School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
A tough one to swallow for the lads today as they led twice in the game and even hit the woodwork in the second half but it wasn’t to be as the ref awarded two goals to Ferrybank, both of which appeared to be offside.
Aaron scored as usual from a free kick in the first half and Harry’s goal was a nice finish at the second time of asking. The signs are encouraging if performances continue like the one today.
A scrappy goal after some great wing play down Portlaw’s left decided this encounter. In spite of the goal the lads worked and defended extremely well against a big physical side and deserved far more than they got.
The U14’s welcomed local rivals Piltown AFC to Suir Crescent this afternoon. Piltown opened the scoring early in the first half with a shot Bradley could do nothing about. The two teams had plenty of scoring chances and just before half time Ryan Byrne equalised with a superb goal into the top corner!
Piltown kept coming at us and eventually got a second goal mid-way through the second half. Both teams kept pushing forward but unfortunately it wasn’t to be our day. It was a very close game, not much between the teams in the end. Mollie Murphy was outstanding in the defence and Ryan Byrne, Ben Dawson, Cathal & Bradley also had a great game.
Final score Mooncoin 1 – 2 Piltown.
Another sign erected in Suir Crescent to acknowledge the assistance received through the Sports Capital Grant program.
Our LED Floodlighting of training areas would not have been possible without this grant of €58,806. A big thank you must go to everyone that helped secure the grant and oversee the project.
Also, thanks to the young man on the spirit level who helped put the sign in place.
Congratulations to our most recent winner of our Schoolgirls and Schoolboys 50 50 draw Teresa Conway who scooped €201 for supporting the club.
This weekend’s 50 50 draw will be a guaranteed €500 for the winner. Click on the link to enter as many times as you want and feel free to share with family and friends.
Your continued support for this draw and all that the club are doing to develop the best facilities for all the schoolboys and schoolgirls is really appreciated.
Happy Easter to all players, coaches, parents and supporters of Mooncoin Celtic.
Enjoy the long weekend.
20 entries head in to Week 4. The following have been selected :
Aston Villa 7, Man City 5, Man Utd 5, Newcastle 1, Tottenham 1 and Leicester 1.
Best of luck to all remaining entries.
A very impressive Villa side turned on the style throughout in Suir Crescent this evening with a few exceptional finishes put away.
Our boys in fairness, kept plugging away, trying to play ball throughout and created a few chances themselves. Only for a number of great saves from U13 keeper Bradley Nolan, it could have been a lot worse.
An entertaining game took place on Wednesday evening between two evenly matched teams and it swung from end to end from start to finish.
Tramore drew first blood capitalising on a defensive lapse before Lexi Walsh slotted home quickly after. Another slip up at the back saw Tramore lead 2-1 at half time.
The girls went out hopeful of a big second half but got caught on the break to go 3-1 down. The girls battled on and the Tramore keeper kept them out a number of times before Lexi Walsh scored her second and set up a grandstand finish, unfortunately it was too late for any more action.
Another amazing trip to England for the girls from Mooncoin Celtic, and the future Ireland goalkeeper from Piltown FC, Sarah Doyle. It was hard to top last year’s trip to both semi–finals of the Women’s Euros, but this was well up there.
It was real treat to see two of the best teams in Europe playing a real top of the table clash for the WSL. Arsenal qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League during the previous week, but an injury to Ireland captain Katie McCabe seemed to rule her out of this match. Everyone was thrilled to see Katie in the starting 11 and what a game she had.
City went ahead after 5 minutes and were very dominant throughout the first half. Arsenal pulled one back through Frida Maanum on 62 minutes, but it was Katie McCabe who fired Arsenal in front with a fantastic strike from the edge of the box. Katie was named Player of the Match. After doing a lot of interviews on BBC and other platforms Katie took selfies with our girls. Katie and the Arsenal goalkeeper, Sabrina D’Angelo, later signed the girls’ jerseys and match programmes, after they changed to head off for international duty.
@samanthajademiller #Womensfootball Arsenal v Man city bts 👀 #wsl ♬ original sound – Samantha Miller
The match was broadcast live on BBC2 and we managed to get the Mooncoin Celtic flag clearly visible near our fantastic seats close to the halfway line. The famous TikTokker Samantha Miller also recorded a short clip with the girls.
It was great to meet the girls and coaches from Dungarvan FC at the match and to see Irish flags in all corners of the ground.
Monday night football was a very tense affair from the kick off this evening.
The lads were up against a physical Carrick side and it wasn’t until late in the first half when a moment of sheer class from Captain Fantasic broke the deadlock. As the ball fell to Billy just inside his own half he struck a long range shot that the keeper could only admire as it looped over his head.
Mooncoin grew into the game after this but Carrick scrambled an equaliser on the break against the run of play. There were few clear cut chances in the second half but 15 minutes in and a cleared ball to the edge of the box fell to the marauding right back Tadhg who struck a sweet half-volley into the bottom corner. It looked as if we’d cruise to victory but Carrick were awarded a late penalty for a handball which was well put away.
At that point it seemed as if the game might end a draw but Oisín was having none of it. The midfield enforcer picked the ball up on the half way line and made a drive for goal past a couple of defenders before striking low and hard for the winner.
Special mention must also go to TJ today on the goal for some excellent saves in the first half particularly.
A hard fought game with a few missing and a few injuries picked up but on we go to play second placed Villa at home next week.
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