With just two games remaining in the league we faced a potentially tricky game against Abbeyside today.
Any worries about a nervous performance were put to bed after five minutes when a corner delivered into the box was pounced on by James Delahunty and he finished easily for the teams 50th goal of the season.
Goal number two followed soon after when relentless pressure on the visiting defenders saw Lee Tracey steal the ball from a defender and slot home his 19th goal of the season.
The display became a little sloppy for the remainder of the half apart from a piece of genius by Dan Fewer who beat his man on the right of the box and conjured up a bit of magic to stick his shot in the top corner from the end line .
The second half saw a big improvement as we kept the ball and played at a good tempo to keep the visitors pressed deep into their own half for long periods.
This pressure was rewarded when a deep corner from Dan Cleary was headed back into the six yard box and Evan made no mistake with a neat finish into the corner.
We continued to dominate possession and went close to extending the lead on several occasions before the fifth goal arrived with fifteen minutes remaining .A brilliant pass from Ben into Evan who laid off a great pass for Conor Stacey to hit a first touch curling shot to the top corner .
Final score 5.0
Good performance from all the squad today and it takes the hunt for the title to the final game where we will have to overcome neighbours Kilmacow in the
“el classico” to have a chance of League honours.
This team has put in an unbelievable effort in training and matches all season and a massive show of support at this game from all involved in the club would be greatly appreciated by these lads.

Our u10 girls put up a battling performance against a nifty Ballyduff this afternoon in Ashgrove. A very young squad who are learning the whole time will benefit from today’s game, back to the training ground on Wednesday evening.

Our u8 and u9s travelled in to the Kingfisher complex to play Bohs in a series of games in lovely weather conditions. An early start didn’t deter the kids with over 50 kids going at it for the hour with goals,saves,tackles and plenty fun had. Big thanks to Jason Ryan and his crew for hosting us.

Congratulations to Carrigeen boys team who this week qualified for the county final section of the FAI Spar 5 a-side schools competition. Also, hard luck to Scoil Mhuire Mooncoin girls who after performing brilliantly bowed out of the second qualifying section.

Best of luck to all boys and girls celebrating their confirmation this Sunday, fingers crossed the weather is fine for the day.

Tomorrow:
u10 home to Ballyduff, kick off 4pm
Sunday:
Youths home to Abbeyside, kick off 2pm

We had a couple of fallers at the weekend leaves 35 entries still standing as we head for round 5. Due to FA Cup semi finals this weekend, we will resume next week.

As always, a big well done to our coaches today for looking after our young teams and preparing them to go out and do the business. After a long hard season, it is a tough job to keep things moving along but credit must go to not only coaches out today but all our coaches in the club, with over 30 coaches involved from academy to the girls section to the Schoolboys and right up to youth level, all who give up their time weekly to prepare our players. We are starting to see progress with all our teams and hope to reap the rewards in the not too distant future. Again, well done to all, your efforts are very much appreciated by the club.

A stuttering display by Derek’s squad saw them secure three points with a goal from Jake Moore after a managerial decision swung the game in our favour by taking Jake out of the goal and sticking him up front with the clock ticking down. Big well done must go to young Josh Mcloughlin who was star of the show here in this game, his first outing for the u13s and that was after leading the u11s this morning also against Carrick.

Our u9s travelled to Dungarvan for a number of games in Kilrush Park and found a strong Dungarvan group very hot to handle. A good learning experience nonetheless as they prepare for end of season tournaments.