon Ndlovu raced through to score.
Lagan settled into our game and were level in the seventh minute after Jack Canning’s throw in was flicked on and James Wilson pounced to score his third goal in three games.
A scrappy affair after that with both sides cancelling each other out.
In the 37th minute Harps lost Dean Murray to injury when he landed awkwardly. Bradley Doherty came on in his place and had an immediate impact causing a bit of chaos in the Drumkeen defence when Ciaran Quinn’s free kick bounced around the box and fell at the head of Darragh Rodgers to nod the ball into the net.
Lagan controlled the remainder of the match with Oran Downey sweeping up all that was fired at him in the Lagan defence – it was a good defensive performance from the Lagan boys in the second half.
Wednesday 8th May 2019, 6.45pm
Drumkeen v Letterkenny Rovers
Erne Wanderers v Swilly Rovers
Fanad Utd v Lagan Harps
Gweedore Utd v Milford Utd
Keadue Rovers v Bonagee
