Difficult start to 2019 for the under 14s with a frustrating defeat. Numbers were down today which didn’t help us. We were well on top for all of the first half and created many chances which we just didn’t take and unfortunately went in at the break 0-0… we came out in the second half and everything went wrong from the off. Villa punished us twice after two mistakes and the game was only heading once direction after that. Villa scored again before we hit home from a penalty. We had two or three chances late on but Villa put it to bed with a fourth.. very hard to gain confidence from a few games lost that we should done more in but luck is not something we have at the moment. One thing we do have is plenty of determination so it’s back to training Monday night and onto the next game because there are lots more points to play for and the performances every week are deserved of a good run… heads up and well done to everyone.

Tomorrow:
U12 away to Tramore, 10.30 kick off
U14 home to Villa,
12.30 kick off
2A home to Piltown,
2pm kick off
4th Division away to Dungarvan,
3.30 kick off
Best of luck to all teams and support for all teams would be most welcome.

Don’t forget the monthly draw for our 300 Club is on tonight in the Royal Oak at half 8!!

Happy Christmas and best wishes for the new year to all players, coaches and all connected to Mooncoin Celtic. Hopefully Santa Clause will be kind to all.

1st Prize (Hamper) – Billy Delahunty, Grange Road
2nd Prize (Outfield Sports Voucher) – Sarah, Dylan, Cillian and Darragh Conway, Piltown
3rd Prize (Outfield Sports Voucher) – Jenny Ryan, Ballincur
4th Prize (Bottle of Vodka) – Matthew Walsh, Cloncunny
5th Prize (Bottle of Whiskey) – Ned Norris, Comeragh view
Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and thank you to all our sponsors for the prizes.

A cold windy ashgrove set the scene for the clash with neighbours Kilmacow .
It took us a while to get going in this game with the sticky conditions and poor passing causing us untold issues early on.
Lee Tracey opened the scoring after 15 minutes when he picked up the ball out wide and beat two defenders to slide the ball to the bottom corner .This settled us down and our midfield started dominating their patch with good possession and a few good passes through midfield opened the Killmacow defence for Lee to slip a pass to James Delahunty to calmly finish for 2 nil.
Unfortunately our concentration dropped a notch and we were duly punished when an opposing midfielder struck a great shot to the net .That was the peoverbial kick in the backside that was needed as we got on top in most areas of the pitch and Ben Fitzpatrick struck a 25 yard effort that sent us to half time 3-1 ahead.
Goal number four arrived early in the second half when our relentless pressure forced a free kick on the edge of the box and Lee was on hand to fire a shot over the wall and past the keeper.
Kilmacow responded immediately with a brilliantly struck free kick of their own to reduce the lead to two goals .
An improvement in our work rate and crisper quicker passing got us on the front foot again and this enabled us to seal the points just after the hour mark.
Goal five was scored by Conor Stacey when he latched on to a loose ball and beat a defender before playing a clever ball into James Delahunty who laid off a great pass for Conor to run onto and hit it a sweet curling shot from 30 yards that flew into the top corner. A goal that would grace any level of the game and this lad made it look so easy.
James scored his second soon after to make it 6-2 .
The lads saw out the remainder of the game with a good possession display and limited the opposition to few long range efforts .
Well done lads on a good solid performance.
Home to Ballinroad next sunday and hopefully Santa might call early with a clean sheet that the management are desperate for 😂😂
Big thanks to all who came today to support the lads in Baltic conditions.

Tomorrow a little bit of history will be made with two of our girls included in the Waterford Girls development squads at u13 and u15 respectively. Emily Blackmore will play with the u13 squad at 12.00 against South Tipperary, followed by Ciara O’Keeffe in the u15 squad at 2pm against South Tipperary again. Both games take place in the wonderful Cahir Park complex. The very best of luck to both girls from all in Mooncoin Celtic.