U14 A Girls We made the short spin yesterday up to Piltown to play the league contenders on their home turf.

Given Piltowns current good form we expected it to be a hard game and sure enough Piltown came at us strong from the start. Piltowns first goal came not long into the game with goal #2 coming later in the first half… our girls battled hard to prevent the consistent attack from Piltown and also managed to break out to attack themselves.

The second half was a similar story with both sets of players pushing hard. Piltown got two more for their persistence in the second half to bring the score to finish at 4-0 to the home side.

While it wasn’t our day to make a mark, it was definitely a step the right direction for this team.

Big thanks to the Piltown coaches, team & referee for nice morning of football

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A flat first half was to prove costly for this side who had gone 6 games unbeaten up until today.

A scrappy goal midway through the half saw Villa take the lead and we didn’t really trouble the home keeper in the first half.

Second half was a different story with the boys dominating and Villa relying on the break.

The post was to stop Ryan Sutton equalising and Jack Twomey rattled the crossbar with a bullet header to deny us while we had numerous corners with no luck and unfortunately Villa broke in the last minute to grab the three points.

TJ was captain today as the lads put 7 goals away in a game played in wet cold conditions.

It would have been far more but for the heroics of the St. Joseph’s goalie particularly before the break. Shane scored the first two, the first one slotted away after a lovely pass from Eoin B.

The second was another tidy finish after his first shot was saved. Goal 3 was an unfortunate backpass with their keeper wrong-footed. Liam opened the second half scoring with a low hard shot from the edge of the box which the keeper let through his legs.

His next effort was saved by the keeper and bundled over the line by Donncha. Some great midfield play from Donncha saw him put Billy through on goal with the keeper to beat and he made no mistake with an unerring strike into the top corner.

The goal of the day however was from Eoin W who, as the ball fell to him outside the area whipped the ball into the keeper’s right giving him no chance.

An impressive win on Tuesday evening in Kilrush Park where our girls flew out of the traps.

Scorers on the night were:

Molly Long
Emily Blackmore
Aoibhe Rees
Ella Brennan x 2
Kate McGrath

Good win girls, keep it up.

We will be hosting our Easter Camp in conjunction with Football Academy of Ireland in Suir Crescent under the expert eyes of Darren Murray and his team of coaches. Be sure to book early to secure your child’s place.

https://footballacademyofireland.com/h/camp-registration/

Congratulations to three of our underage schoolgirls, Ciara O’Keeffe, Ciara Corcoran and Sommer Grant who have been selected in the Waterford U19 Gaynor squad for the upcoming inter league games.

Pictured above are Ciara O’Keeffe and Ciara Corcoran before a warm up friendly this evening.