April 26, 2011

Trinity lasted a hectic week in some style as they cruised to a comfortable win over Avoca to take second place on goal difference and, with it, the division one/two promotion/relegation playoff place.

Chris Tyrell (pictured) set them on their way when Freddie Hill’s skills opened the space to square and the tall striker turned and flicked in. Steven Roberts dragged in the second soon after as the Blackrock visitors struggled to get anything going in the first half.

They were further behind when Henry Butler finished off the goal of the game, working the ball all the way from the back, going down the left where Tyrell laid up the old Etonian for 3-0.

And Sean Flynn completed the rout with another good goal, beating a couple of players before smacking in from the top of the circle.

It concludes the regular season campaign for both, Trinity picking up seven points in five days to end Avoca’s long stint in second place and now prepare for the playoff with UCD with a time and date to be concerned with both hoping to avoid a clash with exams.

Scorers: (Chris Tyrell, Steven Roberts, Henry Butler, Sean Flynn)

Despite no recognised goalkeeper, Dublin University kept their interest in the promotion playoff game alive with victory in North Kildare over Navan in a hastily rearranged tie.
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Trinity kept their hopes of taking the promotion/relegation spot alive when Chris Tyrell levelled for a 2-2 finish at Santry but they felt they may have got more from this tie against a Bulls’ side secure in the knowledge the league was already secure.
Tyrell had opened the deadlock from a corner rebound before Cillian O’Ruanaidh [...]

Succeeding where they missed out two seasons ago, Clontarf got revenge for their 2009 Neville Davin Cup final defeat at the hands of Dublin University at Serpentine Avenue last Saturday, twice coming from behind to take the title.
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Former Trinity man Jonny Orr popped up to wreck his alma mater’s hopes of winning division two, scoring from a Graham O’Neill slip at corner time.
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But [...]

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A third win-clean sheet combo for Dublin University on the spin moved them into second in the rankings, a point off top with two games in hand.
Amid plenty of missed chances, Stephen Roberts did score a corner drag-flick for 1-0 at half-time. Sean Flynn finished off Dan Ryan’s pull-back and Andy Gray completed the scoring [...]

Trinity ensured the title-race remains four-pronged with a solid win at Grange Road over Suttonians. Craig Moore got a touch to Stuart Malcolm’s raking 70-metre ball for 1-0 before Stephen Roberts struck twice – his first coming from some neat tricks in the D before lining up a reverse.
Freddie Hill netted a cracker to complete [...]