Wexford Premier league leaders Forth Celtic were our opponents this morning in another pre season friendly and showed their class with some excellent goals scored throughout and their experience was evident for the duration.

Our young side battled throughout, showing real maturity in frustrating Forth and clawed it back to 3-2 from being 3 down just before half time with excellent finishes from Corcoran and Kelly before Forth Celtic turned on the style in the second period and only for Grace O’Toole on goal it could well have been more.

Good 90 minutes under the belt against quality opposition and lots learned by all.

On to the next game tomorrow evening against the Kilkenny Interleague side in Evergreen FC grounds.

Our young ladies side travelled to rain soaked Cahir on Sunday evening and were not to be put off by the non stop down pour.

After a cagey first half with both sides jostling for the breakthrough, it was Cahir Park who took an early lead with a shot from distance that skidded off the surface. Back came the girls and dominated with plenty chances created with goals coming from Ella Brennan, Emily Blackmore and Sommer Grant to send everyone home happy.

Good run out for all 17 on duty with valuable experience gained by our younger girls. Thanks to Cahir Park for hosting us in their fabulous facilities.

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

This week’s 50 50 draw will be held on Monday evening and if you want to be in with a chance of winning some 💶💶💶💶 just in time for Cheltenham🐎 or St Patrick’s day🇨🇮, click on the link to purchase one of the following :
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In our most recent draw, Liam O’Brien became the first person to win our 50 50 draw twice when he won €232.

Your support for our Schoolgirls and Schoolboys section is very much appreciated by our Ladies Committee who oversee the fortnightly draw.

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.

An entertaining game played in sunny conditions this morning between two mid table teams.

Villa got an early penalty after a misjudged bounce caught Derek Tebay off guard and forced a foul. We responded quickly with the impressive Jonny Power causing trouble in the villa box to force our own penalty which Sean Grace buried.

The game swung from end to end throughout and we looked to have nicked the three points through Kieran Fagan but a late late corner was rifled home for a share of the spoils. First game in 6 weeks but no sign of rustiness from our boys today.