Week one of the return to training for our younger teams in our new ground in Suir Crescent is completed after a lovely sunny evening with 94 academy kids enjoying themselves over the 2 hourly sessions this evening . We would like to thank all that have dropped off kids or visited the ground this week for their cooperation and patience on entering and exiting and also their kind words of encouragement. A final thank you to the residents in Suir Crescent for putting up with us, this week saw a return of noise from kids playing and enjoying themselves for the first time in many many years and we hope this continues for many many more.

What started out as a pipe dream 6 years ago has now become reality as we have turned Suir Crescent into a state of the art facility that our current crop of youngsters, both male and female will enjoy for years to come and also many generations after them. It took 2 years and many calls and emails through local councillor Patrick Dunphy, John Paul Phelan TD and the then Junior Housing Minister Paudie Coffey TD to secure our 30 year lease and from there it took enormous patience from the time John Crowley generously sprayed off the old property to main contractor Declan Walsh and Sons taking on the task of stopping and starting and eventually overseeing a brilliant project that all in Mooncoin can be very proud of. We have attached some photos from before the soccer club’s time…… to John Crowley getting ready to spray……to discovering the old drainage system if you can spot it…….. to a handsome Stephen Walsh preparing drains…. to where we were this evening in glorious sunshine with our u11 squad enjoying their return to training.