A tired and jaded display from the boys who tried to get going from the off but it wasn’t to be. A dominant first half with numerous corners and free kicks being wasted, the pressure never told and Carrick took the lead with a 50/50 ball ricocheting to the net. A stern half time chat did little to change things and it was Carrick who took their chances to take a deserved three points to keep their 100% record in tact. Kieran Fagan notched the goal today and Jay Langford was the pick of our lot. Disappointing day at the office for the boys but they will bounce back in a couple of weeks and will be a match for any team once fresh.

Our u11s kicked off their season in style with our green group heading to Alaska Park to face a gutsy Kilmac group while our younger Blue group hosted Piltown.
Loads of talent on display in all the games with plenty of goals scored by all.

The 3rd division traveled to st saviours this evening in search of their first win of the season but came away with a draw.
They Dominated the first half with multiple chances squandered and saviours being reduced to long range efforts.
The second half was more of the same with guilt edge chances missed the game turned on its head when the referee to the bemusement of everyone on the field blew for a saviours penalty when Moore came out 1v1 taking the ball and man but the ref saw it differently.
1-0 saviours.
The goal seemed to spurn on the lads and a couple of changes freshened things up and the extra energy let to more chances being created. A great save from Moore with 3 minutes to go proved crucial as we broke from the resulting corner through the middle and clever play from Scholsey allowed Adam Croke in to calmly tuck away a well deserved equalizer.
We pressed for the remaining minutes but couldn’t find the winner.
A great team performance and one deserving of 3 points but it just didn’t go our way.
Man of the match Derek Tebay who done everything up front but score.

Team
Moore
Darrell Collins
Luke O Keeffe
Peter Dunlea
Kipper
Adam Croke
Joey o Hanlon
James Blackmore
Adam Cunningham
Evan Cleary
Derek tebay

Sean cashin
Niall Gallagher
Scholsey
Mikey Ryan

This is a talented team and will not be long before the wins start coming for them.
HON THE COIN 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

Thrilling encounter in Ashgrove this afternoon and an enormous response from the team after being beaten 7–1 by Carrick last week. Better preparation and a few training ground routines seen this bunch come so close to 3 pts today which they only deserved. Carrick were awarded a penalty early in the game which they converted and went 2-0 up with a well worked goal shortly after. A tactical change by introducing Diego Blanco Ibanez seen us turn into a different animal and we matched the Carrick engine and upped it we were by far the better side for the majority of the game and just before half time Lee Freyne responded with a cracking free kick. Minutes after Sam Hartwell converted to Equalize. The momentum was still there after the oranges and Jaffa cakes and with plenty of vitamin C on board we upped it again. Sam converted another great goal but our midfield was on fire at this stage. Adam Conway, Sean Lennon, Alex Bailey and Lee. Liam Hogan played a lovely holding role to be involved in everything. Dylan Conway at right back and Dennis Kinsella at left back turned in great games to where Carrick are at their strongest. Mikey Cronin was solid and made way for Diego in what was a tactical change Alex stepped back in his place and added great composure to the defence. Tom Conway came off injured in the second half and it seemed to upset our momentum and the Carrick forwards took advantage to see out the game with two goals. Ciara O’Keeffe came on in the second half and played a great game. Jonah O’Toole made some great saves and is settling in well since his move from Piltown. Stephen Foran and Matthew Morahan were our substitutes. The squad should be proud of today and we will march on to a great season ahead. Hard luck on the day but a proud performance.

Today:
U15 home to Carrick,
Kick off 2.30
This squad face a strong Carrick side in their second league game today only a couple of weeks after facing the same opposition in their opening fixture.

3rd division away to St Saviours,
Kick off 5pm
Moore’s charges will be looking for their first win against what will surely be a tough Saviours side.

Tomorrow:
Youths home to Carrick,
Kick off 2pm
Unbeaten Carrick come to town tomorrow and the lads will look to build on a good performance against Crystal the last day out.

Support as always is required for all our teams.

Apologies for the late match report from sunday’s derby.
You look at the scoreline and one would think it was an absolute cracker but anyone present would have witnessed a calamity of errors where both teams thought it was Christmas such were the gifts on offer to each other.
Mooncoin Celtic went 1up after Tommy Nolan pounced on a mistake from the Kilmacow keeper to tap in. Kilmacow equalized following a mix up between Blackie and Darragh at the near post. Kilmacow then went 2-1 ahead after a bad throw out from Daragh to Johnny McGrath and Kilmacow pounced. Gerry Walsh then missed a penalty before half time. A cross from Ian Synnott looped over the Kilmacow keeper to make 2-2 and again poor defending let Kilmacow go 3-2 up. Everyone thought that was that but back came the lads with the deadly left foot of Stephen Blackmore rescuing the situation with a corner swinging all the way to the top corner. The old saying lightning never strikes in the same spot twice can be banished in Kilmacow as up stepped Stephen Blackmore who delivered corner number 2 direct to the top corner in the last minute. The Kilmacow keeper will be having nightmares about that left foot for a long time yet. Overall a very poor performance but six points out of six but nothing will be won with a repeat of this showing. Stephen Blackmore with the most famous left foot since Christy Brown is the only player to deserve any credit out of this one, we’ll take points and move on. Special mention and speedy recovery to Neville Synnott who’s glass ankle came back to haunt him after only 10 minutes and also the returning Golden Boots Mick Foran who made his mark late on.