09/08/2026
Glaslough Villa 9-1 Newtown United, Matchday 13
Returning to action after the mid-season break, and buoyed by an impressive home win over Rossien Rovers, we travelled to Newtown United on a fine evening for what many had marked down as a potential banana skin. This well-drilled and disciplined side of ours had other ideas, however, and by the final whistle we had delivered one of the most emphatic performances of our campaign.
We began on the front foot, spurning two presentable openings inside the opening exchanges through wasteful finishing. The breakthrough was not long in coming. In the 14th minute, as Newtown attempted to break from one of our corners, the alert Christopher Treanor intercepted the loose ball, surged forward and unleashed a stunning strike from fully 35 yards that arrowed into the top corner.
That goal proved the catalyst for total dominance. On 28 minutes, veteran midfielder Mark Mulligan produced fine work down the flank before threading a superb pass into the path of the in-form Caomhan Woods, who finished with aplomb. Two minutes later it was three, Gary Myers clipping an inventive ball over the top, delivered while facing the opposite direction, for Mulligan to guide into the top corner and leave the goalkeeper without a chance.
The onslaught continued in the 31st minute, Conor Mallon releasing Woods behind the defence and the striker finishing clinically without hesitation. Our fifth arrived on 41 minutes, the pacy Gary Myers, who tormented the Newtown defence throughout, jinking clear before unselfishly squaring for Woods to tap home. It completed the forward's second hat-trick of the season and drew him level on nine goals with our injured striker Jamie Krisiulevičius. Half-time: 5-0.
The interval allowed our management to introduce fresh legs, and the impact was immediate. Substitute John Keough, a long-serving club man, floated a fine ball over the top for Myers to make it six. Newtown did register a consolation in the 56th minute, catching us momentarily napping, but our response was typically swift. In the 63rd minute Treanor, at the heart of everything good, played in Myers to calmly restore our seven-goal cushion.
Our eighth came on 80 minutes, young new signing Darragh McMahon driving down the right with pace and purpose before setting up Owen Doody to finish. Two minutes from time our substitutes combined once more, Myers returning the earlier favour for Keough to toe-poke past the goalkeeper and complete the rout.
It was a complete team display, and the contribution from our bench underlined the depth and determination of a squad intent on holding top spot in a fiercely competitive division. Our man of the match Christopher Treanor was outstanding throughout, driving forward tirelessly with overlapping runs and dangerous crosses, and capping his evening with a strike that will surely rank among the goals of the season.
Next up is a first-versus-second showdown at home to Ardee United, a defining fixture for this in-form side of ours.
