Miltown Draw Barefield in Senior Playoff

Miltown will play St. Joseph's Doora Barefield in the first phase of the group playoff. This tie is to be played this weekend, date and venue to be finalised over the coming days. The winners will play Lissycasey, the following weekend, to determine who advances to the quarter final of the Senior Championship.

The losers of both ties will then play to decide the Senior B and relegation positions.

Senior hopes still alive

Pride restored certainly after this battling performance from St. Josephs Miltown senior side. Unfortunately a goal two minutes from the end of normal time gave Kilkee a late lead to take victory on a 1-14 to 1-12 scoreline. However, Doora Barefield's victory over Lissycasey creates a three way playoff for the final quarter final spot. Miltown turned in a powerful first half performance to lead on a 1-9 to 0-4 scoreline at the break. Dessie Molohan fired 1-6 in the first half along with points from Cathal Lafferty, David Talty and Gordon Kelly. With the aid of the breeze in the second half, Kilkee knocked over a succession of points to bring the lead back to one goal with ten minutes left. The loss of full back Graham Kelly with injury at this stage was to prove crucial in the closing minutes. Two minutes from the end of normal time, Conor O'Loughlin produced a superb double save but Kilkee stuck a goal at the third attempt. Miltown now trailed by a point but forced two 45's in a bid to snatch a draw which would have sealed a quarter final spot. Kilkee scored an insurance point on the counterattack to seal the win. Miltown now await the draw during the week to determine who the opponents will be in the play-off. The team lined out as follows: Conor O'Loughlin, Enda O'Gorman, Graham Kelly, Enda Malone, Brian Curtin, Gordon Kelly(0-1), Michael Hehir, Michael Neylon, John Meade, Eoin Curtin (0-1), Cathal Lafferty (0-1), David Talty (0-1), Dessie Molohan (1-7), Kevin Burke, Seanie Malone (0-1). Subs used: Shane Curtin, Sean O'Connell, Joe Curtin

Deciding weekend for adult teams in championships!

This upcoming weekend is a season defining one for both the Senior and Junior 'A' teams in championship action. Both teams are well aware that they failed to play to potential in their last games.
The senior side face an undefeated St.Senan's Kilkee side in Kilmihil this Saturday.
While Miltown will enter the game as rank outsiders in the view of all pundits, the potential is in the Miltown side to produce an upset if players can pull a big performance out of the bag. Unless Doora-Barefield shock Lissycasey in the other group game, a victory is essential for Miltown to remain in contention for the Senior championship.
The Junior 'A' side are also in a must win situation when they face a very experienced Doonbeg side with a host of players with senior championship medals in their backpocket. Unfortunately, last years side who made the semi final stage has been virtually decimated through a combination of young players moving to senior level, injuries and emigration. All involved will be hoping for a massive performance and to pull off an upset to remain in the competition.
Best of luck to both teams!

Successive victories for minor footballers

St. Josephs Miltown minor footballers have recorded two successive victories in their last two games to bounce back into contention after a difficult start to the championship. They defeated the Coolmeen-Kildysart amalgamation on a 1-15 to 2-5 scoreline and followed up with a 0-7 to 0-1 victory over Newmarket. The two remaining games are against Kilmihil and Parteen. The three groups of eight teams will then be split into an 'A', 'B' & 'C' knock-out competition dependent upon final league placings.

Senior hopes on the brink

A truly abject display from St.Josephs Miltown senior side resulted in a 0-13 to 1-3 defeat against Lissycasey. After the winning start against Doora Barefield, hopes were high of emerging from the group but this result leaves Miltown needing a victory against unbeaten St.Senans Kilkee in their final game.
Despite being wiped out in the central eight positions in the first half, Miltown only trailed by three points on a 0-7 to 1-1 scoreline at the break. Bizarelly, Miltown could have been level as Eoin Curtin blasted wide when played in at an angle by Dessie Molohan. Dessie had raised hopes with a superb individual goal before halftime. For the second half, Miltown had introduced Micheal Malone and Graham Kelly who were surprisingly in the view of many supporters left on the bench. Management appeared to have got the balance right for the second half as Miltown proceeded to dominate the opening fifteen minutes of the second half. However, some terrible shooting only generated a single point in this period as a hatful of goal and point chances went abegging. Unfortunately, Graham Kelly picked up a double yellow which lead to his dismissal ten minutes from the end. Miltown again lost their shape as a result. Lissycasey found their shooting boots near the end and rattled over a succession of points. Only Enda Malone at the back and Dessie Molohan upfront played to their potential on the evening. Commitment levels of the players will need to be upped massively and a lot of soul searching from all involved is required if Miltown are to shock Kilkee and keep their season alive. The team lined out as follows: Conor O'Loughlin, Gordon Kelly, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone, Brian Curtin, Michael Neylon, Michael Hehir, Cathal Lafferty, Gary Egan, John Meade, Gearoid Curtin, Kevin Keavey, David Talty, Dessie Molohan (1-3), Eoin Curtin Subs used: Micheal Malone, Graham Kelly, Sean O'Connell, Seanie Malone, Joe Curtin