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Woods Cup down to last four

by isleofman.com 20th January 2007
An exciting afternoon of GH Corlett Woods Cup action saw Old Boys, Corinthians, Police and Michael progress to the semi-finals.

The tie of the round went as forecast, with Corinthians recording a narrow 2-1 win against Onchan. Stevie Glover's first-half goal put the Douglas side in front. Steve McIntosh replied before the interval, but Nigel Moody clinched victory for Corinthians.

A brace of goals from Chris Coxon, including a penalty, helped Police cruise past Foxdale. It was 2-0 at half-time and the other players on target were Jamie Tomlinson and Stevie Gardner.

The best performance of the round came from Ronaldsway, who are third from bottom of the division two table. They held second placed Old Boys to a 4-4 draw, after extra-time, only to go out 5-4 on penalties. The scorers for Old Boys were Sean Gavin (2), Darren Hudgson and Craig Stewart, with a penalty. Mark Wolfenden had the disappointment of hitting a hat-trick for Ronaldsway but still ending up on the losing side. Ronaldsway's other scorer was Mark Rees and the winning penalty for Old Boys was converted by Michael Hooper.

The semi-final draw sees Old Boys as favourites to knock out the Police and league leaders Corinthians slight favourites to beat third placed Michael.

St George's stretched their lead at the top of OSA division one to eleven points, but they had to work hard to earn a 1-0 home win over local rivals Douglas Royal. Michael McHale grabbed the only goal of the game against his old club.

Geordies moved a big step closer to regaining the championship trophy because title holders Laxey suffered an unexpected defeat at St John's. Sean Rooney and strike partner Liam Harrison hit the all important goals.

St Mary's moved up a place to fourth with an easy 7-0 home win against Braddan. They led 4-0 at half-time, and their scorers were Steven Priestnal (3), Liam Cowin, Peter Langridge, Jamie Skillen and Martin Riley.

Rushen came from behind to beat Ayre United 3-1. Johnny Cowley gave the northerners the lead, but Nicky Glover made it 1-1 and further goals from Andrew Moody and Stevie Riding secured the points.

In the big relegation game Union Mills came from behind to win 3-2 at Marown, and lift themselves six points clear of the drop zone. The visitors took the lead through Stevie Quine, before Kevin Duggan equalised. Marown substitute James Mountain had been on the pitch for one minute when he put his side infront, but Mills came back strongly thanks to a 40 yard direct free-kick, converted by Stuart Nesbitt, and a winning goal driven home by David Thomeney.

In CFS division two Pulrose United were the only team in action, and they made good use of the chance to improve their chances of qualifying for the Paul Henry Gold Cup. An 8-1 home win over Colby was achieved thanks to goals from Dave Skillen (4), Barry English (3) and Jamie Devereau. It was 2-1 after 45 minutes and the win lifted Pulrose to fourth in the table.

Posted by isleofman.com
Saturday 20th, January 2007 07:16pm.

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