A beautiful day in Suir Crescent was the setting for u14 SFAI trophy meeting of Mooncoin Celtic and Peake Villa of Thurles. The first half was tight and a free kick from Villa pounced on by their striker with a volley that gave Bradley no chance in goal was the difference. In the second half Mooncoin came out stronger and Robbie won a penalty which he stepped up to smash in to the top corner. The next goal would be key and from a Mooncoin half clearance from a corner, Villa’s full back hit a sweet shot into the top of the goal. A couple of quick goals followed and Mooncoin had a tough task. Cathal scored with a bullet header from a pinpoint free kick from Shane. A final goal from Villa stopped a comeback to end the match 2-5. Good luck to Peake Villa in the next round.

Ballinroad travelled to Suir Crescent Sunday morning and they definitely came to play. We controlled the game for long periods of the first half with some great possession football. Alexi W scored our first, followed by a second from Briona V. After a quick counter attack lead to a penalty we went in 2-1 up at half time. We started the second half with some great passages of play leading to our third goal scored by Anna R. A second penalty for Ballinroad made for a nervy finish, but after a great team performance we finished with a deserved three points.

A dominant display away to Tipperary outfit saw the lads progress to the next round. Plenty chances throughout but good defending and great goalkeeping kept the score at nil all at half time. Straight from kick off, Richard H fed James who slipped Peter W in and he teed up Ryan S to prod past the keeper for the games only goal. All 12 on duty played their part today.

Saturday
U12D League
Home to Park Rangers, Kick off 10.30.

U12 SFAI Cup
Away to Clerihan FC
Kick off 12 noon

U14 SFAI Trophy
Home to Peake Villa
Kick off 12.30

U16C League
Home to Piltown
Kick off 2.30

Sunday
U14 Girls
Home to Ballinroad
Kick off 11am

U11 Girls
Away to Tramore
Kick off 12 noon

U18 Girls
Home to Bohs
Kick off 2pm

Best of luck to all teams and please get out and support our boys and girls.

Our first league match this season for our u14 lads against Piltown was also our first ever match under floodlights. The game was a tight affair with both sets of players keen to win this local derby. Piltown shaded the first half and went in one nil after a quick throw in caught our lads out of position. Mooncoin came out stronger in the second half and Robbie got on the end of a pass from James to slot the ball past the keeper. Both keepers pulled off top class saves throughout the match to keep the final score to 1-1. Both teams could have won it but a draw was a fair result in the end.

Premier outfit Waterford Crystal were our opponents this morning and we set out to frustrate them from the start and it was working a treat for 20 minutes with long range efforts Crystal’s only outlet. A lapse in concentration saw Crystal score from a quick corner to get ahead and a penalty just before half time saw us go in 2 down. Two quick fire goals from two quick fire mistakes on 46 minutes saw the game over as a contest. Crystal notched another two to see out a comfortable win.

Our u11s played a strong Dungarvan team today with birthday boy cormac captain for the game. The match started frantically with both sides having chances but Dungarvan took theirs and were soon 2 nill up after 10 mins. We made a few changes and steadied the match but conceded just before half time.
We came out fighting in second half and Edmund went on a mazy run beating a couple players before floating the ball in top corner from a distance, we kept pushing forward and had a few chances but were caught on the counter attack and conceded a 4th.
Dungarvan had us on back foot for the last 10 minutes with thomas making some excellent saves but Dungarvan got their 5th.
A first defeat of the season against a more experienced side but an excellent effort by all the team.
Man of the match Edmond