June 1st to 7th - Shelbourne retain a two point lead at the top of the Premier Division after a hard fought win over Dundalk on Friday night. The winner came with just twenty minutes to go - John Martin scoring the winner against his former side. Dundalk had recorded their first win with Jon Daly as boss on Monday night - a fast start in Inchicore saw them eventually win three-two. Stephen Kenny's indifferent start to life in charge of Pats continued on Friday night when they were held scoreless by Drogheda.

Derry City picked up two decent home wins this week to consolidate second place. Waterford were dispatched three-nil on Monday evening with Galway beaten two-nil on Friday. Pat Hoban scored in both games for the Candystripes. Waterford bounced back from that defeat with a four-one win over Sligo Rovers on Friday night. Keith Long's side moved level on points with third placed Shamrock Rovers with that win. Both sides are nine points behind the leaders with a game in hand.

Cork City's lead over UCD at the top of the table remains nine points. The top two played out a scoreless draw at Turners Cross on Monday evening. Two first half goals then gave the leaders a two-nil win at home to Longford on Friday. UCD needed a 95th minute winner from Eanna Clancy to see off Kerry's challenge - the Students winning two-one.

The playoff picture remains quite tight. Athlone Town are in third place - they drew one-all with Finn Harps on Monday evening. The Donegal side are still fourth in the table despite losing two-nil at Cobh Ramblers on Friday night. Bray Wanderers are in the last playoff spot - they had one win and one defeat this week - a three-one win at home to Cobh Ramblers on Monday evening was followed by defeat away to Treaty United on Friday.

Bill Gleeson is the early leader for June - a timely use of his Joker scoreline on Friday saw him end up on 82 points for the month so far. James Keville is in second place - he's just a point off top spot. Three people share third place - Jason Shanahan, Paul Moore and Philip Rankin - full details below:

  


June 13th - You could be forgiven for thinking that it's now a two horse race for the league title this season. Shelbourne retained their two point lead at the top following a one-nil win in Waterford. Will Jarvis scored the only goal early in the second half as Damien Duff's side went into the mid-season break in very good shape. Derry City needed an injury time winner at Bohemians to stay on their tail. Danny Mullan scored very late on to give the Foylesiders a vital three points at Dalymount Park.

Around the same time Derry were scoring that late winner Brandon Kavanagh was heading home a winner for St Patricks Athletic. In a game which was a carbon copy of the game earlier in the season, Pats came from a goal behind to beat Shamrock Rovers at Richmond Park. That defeat leaves the reigning champions twelve points behind the leaders with a game in hand. With fifteen games left to play it seems a big ask for Stephen Bradley's side to claw back such a deficit.

Dundalk picked up another home win - one-nil at home to Sligo Rovers. Their home form is a big factor in their recent climb up the table. They're just five points behind Bohemians now in the battle to avoid a relegation playoff. Drogheda United remain bottom of the table - they lost three-nil at Galway United.

Cork City's promotion procession continued in the first division. A four-one win at home to Cobh Ramblers in the Leeside Derby left them eleven points clear at the top of the table. UCD remain in second place but are now a distant second after a one-all draw at Finn Harps. Bray Wanderers recent good form continued - they beat Athlone Town one-nil to move ahead of their opponents in third place in the table.

Wexford's playoff prospects were dealt a blow when they lost one-nil at home to Treaty United. James Keddy's side are now four points outside the playoffs but have a game in hand. The final game in the first division saw Kerry record their fourth win of the season - they beat bottom side Longford Town two-one at Mounthawk Park.

Joseph Kavanagh now leads the June competition with a score of 127 points. He leads Paul Moore by just one point with next Friday's games to go in the monthly competition. Darragh Kenny scored an excellent 66 points this week and is now in joint third place with Philip Rankin. Luke Hogan completes the top five, just seven points behind the leader:

  

 

June 28th - The top two in the Premier Division both recorded home wins on Friday night. Shelbourne beat Galway United two-nil at Tolka Park. John Martin opened the scoring with Evan Caffrey scoring the second before half time. Conor Kearns saved a penalty from Francely Lomboto in the final quarter as Damien Duff's side remained two points clear. Derry City beat Drogheda United five-one at the Brandywell - Ruaidhri Higgins side had five different scorers as they cantered to victory. Adam Foley had briefly levelled for the visitors but any hope of a point on the road was soon gone.

Waterford are clear now in third place after their second win of the season at Oriel Park. Goals from Connor Parsons and Dean McMenamy saw Keith Long's side continue their pursuit of a European spot. Shamrock Rovers title defence took another (terminal) blow after a two-nil defeat in Sligo. Another old boy came back to haunt Stephen Bradley's side as Simon Power scored twice late on. The reigning champions are fifteen points off the lead ahead of July where it looks like cup progression will make or break their season. The final game in the top division ended scoreless at Richmond Park. St Patricks Athletic and Bohemians could only manage one shot on goal between them both sides were happy with a point.

A single goal from Evan McLaughlin was enough to send Cork City thirteen points clear at the top of the first division as Bray Wanderers were beaten at Turners Cross. UCD were also on Leeside but had to settle for a point after twice being behind at Cobh Ramblers.

Athlone Town's good run continued - Dean Ebbe scored the only goal of the game as Treaty United were beaten one-nil. The other two games in the division ended one-all. Ten-man Kerry rescued a point at home to Wexford with Ryan Kelliher's injury time equaliser. Wexford's play-off challenge has ebbed away over the last while with just one win in ten. Longford Town and Finn Harps drew by the same scoreline - the Donegal side moving level on points with Bray Wanderers in the last playoff spot.

The June monthly competition ended with two people sharing first place - Joseph Kavanagh and Paul Moore both finishing on 165 points. They were five points clear of Philip Rankin in third place. Fourth place was share by Brian Mason and myself (a decent month for Joe's Tips at long last...). Full details below:

  

 

The Greatest League - June 2024 Leaderboard
No.
 Lst Chg
Name
Team Name
Pts
Lst
Chg
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1
 1 0 Joseph Kavanagh CherryOrchardThieves 165 127 38


2
 2 0 Paul Moore The Problem Child Done Good! 165 126 39
3
 4 1 Philip Rankin Steve's Stars 160 122 38
4
 14 10 Brian Mason Warsaw Hoops 158 105 53
5
 9 4 Joe Turner Gary Dempsey's Lonely Hearts Club Band 158 110 48
6
 5 -1 Luke Hogan Sallins Rovers 154 120 34
7
 3 -4 Darragh Kenny Fitzer's Green and White Army 150 122 28
8
 27 19 Shane McCormack Up The Pohls 145 97 48
9
 36 27 Gary Fitzpatrick No. 5 In A Row 143 89 54
10
 22 12 Niall Carroll Yellow Bellies 143 100 43
11
 15 4 Jason Maloney Time Out Hoops 142 105 37
12
 10 -2 Christopher Uzell Heavey's Heroes 141 108 33
13
 12 -1 James Keville Saints On A Train 140 107 33
14
 13 -1 Niall Hayden 404 Not Found 140 107 33
15
 8 -7 Sean Judd Mary Green and White Army 140 112 28
16
 6 -10 Bill Gleeson Gary Parson's Affiliate Link 139 118 21
17
 11 -6 Craig Whelan Jon Daly's Men 135 107 28
18
 7 -11 Kevin Nolan New Stadiums Please 135 112 23
19
 32 13 Robert Gaffney Fiorentina Turner 135 92 43
20
 20 0 Carl Toner Super Doc 134 101 33
21
 34 13 Alan Rochford Hooper Special 133 90 43
22
 43 21 David King Clane Hoops 131 85 46
23
 19 -4 Alan O'Brien ChampagneSuperRovers 130 102 28
24
 46 22 Andy Dunne Maureen O'Hara Rovers 130 82 48
25
 25 0 Greg Donaghy Champagne Super Rovers 130 97 33
26
 17 -9 Gavin Doherty D12 Shels 129 103 26
27
 30 3 Gerry Moore Sligobourne 129 95 34
28
 29 1 Derek McDonald He's In Your Head 128 95 33
29
 35 6 Gary Parsons TFTES 127 90 37
30
 21 -9 Joshua Coulahan SPAFC1929 126 100 26
31
 31 0 Shane Coughlan Shane Lad Rovers 126 93 33
32
 57 25 Caroline Carroll Carrie's Crusaders 125 77 48
33
 28 -5 Cillian O'Reilly Dublinsgreenandwhite 125 96 29
34
 24 -10 Gerry Draper Everton10 125 97 28
35
 50 15 Tommy Hamill Omeath Allstars 125 82 43
36
 16 -20 Tommy Tormey The Four Fs 123 104 19
37
 48 11 Derek Clayton IGBC FC 120 82 38
38
 45 7 Keith Ryan The Racing Rabbits 120 84 36
39
 40 1 Ryan Mulvaney There's Only 1 Stephen Bradley 120 87 33
40
 51 11 Francis Gilligan Gorilla Glue # 4 - Let It Run All Over Me 119 80 39
41
 23 -18 Eoghan Brophy There's Always A Chance 118 97 21
42
 37 -5 Paul Gallagher Rizla Rovers 118 89 29
43
 39 -4 David Doyle AFC Whitechurch 116 87 29
44
 61 17 Adam Byrne Champions Again Ole Ole 115 72 43
45 26 -19 Jason Shanahan Ashford Academical 115 97 18
46 18 -28 John Brophy Back To Back Carrig FC 115 103 12
47 41 -6 Trevor Rankin Super Hoops 114 86 28
48 52 4 James Cooke Aylesbury Hoops 113 80 33
49 54 5 Kevin Murphy Forrester's Finest 112 79 33
50 47 -3 Brian Boyle Slatterys Own 110 82 28
51 56 5 Brian Cunningham Lucy's Hoops 110 77 33
52 33 -19 Tony McNamee Swilly Rovers 110 92 18
53 58 5 Conor Claxton Hoops Upside Your Head 109 75 34
54 44 -10 Eamonn Gallagher Gally's Hoops 107 84 23
55 63 8 Terry Haide Leitis Pohls Steacy 104 70 34
56 60 4 Sean Cooke Oh Bradley Said 103 74 29
57 62 5 Kevin McQuaide The Hairy Bowsies 102 70 32
58 68 10 Jimmy Maguire Jimmy's Jewels 100 62 38
59 55 -4 Robert Lavelle Herbert's U12s 97 79 18
60 70 10 Donal Dowling Broadford Rovers 96 57 39
61 53 -8 Conor O'Neill Conrad 95 79 16
62 67 5 Daniel Dorrian Donegallad97 90 62 28
63 65 2 Gary Donnelly Rod de Whores 90 68 22
64 38 -26 Brian Dalton Mature Saints 89 87 2
65 42 -23 Darren McDonald Lucan Hoops 87 85 2
66 49 -17 Gearoid O'Dubhghusa FIAR X 2 85 82 3
67 69 2 Stan Tormey Tadgh Purcell's Giant Leap 84 60 24
68 73 5 Daire Murphy Vancouver Hoop 83 50 33
69 64 -5 Neil Walsh The Bradley Babes 83 69 14
70 66 -4 Ross Williams Grace Almighty 80 63 17
71 59 -12 Kyle Dixon DDRH 77 74 3
72 71 -1 Luke Gallagher Dundalk's Europa League Money 60 57 3
73 72 -1 Kevin McGlone Milltown Magic 58 55 3
74 74 0 Paul Murphy Oh Bradley Said 39 36 3
75 75 0 Ger Coppinger Cleveland Hoops 30 27 3
76 76 0 Alan Leahy Alan's Allstars 15 12 3
77 77 0 Cian Cooke Mr Sheen FC 15 12 3
78 78 0 Conor King Adama Hugandkiss 15 12 3
79 79 0 David O'Malley The Ramdeuters 15 12 3
80 80 0 Eamonn McConville Nosferahoop 15 12 3
81 81 0 James Larmon Larmon's Eleven 15 12 3
82 82 0 Vincent Sweeney SouthStandTadg 15 12 3
83 83 0 Graham Merrigan Ballybrack Rovers 13 10 3
84 85 1 Rory Gilsenan Plastic Pitch Predators 13 10 3
85 86 1 Stephen Caffrey Killy Hoops 13 10 3
86 84 -2 James Connolly SRFC Four'midable 12 10 2
87 89 2 Pat Mitchell Champagne Football 11 7 4
88 87 -1 Stephen O'Gorman FC Yukichan 11 10 1
89 88 -1 Dylan Weldon Shamrock Rovers B 9 8 1
90 90 0 Danielle McGarry The Drive For Five 5 4 1
91 91 0 Richard Johnston Daffodil Divers 4 3 1