The 2b league winners hopes of league and cup double came to an end last night at the hands of villa , who are a division above in the 2a. Rain and a very strong breeze against us in the first half made it difficult but the lads stuck to the task and probably had the best chance for either team when Daniel sent in a free to brother Ian synnott who glanced a header just wide. 0-0 at halftime which wasn’t bad going against a well drilled villa side . After the break the wind completely went away an we thought this would make for good football and we could really give it a go , but the opposite happened . We started off slow and 5mins into the second half villa swung in a corner for a unmarked man to score at backpost . At 1-0 we were still in it but needed to freshen up , Kieran o Brien and Jason Sauvage came off for robbie walsh and Patrick dalton . No less than 3mins after the substitutions , very sloppy play in our back line gave villa striker a run through on goal , dalton had no choice but to dive in , but he got man only which gave them a penalty and a 2-0 lead and dalton was red carded . The lads didn’t give up to be fair an kept trying but a man down against a good side the game got stretched as a result more bad defending on 70mins saw us go 3-0 down . We made 3 more changes pj for joey , Moore for bunny and scholsey for beano . The game was gone though and as we tryed in vain to score one , villa broke away again to score 4-0. And near the end more tired play say a villa striker run clear to chip our keeper to end a bad cup night for the lads .

Team – Ross o keeffe , joey o Hanlon , Jason sauvage, Ivan Tobin , chris o Hanlon , Ethan Ryan , Kieran o Brien , Daniel synnott , Kevin Dowley , Ian synnott , Johnny Kavanagh . Subs used – robbie walsh , Patrick dalton , pj McGrath , eoghan walsh , Jamie Moore .

Although it was a tough way to go out of the cup this squad of lads have absolutely nothing to be dissappointed
about after they won the 2b division dropping only 5points all season . This was the first junior level success in the club for 15years which was a massive achievement so heads up lads and well done a great season . Hon the coin ☘️☘️☘️

A convincing win for the lads with Lee Kelly notching his first ever brace at the grand old age of 43 years and substitute Mick Dwyer getting the goal of the game to stake a claim for a starting spot on Wednesday evening.

First one down, defeat Red Star Wednesday evening and they face Kilmacow in a play off providing Kilmacow also win their last game.

Well done and best of luck on Wednesday.

Fixtures for the week, this evening: 4th division home to Crusaders, kick off 6.30.

The first of 2 games in 3 days for the older squad. Big squad will be utilised for both games as they look to win the plate section.

Tomorrow: 2nd division cup away to Villa, kick off 7pm.

The lads face 2a side Villa in the quarter final as they aim for the double. Few sore bodies after the bruising first round win against Tramore should be fit for this one.

Wednesday: 4th division away to Red Star, kick off 6.30.

The lads will be hoping to win this one to clinch a play off at the very least in the plate section. All depends on other results.

Thursday, u11 home to Ballyduff, kick off 6.45. This young squad have only a couple of games remaining and will hope to continue their sparkling form.

U13 away to St Paul’s, kick off 6.30 Victors lads will look to build on their fantastic win in St Saviour’s last week when they’ll travel to take on the Parish.

Support is most welcome as always.

The dust has barely settled from last nights big show and we swiftly move on to the next step on our fundraising drive. Twice last year weather caused our golf classic to be postponed, so we are hoping and praying that the man above is good to us. Waterford golf club play hosts next Saturday for the classic which is a 3 man/woman team event. €90 per team including dinner afterwards which is outstanding value , also there are lots of prizes to be won including a 4ball in the k-club, on what is going to be a great day. To book a tee time contact one of the following with times available from 10am until 5pm:

Colm O’Donoghue 086 312 1239

Brendan Conway 087 982 8150

Kevin Dobbyn 087 616 7700

After a disappointing result last week this team were raring to go. A well fought battle in first half seen very little chances created. A 25yard Stradbally strike caught Jake Moore off his goal to put them 1-0 up at half time. But the never die attitude of this group seen us control the majority of the second half and captain of the day Patrick Dermody came close with a header going just over the bar.

u12 debutant Anil had the Stradbally full back run riot with his quick speed and skill only for the ref to keep giving free kick out every time he attacked the corner.

Another debutant Ben O’Hanlon was impressive with his close control and skill on the ball and could be what this team has been missing all season. Ben had 2 efforts come close. Well done to all involved keep battling and that win will come soon.

Man of Match was Liam Joy, who came on at half time and strengthened up the defence making some great last ditch clearances and hard but fair tackles.

League hopefuls Ferrybank came to Ashgrove today with 3 points on their minds & went 2 up after 20 minutes, despite Mooncoin having a hat of chances early on, it looked like one of those days, but credit to the lads they kept believing that more chances would come & they did, Kieran Fagan was a thorn in Ferrybanks side from the start and made no mistake when when his chances came, 2 goals from Kieran put us back in the driving seat, the last 10 minutes was heart stopping at times, as both teams went for it. Brilliant never say die from the lads today and great performance. Man of the match Kieran followed closely by Adrian, Alan, Luke & Robbie

Tomorrow u12 away to Stradbally, kick off 10.30.
Derek’s squad will look to bounce back from last week’s defeat and will look to build momentum coming into the cup.
U14 home to Ferrybank B, kick off 2pm
A big game here with leaders coming to Ashgrove to avenge their defeat from earlier in the season.
Support as always is welcome.