Wexford Football League: Sinnott’s late winner secures Division 1 title for New Ross Celtic

New Ross Celtic clinched the Division 1 crown in dramatic fashion on Tuesday of last week as an Adam Sinnott goal deep into injury-time earned them a 1-0 win over Rosslare Rangers in Campile.

It looked like the Barrowsiders were going to have to keep the champagne on ice, but they finally made the breakthrough in the 95th minute when substitute Luke Sinnott did well to get to the byline and send in a low cross, that was finished to the net by his brother Adam to kick-start the celebrations.

Having won both Division 2 and the Neil O’Sullivan Cup last term, they repeated the trick, albeit this time in a higher division, and they will have further success in their sights as they make a welcome return to the top table of Wexford football.

New Ross Celtic: Danielius Niekis, Lee O’Neill, Jack Foran, Seán Culleton, Ethan Butler, Stephen O’Leary, Seán Duffy (capt.), Adam Sinnott, Eryk Borowiec, Ricky Fox, Dylan Wickham. Subs. – Evan Katus for Culleton (53), Luke Sinnott for Wickham (59), Keenan Stacey for O’Neill (90+6), also Keane Walsh, Darragh McDonald, Aaron Deegan.

Rosslare Rangers: Joshua Burke, Cian Buttle, Conor O’Reilly (capt.), Niall Walsh, Shane Fortune, Kyle Clarke, Tadhg Brohan, Cian Byrne, Jamie Tomkins, Luke Homan, Jesse Farrell. Subs. – Abdelkader Bennabi for Farrell (65), Daniel Power for Tomkins (81), Robbie Byrne for Homan (90+1), also Aaron Kehoe, Gary Redmond, Michael Honey.

Referee: Fran Sinnott.

A much-changed New Ross Celtic outfit completed their league programme with a 3-3 draw against Courtown Hibs in Ounavarra Park on Friday evening.

The visitors were two goals to the good inside ten minutes, through Aaron Hattersley and Damien Cullen, although Cian Herbage halved the deficit with 17 minutes on the clock.

Hattersley restored the two-goal cushion seven minutes after the break, but goals from Jake Kearney and Adam Roche earned Hibs a share of the spoils.

All Blacks booked their place in the top flight for the first time in their history after drawing 2-2 with Shelburne United in Casey Park on Saturday evening.

Adam Devereux gave the home side an early lead, but Eoin Burke levelled matters four minutes after the interval. Shane Pettit restored the Mayglass team’s advantage just two minutes later and, although Shelburne equalised for a second time in the 83rd minute, the hosts did enough to clinch promiotion.

North End United secured their status as they leapfrogged Rosslare Rangers with a 4-2 win over their rivals at Hollygrove on Sunday.

Goals from Aaron Roche and Jason Murphy gave the hosts a 2-0 advantage at the break, but Cian Byrne halved the deficit shortly after the restart.

Roche grabbed his second just past the hour mark to restore the two-goal cushion and, although Jesse Farrell pulled one back in the 73rd minute, Dylan Ennis sealed the deal in injury-time.