In the U10 Girls non competitive league we entertained Park Rangers yesterday afternoon in Suir Crescent and the hard work in training was clear to see with the girls growing in confidence as the game wore on against a lively Park Rangers team. Happy team and coaches afterwards.

A very impressive performance from this group today with a very fast start tearing in to Crystal at pace.

A penalty after 5 minutes was brilliantly saved by the Crystal keeper and we did everything bar score in the first half with corner after corner.

Second half was a similar story with a quick start paying off with Will Doherty burying a lovely through ball. More pressure from midfield produced a similar scenario and Will Doherty slotted home for 3 points and a happy camp. Good performance by all throughout.

The league leaders came to a cold Suir Crescent today and made it 5 wins out of 5 to show why they are hot favourites for the league.

Our boys put up a decent fight throughout but the stronger side won on the day.

Last Saturday the u17 Girls set off early en route to Dromore in Limerick . Our girls took on last years u16s Munster plate finalists in a rip roaring game .

The first half was a very even affair with both team defending very well . There was nothing between them going in at the break. The second half was more of the same , but Dromore got the upper hand when they converted a free kick that Emily got a glove to but it wasn’t enough to keep the shot out .

Within ten mins , a great save by our keeper was cleared and ran on to by the Dromore striker who shot home to the top right hand corner. We saw a chance come when Molly Long hit the post with ten minutes to go . A very sporting game , and very accommodating hosts who we sat and shared soup ,sandwiches and plenty of stories with afterwards .

Another mighty bus trip that the girls thoroughly enjoyed .

A very special mention to JFL Plumbing who very kindly subsidised the bus trip for the girls .

The wet & windy weather made for really challenging conditions for playing football yesterday. Both teams were evenly matched and fought hard from start to finish with each team only getting a few chances at their opponents goal.

Huge kudos to both teams who after normal time went out & pushed with intensity to try break the deadlock.

Unfortunately, with the score nil all at the end of extra time, it was left to the penalty shootout to decide the result. Final result 4-2 Penalty scorers Mollie Murphy, Stephanie Phelan, Aine Connery & Ellie Thompson. Two saves from Aisling Rohan.

Thanks to Kilkenny United for a great game under tough conditions.

Mooncoin Celtic On Tour headed to CourtTown in Wexford yesterday.

Proceedings were started with a Minutes silence ,as a mark of respect for Vicky Phelan ,

A blistering first half saw us take the lead , which we were never going to relinquish, with all girls putting in a good shift .

An equally entertaining second half saw us add to the tally and close the game out .

Goal Scorers today Ella Brennan , Aoibhe Rees, Molly Long & Emily Blackmore.

A fantastic performance put in by all 15 travelling players .

Many Thanks to the Home side who supplied Tea and refreshment’s

Away trip today to the Watershed in Kilkenny to face Freebooters in the 1st round of the SFAI Trophy.

We asked the lads to embrace the tie and deliver a big performance and they certainly produced the best performance in a long time with everyone delivering a hard shift against a quality team with the final score Freebooters 2-1 Mooncoin Celtic, Oisin scoring a well earned peno won by Sean.

Before the game we had a minute silence in honour of Vicky Phelan (Kelly) which we would like to thank Freebooters for agreeing to and joining us in, we also wore black armbands in honour of the Kelly & Phelan Families.

A minutes applause as a mark of respect this afternoon for Vicky Phelan preempted the u13 home match vs Ballyduff.

Mooncoin started quickly and were 1 nil up with a fine finish from Canice. Shortly afterwards a misplaced pass allowed Ballyduff to get a quick shot away for a fine equaliser that gave Bradley no chance.

The game settled down until just before half time when Cathal and Charlie scored deserved goals.

Ballyduff came out strong In the second half and Bradley produced a fab save to deny a certain goal.

With ten minutes to go 3 goals from Robbie, Canice (for his 2nd) and Tommy (lucky block down from a defensive clearance) led to a final score of 6-1.

Great effort from every one of the squad today and rewarding to see some of the training work put into action in the match.

Best of luck for the rest of the season to Ballyduff.

The match began with a minute’s applause to honour Vicky Phelan who sadly passed away this week.

Donncha wore the armband today and led by example with a dominant midfield performance. Mooncoin battled well in the first half without creating any notable chances. We were unlucky late in the half when an attempted clearance went straight into the goal.

Amends were made within a couple of minutes when Eoin’s shot from outside the area burst the back of the Kilmacthomas net, that’s 4 in 4 games for him.

1-1 at half time and fresh legs in the second half saw Mooncoin press forward with Shane’s shot being parried by their keeper to Billy on the left of the area who rifled home the winner.

Kilmacthomas had chances to equalise late on but two attempts went wide and one was bravely saved by TJ in the goal with his legs. Donncha was unlucky when his shot hit the crossbar near the end.

The victory belonged to Mooncoin however to remain top of the table with a 100% record.

A first league win for Jake Moore and his charges in the derby on Kilmacow’s fantastic new pitch.

A tight first half saw the boys lead 1 nil at the break but they pulled away in the second half.

Goalscorers were Teddy Dunphy 3, Shay Moore 2, Patrick O’Hanlon 1.