League of Ireland Academy kicks off this weekend

The League of Ireland Academy programme was launched today and officially kicks off on Saturday, with local man Daniel Ponce de Leon taking part given he recently signed from Mooncoin Celtic to the Waterford FC U14 academy.

We will be watching out for Daniel in the next few weeks and months, as he gets to play Bohemians of Dublin, Wexford FC, Shamrock Rovers, Cork and many other national teams across the county.

We wish him and his team the very best of luck in the new 2023 LOI Academy season.

U16 Girls League: Piltown 0 – 1 Mooncoin Celtic

A fierce contest today in sunny Piltown with little between the teams .
Our u16s took to the pitch against Piltown for an afternoon kick off .

Both teams were very disciplined at the back and for us today Sophie Scahill commanded the back four , she took control from the first kick and was consistent throughout , along with Eimear Quinn , Molly Murphy and Saoirse Corcoran .

On the 34th minute , a well taken corner from Eimear was met by Niamh Reddy who made sure the ball finished in the net , scoring her first Mooncoin Goal.

Emily Blackmore , Molly Long and Ella Brennan played some lovely through balls to Eimhin O Donohue, whose work rate today was phenomenal. And Kate McGrath worked tirelessly in the middle to keep the ball on the move .

But hats off today to keeper Sadhbh Kirwan , who in the last ten mins , when Piltown were pressing hard to find the equaliser, kept her cool and pulled off some great saves ,

Mooncoin came away with the three points in a very evenly matched and enjoyable game.

U14D Boys League: Mooncoin Celtic 2 – 4 Ballinroad

We welcomed Ballinroad to suir crescent this afternoon and both teams paid their respects before the game observing a minute’s silence for the late Kate Quinn who was laid to rest this morning.

Both teams were evenly matched and ballinroad were first to score. We had a few missed chances and ballinroad got a 2nd just before half time. Jay dunphy got one back for us minutes into the 2nd half with cathal morahan scoring another belter to make it 2-2. Conor phelan was unlucky not to score near the end.

The back line were superb again today. Final score was 2-4 to Ballinroad.

U14B Girls League: Dungarvan United 3 – 0 Mooncoin Celtic


Disappointing result for the u14 white team who travelled to Dungarvan hoping to come away with something.

We started strong matching their intensity. An unfortunate goal conceded just before half time, meant we were on the back foot for the second half.

As we tried to claw the goal back some gaps appeared that Dungarvan took advantage of, slotting two more goals home.

New Last Man Standing prize of €1000

Last Man Standing

Our most recent Last Man Standing competition resulted in two entries splitting the €1000 on offer after 13 weeks. Congratulations to Paul Douglas and Kevin O’Shea for lasting the pace.

We will quickly move on to the next competition with €1000 on offer for the winner. Click on the link to enter and please share with family and friends.

https://mooncoinceltic.com/sponorship/last-man-standing/