A sluggish start saw the lads 2 down early on with Villa’s left winger running them ragged. The second half was a different story with Mikey Cronin pulling a goal back but unfortunately they couldn’t get an equalizer. Four tight games to date in this league for Derek’s squad with little between all sides.

Our u11s travelled to Tramore this morning in cold conditions and put in two sterling performances against strong opposition.

An inter provincial blitz between Munster u12 girls and Leinster u12 girls took place this evening in the WIT complex in Carriganore. Munster won the first game 1-0 and the second game starring one Emily Blackmore was an onslaught with Emily bagging goal number two in a comprehensive 5-1 win for Munster. Unbelievable experience for all the girls playing in this blitz, massive well done to the organisers. Well done Emily.

Tomorrow, u11 away to Tramore, kick off 12 noon
This young squad will take a few games to get going and will use the experience against Piltown to good effect.

U13 away to Villa, kick off 3pm
After a good win in Tramore Monday evening, Derek’s squad will be hoping to build on it and climb the table.
U15A home to St Paul’s, kick off 3pm
The lads will be hoping to make it three from three when they face a strong Paul’s outfit who have proved a thorn in the side for this team the last two seasons.
Sunday: youths home to Johnville, kick off 2pm
A top of the table clash here as the city club will be hoping to keep their 100% record in tact. A super comeback away to ballinroad last week showed the character and metal this side have so Sunday’s game will be a real test for them.
Support for all teams is most welcome so get yourselves out and support our youngsters.

A few pictures of our freshly cut new pitches. A small video clip to follow to give an idea of how much space we have to utilise . It won’t be long now !!!

With big numbers registered with our academy, we are calling out to everyone for help.

Be it parents, current players, former players or anyone who wishes to help the young kids of the parish develop their soccer skills and have fun at the same time.

Just drop Brendan Conway 0879828150 or Kevin Dobbyn 0876167700 a text.

Academy continues this Friday at 6pm in Carrigeen Astro turf so get in touch…. YOUR CLUB NEEDS COACHES

This team was determined going into this evenings game to be coming away with the 3 points come the final whistle and that they did.

A first half which was dominated by Mooncoin saw Jason Ryan, Daniel Roberts & Mikey Cronin all go close to breaking the deadlock in the first half. Eoin O’Callaghan and Stephen Brennan partnered up well down the left side and caused the Tramore defence a lot of problems with their pace, passing and pressing down if the ball. While the defence of Jake Moore, Mike O’Keefe, Ciara O’Keefe, Patrick Dermody and Mikey Cronin held strong keeping Tramore to very little chances created. 0-0 at half time.

Second half started strong again and a quality first time cross from Matthew Walsh saw the ball go over the centre backs head and fall to Jason Ryan who buried the ball into the net leaving the keeper with no chance of stopping it.

We kept attacking and it paid off as a scramble in the box saw the ball fall to Emily Blackmore at the back post who stayed calm to make sure she got the ball under control before taping it into an empty net. 2-0 Mooncoin.

We kept strong defensively and held Tramore only for a shot from far out saw the ball take an awful bounce in front of Jake Moore and go over his head to no fault of his own. Player of the game tonight was Jason Ryan who was unlucky not to come away with more than the 1 goal.

Up next for this team is Villa away this coming Saturday with a 3pm kick off.

A big squad was present for tonights game and apologies to all players who got little or no game time.

A real game of two halves ,preparations for the game weren’t ideal with a number of the squad involved in a championship hurling match earlier in the day. This possibly contributed to the mediocre first half display.

We went behind in the first minute when a simple pass forward failed to be cleared and a deflected shot ended up in the goal..Ballinroad were dominating in most areas and our work rate was well below par.
We went 2 nil down when a corner bounced around the 6 yard box and the ref deemed to have crossed the line.

A few stern honest words at half time and, to the players credit, a bit of soul searching too set them up for a recovery of Istanbul proportions in the second half.

The lads set the tempo with an aggressive hard working performance from the first whistle and were rewarded when Lee Tracey pounced on a defensive lapse and finished to an empty net.

Well on top at this stage the equaliser arrived on the hour mark when Dylan Harrington weaved his way around 4 defenders and passed into the corner of the net with a level of calmness that’s rarely seen at any level of the game.

Fatigue was starting to hit a few lads at this stage and the guys that came in allowed the performance level go up a few gears and gave us a platform to get a third goal from a Lee Tracey free kick..Lee sealed the pts when he broke from midfield and rounded the keeper for an easy finish.
Great character shown by all the squad again to dig deep and salvage a result .

Special thanks to the parents for getting the lads to the game so soon after their hurling match , much appreciated from the management.
Well done again lads 👍

The lads had to travel to tramore for a junior cup fixture against premier division opponents , and will feel disappointed to come away with a loss after a terrific performance . In the first half tramore had more of the possession but our defending and closing down from defence , midfield and strikers was unreal as everyone worked tirelessly, limiting tramore to long distance efforts . Looking like 0-0 at halftime , but we gave away a free on the edge of our box on 45mins .

When it came in derek came to punch , but missed and the ball was nodded in . Positive words between the team at the break , and the second half started as the first finished .

Tramore having possession , with us holding them at bay and really frustrating them ,and playing lovely counter attacking football . On 55mins we had the best chance of game when Daniel synnott switched the play to Jason Sauvage, Sav then played an pin point through ball to chris Barnes with only the keeper to beat he curled it wide of the post .

We still battled , we made a few changes as legs were getting tired , but still we gave them no clear chance at goal . In the dying minutes a goal mouth scramble in tramore a box where it looked like a handball denied Ivan Tobin a clear scoring chance . Johnny kav was given a straight red card for his protest about the handball . And 1-0 is how it finished .

It was a joy to watch even though the result went against us, and it goes to show with the right attitude and determination it doesn’t matter how many divisions a team is above you , you can still compete . Massive well done to the whole team and 5 subs who were used , ye did the club proud .

Team . Derek tebay , ross o keeffe , Ivan Tobin , Patrick dalton , Jason Sauvage, Kieran o Brien , chris Barnes , Daniel synnott , joey o Hanlon , Ian synnott , Johnny kav. Subs . Chris Hanlon , eoghan walsh , Michael jones , Kevin Knox , Niall McDonald .

A rather flattering scoreline with Christmas coming early for Stradbally. An og and a second goal direct from a corner kick left the boys with a mountain to climb. The Stradbally goalkeeper was then sprung into action with four brilliant saves before a break away goal finished the lads off. A late mistake left Stradbally in for a fourth goal. A harsh lesson today but days like today can be used to good effect in games to come.