Clonmel side suffer 5-0 defeat at home in Tipperary League

Clonmel Credit Union Division 1 League

Old Bridge 0 – 5 Galbally United

Galbally United secured a vital three points in Sunday’s league encounter at Ferryhouse as they leapfrogged a very disappointing Old Bridge side in the Division One table.

With both sides in danger of being sucked into a relegation battle, the result will have ramifications beyond the game itself.

Galbally were right on their game from the beginning, and opened the scoring in the third minute through a neat finish by Ger Quinlan.

This was quickly followed by a second goal when Michael O’Sullivan found the net, and Ger Quinlan added to Old Bridge’s woes with a third after just 15 minutes.

This left the away side in total control and there was little in response from The Bridge with the exception of an Alex Greene effort, which hit the crossbar midway through the half.

In the end there were no more goals in the first half and Galbally United were very good value for their first half lead.

They didn’t take their foot off the pedal in the second period either and added two more goals, with efforts from Jamie Morrissey and Cathal O’Mahoney, to complete the rout.

All in all it was a deserved win for the county Limerick visitors to Clonmel, but Old Bridge will have to improve very quickly if they are not to slide into a battle they never expected to be fighting at the beginning of the league campaign last August.