Tipperary Youths Soccer: Town’s win virtually hands league title to rivals Celtic

Tipperary Youths League Division 1

Two Mile Borris 2 – 3 Clonmel Town

Borris went into this game at Newhill on Saturday knowing nothing less than a win was required if they wanted to keep the Division 1 title race alive.

But they were unable to take the points, going down to Clonmel Town by the odd goal in a five-goal thriller.

Town started the livelier and were unlucky not to open the scoring inside the first ten minutes. But Borris eventually settled and took charge of the game, opening the scoring in the 25th minute when Tristan Kelly broke into the Town area and was tripped, resulting in a penalty for the home side. Kelly stepped up and made no mistake from the spot, drilling it to the left and beyond the reach of the ‘keeper.

Ten minutes before the break, Borris were awarded a second penalty, but it was driven against the post and cleared to safety. However, astonishingly they were awarded a third minutes before half-time and this time managed to hit the net, to give them a comfortable two-goal cushion at the break.

However, the second half, belonged to Town. Right from the get-go, they were winning possession and making chances, getting a goal back in the 53rd minute when Ronan Walsh converted after some good work in the build-up.

They continued controlling the game, and added two more goals in the final 15 minutes through John Buckley and a second Walsh goal to take a deserved win, and effectively hand the title to local rivals Celtic.