Castleknock Celtic under 9 soccer team

We are due to play a home match against Maynooth Town F.C. this weekend. The kick-off will be at 10:45am on Saturday the 2nd of December. Since it is a home match we will meet at Porterstown Piches before 10:30am.

The pitch has been confirmed as playable so the match will go ahead.

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Our match against Cloughertown United on 25/November has been called off due to the poor state of the picth.

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Our next match will be an away match against Cloughertown United. The match will kick-off at 10:45 on Saturday 25th of November in Clonalvey Park. I am not sure exactly where the pitch is located, but it is quite a distance away so we will need to meet up beside the all weather pitch before 9:15am and travel in convoy to the match.

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Our cup match tomorrow has been cancelled due to the pitch being unplayable.

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Our first match in the Future Print Cup will be against Woodlawn at 12:15 on Saturday Next 18th of November. This will be a home game, so we will meet at 12 noon at Porterstown pitches.

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Howth were all charged up for their visit to Castleknock, determined to see if they could knock us from our spot at the top of the league.

It was not looking like a lucky day when Jean Bergin got injured before the game even started. However, Tony Jordan was there with his fancy camera to take our picture for the calendar and the match started slightly late.

This was a cracker of a match. Both sides were attacking all out from the start. Omar Emara hit the post with a scorcher of a shot. Shortly afterwards our man-of-the-match Nedim Frvrcic hit the crossbar with another fine shot.

However, this was not to be our lucky day. The ball simply refused to go into the Howth goal despite all of our attacking. At the other end of the pitch a Howth cross took a lucky deflection and went into the net over the head of our goalie. This left the score at 1-0 at half time.

As the second half got started Howth continued their pressure. They were kept out for a while by strong defending by Dylan Turner, but eventually they managed to slip in a goal to stretch their lead to 2-0.

Castleknock did not give up at this stage, and Niamh O'Donovan continued to put pressure on the Howth goal. This pressure eventually paid of when Nedim Frvrcic managed to score a goal in the dying minutes of the match.

At this stage the score was 2-1 and Castleknock threw everything into attack to try and draw level. Unfortunately this left them exposed at the back and Howth managed to slip in a goal in injury time to seal the victory at 3-1.

This was a disappointing result, but a great performance that we can be very proud of. Well done everyone and I hope Jean's knee is better soon.

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Our next match is a home game against Howth. The match will kick off at 12:15 on Saturday next (12/Nov). We will meet up at the Porterstown Pitches before 12 noon.

Hopefully we will be able to stretch our lead at the top of the table.

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Castleknock took a trip to Malahide with hopes of topping the newly revised league table against an old rival.

Castleknock in their new strip burst into action and supplied Zuhdi Emara with great passes which he put into the back of the net to earn his hat trick in the first half.

The pressure was on Malahide, who were lucky not to concede a 4th goal when Nedim Frvrcic's shot, which appeared to have crossed the line, was cleared and no goal given by the referee.

The 2nd half was just as eventful with Malahide resorting to fielding an extra player. This was quickly spotted by the sharp Castleknock supporters and the referee was quick to respond and stop the game.

Dylan Turner restarted the game, winning a drop ball in the Malahide half and passing the ball into Robert O'Connor who made it 4-0.

Malahide made a couple of breaks in the Castleknock half but got no further than man of the match Andy Merriman, who was quick to take the ball and clear it to safety.

Nedim Frvrcic made it 5-0 to Castleknock before Malahide got one back from a corner, making it 5-1. Omar Emara sealed the victory minutes before the final whistle. 6-1 was the final score, and Castleknock Celtic top the league after the week one. Well done to all the players and keep up the great work.

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On Saturday 4th of November we have an away match against Malahide United. Kick off is at 12:45. We will meet beside the all-weather pitches at 11:30am. This is the first match of the re-organised league, so we have a chance to take a clear lead.

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