Meath teams slump

MEATH teams look like losing out in the race for the MDL Div 1 title as Dundalk side Woodview shape up as likely champions following two victories last week, 4-0 over Botown and 1-0 against Bellurgan.

Woodview have also benefited from the receipt of three points following the demise of Oldcastle who did not field on Sunday and have now been eliminated.

Woodview were a point behind Navan Town a week ago, but are now eight points clear following Navan Town midweek defeat (0-1) by Navan Cosmos. That leaves Botown, Cosmos and OMP all chasing Navan Town for the runner-up position.

Navan Cosmos1

Navan Town0

Navan  Cosmos secured a vital win over their local rivals on Wednesday of last week with the points keeping them in the MDL Div 1 promotion race. This was a tight affair with the only goal scored on the 11th minute when a cross from Derek Coogan was headed down by Tomas Adamczyk and Stephen Ivers cracked the ball to the net.

Navan Cosmos - A Ball; D Coogan, D Doonan, B Reilly, D McGovern, J Martin, S Conaty, K Walsh, I Reilly, S Ivers,

T Adamczyk. Subs - M McCabe for Ivers, T Ratty for Walsh.

Navan Cosmos2

Newtown1

Navan Cosmos were made to work hard for all three points in this MDL Div 1 encounter on Sunday. Sean Conaty put Cosmos in front  with a header. The Navan side went two up when Ivan Reilly broke from midfield. Newtown bagged a goal in the second-half. Declan McGovern, Reilly, Joe Martin and Trevor

Ratty excelled for Cosmos.

Navan Cosmos - M McCabe; D McGovern, D Coogan, D Doonan, T Ratty, I Reilly, S Conaty, K Walsh, J Martin,

Adamczyk, S Ivers. Subs - P Biernat for Conaty, S Garry for Walsh.

Sunday the 20th of April 2008.

Kells/Blackwater1

Bellurgan3

Harry Egan netted the only goal of the game for Kells / Blackwater who trailed 1-3 at the interval. The home side had big performances from Lee O'Rourke and Martin Kavanagh.

Kells/Blackwater - W Arkins; S Murray, P Reilly, L Quail, C Tormay, M Kavanagh, N Kelly, L O' Rourke, H Egan, J Rennicks, J D Smith. Subs - D Butler for Egan, D O' Sullivan for Kelly.

DIVISION 2

Kentstown2

Chord1

Kentstown need only one point from their remaining two games to secure promotion from the MDL Div 2.

The home side had to really work hard for this victory especially as they played the last 35 minutes with only 10 men when David Gavin was sent off for a late tackle. Neil Darby and Shaun Doyle scored.

Kentstown - B Crogan; M Clarke, S Doyle, K Casey, N Darby, D Gavin, C Cowley, D Doyle, D Guildea, D Bowens, R Darby. Subs - S Murphy for Guildea, J Macken for N Darby.

Athboy1

Longwood1

Longwood got back to winning ways with a 6-2 trouncing of Kingscourt after Athboy held them to a 1-1 draw during the week. Longwood's marksmen were Timmy Kavanagh and David Flynn (two each), Karl Ennis and Aleric Costigan while Barney Reilly was outstanding.

Longwood - A Holton; C Greene, G Heneghan, B Reilly, M Ennis, T McNamara, A Costigan, M Weir, W Leonard, I Keenan, D Flynn. Subs - T Reilly for McNamara, K Ennis for M Ennis, T Kavanagh for Weir.

BMC2

Marsh2

BMC showed admirable battling qualities to twice come from behind to earn a point against Marsh in this MDL Div 2 encounter at Thomastown on Sunday and move further away from the relegation mire. Padraig Ryan and Phil McGuinness scored.

BMC - R Coleman; J O'Higgins, F Sweeney, P McGuinness, N Farrelly, S Geraghty, Cian Mallon, K Coleman, Colm Mallon, P Ryan, R Fox. Subs - K Muldoon for Farrelly, J Melia for Geraghty.

DIVISION 3

There will be a big game next Sunday in Summerhill when the local Celtic can land the Div 3 title if they beat Boyne Harps who also need to win to stay in contention. After that both teams will have one game remaining.