Mooncoin Celtic 3rd Division 2021-2022 League Review

In June 2021 this large group assembled hoping to make an impression in the 3rd division league with a mix of young and old involved. After a decent start where they went 8 games unbeaten before coming unstuck against a quality Carrick United team who eventually went on to win the league comfortably.

After the heavy 5-0 defeat back in October, the lads regrouped and strung a couple of wins together before falling flat against Waterford Crystal in another 5-0 loss to put paid to any lingering hopes of league glory.

A lot of positives for a new group of players but ultimately 1st is 1st and 2nd is nowhere. Congratulations to a very talented Carrick United squad on winning the League very comfortably.

3rd Division 2021-2022 League Table

Mooncoin Celtic 1B 2021-2022 League Review

Our young 1B squad took the brave step up to the 1B League from the 2b League and took a few games to get accustomed to the higher level and did not disappoint overall.


Led by John Ryan and Patrick Dobbyn, this squad with an average age of just 21 were in a strong league with Tramore, Villa and Kilmacthomas leading the charge and the remaining clubs doing their best to keep pace with our young guns doing their utmost to make an impression. Results picked after a tricky start and the addition of Tim Treacy from Carrick United and Aidan Holden from Waterford Crystal brought more quality to a young squad which eventually finished 4th in a very tight league.


Congratulations must go to a quality Tramore team who steamrolled the league and deservedly lifted the league trophy. The future of this squad is very bright and all going well silverware is not too far away in the coming years.

1B 2021-2022 League Table
MCFC 1B 2021-2022 League Results

Women’s Soccer


Mooncoin Celtic is looking for women of all ages, fitness levels and abilities to join our new Women’s Soccer Team.
Five years ago we had a handful of girls playing with our schoolboys teams. Now we have schoolgirls teams at U10, U12, U14, U16 and U17 with over 100 girls playing. An adult women’s team is the next stage in this exciting development.

If your interested in joining our football family, please contact Catherine: 083 426 4386

Player recruitment drive

This is a shout out for players to come join Mooncoin Celtic at u17 and Youths level, if you know of young men born 2004, 2005 or 2006 and want to play at a competitive level then give us a shout as we have some teams that would be delighted to take them in.

Mooncoin Celtic with Waterford Girls Development Squads

Great to see a fine performance by the Waterford U13 Girls development squad over the weekend.

Under the coaching stewardship of our own Victor Bailey and Richard Long the U13 squad played Tipperary South and came away with a win. Two Mooncoin Celtic players, Aoibhe Rees and Emily Cooney played their part, Aoibhe picking up 2 goals no less.

At the same venue in the WIT Arena, and same time the U15 Girls development squad played Tipperary South, with Emily, Sommer and Mia from Mooncoin Celtic all getting a run out against a strong Tipp South U15 team.

SCHOOLBOYS Summer Season 2021 Review

Monday 26th of July 2021 saw the curtain come down on the schoolboys season after what seemed an eternity of lockdowns due to Covid 19. We will give a quick run down on all our teams in what was a hectic 2 month period with games a plenty and little time for anything else. It was great to see all our schoolboy teams, except our u16s, play a fixture or two in our new grounds in Suir Crescent.

U11

Our u11 squad under Mike Molloy and John O’Connor’s watch had the privilege of playing the first fixture in our new ground against Park Rangers.

They also had games over the last number of weeks against Dungarvan, De La Salle, Piltown and Kilmacow . A busy few weeks for this young squad with the majority on the go 5 or 6 days a week with soccer and hurling.

With the new season starting in September, this short season will stand to them going into competitive football at u12 level.

U12A

Coaches Miguel Ponce De Leon, Colm O’Donoghue and Niall Owens will be happy enough after their games as the lads and lady improved with every game and won 3 out of the 5 games played in the u12B league. With the majority of this squad underage again for u12, this experience will be invaluable for the new season.

U12B

Entertainment and goals galore were the order of every game this squad were involved in as Eric Walsh and Wattie Foran over saw 5 games in which it took the lads a couple of games to click together and from there the confidence grew with excellent performances against Carrick and Bohs finishing off the short season.

U13

A goal that wasn’t given against Bohs to deny them 3 points and a single defeat against eventual league winners De La Salle denied this squad honours but Thomas Conway and Mark Quinn will be very happy with the performances of all involved as the lads and hot shot Emily Blackmore were only getting going as the season came to a halt. With players unavailable for a number of the games in the short season plenty to look forward to for next season when there is a full crew available. Good experience gained by all.

U14

A tricky number of weeks for Kevin Kennedy, Pat Walsh and Michael Power as the loss of players for a variety of reasons caused havoc with match days , but the lads got on with the job in hand . The lads on duty seized the opportunity and big improvements were clear to be seen thanks to more game time.

U15

Derek Tebay and JP Byrne had a squad that had 8 games to fit in and again slowly got going and improved with every performance . The change in this squad physically over the last few years has been staggering and they can look forward to U16 football with confidence.

U16

So near but yet so far for Mick Conway and Mickey O’Hanlon as near neighbours Piltown pipped this squad to league honours on the last day of this league.

Disappointing in the end but again this squad have a lot to look forward to as they step up to u17 and adult football.

A big thank you to all our coaches over the last number of weeks and also a well done must go to the parents who have been run ragged every day of the week between different sports.

Unfortunately no trophies from this short season, but progress is evident in our players and all our teams will be back training in a number of weeks refreshed and ready to go again for season 2021/2022.