Our 4th division team play their cup semi final this evening against league champions Southend. The youths proved on Sunday that this counts for little when they beat Ballinroad. The older boys would love your support Ozier Park this evening for 7pm kick off to spur them on. Please share this post and we get a bit of noise going behind the lads.

As predicted this morning a shock could have been on the cards and low and behold, the boys only went and beat the league leaders in their own back yard. A change in formation by the management mixed things up and everything started very well with Liam Quinn notching what proved to be the winner on 15 minutes. Comfortable throughout, the lads kept Ballyduff at bay with only one chance falling their way and Nathan Long stood firm to keep them out. The boys ran down the clock to secure the 3 points and blow the league race wide open. Confidence will be high going into the cup with the lads more than capable of beating anyone in the league.

Yesterday was about the youths as a squad but today we hail the man of the match, young Daragh Murphy who stopped Ballinroad with save after save and then produced another save from a penalty in the shoot out.

Daragh is pictured above with his well deserved trophy.

Today: U14 away to Ballyduff, kick off 7.00
A sticky away fixture against the league leaders for Dick and Connie’s squad. On their day, they’ll match the best of teams and have been boosted with the progression of a few u13s so Ballyduff could be in for a shock in this one.

Tomorrow: 4th Division cup semi final
Mooncoin Celtic v Southend, Ozier Park, kick off 7pm.
League champions Southend stand in the way of a cup final appearance for Froggy and JJs team. This will be a tough one but all the pressure will be on Southend who are gunning for the double so here’s hoping the clubs good record in Ozier Park continues.

Thursday: U13 cup away to Bohs, kick off 6.30
Victor’s charges start their cup campaign with a trip to poleberry hoping that a big performance will see them progress. They have shown flashes of what they are capable of so with a little luck a good cup run could be on the cards.

Youth Cup Final Result:
Mooncoin Celtic 0 Ballinroad 0
Mooncoin Celtic win 4-3 on penalties.

After a tension filled 110 minutes of soccer, our Youths showed nerves of steel to snatch the cup and deny Ballinroad the double. An even enough first half with very few chances for either team. The second half saw Ballinroad come into more but could not find a way past the back four of Dylan Harrington, Sean Gannon, Sean Blanchfield and Bill Walsh, and when they did they met an inspired Daragh Murphy on goal who wasn’t going to be beaten. 0-0 on 90 minutes with our lads creating a couple of half chances and with extra time to come, this would test them to the max. Ballinroad threw everything at them but every time Daragh Murphy was there to stop them. And so the dreaded shoot out where Dylan Harrington, Daniel Fewer and James Delahunty stuck their penalties away with ease, a terrific save from Daragh Murphy had given Mooncoin advantage but Ciaran Quiltys miss levelled things up. Ballinroad missed their 5th penalty when the ball whizzed wide and up stepped Martin O’Neill to rifle home the winning penalty. Let the celebrations begin. A few tears of joy were shed with a little bit of sadness aswell, as the man who gathered these boys together last summer was not there to witness it and it was very fitting that Kevin Coneely mentioned Rocky in his winning speech. Massive congratulations to all the players, to the management team and a big thanks to all the supporters and parents for cheering the team on. There will be a few refreshments and finger food for the squad this evening from 6pm in Comerfords. All are welcome to come have a sip from the Cup.

Go on Mooncoin Celtic????????

Youth B Cup Champions ???

With our u12 squad playing yesterday and our u14 squad playing Monday, there will be no fixtures tomorrow. But Sunday is a biggy for the club with our Youths heading to Ozier Park to play league winners Ballinroad in the Cup final with a kick off time of 11am.

The club last played in this youth cup final back in 2015 when Adam Mansfield’s double beat Ballinroad to clinch the cup. Ballinroad had already won the league that year aswell so maybe it’s an omen for Sunday.

The youths started out this season under the watch of the late Rocky and he handed over the baton in October when this squad were at a crossroads of either jacking it in or digging in and showing their true potential. John Ryan, Patrick Dobbyn and Ethan Ryan have taken this squad on from October and transformed the attitude and work rate within the squad which has them primed for Sunday’s game. They’ve trained all winter in horrendous conditions even when there was no games. To keep that kind of commitment up even when results weren’t great is testament to the players and management. It will be a massive game on Sunday with the late Rocky hopefully working his magic from above.

The lads would love your support in Ozier Park on Sunday morning at 11am. The very best of luck to both players and management.

Also best of luck to all the kids making their communion in Mooncoin and surrounding areas tomorrow

A very entertaining scoreless draw. Chances a plenty for both sides but no joy when it came to finishing. The lads unfortunately missed a penalty in the second half aswell. A few dodgy refereeing decisions dampened the game but a draw was a fair result. We won’t hold it against the man in the middle, who was doing his first ever game and after years of terrorising refs himself, he saw the game from a different light. Big thanks to Thomas o Brien for stepping up to the plate and taking the whistle for the evening.

Mooncoin Celtic win 5-3 on penalties.

The penalty kings march on after a 1-1 draw against Park Rangers. A glorious evening for soccer and lads created from the off with Neville Synnott heading home a delivery from Froggy. For some reason a penalty was awarded to Park Rangers after Daragh Beagan came off his line but took the forward out 5 yards outside the area. Park Rangers converted to tie the game but it only looked like the lads were going to win it. On to penalties where, Chopper, Gerry Walsh, Mickey Comerford, Scoby(yes he did score his penalty tonight) all scored before Spud buried the winning penalty to set up a semi final date with Southend next Tuesday in ozier park at 7pm.

Our u11s travelled to Annestown yesterday evening and played two brilliant games with the wind being a big factor,one game showing a gutsy, never say die attitude performance while the other game was a fantastic display of soccer from a bunch of young lads. It was a joy to watch and even missing a lot of older players they performed excellently.