28 February 2009

AUL Div2A Sat : Celtic show their potential with a stunning 5-2 home win over Virginians in Porterstown.  Odie Fanning's hat-trick and Darren Kinsella's goal helped Celtic to this convincing victory against a physical Virginians side.  Celtic's scoring was completed by their new striker, David Nyari.

LSL Maj1D Sat :

AUL Div1 Sun : A superb strike for Shane Murphy and a header from John Dunne were the difference between Celtic and the visitors, Orchard Utd.  This was a great performance which keeps them on track for yet another title. 2-0

AUL Div3 Sun : 1-2

NDSL 7A (Peter Killian) : Celtic went  down 2-1 in classic football match in Clonee that the visitors deserved more from.  1-2 

DDSL 8A (P Danaher) : Castleknock Celtic 1 - 1 Dingle FC : Another tight match in this competitive league ended all square.  As in the previous games, Castleknock Celtic worked extremely hard and
the effort of the boys could not be faulted. All the boys contributed with Daniel Fagan showing nice touches up front, Dennis Motruk and Adam Fahy grafting hard in midfield and Callan Darcy running his heart out.  Castleknock took the lead when a good clearance from Matthew Moran found Luke Danaher who put Gavin Harney through on goal. Gavin slotted it coolly past the keeper.  Dingle equalised just before half-time.

The second half was a tense affair with Castleknock closest to breaking the deadlock when Luke Danaher's free kick was saved onto the post. 1-1

NDSL 8B (C Jones) : 

NDSL 8C (P Mason) : Celtic under 8c lost their second match in succession to bottom side Rush. It started off scrappy and when the Celtic keeper came and missed the ball they squeezed one into the bottom corner. The heads went down for the rest of the half and soon the half was dominated by Rush.. There were few chances for Celtic in the first half and it stayed 0:1 at the break. The second half started brighter and after the first minute we miseed an open goal. Rush put the pressure on but Celtic were up to it and missed a host of chances. Captain and man of the match Jamie McGaley was unlucky a number of times. Eventually the tiredness set in and Rush scored a second five minutes from the end. 

This is how it finished but Celtic had lost the shape that they possessed in previous games and a lack of match practice and training showed as they were very tired at the end. While lessons were learned there is still some work to be done if this Celtic team are to be as promising as they were at the start of the season. We look forward to next week’s match and we will be fitter and wiser after Saturday.  Celtic:0 Rush:2

NDSL 9A (T Rush) : Swords Celtic put Castleknock to the sword. Away in Swords, this was a big disappointment after their fabulous performance  last week against St Columbans.   1-3

NDSL 9B (A Schmidt) : Shield exit for Celtic away to Howth, despite playing exceptionally well.  Celtic were first on the scoreboard Tameen Chaal.  Howth fought back and equalised with a fortuitous goal.  They then got the winner with a top class strike.  1-2

DDSL 9C (T Molloy) : Celtic won a very entertaining game against Lucan United on Sunday morning in Lucan, with a scoreline of 4 - 2. Celtic opened the scoring with an indirect free kick from just outside the box. Conal Dillon rolled the ball to Sebastian Pologrea, who gave the keeper no chance, and stuck it into the top corner.  Celtic extended their lead just before the break, from the penalty spot through Conor Troy. Early in the second half, Conor Troy scored again, to make it 3 - 0. Lucan Utd. pulled one back, but not to be outdone, Sebastian Pologrea added a fourth to Celtic's tally. Celtic got a second penalty, which they could afford to miss. Lucan got a deserved second goal just before the final whistle, to make it 4 -2 to Celtic.  4-2

NDSL 9D (M Steevens) :

NDSL 9E (S Porter) :

NDSL 10A (E Mullen) :

NDSL 10B (L Doyle) :

NDSL 10C (G Grouse) :

NDSL 10D (M Farrell) :

NDSL 11Prem (S Dooley) : Celtic  went down 2-0 away in Limerick to a stronger Annacotty team in the SFAI Menton Seery All-Ireland Cup.  Celtic were disappointed they did not do themselves justice. They now return to the bread and butter of league football next week.  0-2

DDSL 11B (A Kelly) :

NDSL 11C (S McLoughlin) :

NDSL 11E (R Barron) :

NDSL 12Prem (F Murphy) :

NDSL 12B (CON/MT) : Congratulations to Martin Treadwell on his success with getting his coaching badge.

NDSL 12C (JOL) : This was a fine away win for Celtic v Maynooth Town.  They were helped on their way with an OG. Kacper Kuzma and Lee Penrose completed the scoring for Celtic in what proved to be a very physical encounter.  3-1.

DDSL 12D (PAllen) :

NDSL 12Girls (BOD) :

DDSL 13Prem (D Hevey) :

NDSL 13Prem (B Kennedy) : Celtic continued their good run with a convincing 3-1 victory over Swords Manor in Porterstown. David Costello's brace and a smashing individual effort by Aaron Mooney were enough to give them the 3 points. Conor Tim made superb saves at vital times to maintain Celtic's advantage.   

NDSL 13C (JnHayes): Celtic dug deep for a superb and well-deserved victory away to Priorswood.  Gareth Ruane and James Carolan were the aces for Celtic.  2-1

NDSL 13D (JnByrne): Celtic went down away to league leaders Lusk Utd.  0-3  

NDSL 13E (AlFahy):

NDSL 14Premier (P Slevin): Celtic in cruise mode as they put Raheny to the sword in the O'Neill Cup.  9-0 

DDSL 14Major (D Bradshaw) : Narrowest  of  defeats saw Celtic exit the Thunder Cup quarter final.  A last minute strike  from Malahide Utd gave them a 2-1 victory and a semi final place. 1-2

NDSL 14C (K Leech) :

NDSL 14Girls (PH) :

NDSL 14D (W O Gorman) : Celtic's quest for advancement is interrupted in defeat at Balscadden Boys 1-4.  Zaid Jurchied was the Celtic marksman.  1-4

NDSL 15Prem (D Hanlon) : A goal in either half from Jack Fogarty and Morgan McGarrity secured a deserved win away to Portmarnock.  This secures their spot at the top of the 15 Premier league. 2-1

NDSL 15B (S ODonnchu) :

NDSL 15C (B Smyth) :

DDSL 16A1 (A Waters) :

NDSL 16C (E McGrath) :

NDSL 17A (G Hunt) :

NDSL 17B (T Hanlon) :

DDSL 18Prem (M Fitz) :