Today we had the mighty task of facing up to Villa A in Suir Crescent.

We asked the lads to embrace this fixture and work on our defensive game and try hold Villa, who we knew would try to play football for the whole 90mins.

The team applied themselves brilliantly throughout the game and only conceded two goals near the end.

Lots of positives from the game today and a few things to work on in training, we would be confident this group should do well in the coming months. All the team put in a big performance today but MOTM goes to Lee Freyne playing in a sweeper position for the first time.

A tough day at the office for the u17 girls today when we met Bohs in the top of the league clash.

There was nothing between the teams for the majority of the first half until Bohs put away a well worked goal.

Unfortunately in the second half we were well off the pace and Bohs capitalised on our mistakes with another 3 goals to win 4-0. A lot to be learned and taken from todays performance which we will take into our next match.

After over 2 months without a game it was time to blow off the cobwebs. Alexi Walsh opened the scoring on her U14 debut ably assisted by Síofra Crosse leaving Mooncoin 1 up at half time.

Ballyduff upped their game in the second half and equalised early on. Two further goals from Mooncoin through Ciara Lynch and some staunch defending resulted in a 3-2 win for the girls and three points.

A strong breeze was blowing throughout the game in Coolnamuck today with our boys having it behind them in the first half. A quick throw in released Will Doherty and he buried his chance with the Carrick defence caught off guard.

The second half was a different story with sleet falling throughout the second half along with the strong breeze but we weathered the storm throughout to clinch the three points in what is always a tough place to go.

A disappointing result for Jake Moore’s troops with the boys very very unlucky not to get a draw at the very least. One very legitimate goal was deemed not to have crossed the line while a blatant offside saw Ballyduff seal the game just as the lads were putting serious pressure on the home side.

Plenty of positives taken by the coaches regardless of the result. On to the next one.

It was always going to be one goal that settled this game and Thomastown were the ones who got it with a long distance free kick with 10 minutes left evading everyone to put Thomastown through.

A young Tramore team deservedly walked away with 3 points thanks to a late winner. Plenty opportunities for our boys to score throughout but not to be today.

Hats off to Tramore coaches Chris and John for playing sweepers afterwards and leaving the away dressing room spotless.

Tyler led the boys out as captain for the first game of the new year and they were off to a flyer within the first few minutes with Dylan slotting home from close range after good pressing up top.

The boys worked extremely hard throughout the half and were rewarded with a second soon after with more pressure from Dylan causing confusion in the Kilmacow defence resulting in an own goal.

Another og was scored by Kilmacow early in the second half, just reward for good passing from Mooncoin in the build up. The assist of the game however goes to Ethan for our fourth.

As he received the ball on the edge of the box he took one touch with the left before laying it off deftly to Noel with his right who coolly slotted into the corner for his second of the season.

Kilmacow didn’t let the heads drop and won a penalty soon after which they buried into the goal. Mooncoin weren’t done either and TJ weighed up his options on the break and smashed the ball low and hard past the opposition keeper.

This was a well deserved first win for this team having been unlucky in previous games and there is certainly more to come in the next few weeks.

Christmas came early for Cappoquin this morning. 87 minutes on the clock, Mooncoin Celtic leading 2-1, 94 minutes on the clock Cappoquin leading 3-2 and went home with 3 points.

Kevin Law continued his goalscoring form and put us ahead after 20 minutes from the penalty spot and we could have been 2 or 3 up after good work by Eric Walsh up top throughout the first half.

Cruising early in the second half we conceded a very soft goal (early Xmas present number 1)to allow Cappoquin back in the game.

A triple substitution yielded an immediate return with one of the subs, youth player Adam Conway sliding a pin point pass through to Kieran Fagan to slot home.

With the clock running down, an extremely soft penalty was awarded to Cappoquin (early Xmas present number 2) and they scored.

Poor defending on 90 minutes saw a cross come straight across the penalty area to be nodded home by the Cappoquin centre forward.

Good performance in patches, terrible result in the end.