Valley Rovers are the early leaders in the Rochestown Park Hotel FL Division 1 after securing their second successive win when seeing off St Finbarr’s on Friday night.

Nemo Rangers 1-10 Castlehaven 0-11: AROUND their considerable clubhouse on the South Douglas road last night, many of the men who created the Nemo Rangers legend of football dominance in Cork were agreed on one thing.

Nemo Rangers midfielder David Niblock says his side must repeat the defensive efforts of last week if they are to beat Castlehaven in Sunday’s Cork SFC final replay in Páirc Uí Rinn (3.30pm).

Castlehaven are through to a fourth county final in five seasons after overcoming near-neighbours, O’Donovan Rossa, in an exciting semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Castlehaven 1-14 St Finbarr’s 1-10 (Cork SFC Round 4): Castlehaven returned to the scene of last year’s championship humiliation but, looking renewed and refocused, the west Cork men displayed their innate hunger for battle to overcome a gutsy St. Finbarr’s in an entertaining Cork SFC clash on Saturday.

In the Cork County Football League, Castlehaven are the early leaders of the Rochestown Park Hotel Division 1 (Kelleher Shield).

A new lifeboat service went ‘live’ yesterday in a fishing village touched by one of the worst sea tragedies of recent years.

Castlehaven 6-15 St Vincent’s 1-10

Castlehaven 1-14 Carbery 2-10

Castlehaven 2-14 St Vincent’s 1-10

St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Shelbourne 0

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Castlehaven 0-16 Nemo Rangers 1-13 (aet)

Karl Sheppard hit a late equaliser as Shamrock Rovers salvaged a point from a 1-1 draw - the Hoops' seventh stalemate of the campaign - with champions Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium.

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Shelbourne 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

Reigning county senior football champions Castlehaven will meet Nemo Rangers in the Tadhg Crowley Cup final after they had three points to spare over St Finbarr’s in their semi-final clash in Togher on Saturday afternoon.

Here’s the conventional viewpoint: these sides are coming into tomorrow’s Munster final from very different backgrounds. Champions, Dr Crokes are in their third consecutive final, while the Cork champions have ended a nine-year wait at county level and are seeking a first provincial win in 15 years.

Castlehaven 1-15 Dromcollogher-Broadford 0-07

Two players have attracted plenty of attention in the run-up to Sunday’s Cork SFC final: Donncha O’Connor, Duhallow’s attacking trump card, is well known, while Castlehaven’s Brian Hurley pocketed 1-6 in the semi-final win over Carbery Rangers.

At 19, life could hardly have been any better for Brian Collins.

Castlehaven 2-09 Carbery Rangers 0-09

St Finbarr’s 0-10 Castlehaven 1-7

Paul Corry scored his first goal of the season to give UCD a classic counter-attacking win at Tolka Park last night.

Turner’s Cross has been a place of real entertainment so far this season, with 27 goals in eight league games, but last night, with arch-rivals Shelbourne in town, the fervent Cork support were forced to endure their first blank of the season.

Substitute Johnny Breen finished this Ford FAI Cup tie with an eight-minute hat-trick to see Drogheda through to the last 16 against 10-man Munster Senior League side Mayfield.

Monaghan United ended Sligo Rovers' two-year grip on the FAI Ford Cup with a stunning 3-1 win over the holders at the Showgrounds.

Runaway Premier Division leaders Sligo Rovers will be hoping to open up the gap on the chasing pack when they host Shelbourne at the Showgrounds (7.45pm) tonight.

UCD will host Shelbourne boosted by draws with champions Shamrock Rovers and in-form Drogheda United in recent weeks.

Cork City boss Tommy Dunne will be looking for a fourth win in five league games when his side travel to take on unbeaten St Patrick’s Athletic in the pick of tonight’s Airtricity Premier Division fixtures at Richmond Park (7.45pm).

Last season’s finalists Castlehaven won their opening battle for supremacy in the Cork senior football championship in Newcestown yesterday afternoon after a fiercely contested tie against East Cork outfit Aghada.

Two of the Premier Division’s newly-promoted clubs clash at Tolka Park with Shelbourne looking to get back to winning ways after defeats in their last two games.

Cork City return to the scene of their memorable final day title success when they snatched the First Division crown from Shelbourne’s hands at Tolka Park.

Drogheda United will look to maintain their unbeaten run when they host Shelbourne at Hunky Dorys Park this evening.

Shelbourne host Bray Wanderers at Tolka Park for the first time since 2006 tonight (8pm) with both sides looking to end a brief winless streak.

Cork City can start climbing up the Airtricity League Premier Division table when they host to fellow strugglers Monaghan United at Turner’s Cross tonight (7.45pm).

A Barry Molloy double eased holders Derry City into the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup as they beat Finn Harps 4-0 at the Brandywell.

Shamrock Rovers took full advantage of a slapstick display from Shelbourne to cruise to an emphatic 4-0 win in their Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Champions Shamrock Rovers stayed top of the Premier Division table after a resounding 4-0 win over old rivals Shelbourne before a packed Tallaght Stadium.

EOIN DOYLE came off the bench to score twice in eight minutes to keep the pressure on his former club Shamrock Rovers in the race for the title.

FORMER Bohs defender Jason McGuinness struck for the only goal of the game to book holders Sligo Rovers’ place in a third successive cup final.

Dundalk 0 Bohemians 0

THERE was pulsating drama at the death in Bandon last night as 13-man Castlehaven conjured up a stirring revival to snatch a draw, 2-7 to 0-13, against Ballincollig in the fourth round of the Evening Echo Cork SFC.