Tipperary Soccer: Jack Hackett stars for Borris - Cashel Town now looking nervous
Clonmel Credit Union Premier League
Two Mile Borris 3 – 0 Cashel Town
This was an important mid-table game with the visitors having the opportunity to go ahead of the hosts in the table if they managed to pull off a victory.
However the home side were in no mood to roll over and picked up the three points that all but assures they won’t get sucked into a relegation battle over the coming weeks.
The home side started better and had two good chances to open the scoring in the first quarter of an hour, first through a Jamie Lee shot that forced a good save from the visiting keeper and then a Jack Hackett shot that flew narrowly wide.
But it looked like a goal was coming and it arrived when Jack Cleary got in behind the Cashel defence in the 20th minute and he made no mistake from close in to fire his side into a deserved lead.
After that the rest of the first half finished evenly enough with both teams having chances but neither really making the respective keepers work.
Once the second period began the hosts began to dominate again and extended their lead just after the hour mark when an intelligent Jamie Carey ball found Jack Hackett and he deftly chipped a ball over the stranded keeper in the Cashel net.
Ten minutes from time Hackett got a goal his own performance deserved when he got on the end of an Urban Nolan pass and finished from close in.
Throughout most of the second period, while Cashel Town played well they were reduced to chances from setpieces and will now be nervously looking over their shoulders as they try to secure enough points that will make them safe by season end.