Tinahely Football has been on the up lately with some very promising young footballers coming through with the likes of Eoin Darcy and Matthew Ging winning Players of the Week in their Minor Football campaign but even that magnificent achievement pales in comparison to the heroics of one long serving Tinahely Fisting Veteran who is no stranger to silverware having slept with a few big cups in his day.

Ladies and Gentleman we give you David Dillon, scorer of no less than 6 Goals in just two games in the Arklow Bay Junior C Football Championship and not one of those goals were score with his feet. 5 Goals came from the David’s well manicured and delicate ladylike fingers that automatically clench into a ferocious fist any time an O’Neill’s football has the misfortune of passing near and urban legend has it that the other goal came from another of David’s scoring legs but not one with toes at the end.

Legendary Tinahely Footballer and Ultimate Junior C Footballer Stephen Hickey was even starstruck witnessing the amazing achievements of David Dillon over the past two championship outings and conceded that even he would probably have struggled to score too many more goals than David has:

“I’d probably have got 7 or 8 but i’d have kicked at least one or too, he learned from the master”

This incredible feat is surely unequaled in any GAA competition across the GAA in Ireland and if it is then we would like to hear about it because unless it was Stephen Hickey or Don Jackman that did it then frankly we don’t think it happened!! Could David fist his way to another Cup and Pint Bottle Photo?? Only time will tell……….

Rank	Player	Team	Position	Goals	Points	Total Pts
1	Jordan Murray		Forward	6	18	36
2	Des Mann		Forward	1	23	26
3	Jason Walsh		Forward	1	23	26
4	David Blake		Forward	3	12	21
5	Gary Elliot		Forward	4	8	20
6	David Dillon		Midfielder	6	1	19
7	Jordan McGarr		Defender	2	11	17
8	Luke Bradley		Midfielder	0	17	17
9	Willie O Hagan		Defender	1	12	15
10	Davy Miley		Forward	2	9	15
11	Willie Quaile		Defender	2	8	14
12	Conor Scullion		Forward	2	7	13
13	Ed Flynn		Forward	2	7	13
14	Sean Geoghegan		Defender	1	9	12
15	Patrick Woods		Midfielder	3	3	12
16	Niall Gorman		Forward, Midfielder	2	6	12
17	Damien Cullen		Forward	1	9	12
18	Adam Condon		Defender	1	8	11
19	Tommy Dwyer		Forward	0	11	11
20	Padraig Murphy		Forward	2	4	10
21	Nicky Donovan		Forward	2	4	10
22	Austin Brennan		Forward	3	1	10
23	David Brennan		Forward	3	1	10
24	Kurt Stark		Forward	0	9	9
25	Ciaran McDonald		Forward	3	0	9
26	Stephen Willoughby		Forward	1	6	9
27	James Eager		Forward	1	6	9
28	Eric Donohue		Forward	2	2	8
29	Malachy Stone		Defender	0	6	6
30	Stewart Gilbert		Forward	2	0	6
31	Colm Maher		Forward	1	3	6
32	David Walsh		Forward	2	0	6
33	Enda O Keeffe		Forward	2	0	6
34	Brian O Sullivan		Forward	1	3	6
35	Eoin Brennan		Forward	1	3	6
36	Eoin Donegan		Forward, Midfielder	1	2	5
37	Stephen Murphy		Forward	0	5	5
38	Gary Coady		Forward	0	5	5
39	Adam Murphy		Forward	0	5	5
40	James Jackson		Forward	0	5	5
41	Gary Walsh		Forward	1	2	5
42	Brandon Byrne		Forward	0	5	5
43	Darren O Neill		Forward	0	5	5
44	Eoin O Neill		Forward	1	2	5
45	Shaun Hughes		Defender	0	4	4
46	Eoin Higgins		Midfielder	1	1	4
47	Kieran McGovern		Forward	0	4	4
48	Brian Hickey		Forward	0	4	4
49	Anthony Phelan		Forward	0	4	4
50	Dermot Blake		Defender	1	0	3
51	Michael Foley		Defender	1	0	3
52	Brian Bohan		Defender	1	0	3
53	Phil O Brien		Midfielder	0	3	3
54	Niall Deeney		Midfielder	0	3	3
55	Diarmuid Nugent		Forward	0	3	3
56	Jonathan Behan		Forward	1	0	3
57	Richard Murray Snr		Forward	0	3	3
58	Shane Evans		Forward	0	3	3
59	Richard Keane		Forward	0	3	3
60	Darren Bourke		Defender	1	0	3
61	Paul Doherty		Forward	0	3	3
62	Andrew Reilly		Defender	0	2	2
63	Fionn Furlong		Defender, Forward	0	2	2
64	Shane Eager		Defender	0	2	2
65	Kiev Leonard		Midfielder	0	2	2
66	John Coveney		Forward	0	2	2
67	Fionn Walsh		Forward	0	2	2
68	Tom Sweeney		Forward	0	2	2
69	Kenny Naughton		Forward	0	2	2
70	Barry Doyle		Forward	0	2	2
71	Sammy Walker		Forward	0	2	2
72	Dara McGorman		Forward	0	2	2
73	Dean Mann		Forward	0	2	2
74	Charlie Maguire		Defender	0	1	1
75	Sean Minoge		Defender	0	1	1
76	Chris Carroll		Defender	0	1	1
77	James Walsh		Defender	0	1	1
78	Gerry Murray		Defender	0	1	1
79	James Scullion		Defender	0	1	1
80	Rory Toomey		Midfielder	0	1	1
81	Gary Geoghegan		Midfielder	0	1	1
82	Tom Doyle		Forward	0	1	1
83	Paul Carroll		Forward	0	1	1
84	Ciaran Doyle		Forward	0	1	1
85	Stephen Cullen		Forward	0	1	1
86	James Smullen		Forward	0	1	1
87	Johnny Cahill		Forward	0	1	1
88	Kevin Doyle		Forward	0	1	1
89	Glenn Dunne		Forward	0	1	1
90	Andy Farrington		Forward	0	1	1
91	Gavin Walsh		Forward	0	1	1
92	David Richardson		Forward	0	1	1
93	Jamie Murray		Forward	0	1	1
94	Philip Matuska		Forward	0	1	1
95	Jeff Kemmy		Forward	0	1	1

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