School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
First game back after an extended Winter break saw us visit Tramore. An early goal settled us and we played some great attacking football. A dominant 1st half display saw us go in 3 up at the break.
The 2nd half was a more even affair as Tramore grew into the game and both teams scored in quick sucession. The win was sealed with a long range strike from Billy.
Goals Og, Dani, Marti, Jamie & Billy.
Great team performance by all, special mentions for Billy & Liam .
MOM Aidan Carroll
Captain for the day Sean led the team out for the coin toss. A minute’ silence was then held before kick off as a mark of respect to Pauline O’Brien who passed away this week.
A dogged performance first half saw Mooncoin unlucky to go in at the break 2 down however. An outstanding save from Fionn was followed in over the line for the first. Similarly unlucky for the second as again another great save was followed up by a Park Rangers forward. The visitors had no joy down our left with Eoin covering well for Sean all game.
Some great midfield play from Aaron allowed Cian to break forward but his shot was held by the keeper. Two injuries at the break saw a number of changes and Mooncoin opted to go with 2 up top. It wasn’t to be however and the visitors doubled their advantage.
A late chance created brilliantly by Charlie was unfortunately saved near the death. This group of boys are improving all the time and will get their rewards yet.
Special thanks to Dragons’ Den for sponsoring our jerseys. Next match away to Bohs in two weeks time.
Latest newsletter from MCFC January 23, 2021
MCFC-Newsletter-23Jan22Proudly Sponsored by TD Tiling .
It was a wonderful feeling this morning in Faithleg to finally get back to some Schoolgirl soccer after the Christmas Break .
Our ladies lined out against Park Rangers this morning in a game that brought plenty of excitement.
Park Rangers started very strong and we found ourselves 2-0 down after 20 mins , it’s at this point that the Mooncoin girls really rallied and started to get into the game . The girls began hunting in packs , Ella Bailey Kate Mcgrath , Cayla Dunphy and Niamh Reddy really got stuck in in the defence and made it their mission to cut out as much danger as possible .
Ciara O Keefe was in fine form today , and gave a phenomenal display today covering most of the park Rangers pitch . Once the game settled there was plenty of To-ing and Fro-ing ,
Luiseach O Donohue used her pace to her full advantage on the wing , with plenty of play coming through her contributions.
Katie Phelan yet again gave a solid performance doing all that was asked of her in the middle of the field , along with tireless team mate Eibhlin Holden .
Sommer Grant was a constant thorn in the side of the opposition , as she sprayed ball left and right , herself and Casey Moore really settled into their roles today. A few chances came out way .
An Emily Blackmore free kick with saved by the park Rangers keeper towards the end of the first half . Our goal came from a cross that was taken down by Debutant Alanah Jordon who made the pass to a waiting Sommer Grant , who quickly finished it to the net .
Full credit has to be given to Molly O Doherty who was brave enough to step between the sticks today and represent her club , who never once let nerves get to her.
Big game today with the league leaders coming to Suir Crescent, we knew this was going to be a battle and it certainly lived up to that billing. The game started off end to end with lots of passing by both sides on heavy ground, we were first to make the breakthrough with lots of pressure we caused down both wings we won a corner took by Anil which went low across the box which Emily latched onto and send home a screamer to put us one up.
At halftime we spoke about how we expected Dls to lift there intensity which we would have to match, which we did with some unreal tackles especially in midfield which was impressive, but what impressed the most was the teams will to pass in tight areas under press and we’re unlucky not to get a few goals in the game.
Credit to all the team for the performance and makes it hard to pick a mom, but we agreed it had to go to Liam Mackey for an all round performance on the left wing the whole game was outstanding. One last note it was great to see De La Salle set up for a handshake at the end of the game after all these kids going through nearly 2 years of restrictions,
I think we have gained even more respect for De la Salle 👏🏻.
Carrick came to Suir Crescent up for a battle and went one up against the run of play early on.
An equaliser from Eoin O’Callaghan and a retaken penalty by Jason Ryan sent us in 2–1 up at the break.
Carrick equalised near the end but a late dramatic winner from Mike O’Keeffe sealed the 3 points for Mooncoin.
To all involved and connected with Mooncoin Celtic FC may we wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year.
On the run in to Christmas there was a holiday treat this Saturday as Bohs and Mooncoin played a stormer of a match under the lights at Poleberry.
The 1st half had the two evenly matched sides exchange a few chances but it was Bohs that took the lead just 5 mins before half time.
The Mooncoin boys raised themselves during the break and raised their game as 5 mins into the 2nd half they scored a great team goal finished off with great aplomb by Canice H. from right back.
No more than 2 minutes later and it was 2-1 to Mooncoin as Conor W. got a goal he richly deserved for all his hard work.
There was then a flurry of chances created by Bohs, but Eoin T. in goal was super.
Mooncoin kept to their game plan, and may have made it three to seal the game with a great passing move but the final shot just clipped over the Bohs crossbar.
The final whistle was a welcome relief and meet with great shouts of joy as the boys closed out the year on a high.
Some great displays across the whole team with a shout out to Fintin M. who made his debut at this age group.
A hard fought first half saw very few chances for either side as both teams gave nothing away at the back.
Villa came out strongly second half and had opportunities to go ahead but for a number of fine saves by Fionn on goal. Villa even had a goal disallowed for offside.
Mooncoin’s midfield began to take control in the last few minutes however and when a loose ball fell to Charlie, his shot looped over the Villa keeper’s head to give our boys a 1-0 lead.
The Mooncoin lads ensured the scoreline remained intact for a first league win of the season and just in time for Christmas. They now leapfrog Villa to go at least 6th in the table.
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