Our young 1B team kick off the end of season run in for the club tomorrow morning when they start what will hopefully be a successful cup run. They play away to 1A side De La Salle at 10. 45 and support for this young side would be a huge help. If ye have time in the morning, pop in and shout them on.

We welcomed our neighbours Portlaw to Suir Crescent today in the hope of trying to grab the three points in what we knew would be a tight derby type game.

It was Portlaw who deservedly got the points with a one nil victory, they played the smarter football on the day, where we looked very leggy, a lot of our side playing a lot of extra sports this time of year is starting to show a bit, but we played to the end and we are still learning in this division.

MOM in this one was Cormac Fenton who worked hard throughout the game, also Jack Hearne pulled off two wonderful saves in each half.

We followed our recent 5.1 home win against Bohs with an away trip to Abbeyside. It took us a while to come to terms with the conditions and the first 15 mins was an even affair. The deadlock was broken with a cool finish from Jamie and from here on in we grew into the game.

An excellent corner from Alex was headed in at the near post by Aidan to send us in 2 nil up at the break .

The 2nd half saw the lads play with the hill and things started to click. A fantastic solo effort from Aidan put us in a comfortable position with 15 to go.

A lovely ball from Cathal to Aidan saw him cross to Luke who finished with style to put the game to bed. A great all round team performance with the defence of Jake,Conor,Alex, Jack,Billy and Mattie holding out for another clean sheet.

Mom: Aidan with a special mention for Billy

Goals
Jamie
Aidan x2
Luke

Big thanks to Piltown AFC for hosting our academy boys in glorious sunshine in the magnificent Kildalton Park.

All kids from both clubs put on a fabulous show for the big crowd present.

Dungaran made the journey to Mooncoin today for this u16 Clash.
It was a cold and windy day , but Mooncoin came out on top in a 4-1 game .

Our first goal came on the 10 minute mark when an Eimear Quinn Corner , looked to be cleared by Dungarvan, however Ella Bailey happened to be in the right place at the right time , and took control of the ball before having a shot , that beat the Dungarvan keeper and ended up in the back of the net .

Dungarvan got straight back into it . Mooncoin pressed hard and kept the ball in our own half getting plenty of shots away , the Dungarvan keeper was in form today had plenty of great saves .

Sarah Walsh rattled the net on the 20 minute mark after winning a ball out by the sideline and making the run towards goal.

The home side went into half time 2-0 up .

The introduction of Fresh players after the half time break , livened things up again . And Emily Cooney struck home 5 minutes into the half . This was followed ten minutes later by a Luiseach O Donohue goal , a worthy reward for all her hard work on the wing today.

Standout performances today were Niamh Reddy , who’s phenomenal work rate paid off in dividends today , and work horse Emily Cooney , who seemed to play in every position on the pitch today.

Massive Credit must go to Dungarvan , as they put in a Fantastic performance today .

A sunny start in Suir Crescent for the u12s. De la Salle came out the blocks quickly but against the run of play Mooncoin scored on the 5 minute mark.Robbie won a corner and scored with a bullet header from a whipped ball in from Sam.

Shoetly after going ahead, Bradley made a fabulous reaction save at 1-0 that gave everyone a boost.

Robbie then turned provider shortly after and played Ethan through who ran half the pitch and took his goal well.

After half time Robbie won a penalty which Ethan converted. It was looking like our first clean sheet until DLS got a deserved goal with 5 minutes left.

Straight from the re-take Samuel played a ball up from the back which Robbie put in the corner to end the game. All 14 lads contributed to a great game of football.

Kevin wore the armband leading the team out last evening against an imposing Piltown team.

The first few minutes saw very few chances at either end until Aaron broke away into the left of the eighteen yard box and his shot hit the near post having beaten the Piltown keeper. Sean had a couple of shots from distance throughout the half which were too close to the keeper.

As the game wore on Piltown grew into the game and were unlucky when Fionn turned a low shot around the far post at full stretch. Minutes later another fine save by Fionn was tipped onto the crossbar only to be nodded in by a Piltown forward. Tadhg, Kevin and Charlie had a busy end to the half in defence and we went into the break glad to be just a goal behind.

The second half saw fresh legs introduced but Mooncoin were still on the back foot. James and Killian coped well defending down our left side.

Kevin played his best match to date on the right side pressing the ball high up the pitch and creating opportunities. Unfortunately Piltown got their second direct from a free kick after a foul on the edge of the area. A third followed soon after when Piltown got on the end of a stray pass and finished in style.

All was not lost and at the other end a handball in the opposition box resulted in a penalty to the home team. Sean stepped up and struck the ball to the keeper’s left.

Another handball outside of the box minutes later gave rise to a free kick. Cian hit a swerving shot which was  palmed away for a corner. Mooncoin pressed late but to no further avail.

The game finished 1-3. Many thanks once again to our jersey sponsors Dragonz Den.