Cashel Town edge Shanbally United in thrilling Tipperary Youths Cup final

Youths Division 2 Youths League Cup Final

Shanbally United 3 Cashel Town 4

Cashel Town’s Youths twice came from behind to win this thriller of a Youths Cup final by the odd goal in seven at Scart Park on Saturday afternoon.

Both teams have been the standard bearers at the top of the Second Division in Youths football this season, and promised a great final, and they began to deliver as soon as the third minute when the home side broke downfield and were awarded a penalty kick that was despatched to the net by Ben Carey.

But the visitors responded and upped their game, having a couple of half chances before finally levelling the games thanks to a Lee O’Riordan effort in the 23rd minute, when he finished off a sweeping movement by planting a headed effort to th net at the back post.

The rest of the half flowed up and down the pitch but no mor goals were scored. It took just eight minutes of the second period to change that, and again it was the hosts that took advantage when they found Ben Doyle in space in the Cashel Town area and he headed home from close in.

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But this just presaged a period of dominance from the away side, and they levelled six minutes later when Blake Doyle-Carroll found the net with a shot from the edge of the area.

Five minutes after that, the visitors finally got their noses in front for the first time when Ciaran Fitzpatrick fired home, and it looked to be all over when Ciaran Fitzpatrick extended the lead to 4-2 goals 20 minutes from time.

But the home side showed their battling qualities and reduced the deficit to a single goal five minutes from the end, when they were awarded a second penalty and again Carey made no mistake.

This set up a grandstand finish with the home side giving everything to try to bring the game to extra time, but Cashel held in front of a large crowd of supporters.