We held our Dixie Dribblers Academy which is kindly Sponsored by Eastgate Engineering on Saturday morning with big numbers being put through their paces by our band of coaches. This week’s Eastgate Engineering player of the week award winners were Bobby, Luke, Alex and Sophie.

U12 Boys
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Seaview Celtic 0
Goals on the day from Jack, Ted, Eoghan and Tom M got on the score sheet to secure the three points in a good home win.

U12 Girls
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Carrick Utd 0
Another good win for the girls but they didn’t have it all their own way. Goalscorers were Sarah with two and Maeve as they kept the pressure on Ballyduff at the top of the table.

U16 Girls
Dungarvan United 1
Mooncoin Celtic 0
Try as they might the girls could not find the back of the net and Dungarvan secured all three points with a brilliant finish.

1B League
Seaview Celtic 1
Mooncoin Celtic 1
We saw another away point secured in sunny Annestown in what is always a tough place to go. Our young side battled throughout and an equaliser on 80 minutes by young Emmet Cusack saw a well deserved point secured.

Ladies League
Abbeyside 1
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Newcomers to the league Abbeyside put up a great battle throughout the 90 minutes but goals from Sarah Walsh 2 and Emily Blackmore 2 seen the three points secured in picturesque Abbeyside.

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Wednesday

U16A Girls
Piltown 4 Mooncoin Celtic 0
A disappointing result after doing well in the first half with a few chances coming out way but no finished product. Piltown nicked the lead on the stroke of half time and pulled away in the second half despite the efforts of Hannah on goal.

Friday
Our Dixie Dribblers Academy which is kindly Sponsored by Eastgate Engineering and the kids travelled to Carrick United on Friday evening in their new Eastgate Engineering sponsored jerseys to take on the Carrick United academy. Lots of fun was had by all the kids with plenty goals scored, tackles put in and even the odd tooth fell out. Big thank you to Keith Walsh and his crew for hosting us and thanks as always to our own coaches for their time.

Saturday
U12 Boys
Mooncoin Celtic 1
De la Salle 0
A very tense game which was scoreless at half time thanks to a couple of great saves from the visiting keeper. Eventually the deadlock was broken when a long range effort from Shay deceived the keeper and this secured the three points on offer.

U14 Boys
Ballinroad 1
Mooncoin Celtic 3
The lads travelled to west Waterford knowing only a win would do to keep their chances of league glory alive against an unbeaten Ballinroad and the boys duly obliged with their best performance to date with goals from Viktor, Aaron and Ali making sure they stay in the hunt and keep the pressure on Villa and Ballinroad.

Sunday
U16A Girls
Villa 2 Mooncoin Celtic 1
A tight physical battle was played out between two evenly matched teams with Villa taking the lead in to half time but Lexi responded after half time with an equaliser. Plenty chances came and went for both sides but it was Villa who got the winner when a corner was scrambled home. Good performance from the girls who were down a few bodies.

U16B Girls
Park Rangers 5
Mooncoin Celtic 0
After a fantastic effort in the first half and going in at 1-0 down against a team who were top of the B League before the amalgamation, the second half saw the superior Park Rangers pull away.

U12 Girls
Mooncoin Celtic 5
Kilmacow 0
This young group turned on the style in the south Kilkenny derby with goals from Gwen, Maria and a hat trick from Sarah securing the three points.

Ladies Munster Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 0
Ballylanders 2
The girls from the Limerick league secured a passage to round two after a tight game in Suir Crescent. A more experienced side showed how clinical they were with two good goals and closed out the game with a very strong defence.

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Saturday
U11D
Mooncoin Celtic 6
Hibs 3
Our youngest u11 group had a good win with Henry,Billy, Kieran and Jake among the goals for this talented bunch. Great experience gained for them throughout the season.

U11C
Park Rangers 0
Mooncoin Celtic 1
A second half goal from the ever improving Billy saw three points clinched in a damp Faithlegg. Only one league game left for this bunch ahead of the cup.

U11B
Mooncoin Celtic 5
Tramore 0
Donncha, TJ and Tadhg grabbed the goals in a good win for a team who still have a lot of games to play in this league.

U11A
Southend 5
Mooncoin Celtic 1
A disappointing result for a ring rusty side who were short a few regulars. Credit to Southend on the day.

U13B
Ballyduff 0
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Short a lot of regulars on the day but this side put in a great performance with Shay,Eoin and Max getting the goals to keep them top at the half way mark.

U13A
Mooncoin Celtic 0
Southend 5
One of the best u13 sides in the country visited yesterday and although we kept in touch up to half time with the score at 1 nil, Southend turned on the style with 4 second half goals.

U15
Dungarvan 5
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Again a side short many regulars on the day and a big thanks to all u14s that stepped up to help out. Noise got out goal against a decent Dungarvan team.

Sunday
U10 Girls Blitz
Park Rangers hosted the blitz today and our girls were excellent throughout the three games with the twice weekly sessions paying dividends.

U17 Girls Munster Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Midleton 5
(AET)
An absolute belter of a cup tie took place in sunny Suir Crescent today with the game ebbing and flowing from start to finish. The Cork outfit came out on top after extra time with a great winner. Goals from Faye Maher 2, Katelyn Moore and Anna Reddy were not enough but the girls can be very proud of their performance today.

A mixed bag of results over the weekend for the 9 teams in action and the three teams that played friendly games too. The highlight of the weekend was our U14 Girls goalkeeper Hannah captaining Waterford Schoolgirls in their National Shield Final, proud day regardless of end result.

We’ll start with our academy, which is kindly Sponsored by Eastgate Engineering, which thankfully was held in perfect sunny conditions on Saturday morning. Our Eastgate Engineering players of the week from last week were Billy,Jamie, Tommy and Kate while this week we had winners in James,Finn,Casey and Darragh. Big thank you as always to Celina and her team of coaches who help run our ever growing Academy.

U12 League
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Waterford Crystal 0
A brace from Shay and one from Shane sealed the three points for this squad who are trying to close the gap on Tramore at the top. Long way to go still but the hard work in training is paying off.

U14 League
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Portlaw 0
After the disappointment of the defeat against villa last time out, the boys turned on the style yesterday with goals from Aaron (2), Ali and Jack making sure of the three points.

U17 Girls FAI Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Park Rangers 1
A brilliant cup tie was held on a clear fine Saturday afternoon with goals from Aoibhe Rees, Aine Connery and Molly Quinn saw the girls through to the next round.

1B League
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Bohs 0
A big physical Bohs team were entertained by our young 1b side with a few new faces making their first start. An early tidy finish from Jamie Grace saw us grab the lead and from there on it was a tight physical game with the referee having his hands full but was well on top of things throughout. We limited Bohs to scraps and saw out the 7 minutes of injury time to get the three points.

Ladies League
Mooncoin Celtic 5*
Ballyduff 0
Newcomers Ballyduff came to Suir Crescent hoping to put it up to our girls but met an inform group with goals from Emily Blackmore, Becky Connaughton, Beth Kelly and Sarah Walsh sealed an emphatic win.

U12 Girls League
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Tramore 1
A perfect weekend was rounded off by our u12 girls who made it 6 home wins out of 6 for the club across the two days. Goals from Maria, Gwen and Sarah saw three points secured.

Friday
U11A
Tramore 4 Mooncoin Celtic 2
Two late goals saw Tramore nick the points in a cracking encounter in which the boys had their best performance to date. Goals from Tom and Walid on the night

Saturday
U12
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Tramore 1
A tight affair against a very good Tramore side saw the boys extend their unbeaten run to 5. Another goal from Tom R was cancelled out in the second half.

U14
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Ballinroad 3
A cracker of a game between two evenly matched teams with a point each gained. Goalscorers were Noel with two and Viktor.

Sunday
U11E
Mooncoin Celtic 0
Bohs 3
A disappointing result for this group who are working so hard in training and will pick up their first win very soon.

U12 Girls
Tramore 1
Mooncoin Celtic 3
The girls are really starting to motor with another away win saw three points secured thanks to goals from Robyn with two and Maria.

U16B Girls
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Tramore 5
A scoreline that doesn’t reflect how well this group played. They took the lead through Áine but three quick goals in an eight minute spell saw Tramore take the three points.

U16A Girls
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Carrick 3
Horrendous conditions on Sunday afternoon but these two sides conjured up a classic with the girls coming from 3-1 down to draw level late on. Briona, Sophie and Ellie were the goalscorers on the day

Monday
U11D
Tramore 0
Mooncoin Celtic 5
Another game between these two clubs saw three points secured with Donnacha,TJ, Oadhran,John Joe among the scorers.

U11F
Carrick 2
Mooncoin Celtic 5
Three points secured for our youngest group with goals from Henry, Kieran and Jake on the day for this exciting young side.

U13D
St Saviours 0
Mooncoin Celtic 5
An impressive start from this side saw three points secured with Oisin,Tyler and a Max Rowe hat trick seeing the squad getting to 7 points from three games.

Thursday evening saw our u15 Boys on the road again. This time out to the seaside to play Tramore. Following on from our 2 previous games that we played exceptionally well but lost the pressure was on us to stop the cycle.
We started very quickly out of the traps and were a goal up after one minute through Robbie Sutton(although James disputes this claiming the goal for himself). Dubious goals committee can decide on the scorer 😉.
Then on 3 minutes Tramore sucker punched us with an equaliser. On 20 minutes Tramore got a second goal. Our lads kept their heads are were very unlucky not to be level or even ahead at the break having hit the woodwork a couple of times. Mooncoin pushed from the start in the second half. And our persistence paid off on 52 minutes when Robbie scored an equaliser. The game was frantic from then on with both sides trying to win it but even more afraid to lose it. Bradley pulled off some super saves as the game came to it’s climax. Our boys pushed and pushed and the work and effort paid off when Will Mcloughlin poked home the winner for Celtic with the last kick of the game. The lads fully deserved the win to get us off the mark for the season.
Our next game is on Saturday week 19th October away to Bohs.

Saturday
U12 away to Seaview Celtic, kick off 10.30
U14 away to Ballyduff
Kick off 12.30

Sunday
3rd Division home to Villa
Kick off 11am
U12 girls away to Villa
Kick off 2.30
U16B Girls away to Ballinroad
Kick off 11am
U16 Girls SFAI cup
Home to Arklow Town
Kick off 2pm