Munster Senior Cup 2016/17

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1st Round Draw
Fermoy 0-4 Bandon
St Mary's 3-2 Mallow Utd
College Corinthians 1-2 Mayfield Utd
Everton 4-5 Carrigaline Utd
Kinsale 4-1 Passage
Wilton Utd 4-3 Cobh Wanderers
Blarney Utd 4-3 Ballinhassig
Kilreen Celtic 0-0 (3-4 pens) Rockmount
Douglas Hall 0-2 Ringmahon Rangers

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2nd Round Draw

Leeds 3-1 Castleview
Ringmahon Rgs 1-1 (4-5 pens) Kinsale
Wilton Utd 3-1 Riverstown FC
Leeside 1-4 Avondale United
Rockmount v St Mary's
Mayfield Utd 2-6 Midleton
Carrigaline Utd 1-2 Blarney Utd
Bandon 2-3 Ballincollig

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3rd Round Draw

Midleton v Blarney Utd
Wilton Utd v Leeds AFC
Kinsale v Rockmount or St Marys
Avondale Utd v Ballincollig

The four remaining teams will join with Cork City, Cobh Ramblers, Limerick FC and Waterford Utd in the quarter final draw.

3rd Round games to be played on or before 12th / 13th November 2016

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Avondale 2-1 Ballincollig today

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Wilton 2-1 Leeds last weekend also

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Quarter Final Draw


Cobh Ramblers v Limerick FC

Cork City v Kinsale or St Mary’s

Wilton Utd v Waterford FC

Blarney Utd v Avondale Utd

Games to take place on or before weekending 28th / 29th January 2017.

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Semi Final Draw

Blarney Utd or Avondale Utd v Cork City or Kinsale or St Mary’s

Wilton Utd or Waterford Utd v Cobh Ramblers or Limerick FC

Semi - Final Games to take place in February 2017.

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Cork City’s Munster Senior Cup tie against St. Mary’s will take place on Wednesday, January 25th at 7.45 pm.

The game will be played at Mayfield United’s grounds in Lotamore.

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Cork City 4-0 St Marys
Cobh Ramblers 0-2 Limerick FC
Blarney Utd 1-0 Avondale

City face Blarney in the semi final on Friday night in Blarney, 7.30 start.
Wilton play Waterford out the Lee Road next Sunday and the winner plays Limerick.

[Johnnie C]

Super win for Wilton United today beating Waterford 3-0. Although it was Waterfords second string, Wilton are 3rd from bottom in the second tier of the MSL so a major scalp for them. Home to Limerick in semi.

[theblock]

A great win indeed for them. alot of good youth players coming throu. Waterford took them for granted could have been 4 or 5 nil . Limerick will be a different battle

[nr637]

Super win for Wilton United today beating Waterford 3-0. Although it was Waterfords second string, Wilton are 3rd from bottom in the second tier of the MSL so a major scalp for them. Home to Limerick in semi.

Did the game attract a good crowd!

Hopefully they will get a good following for the semi-final.

[theblock]

maybe 80 to 100

[Risteard]

Any idea when and where Wilton v Limerick is? The calendar for this seems to be make it up as you go along every year?

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So it seems Limerick fielded Rodrigo Tosi against Ramblers in the last round and he was ineligible so they have been kicked out and Ramblers will now play Wilton in the semi final.
Date to be announced shortly

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wilton utd 0 cobh ramblers 0


wilton win on penaltys 4-1
cork city vs wilton utd final

[Johnnie C]

Final fixed for Turners Cross on Monday 12th June 2017 with a 7-30pm kick-off.

[BelfastCrusader]

Final fixed for Turners Cross on Monday 12th June 2017 with a 7-30pm kick-off.

What sort of crowd is this likely to attract?

[Johnnie C]

I'd imagine City will be fielding an under 19 side for this so a crowd of about 300/400 I'd say.

[Jd2793]

Most the 19s will be in the middle of their leaving certs, no? JC normally doesn't let them train/play with first team when exams on, has done since he joined anyway

[BelfastCrusader]

I'd imagine City will be fielding an under 19 side for this so a crowd of about 300/400 I'd say.

What do you mean by City ?

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What do you mean by City ?
Munster Senior Cup Final
Cork City v Wilton Utd
Turners Cross, kick off 7.30 tonight

[BelfastCrusader]

Oops

Mea culpa

[BelfastCrusader]

So were there many there tonight?

[theblock]

800 to 1000 at it what a performance from Wilton Utd.

[Johnnie C]

Fair play to Wilton, great achievement to reach final and then take the best team in the country to extra time.

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City won the Munster Senior Cup for the first time in ten years tonight defeating Munster Senior League Division One side Wilton United in Turners Cross.



Of more importance to the current league leaders will be the well being of star defender Ryan Delaney, who appeared to injure his knee on 36 minutes.



They made hard work of it against a side that finished eighth in Division One and were priced at 22/1 at the start of the game.



The final result will look harsh on a Wilton side who gave everything during the game, while extra time will be beneficial for City as they have plenty of cobwebs after their short break on the evidence of tonight’s display.



The opening ten minutes saw little of goalmouth action save for a Shane Griffin effort that was disallowed for offside.



Evan Murphy, who had a very good game at the heart of defence for Wilton along with Kieran O’Mahony, prevented a near-certain goal on 15 minutes when getting a foot to a Buckley shot.



O’Connor stepped up on 18 minutes and floated a free kick over the opposition wall into the net past the outstretched dive of Brian Cronin.



The next talking point of the half saw Delaney fall awkwardly under a tackle from Shane O’Connell. The centre half emerged in the second half with the aid of crutches.



City could have doubled their lead on 43 minutes when Murphy headed against his bar before Wilton they equalised a minute before the break. A corner by Robbie Walsh was played short to Neal Horgan who layed it off to the inrushing Daly to fire low underneath Alan Smith.



Early in the second half O’Connell had a goalmouth scramble cleared by City but they would work the ball up the field by way of a superb pass by John Kavanagh to Conor Ellis. His powerful shot was batted away by Cronin and it fell to Buckley, who drilled the ball into the top corner from 18 yards.



Yet Wilton played with a better organisation than many of the teams that have turned up at the Cross this year and they equalised through O’Regan. Philip Ryan's superb cross fell to the winger, who drove the ball low into the net.



The rest of the half saw City apply pressure but they were getting nowhere despite having 12 corners during the 90 minutes and the game went to extra time.



City broke the deadlock inside 25 seconds when Achille Campion flicked the ball over the advancing Cronin. Cronin then made a superb save stopping Preston-bound Sean Maguire from close range.



With the end of the first half of the extra ten approaching, substitute Alec Byrne put the result beyond doubt, finishing from close range after Maguire had seen his earlier shot saved by Cronin.



All that was left was for John Dunleavy to lift the trophy and claim City's first Munster Senior Cup title since 2008.





Cork City: Alan Smith; John Kavanagh (Sean Maguire 74), Adam O’Sullivan (Alec Byrne 91), Ryan Delaney (John Dunleavy 36), Shane Griffin; Greg Bolger, Garry Buckley; Kevin O’Connor (Stephen Dooley 74); Conor Ellis, Stephen Beattie, Achille Campion.



Booked: Conor McCormack, Mark McNulty.



Wilton United: Brian Cronin; John McCleverly (Jamie Kent 85), Evan Murphy, Alan Healy, Kieran O’Mahony, Philip Ryan; Colm O’Regan, Steve Daly (Kevin O’Mullane 68), Neal Horgan (Jason Meehan 77), Robbie Walsh (Dylan Foley 95); Shane O’Connell (Denis Young 74).



Subs not used: Dean Ring, Danny Gibson, Colin Lemass.



Booked: O’Regan (65).



Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan

Attendance: 800 (estimate).

Extratime.ie Player of the match: Alan Healy (Wilton United).