A great pre season test for our Under 16s today in a very sunny Ashgrove. After months without a game this bunch were very eager to get going. A tough encounter with Ferrybank who sit a division above us this season. There was nothing between the teams all afternoon and the game could have gone either way. Jonah O’Toole looked like he’s being working really hard and pulled off some great stops in goal. Sam Hartwell led the line upfront and his blistering pace will be hard to deal with. Stephen Foran player behind Sam and was passing the ball well today. More pace on the wings through Adam Conway and Sean Lennon is going to be exciting this season. Lee Freyne and Dylan Conway were very strong in midfield full backs Ciara O’Keeffe and Denis Kinsella were instrumental in keeping out Ferrybank today. Conor Dermody and Tom Conway also provided a brick wall not to pass… the only goal of the game came from a corner by Lee Freyne that was chested over the line by Tom Conway. Daniel Roberts and Matthew Morahan both came on to add to the game. With players to come back we look forward to the season ahead. Great test and well done all and thanks to Ferrybank for the game. Big thank you to Noel Ryan for traveling to ref the game.

A Friday evening trip on a damp evening against league leaders Dungarvan was the last thing our older lads needed but they dug deep and got a deserved draw against a slick Dungarvan side. An early set back with Shane Twomey picking up a knee injury didn’t unsettle the lads as a youthful Thomas Bubbles O’Brien came on and slotted straight in. Andrew Norris and Andrew McCarthy were matching Dungarvan’s danger men in midfield throughout the first half and we went in 0-0 at half time. An early penalty for Dungarvan in the second half would have been game over on another day but the lads kept grinding away, showing excellent resilience and attitude throughout the team and yours truly Neville ‘goal a game’ Synnott popped up with a late equalizer to grab a deserved point. Solid performance by the entire squad, with the two Andrew’s particularly strong in midfield and also a special mention for Thomas Bubbles O’Brien in what was his first run out since 2004.

A day to forget for our youth team who were overpowered by a very good Park Rangers outfit.

Our first team will be kicking themselves over not claiming three points in this one. A couple of easy chances were passed up to win it near the end. Conor Stacey and Ryan Carroll got the goals on the day.

Sluggish performance from start to finish here with little between the teams. Red Star had one shot on goal from a free kick which turned out to be the winner. Sean Grace went close in the first half hitting the post, this was as close as we got.

A disappointing result this evening in Ashgrove. Neville Synnott got his customary goal but the main talking point of the game was all about the two penalties St Joseph’s got unfortunately.

Fixtures for the coming week:
Wed 2nd Sep:
4th div vs St. Joseph’s (home) 6:30p.m.
Sat 5th Sep:
2nd div vs Dungarvan (home) 2p.m.
3rd div vs Red Star (away) 2p.m.
Sun 6th Sep:
Youths vs Park Rnagers (away) 2p.m.
Good luck to all our junior teams this week!

A scoreline that doesn’t reflect the performance with the lads 2-1 down with 10 minutes remaining but tired legs and inspired substitutions by Tramore saw them pull away in the final few minutes with 3 late goals. Sean O’Dwyer got the goal for the lads.

Our youthful first team squad bounced back from their opening day defeat with a 2-0 win away to Crystal. Chances aplenty were created in the first half by ourselves but no goals to show for it but second half goals from Dylan Harrington and Conor Stacey sealed the 3 points to get the lads off the mark.

Scorers on the night

Ryan O Grady
Paraic Murphy
Aaron Mcloughlin

Hard luck lads great effort.