Our u11s large squad entertained Park Rangers in blustery conditions in Ashgrove but John Hearne and his crew were very happy with how this young group are maturing with lots of goals and some excellent football played.

A disappointing result in this top of the table clash where the wind and costly mistakes put a serious dent in the lads league ambitions. Rudi had the lads leading at half time but two errors in the second half had Paul’s in front but some near misses and poor finishing by the boys will leave the boys thinking what if? Still a bit to go in this league and they will keep plugging and hope some results go their way.

Academy sessions continue in the morning with the junior and senior infants out from10-11 , and the older lads out from 11-12 with both sessions in Carrigeen Astro Turf.

Tomorrow:
U11 home to Park Rangers, kick off 10.30
U13 away to Ballinroad, kick off 12.30
U15 away to St Paul’s, kick off 2.30
Sunday:
2A away to Dungarvan, kick off 11am
Youths away to Kilmacow, kick off 2pm
U12 girls friendly home to Carrick, kick off 3.30
Best of luck to all sides and support as always is most welcome.

Sincerest condolences from all in Mooncoin Celtic to both the Long family of Granagh on the recent death of Martin and to 4th division player Johnny McGrath and family on the death of his mother Nuala.
May they both rest in peace.

A little late with this update on our two u15 coaches Richard Long and Victor Bailey who both completed their PDP 2 coaching courses recently in Park Rangers. Well done lads and to the next level they move.

Our girls teams got some nice coverage in this week’s News and Star. Big thanks to Eamon Russell for the great promotion of the local girl’s league.

Storm Erik fired orange weather alerts left, right and centre this weekend but in truth the eye of the storm was in Mooncoin Saturday afternoon.

Matter not the score, Bohs had a good win in truth, nor the weather, it rained hard in the second half, this was still a delightful football event were two sets of girls played out an eventful match were guile, skill and goals were a plenty.

The first 10 minutes of this match was an even affair, Bohs peppered the goal but Mooncoin stood strong. Then a sudden through ball and Bohs were 1 up. In fact this was the theme for much of the match, with even enough play through out the field but Bohs had the cleverness to get their chances into the back of the net were it counted.

But this Mooncoin team are learning and have a never say die attitude which was clear to see till the final whistle. The score doesn’t matter the girls are having fun and for now the coaches will just plan for next fun training session.

Back to action today for our first encounter in the league with Villa this season. The lads were buzzing from the kick off and bossed the opening period with great authority. Dan Fewer and Lee Tracey were causing serious trouble to the visiting defence and we took the lead after 15 minutes when Dan beat the full back and pulled a great ball back towards the middle of the box and a retreating defender buried a header past his own keeper.
We continued to dominate the exchanges in all areas of the pitch and forced several free kicks in threathening positions. After being close with a few of these free kicks into the box the second goal came from another free from 30 yards when Dylan clipped it over the wall and left the keeper scrambling across his goal line only to see the ball evade his efforts .
Second half saw the visitors assert prolonged periods of dominance without really creating chances to reduce the lead. We lost a few players to injuries before the hour mark and massive credit to the lads for digging deep to turn in a superb last half hour .The defending was top class and the midfield created several breakaway chances that saw us a bit unlucky not to extend the lead due to some outstanding saves from the Villa keeper.
This was by far the best performance of the season by this squad with a lot of sore bodies after their hard work and efforts over the 90 minutes.
Big thanks to all who came along to support the lads in bitterly cold conditions 👍🏻