Goal Scorers: Killian Letford, Sam Lopez and Axel Nolan

​U12 Major Boys Newbridge Town 0–7 Leixlip United. 

​Brilliant performance from the lads on Saturday  in tough conditions against Newbridge. 

​Quin Maguire got us on the scoreboard within the first 10 minutes with a great finish, doubling the lead soon after to make it 2–0 at the break.

​We asked for more intensity in the second half, and the lads responded. Great work from Darragh Connolly on the left wing and a low finish into the bottom corner made it 3–0. The team continued to push, and Quin Maguire completed his hat-trick shortly after to make it 4–0.

​The momentum was all one way now. A brilliant team move saw us work the ball out from our own right-corner flag to Darragh Connolly on the left wing, who delivered an inch-perfect ball to the back post for Alex Gallagher to head home for 5–0. Riain Guha got in on the scoring shortly after with a lovely finish from the edge of the box, and Sean Campbell rounded things off with a brilliant individual goal taking the ball on the turn at the halfway line, skinning two defenders for pace, and slotting calmly into the bottom corner.

​A big shout-out to Ronan Barrett, Noel O'Toole, Luka Mooney, and Sam McDonald, who shut down the opposition all morning as a defensive unit and set us up on the right foot by always looking to play the ball out from the back.  

Goal scorers:  Quin Maguire ,Darragh Connolly, Alex Gallagher, Riain Guha and Sean Campbell.

Thought on the balance of the first half we were the better of the 2 teams, Harry Reilly in particular in the middle of us gave us a huge amount of control. Orchard went 1-0 against the run of play, direct ball into the 9 and we didn't press it, lots of runners off him and ended up in our net.

Gave us a bit of life then and we began to attack between the lines better and put the Orchard back 4 under better pressure. Hubert Machon burst forward from right full and slipped in Lucas Walsh who finished neatly.

Second half was probably a 50/50 game with both sides having chances. Orchard attacked us very well out wide, but our lads continued to play lots of great little combinations in build up. About 15 minutes in we went 2-1 up, some great play by Liam Farrell led to him slipping Lucas Walsh in for his second.

Orchard had chances to level it up late on, and Liam Farrell had a great effort off the bar for us.

Good game by 2 good football teams.

 

Goalscorers: Ronán Gorman, Ben Fayne, Josh Maher, Ben Osmic, Dan Lyons 

Man of the match: Conor O'Sullivan.

An early start for the lads Sunday morning as they travelled to Johnstown Park to face league leaders and pre-season favourites Tolka Rovers, on a very soft and difficult playing surface. Missing a few players, Leixlip set up with a slightly different system, with the main objective of containing Tolka’s free-scoring front three while looking to cause problems on the counterattack.

Leixlip got off to a fantastic start and took the lead after 12 minutes. An inswinging corner from Marco caused problems for the Tolka goalkeeper, who failed to deal with the delivery, and Shay was on hand to pounce and put Leixlip 1-0 ahead. Tolka responded well and drew level soon after with a well-constructed move down the pitch, finished with a well-placed header from a dangerous cross.

Leixlip stuck to the game plan and continued to look dangerous on the break. Ethan broke through on goal and was brought down inside the box, giving Leixlip a great opportunity to regain the lead. Marco stepped up and made no mistake, firing a powerful strike into the roof of the net to make it 2-1. Tolka continued to push for another equaliser and got their reward with around 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Their prolific striker picked up a loose ball on the edge of the box and showed his quality with a superb finish into the top corner.

However, Leixlip weren’t finished yet. Just before half-time, a great cross from the edge of the box was met by Josh B, who produced a wonderfully deft header to guide the ball into the corner of the net and restore Leixlip’s lead at 3-2. It was an excellent first-half performance against a very strong Tolka side.

As expected, Tolka came out all guns blazing after the break and applied considerable pressure, creating a number of opportunities. However, Leixlip defended superbly and continued to pose a threat themselves whenever they broke forward. With 20 minutes remaining, Tolka equalised for a third time when their centre-forward used his power and pace to break through and calmly slot home. The final 15 minutes were arguably Leixlip’s best spell of the game. The lads defended brilliantly but also created several excellent opportunities to snatch all three points.

Josh B came agonisingly close with a header that crashed off the crossbar, Shay found himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper but saw his effort saved, while Connor J had a shot cleared off the line. The game eventually finished 3-3, with the Leixlip players coming off the pitch absolutely shattered but also disappointed that they hadn’t managed to take all three points.

Overall, a superb team performance, full of discipline, determination and character. The lads followed the game plan, worked incredibly hard for each other and showed that they can compete with the very best in the league. Plenty of positives to take from this one!

What a battle, what a performance, what a win! 

The girls showed incredible grit and determination in a tough, physical encounter with Inchicore. A hard fought first half saw both sides go into the break level at 0–0, thanks to some brilliant defending.

The game opened up in the second half. Ciara Dempsey pulled off a fantastic save to keep us in the game before Kate Deane came close to breaking the deadlock.

We finally got the break through when Emily Corcoran played a perfectly timed through ball to Kate Deane, who made no mistake with a brilliant finish! 

The girls dug deep, defended superbly and showed real character to see out a well deserved 1–0 victory.

A massive team performance and 3 hard-earned points! 

Goal scorer: Kate Deane

A great response from last week’s defeat with a convincing 5-0 win away to Dunboyne!

After a tight opening 30 minutes, Matthew Dempsey broke the deadlock just before half-time, capitalising on a poor clearance to put us 1-0 ahead.

The second half was a different story, with Leixlip taking control from the restart. Calum Dodd came close to adding a second, hitting the post with a great effort from outside the box.

Leixlip took control with Brendan Carolan making it 2-0 after some great build-up play. James McGee added a third with a superb finish into the bottom corner, before Kristiyan Ivanovic made it 4-0. Stevie Owens rounded off the scoring with a great run from midfield and clinical finish.

A brilliant team performance, five goals and a clean sheet. Next up is a tough FAI Cup test against Cherry Orchard Premier.

 

Good to get back to winning ways after 2 defeats, this keeps us in the hunt at the top of the table, was certainly a game of 2 halves 3-0 up at half time, in control and playing great football, second half we started getting sloppy and a little complacent, we conceded a very sloppy goal and all of sudden Marino were up for it, we could've scored another couple. In the end we seen the game out for the 3 points.

Goal scorers: Fiachra Feeney x 1 and Dylan O'Murchu x 2

A hard-fought win against familiar opponents keeps us top of the table after 10 games. We started strongly, playing some great football, with Ben Campbell taking on the defence and setting up Ruadhan Kelly for the opener. Ethan Sheridan added a well-taken second before our level dropped approaching half-time.

Leicester pressed us after the break and won a penalty. Rory Morrison made an excellent save low to his left, but Leicester reacted quickest to score the rebound. It was backs to the wall for the next 20 minutes before Ben Campbell won a penalty and calmly tucked it into the bottom-right corner to settle the game.

A strong opening 20 minutes and three valuable points, but a much tighter contest than the scoreline suggests. Special mention to Fabian Szynal, who was a colossus at centre-back.

Goal scorers: Ruadhan Kelly, Ethan Sheridan and Ben Campbell.

Goalscorers: Ronan Fitzgerald, Lúc Ford, Sergiu Vornicov and Jishnu Ram Gantala.

Man of the match: Ronan Fitzgerald- he pulled the strings in midfield.