A fine set of matches were played in Ashgrove on Saturday morning as 2 very evenly set squads went head to head on a beautiful morning for football.

In one match there was goals galore with 10 goals scored between the 2 teams and loads of skills on display.

In other match it was a 2 – 2 draw but the stand out was the passing skill and dribbles shown by both teams, it was a pleasure to observe.

Even with the cold nights this U11 Mooncoin squad have 20 players attending training regularly and its standing to them now in match scenarios. There’s a bright future ahead for the club with these lads in the pipeline.

The u12 girls team were disappointed at the end of this game as they were very unfortunate not to get something out of it. Indeed Mooncoin dominated the first half. Aoibhe and Ella Dobbyn came close early on with Molly Murphy hitting the post on 20 minutes.

Tramore scored two goals in quick succession toward the end of the half, which was very unfair on our defensive trio of Sophie, Sadhbh and Saoirse Corcoran. Hannah Dobbyn had a particularly good game in goal and her kickouts have improved massively since the start of the season.

A number of changes were made at half-time. Ellie Thompson had a shot from the half-way line after three minutes which went narrowly wide but unfortunately Tramore scored again after 10 minutes. Mooncoin continued to push hard and nearly got their just rewards a few minutes later when Tramore were lucky to keep a clean sheet after a goalmouth scramble.

We emptied our bench midway through the second half and everyone who came on contributed to an excellent performance. Tramore scored two more goals which meant that the result did not reflect the game overall.

A number of girls were outstanding, especially Ella Brennan and Aoibhe, but player of the match goes to Molly Murphy for a tireless performance where she battled for every ball and was so unfortunate not to get on the scoresheet again.

Tramore are a good team who have been playing together for many years. We are still trying to find many players’ best position. A lot of lessons were learned on the sideline and we hope to work on these in training over the coming weeks.

A big thank you to Walter and Sheila for helping out today.

The lads created numerous chances to win this match,but im afraid it wasn’t to be as del a salle took the lead with their only shot in the half hitting one from 40 yards of the underside of crossbar, giving darragh no chance ,we went in one down ,should have been 4 up ,same story in the second half before beano made it 1 all with a good finish we also hit the post twice, spew was unlucky with a free kick that hit the crossbar in the last minute ,if we keep playing like this we have a great chance of honours, man of the match Jonathan power gave a towering performance in midfield closely followed by beano who never gave up and got his reward, onwards and upwards boys

Great game today in a cold Tramore. We started the much stronger and pressed Tramore at every opportunity. Some really impressive performances all over the pitch. Adam Conway & Alex Bailey on the right and Sean Lennon & Diego Blanco Ibanez on the left caused serious trouble for the Tramore defence. Firstly a thru ball from Diego setting up Sean for a cracking opener. Hard work and never give attitude from Adam and Alex eventually seen Adam nip it over the line. Sam Hartwell causing all kinds of problems pressing every ball. Dylan Conway was part of everything in defensive midfield. The line was held well with the solid pairing of Tom Conway & Conor Dermody and Denis Kinsella on the left and Ciara O’Keeffe on the right kept Tramore completely out in the first half. Jonah O’Toole had a great game in goal. Mikey Cronin added strength in the second half. Matthew Morahan got on and was unlucky on two occasions but gave a beautiful pass to an impressive Stephen Foran who was unlucky not to score. Sam got the third goal that carried us over the line before a late effort from Tramore scoring two goals near the end. Their goalkeeper was very busy and kept the scoreline way down. Well done everyone!

With Nathan Long laid up injured, Paraic Murphy started in goal for 1st half and unfortunately gave away a peno after he charged out from the goal and made a challenge with both feet. Crystal caught us just on half time for 2-0.
Adam Croke started in goal for the 2nd half and there’s not much he could have done about the next 2 goals conceded. With 15 minutes left Evan Cleary pulled 1 back and Donnacha Hogan then had 1 disallowed for “offside “. The lads played well throughout but injuries,with several lads missing & also 4 of the boys after playing hurling this morning it certainly doesn’t help. Jack Conway was man of the match in this one.