U11 Abbeyside 0 – 2 Mooncoin Celtic

12 points from the lads first 4 games keeps them cemented at the top of the table with a game in hand . We made hard work of it today and we’re lucky to be 0-0 at half time after a great save from Noah Wall just before the break. We came into it more in the second half and opened the scoring through Darragh Mackey. Michael Foran had the ball in the net soon after but was deemed offside . We kept pressing and were rewarded when a cross from Michael ended up in the back of the net through an own goal. We held on and another clean sheet . Man of the match performance from Jamie Rowe at centre half

U13D Mooncoin Celtic 3 Ferrybank FC 0

The boys welcomed ferrybank to suir crescent today for a well over due game on the home pitch and they got the perfect result. We dominated from the first whistle and a brilliant ball into space from jim sent Josh through on goal and he finished superbly via the inside of the post. Sam Henebery made his debut in midfield today and done brilliant to win the ball in our half breaking free of two ferrybank players to set Liam free who put a lovely defence splitting pass through for Josh to put away calmly for his second of the game. We contributed to push and the defence of Tadhg Danny Patrick and Jim swept up anything that came their way with Donal Dobbyn just ahead of them causing ferrybank all kinds of problems with his step overs (to the disapproval of his father on the line)😀 We rotated and the performance contributed with Oisin Ryan billy Sean and Lee slotting in perfectly to keep the pressure on ferrybank. Eoin and Eric done well to win a series of corners but we couldn’t get the vital touch on them and had to wait until 15 to go to get a chance at a third goal when Jim was dragged to the ground when in on goal to win a blatant penalty.A long long discussion then took place before Jim eventually handed the ball to Josh to complete his Hatric and wrap up the three points for us and a well earned first win for the boys. Josh with a Hatric just edged Sam for man of the match who ran the show in the middle today. A great performance from all 16 lads today and some very positive signs for an ever improving group

U14 Southend 2- Mooncoin Celtic 2

The lads were absolutely on top in this game but just couldn’t put the ball in the net, conceded 2 goals from a mistake and a lapse in concentration. Felt like it just wasn’t our day, the boys probably set a record for shots on goal but just wasn’t going in eventually a great strike from tommy keogh got us one back and a last minute penalty won and rebounded by jack twomey got us level.Definitely 3 points left out there but some spirit out of the lads to dig out the 2 goals, another minute and they would have got another.

1B Result: Mooncoin Celtic 0 Tycor 5

Tough day at the office for the lads today. Done well in patches of the game but found chances hard to come by against a well organised team that were going for the league. They took there chances and could have been more only for young Bradley making some outstanding saves. Couldn’t fault the lads effort today just was one of those days.

U9 Villa FC 0 – 6 Mooncoin Celtic

We travelled to Villa today with a large squad and continued our unbeaten run this season! ⚽The boys got off to a great start and were impressive throughout, with some excellent football and shooting on display.Goals came from Aidan, Daniel, James, Joe, Rhian, Hamadi, Toby, Tiernan, Aaron, Ben, Luke and Conor.A special mention to Conor O’Keeffe, who scored the pick of the goals! 🚀Great to see so many players getting amongst the goals!Credit to Villa, who battled hard to the final whistle.Well done to all the lads. Another great team performance! 👏⚽

U13 Dungarvan 3 Mooncoin Celtic 3

Only 1 place to start with this 1, and that’s with a huge thank you to the 10 boys that traveled to Dungarvan so early on a Saturday morning, Dick and myself are very grateful for your efforts. They set about their task of containing Dungarvan and playing on the break to great effect creating a couple of decent half chance in the process. We then, somewhat against the run of play found ourselves 2 down after 15 minutes through a bit of carelessness on our part. Down by 2 and a man short you could have forgiven the boys for throwing in the towel, but not once did the heads drop, and by halftime it was all square with goals from Oisin and Odhran, Adam with the assist for our 1st.Incredibly the game could have been 10v10 with 10 minutes of the 2nd half played, when the referee could have evened up the 2 sides. With Tom clean through on goal, he was pulled down on the edge of the box with only a yellow card shown. Oisin is making a habit of hanging free kicks up from this range and he made no mistake this time either putting us 3-2 in front.Dungarvan leveled it up shortly afterwards with a well taken free kick of their own.And so it remained until the final whistle.To be a little disappointed not to come away with a victory goes a long way to explaining how much effort, endeavour and hard work these boys showed. They should be very proud of themselves.

Congratulations

Finally best of luck to Lexi Walsh and Molly Walsh in being involved with Waterford Girls u16 interleague squad with Lexi scoring a great goal at the weekend. Also congratulations and best of luck to Harry Purcell on his involvement with the boys u12 Waterford interleague squad also.

12A Mooncoin Celtic 2 bohs 2

First game at home in suir crescent this morning started well took lead after 15 mins a good goal took by Eric but we fell asleep and gave them a goal before half time it was over and back in 2 half then we made a mistake to go behind with ten mins to go but the lads never gave up Henry went down the wing crossed a great ball for Walid to head home a hard point earned off a nice bohs side

U10’s Mooncoin Celtic 2 Abbeyside 9

The lads tasted defeat for the first time this season and it was a heavy one against a big Abbeyside team. Goals from Aaron Foran and Alex Whittle. Really good performances from some of the lads who kept going to the end to their credit. We will pick ourselves up and move on swiftly

U14 Villa FC 3 MooncoinCeltic 3

Started very well,had control of the game created a couple of good chances but didnt take them.All of a sudden found theirselves 2-0 down.Stayed that way till halftime..Came out all guns blazing in 2nd half ,played some great football ,got 3 goals in 20 minutes looked like they were gonna get all 3 points. A deflected goal with 2 minutes to go cost us and ended up a draw.In fairness to them they played really well couple of lapses in conentration cost them .They say everyday is a school day ,so hopefully we learned today that concentration and focus levels have to kept at a high level throughout.All in all great effort to get back into it and all worked really hard with some great performances out there.

U12B Kilmacthomas 6 Mooncoin Celtic 2

The girls played well today but had to battle both strong winds and a tough team. Clodagh Barden and April Morrissey scored two beautiful goals and we had some great chances throughout the game. We look forward to the next match.

U18A Girls Tramore 3 Mooncoin Celtic 3

We were away Wednesday night to Tramore for a top of the table clash against last years u17 FAI cup winners. The girls showed amazing team work and determination throughout the match. With some beautiful passages of play on display. A quality 3 goals and hat trick for Lexi Walsh on the night. The game ended in a 3-3 draw and an excellent point gained away from home against a strong Tramore side.

Cold evening in Suir Crescent for Dixie Dribblers academy which is kindly sponsored by Eastgate Engineering this evening but it warmed up pretty quickly with the newly opened Mooncoin Celtic Town Centre with a state of the art tunnel among other features to keep the kids busy. Well done to our player of the week winners Sean, Sophie, Sadhbh and Ellis. Finally, thank you to all coaches and Nicola for ensuring a fun filled session.

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A glorious morning in Suir Crescent for the second week of our Dixie Dribblers Academy which is kindly sponsored by Eastgate Engineering. Well done to player of the week winners, Aaron, James, Andrea and Noah. Big thanks to all coaches that helped out, making for a fun, smoothly run session.

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Dixie Dribblers Academy which is kindly sponsored by Eastgate Engineering returned on Friday 9th October and a fun filled evening was had by all with player of the week winners trophies going to Ollie, Darragh, Hannah and Finn

300 Club Draw Winners

May

€700 JP Purcell €300 Ethan Ryan €200 Anna Henebery €100 Luke O’Keeffe €100 John Grant €100 Alec Crosse

June

€700 Reddy Family €300 Imelda Twomey €200 Padraig Kirwan €100 Kay Tyler €100 Ger Kirwan €100 Brendan Conway

July

€700 Trish Roche €300 Brendan Conway €200 Michael Kinsella €100 Ian O’Keeffe €100 Cronin Family

Thank you to all for your continued support, please get in touch to join the 300 Club Syndicate for as little as €5 per week.

As works on our new Astro Turf pitch comes close to completion, we are looking for everyone to join our 300 Club, which has helped finance all development works to date and will continue to do so. Investing in the clubs facilities is the greatest commitment a player or individual can make as they are investing in their own future. Please read the flyer and get in touch with the contact numbers on the flyer.

The backlog of 300 Club draws will take place this evening at 6pm on Facebook live….best of luck all 🤞

12A Mooncoin Celtic 0 Tramore 0

A great effort from the boys this morning from 1 till 12 players that were there had plenty off chances to take the win outstanding performance from the tramore keeper kept us a bay and none the less good performance from the boys onwards and upwards

U10 Tramore AFC 0 Mooncoin Celtic 2

Excellent game of football on display today and both teams were applauded off the park by a very big entertained crowd . James McCarthy opened the scoring with a stunning strike from outside of the box after a series of fantastic saves from the Tramore keeper . Joe McTigue put in a man of the match performance at centre back and Rhian Dunne popped up in the box late on to seal a memorable win at the seaside

U14’s Mooncoin Celtic 4 Park Rangers 1

Another good result for the lads ,worked hard created lots of chances and on another day could have had at least 10.Some excellent performances today, work rate ,passing and winning the ball back .And you can see the difference in the guys that are training every week.Goals from Eoin Barden,Oisin O Hanlon,Edmund Murphy and Harry Hearne .

U12b De la salle 6 Mooncoin Celtic 1

Another decent performance from this group, but soft goals cost us dearly. Ordhran Bradley with our first goal of the season from the spot which he buried into the back of the net. Still positives to take and the effort was top notch from everyone .

U12B Girls Portlaw 0 Mooncoin Celtic 0

The score belies the grit and performance the girls put in today. We had 3 great chances from the girls, a few knocks and injuries to Clodagh and Evie, and again great spirit from all of the girls.

u10 Girls Mooncoin Celtic 1 Park Rangers 4

A game of 2 halves for our young U10 girls. Up against a very organised and experienced park rangers side. A bit timid in the first half led to park rangers going up 4-0. A chat at half time. Talking to the girls about being brave and putting in good tackles and being confident let to mooncoin winning the second half 1-0. A great run from Eimear Mackey on the left wing to cross in for Maisie Corcoran who slotted the ball in the net. A great performance in the second half from Cara on Goal and our defence made sure it a clean sheet in the second half. An excellent first match for our girls.