The new Junior soccer season kicks off this evening (Tuesday) when the annual pre-season Bernard Concar Cup competition swings into action at Fahys Field, Mervue. Eight clubs will be competing for the first trophy of the new Junior soccer season. The draw for the first round knock-out stage to be played tonight is as follows;

1. Athenry V Salthill Devon

2. West Utd V Mervue Utd B

3. Crumlin Utd V Corrib Rangers

4. Mervue Utd A V Oranmore FC

All above games kick-off at 6.45 p.m tonight.

The competition is organised by Mervue Utd. in memory of their former great player and committee member who served his local club so well down through the years both on and off the field.

Semi-finals and final will be played on Thursday evening. Full details on www.mervueunited.com

Best of luck to all teams

Bernard Concar Cup First round Results;

Athenry 3-2 Salthill Devon
(Paddy Quinn, Micky Noone, Gary Forde - Ronan Gilligan, Brian Gaffney)

West Utd 1-1 Mervue Utd B (B) - West Utd won 5-4 on pens.
(Alan Shaughnessy (West), Darren Roche (pen))

Crumlin Utd 0-3 Corrib Rangers
(Barry Moran (2), Dave Smith)

Mervue Utd A 3-0 Oranmore FC
(Emlyn Coyne, Stephen Cunningham, Ian Snee)

Thursday nights semi-finals draw is as follows;
Athenry V West Utd
Corrib Rangers V Mervue Utd A

Both games kick-off at 6.45 p.m.

Final will be played at 8.15 p.m. also on Thursday evening after the two semi-finals.

The Bernard Concar Cup semi-finals due to be played in Mervue this evening have been postponed due to the weather conditions as pitches are currently unplayable.

Games will be re-fixed for a later date.

Bernard Concar Cup semi-finals will be played next Wednesday (30th Sept) in Mervue.

6.45 p.m. Athenry V West Utd
8.15 p.m. Corrib Rangers V Mervue Utd A


Final will be played on Wednesday 7th October'09.

Will the Athenry, West game be played on the main pitch under lights?

No in the Dark!!

west v mervue in the final after tonights results west won 4 0 and mervvue won by penaltys 3 1 after one all draw

this west team continues to baffle me,they played a very strong athenry side tonight that included seamie crowe,johnny mernagh,mark moran and brian mannion all of whom didn't play when west beat them 1-0 in the league,west just blew them away with in all fairness was probably some of the best football i've seen all season,i can't understand why west are doing so bad in the league after watching them tonight,mats what a player he is he was untouchable all night,i hope west get the finger out now and try and get a few wins and get safe in the league.

Bernard Concar Cup Semi-Final Results

West Utd 4-0 Athenry
Mervue Utd A 1-1 Corrib Rangers (Mervue won 4-2 on pens)

Final will be played next Wedsnesday night at 7.45 p.m. (under lights)
Mervue Utd A V West Utd

Bernard Concar Cup Final - Mervue Utd V West Utd

The first trophy of the new Junior soccer season is up for grabs on Wednesday evening as Mervue Utd take on West Utd in the final of this year's Bernard Concar Cup.

The final will be played under lights at Fahy’s Field with a 7.45 p.m. kick off.

west 3 mervue 1 good game played in great spirit under lights and a great crowd well done too west under new coach rab

West Utd 3 Mervue utd 1

Mervue scored first through Derek McWalter but West hit back with two goals before the break from Tom Burke (header) and Simon Murray. West wrapped it up in the 2nd half when a Matts O'Malley cross was deflected into the net for an own goal. Good game and well refereed by Vincent Carew.

Congrats to West on their first win in the competition having lost the 4 previous finals they were in, 3 in penalty shootouts including last year (stats by Willie Grant). West deserving winners on the night. Vinny O'Connor was named man of the match. full match report on www.mervueunited.com

The two teams play each other again in the league on Sunday!