Johnstown dominated proceedings and capitalized on their early possession, Mooney broke the offside trap to coolly slot past the on rushing keeper to give Johnstown a deserved lead. Johnstown dominated much of the 1st half and Mooney had his hatrick completed within 30 mins of the game, he scored 2 goals in quick succession assisted both by Taylor. On the stroke of half time Trim were handed a life line when they scored from distance to beat the impressive Makinde.

HT 1-3

Trim had their tails up and earlier in the 2nd half they capitalized on Johnstown’s complacency when they scored 2 goals to level the match. Johnstown reacted and the hardworking Byrne wipped in a cross for Hanney to volley into the back of the net. Johnstown went 5-3 up when Byrne scored a screamer from 30 yards assisted by Kelly and Suchan wrapped up the game with another excellent goal from 20 yards. Johnstown’s excellent team work lay down the foundations to this well deserved win.

FT 3-6

Best for Johnstown: O Mooney, C Byrne, J Hill.

Team: Damisola Makinde, David Lee, Oscar Mooney, Josh Hill, Andrew Mcquillan, Benji Taylor, Ryan Kelly, Daniel Gorman, Conor Byrne, Euan Burton, Kyle O Hara, Viktor Suchan, Duarte Martinho, Conor Healy, Nathan Hanney, Eric Colton, Callan Kileen, Aarron Whelan, Liam Purvis.