A brilliant comeback win for the lads in a closely fought game! Trailing 1–0 at half-time, Leixlip came out fighting after the break, with Adam Salig scoring a great goal to bring us level.

The lads kept pushing, and Ethan Mulkerrin put us ahead with an absolute cracker from outside the box into the top corner. Leixlip United saw out the closing stages confidently to secure the much needed win.

A fantastic team performance and a well deserved 3 points.

 

Another fantastic performance from the boys on Saturday who produced an excellent display of attacking football to put eight goals past Leicester Celtic. 

The lads played some lovely, quick-passing football throughout, showing great energy, movement and attacking intent. Their willingness to get forward, create space and support one another going forward was excellent to watch.

The boys have been in fantastic form over our last three matches, scoring an impressive 25 goals while conceding just 6. A great reward for the hard work, commitment and positive attitude they continue to show.

U11.6 Boys Trinity Donaghmede vs Leixlip United

A fantastic away performance from the boys  on Saturday against Malahide United on a beautiful Halloween morning and some of the boys met Robbie Keane and managed to grab photos with him, which certainly put a few smiles on faces!

We started the game strongly, playing down the hill in the first half, and looked the more dominant side from the outset. Our pressure was rewarded with the opening goal when Luke Ward struck a long-range free kick from around the halfway line. The goalkeeper misjudged the flight and bounce of the ball, which sailed over his hands and into the back of the net.

We continued to create opportunities, with Rian O’Connor going close on a couple of occasions. He struck a dangerous free kick from just outside the box that narrowly cleared the crossbar, before getting through one-on-one with the goalkeeper, only to see his effort drift just wide.

We got our reward for our continued pressure just before half-time. Harry Keane took a corner from the right-hand side, which was initially headed back out towards him. Harry took a touch, carried the ball across the edge of the box and produced a brilliant curling finish into the top-right corner, giving the goalkeeper no chance and sending us into the break 2–0 ahead.

The second half presented a different challenge. We were now playing up the hill and into the breeze, with the sun also causing difficulties for our goalkeeper. Malahide put us under more pressure, but Foalan Matthews was outstanding when called upon. He produced two excellent saves in one-on-one situations, including a brilliant stop with his feet. He then made another superb goal-line save from a free header following a corner, keeping Malahide at bay.

At the other end, Eli Gubbins came close to adding a third after getting in down the right-hand side, beating his full-back and shooting across the goalkeeper. The keeper managed to get a hand to it, and the ball struck the post before staying out.

Right towards the end, Odhran Maher picked up the ball around 25 yards from goal. He controlled it on his chest, allowed it to bounce once and unleashed an absolute rocket. The strike flew over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to put the result beyond doubt.

 

A brilliant team performance all over the pitch. The boys moved the ball really well, played some excellent football and were clinical in front of goal.

They’ve set the bar for what they’re capable of. A great effort from every player.

Goalscorers: Alex Egan, Kasper Izbinski and Dylan Griffin.

 

The lads were excellent from start to finish on Saturday. They started the game fast and never took there foot off the gas creating chance after chance. Goals coming from Ben Osmic, Ben Fayne, Alex Deegan and Dan Lyons

Man of the match:  Ben Osmic

We started well and took the lead inside 10 minutes. Tadhg Mallon played the ball through for Alan Maly who got there just before the keeper and he tapped it in. 5 minutes later Aaron Healy controlled a loose clearance from the Kilnamanagh keeper and fired it in from 25 yards. Midway through the second half Lucas Duffys corner was headed home by Tate Rampaul to make it 3 and Tate turned provider when he broke through from midfield and crossed for Conall Boland to make it four.

A fantastic all-round performance from the lads today, coming away with an impressive 7–0 victory.

Despite the scoreline, it took us 25 minutes to break the deadlock, but once we got the first goal, there was no looking back. We dominated the game from that point onwards and could easily have added a few more.

Defensively, we were solid throughout, while our attacking play was relentless. We put Templeogue under constant pressure, forced mistakes and did a great job of capitalising on the opportunities that came our way.

Some excellent individual performances today, with Ben Campbell calmly converting a penalty and Benny Tyrell producing an absolute rocket into the top-left corner! A special mention to Kayden Marcello, who was outstanding today, giving absolutely everything for the team from start to finish. 

 Goalscorers: Kayden Marcello x2, Ben Campbell x2, Ruadhan Kelly x2, Benny Tyrell x1

We started slowly and gave Esker way too much time and space in the opening half. Despite that we went 1-0 up, Hugo Cronnolly putting the ball through the goalie’s legs after good work by Cillian Houlihan down the right. Esker were deservedly even a few minutes later and 2-1 up a few minutes later again, a shot from the right side of the box that we didn’t apply enough pressure on. The same player put them 3-1 up before half-time, finishing well after holding off our defender. We came out much stronger in the 2nd half but went 4-1 down 3 minutes in when their forward outpaced our defence and slid the ball home well. After that it was all us, we hit the bar once and the post twice. The lads did all we asked them to, getting tight, applying pressure, and playing good passing football when we had possession. It looked like we might not get anything for our efforts but with about 8/9 minutes left Eoin Heffernan played Hugo in down the left side, Hugo cut in on his right foot past a defender who had gotten back, and finished well into the corner. Our third a few minutes later was similarly down the left, Eoin playing it to Daniel Brennan who found Hugo for another well taken finish for his hat trick. We ran out of time for an equaliser but can’t fault the lads for effort. 

Man of the Match: Hugo Cronnolly.

 

On the 19th minute Eric Savin, liberated out wide, won his duel with the right-back and pinned a low, purposeful ball between the defenders for Sean O’Reilly to finish first time at the far post. Corscadden then was asked a serious question and pulled of a spectacular stop from point blank when everybody in the ground expected the net to ripple. Szymon Czekman doubled the lead on the 37th  minute after a sweet one-two with Aaron Dunne. On the stroke of half-time Dunne dribbled past three defenders, saw his shot sting the keeper’s palms, only to be first to react and follow up halftime 3-0.

There was no let-up though Beechwood began the half on the front foot. Savin, who had hit the bar 5 minutes earlier, thumped a long range free kick into the roof of the net on the 54th minute. Two minutes later Harpur chipped through perfectly for Dunne, who finished calmly under pressure. Czekman, the diminutive man of the match, headed home a bouncing corner on the 63rd minute.

Dunne completed his hat-trick on the 74th, his pace taking him onto Czekman’s through ball. The best goal, though, was Beechwood’s: a 35-yard free kick into the top left corner past Will Corscadden on 75th minute. It deserved applause. Dunne had the last word however, meeting Brady’s superb diagonal for his fourth. Throughout Deacy and O’Neill held concentration and frustrated Beechwood with timely interventions. Solid performances from Nolan, Cotter, Cleary and Rheinisch were massive plusses for a side finding confidence.

You make your own luck through honesty and endeavour. Today Leixlip made plenty.

Leixlip: W Corscadden, L Cotter, T O’Neill, S Deacy, B Nolan, K Harpur, D Brady, S O’Reilly, S Czekman, E Savin, A Dunne. Subs: D Rheinisch, T O’Reilly, J Cleary. Man of the match: Szymon Czekman.

 

We started on the front foot and whilst not creating clear cut chances we were creating huge pressure and on a sticky grass pitch the quality of football and off the ball running was exceptional.

It took a change after 30 minutes to get the breakthrough and when Michael Cavanagh came on in the right wing area he changed the game immediately beating his man and after driving into the box he slipped the ball to Sean Dowd 12 yards out unmarked and he finished to the top corner 1-0.

5 minutes later it was two when Daniel Bradley held off the center back in the box then slid the ball to Michael Cavanagh who beat his man on the outside and finished low under the keeper.

Second half we had to deal with some balls over the top and our keeper Finn Heffernan had to make one great save to tip the ball over the bar and he made a couple of other good saves to keep things tight.

We could have finished the game off two or three times the best chance when a great move saw Harry Nevin slide a super pass to Daniel Bradley and his shot crashed off the bar and back out. The lads were exceptional and three clean sheets in a row is especially pleasing.

Tricky test that was rarely comfortable. Both sides came close early and our opener came from Emma Murphy scoring directly from a corner. Then after a number of let offs Dundrum scored twice in succession.

The girls didn’t take a step back though, Abby Hudson’s throw worked to Faye Kelly for the equaliser then a lovely second from Emma set up by captain Ava Cummins and just before the half Sophie Dalton worked hard high up the pitch and won a turnover which Faye finished well. 4-2 halftime.

Emma capped a stand out performance with a hattrick, her third set up well again by Ava and she deserves huge credit for the win. We continued to ride our luck then conceded before Ava closed it out placing our sixth with her right.

Special mention to Olivia Coffey who had a strong debut in defence - well done 

Following a difficult run of recent results, we were up against a tough challenge as we took on league leaders Celbridge Town. Having relied heavily on several outstanding U13 players over the past few weeks due to injuries, absences, and illness, we were glad to have 13 first-team squad members back and available.

The team delivered a tireless, determined performance against a physically imposing and direct Celbridge side. We started sharp right from the opening whistle, creating most of the scoring opportunities and even rattling the crossbar. Max Marnane, who put in an all-action display, netted the opening goal after 15 minutes.

It was far from easy, however, and the defining moment of the match came courtesy of a superb goal-line clearance from Dan Korolovs, who was brilliant all day. Backed by an exceptional defensive effort, Juliuss Krumins turned in a corner during the second half to double our lead. The team dug deep to see out the remaining minutes, securing a well-earned victory and a solid clean sheet.