On Wednesday evening just gone, the message was clear from the off that this young Mooncoin Celtic Ladies side led by Becky Derwin were in Carrick to take the game to a more experienced Carrick side and flew out of the traps in this 1st round fixture.

An unbelievable effort by all involved in the first half in horrendous conditions saw us go close on many occasions and we played some excellent football along the way.

Sommer Grant went closest with a free kick which was just over. Long range shooting was the only option for Carrick and two speculative efforts were converted on 35 minutes and right on half time which was a tough one to swallow. Somehow we found ourselves 2 down at half time but again this bunch picked up the pace and tried everything to get back in to the game but couldn’t breach the Carrick netminder.

A late deflected effort by Carrick put a flattering look on the final score. A huge effort by all involved in conditions which were not pleasant and very difficult to be playing in near darkness for the last 20 minutes.

Best of luck to Carrick in the semi final against Dungarvan and a big well done to referee Paul Butler for keeping the game moving all night.
We are hopeful of playing our final league fixture against Park Rangers in Suir Crescent next week and await confirmation from the fixtures secretary.