A very flattering scoreline to our hosts in what was a great advertisement for schoolboy football. We totally dominated the first 20 mins but couldn’t find a way past a resolute dls defence the homeside caught us with two sucker punches before halftime and somehow we went into the break behind. We were caught napping again early in the 2nd half to go 3-0 down cue the fightback we got the score back to 3-2 with 2 super goals from Liam Mackey and Ethan Owens and should have added a few more but for the last ditch defending from a very good dls back line. Dls caught us on the break twice in the dying minutes to make it 5-2 a scoreline which didn’t do our gangs footballing performance justice. Our star of the match tonight has to be shared with Liam Mackey and Ethan Owens.

Haven’t said much on the Euro prediction competition, but with the Round of 16 underway and the Netherlands out it might be interesting to see what had been submitted via the entries in the competition.

For Semi-Finalists we have the following

###### Semi Finalist

France named as Euro Semi-Finalist 39 times

Portugal named as Euro Semi-Finalist 21 times

Italy named as Euro Semi-Finalist 20 times

Belgium named as Euro Semi-Finalist 20 times

Germany named as Euro Semi-Finalist 18 times

England named as Euro Semi-Finalist 18 times

Spain named as Euro Semi-Finalist 9 times

Netherlands named as Euro Semi-Finalist 8 times

Denmark named as Euro Semi-Finalist 2 times

Switzerland named as Euro Semi-Finalist 1 times

So some people are going to miss out on the Netherlands, and with Belgium playing Portugal and England playing Germany there’s going to be a good few to miss out on those points too.

###### Winners

France named as Euro winners 22 times

Germany named as Euro winners 6 times

Italy named as Euro winners 4 times

Portugal named as Euro winners 3 times

England named as Euro winners 2 times

Spain named as Euro winners 1 times

Belgium named as Euro winners 1 times

According to our prediction competition France are the clear favourites, with Germany far behind.

###### Number of Goals

The most interesting item was the number of goals, it’s been a goal fest so far and the prediction league in general would have predicted

Number of Goals (mean) at Euro 2020 = 117

So far there’s 103 goals and with another 11 matches still to play it’s going to be much higher than the 117 mark.

Best of luck to all players in with a chance of the win.

Another cracker served up in Ashgrove. Tramore came to Mooncoin today and gave us a real test.. they had most of the play early and we were lucky to turn it around to go 1-0 up after a well worked goal for Stephen Foran to tap in.. Tramore stepped up again and equalised to bring to 1-1 at half time.. An early second half penalty for Tramore got them 2-1 up and it looked like it wasn’t going to be our day.. Tramore kept the momentum and were knocking on the door.. the last 15 mins we started to get back up a gear and a great finish by Lee Freyne made it 2-2… We turned the game in the last 5 mins with a great header by Tom Conway to give us the lead.. Lee added his second after great work by Alex Bailey and a brilliant chip from Stephen Foran made it 5-2.. Jonah O’Toole in goal fronted by Ciara O’Keeffe, Denis Kinsella, Tom Conway and Alex Bailey, Conor Dermody came in the second half. We pushed hard with Adam Conway, Sean Lennon on the wings and Liam Hogan steadying the ship. Sam Hartwell battled really hard upfront. Daniel Robert’s, Cian O’Sullivan and Matthew Morahan made up the squad… man of the Match today was Captain Lee Freyne who lifted the team when we needed it.. well done all

Both teams came into this one with 2 wins from 2 a tough game was expected in warm conditions in the rsc and what a game it turned out to be. We were 3-1 up at one stage of the game with goals from Sean, Emmet and Daniel but it was end to end stuff all game and to be fair to bohs they never gave up and clawed there way back into the game with their speedy wingers in flying form. A draw would have been probably a fair result and we would have taken especially with several key players missing through injury but emmet Cusack score a perfectly legitimate goal with a min left on the clock when pounced inside the box the ball was at least a foot over the line only for play to be waved on amazingly. Our best player tonight was Daniel ponce de Leon who was everywhere for the 60 mins.

1st vs 2nd in the league for the first game back dished up an absolute cracker in high temperatures today in Cappoquin. End to end all game thankfully we were resilient in defence and kept them out until late in the second half.Jonah O’Toole, Ciara O’Keeffe, Tom Conway, Conor Dermody and Denis Kinsella kept them at bay. Alex Bailey, Liam Hogan and Adam Conway in midfield killed the Oppositions pace nicely. The opening goal from Lee Freyne was first of two and his goal at the end killed the game. Sam Hartwell got the second. A mammoth performance from Sean Lennon for man of the match. Stephen Foran, Matthew Morahan, Cian O’Sullivan and Daniel Roberts all played their part in this win today. Great result 3 wins out of 3 to keep us top of the pile.

Dungarvan were Saturdays visitors to Ashgrove. A strong wind made conditions difficult but both teams tried to play football and we were edging the contest until we conceded against the run of play just before ht. 1.0 down at the break. We bossed the second half and equalised when Finbarr Purcell assisted Jamie Croke . 1.1 with 15 minutes to go and we pressed and were the better team. It was a sucker punch when a dubious goal 3 mins from time had us 2.1 down totally against the run of play. We threw caution to the wind an conceded on stroke of full time. A defeat but a fantastic performance from everyone. MoM: Sean Kearns & Billy Delahunty, with special mention for Jack Walsh who was immense in the middle of the park.

First league game of the season for our older Purple girls team against an in-form and very good Tramore side in stormy, wet & chilly conditions which kicked off right after our Pinks game. Tramore got on the score board early in the game and kept much of the play in the Mooncoin end of the field. There were a few chances for the purples to register scores but they didn’t have the finishing touch. Overall, a score line that doesn’t really reflect the tenacity and effort of the Purple girls but plenty to work on for the next game and again a lot of positives going forward.

There is a saying that in certain weather that you wouldn’t put a dog out in it, but this morning our u12 pink girls squad of 14 girls kicked off their league campaign in horrendous conditions against a very organised Dungarvan outfit. Playing against the breeze Dungarvan quickly showed their class and pinned the girls back and led 2-0 at half time but our bundle of girls who are all u11 dig deep and showed tremendous resilience in tough conditions and saw the game out at 2-0. A lot to take from this one with a team that are all underage again next year.