Kevin wore the armband leading the team out last evening against an imposing Piltown team.

The first few minutes saw very few chances at either end until Aaron broke away into the left of the eighteen yard box and his shot hit the near post having beaten the Piltown keeper. Sean had a couple of shots from distance throughout the half which were too close to the keeper.

As the game wore on Piltown grew into the game and were unlucky when Fionn turned a low shot around the far post at full stretch. Minutes later another fine save by Fionn was tipped onto the crossbar only to be nodded in by a Piltown forward. Tadhg, Kevin and Charlie had a busy end to the half in defence and we went into the break glad to be just a goal behind.

The second half saw fresh legs introduced but Mooncoin were still on the back foot. James and Killian coped well defending down our left side.

Kevin played his best match to date on the right side pressing the ball high up the pitch and creating opportunities. Unfortunately Piltown got their second direct from a free kick after a foul on the edge of the area. A third followed soon after when Piltown got on the end of a stray pass and finished in style.

All was not lost and at the other end a handball in the opposition box resulted in a penalty to the home team. Sean stepped up and struck the ball to the keeper’s left.

Another handball outside of the box minutes later gave rise to a free kick. Cian hit a swerving shot which was  palmed away for a corner. Mooncoin pressed late but to no further avail.

The game finished 1-3. Many thanks once again to our jersey sponsors Dragonz Den.

Today’s fixture looked to be in doubt for this Mooncoin Girls U17s team right up until the eleventh hour , as we weren’t sure we would have numbers available to field . But we needn’t have worried , as the 14s and u16s girls stepped foward to help their U17 club mates.

The game started with our girls very nervous , and conceding a goal within the first 5 minutes due to lack of communication when defending a corner, the girls heads dropped slightly. But that didn’t last long, the team began pulling together and were hunting down and fighting for every ball .

Luiseach O Donohue played out of her normal winger position today and stepped in to help as part of our back four with Sophie Scahill , Kate Mc Garth and Ciara O Keeffe . They settled in and worked tirelessly for keep any Bohs attack under control .

Emily Blackmore donned the Goalkeeper gloves today and stepped between the posts . Coming up the pitch on the 25 minute mark to take a free kick in the hopes of an equaliser, that unfortunately didn’t result in the back of the net .

The game went to the break at 1-0 to Bohemians

In the second half we pressed and tried to get the ball up to Bohs half of the pitch as much as we could … We made full use of the subs bench today and all the girls saw some game time .

The result today didn’t go out way , but it was wonderful to see the girls all line out today for their club and for each other .