The Nescl Foyle Cup squad topped their group after three hard fought games. In their first game they were up against Newhill from Northern Ireland in which turned out to be their toughest game. The game finished 0-0. On the Wednesday in very wet conditions (which probably suited the Necsl team) they were paired against Everton America, the Necsl team won 3-0. Their second game on Wednesday pitted them against the elite Bertie Peacock youth league who in the end could not cope with the relentless pressure and finished up losing to the Necsl 5-0.

The Necsl now face Inishowen Academy on Thursday afternoon for a place in the semi-final of the Cup, by finishing top of their group it means that the Necsl will finish in the top eight at least.

UPDATE..Necsl 3  vs Inishowen Acedemy 1… Necsl will now face St Kevin’s Boy’s in the Cup Semi-Final on Friday at 13.00

UPDATE …Necsl 1  vs St Kevin’s Boy’s 0 …Necsl will now face  QPR who defeated Hull City in the other semi-final 2-1, in the Final of the Foyle Cup on Saturday in the Brandywell K.O. 12pm

UPDATE…u16 Foyle Cup Result…..  Necsl 0 – 0 QPR ….Necsl win on penalites 5-4

Trim Celtic U11A’s had four members representing the NECSL 20 man squad in the Wexford Challenge Trophy in Bunclody over the weekend. Keane Geraghty, Fintan Devlin, Karl Corcoran and Zac McGowan were all impressive throughout the group games and the squad were rewarded with reaching the final. Unfortunately they came up against a strong Dublin side in Lucan United and were defeated 4-2

Trim Celtic U14As lifted the NECSL Cup in dramatic fashion after an extra-time winner against Raistin Rovers. Both teams had overcome significant rivals getting to the final with Trim beating Johnstown 6-2 in the semi-final and Raistin, who were just promoted from the 2nd Division, beating three Division 1 teams on their way.

Trim Celtic took the game to Raistin Rovers from the whistle and dominated the proceedings but were unable to find the net. In spite of the possession, Trim could not fashion many clear-cut chances and were thwarted by a well organised Raistin defence. The sides went in level at half time. After the half-time talk, Trim took the game to Raistin again and it wasn’t long before they made the possession count. From a Stephen Moroney free-kick into the box, the ball fell to Kevin Nally, who flicked it to the right and buried the ball from about 15 yards out – 1-0 to Trim Celtic!

Moments later, Raistin were level when Trim were caught flat-footed from Raistin’s first attack in open play. Despite further domination, Trim were unable to find the winner and the sides went into extra time with 10 minutes being played each half. Trim again went for the winner and had many chances but it didn’t take long until a fine move resulted in Trim going 2-1 up. Paul Kennedy played the ball into the box to Stephen Moroney who flicked it into the path of Kevin McKeown and he sent it to the top corner of the net – 2-1 up!

However, Raistin again pulled level within minutes when Trim failed to clear a corner. The game was set for penalties but with 2 minutes remaining, Kevin Nally took the ball down in the box and he skipped by two players and pulled the ball across the box to Robert Bourke who side-footed home for the winner. Robert’s post-goal behaviour resulted in a booking for his celebrations!

Overall this was an outstanding performance from the whole Trim Celtic team and they fully deserved their win, however, it was a fine performance from Raistin who contributed to a thrilling final. Best for Trim were Anthony Neary in defence, Craig Peppard on the wing and Kevin Nally who dominated midfield.

NECSL U11 Premier Shield

Trim Celtic 2

Parkvilla 1

Trim Celtic’s win in the U11 Premier Shield Final against their close rivals Parkvilla was arguably the game of the season. The fantastic Spirit from both sets of players and the many supporter’s was a credit to both club’s. Parkvilla took an early lead but it was Trim Celtic who kept focused and where rewarded with an equaliser. Fintan Delvin confidently stepped forward to take a free kick 25 yards out and duly obliged with stunning accuracy. Trim Defenders Karl Corcoran, Ruairi Shortt, Cormac Boggan and Rudolphas Nemikas were solid throughout and kept out the usual threat of Parkvilla’s attack force. Trim Celtic continued to press and when Keane Geraghty took on the Parkvilla defence and coolly slotted home the victory was finally secured. A late penalty miss didn’t dampen Trim Celtic’s occasion and it was left to Captain Conor Higgins to lift the Shield to start the celebrations

On the evening of the Friday 21st of May the Schoolboy’s will be having their Presentation Night in the Castle Arch Hotel starting at 6.45pm and finishing at 8.30pm (Hopefully)

This is an evening for all the players/Managers/Parents to celebrate the Season 2009/10.

On the night, there will be the player of the year for each team, the O Toole Cup for the U16 player of the year, The Dempsey Cup for the Schoolboy Cup Player of the year…

Again the weekend games where hit with the cold snap, however we had two teams able to complete their fixtures with the U17′S travelling to Borora on Friday night to play under floodlights. The game finished 1-1.

Our U11 D2 where also away at Raistin Rovers and came away with a impressive 5-0 victory

The NECSL Tesco Foyle Cup has been announced and again Trim Celtic are again heavily represented with four out of the eighteen players. The players selected are Dean Courtney, Colin Stowe, Paul Lynch and Danny Connell.

The tourament in played in Derry and runs from July 19th till July 24th

Well done to the players selected

A busy weekend of Schoolboy football.

The U15D1 continued their winning ways with a 2-1 away win over Parkvilla, The U15D2 with a depleted team lost out to Robinstown away 3-1 , Another away win came courtesy of the U14D1′s who had a resounding 8-0 victory in Athboy. The U14D2 with just the bare 11 players lost out to Kingscourt 6-0

Trim Celtic’s U13D2 team played out a 2-2 draw against local rivals Trim Town/Kilmessan

The U12D1 played Park Celtic Summerhill in the Cup, they progress to the next round with a 2-0 win

Mixed fortunes for the U11′S with the D2 team winning 9-0 against Oldcastle

Our D1 team team where on the wrong side of a 4-2 scoreline  for their first defeat of the season

We had three players involved in the  U15 NECSL squad today which played the Wicklow League, Players involved Dean Courtney, Conor Henebery and Mark Chesser. The match finished 4-1 to the NECSL

A real mixed weekend for our Schoolboys teams…

We had three games in Tully Pk this Saturday with the U13 D2 team playing first and despite a long lay off came out on top against Parkvilla on a scoreline of 2-1…

Next up where the U15 D2′s who were depleted with illness and a school trip, it was a bad time to come up against a strong Delvin side. The match finished 4-1 to Delvin

The final game on Saturday pitted Ron Metcalfe’s U15′S  against St Malachy’s of the DDSL Premier League in the last 36 of the Sfai Cup. In a incident packed game St Malachy’s keeper dislocated his shoulder soon after the kick off, shortly after this Trim took the lead. Trim were leading 2-1 with seconds to go in the game when St Malachy’s equalised and brought the game into extra time which they they took full advantage of and finished 4-2…St Malachy’s keeper is doing ok and is home after getting his shoulder fixed up in Navan Hospital

The U14 D1 team kept up their recent run of good form with a 3-0 win over Athboy Celtic in the MDL

Martin Davidson’s U14 team travelled to Torro with a heavily depleted team in a match which finished 7-2 to Torro

The U12 D3′s where involved in the HSE Cup against Delvin Celtic who where too strong, the result was 6-4 to Delvin

John Sweeney’s U12 team played Virginia in Kells, match finished all square with Dean Egan scoring in a 1-1 draw

On Sunday the U17 team played in Tully pk against Borora Juniors and got back to somewhere near their best form with a 1-1 result