Category: Under 10

by Julian Lee

The Weekend That Was….

With friendlies, coaching and competitive league games, we had 17 ties packed into another busy weekend for Johnstown FC.

2 games this weekend for the U8 Tigers ended with mixed results, with 1 win and 1 defeat but illustrating the concept of the this level of football perfectly. Learning and enjoying the game regardless of result. Well done to Phil and his team. Read full reports here

The U9 Tigers fell to 2 narrow defeats this weekend at the hands of Longwood/Knightsbrook and Torro Utd. Read full reports here

Both our U10 sides, the Eagles and the Hawks, picked up good wins. Read full reports here

The U12s faced a daunting trip to league leaders Enfield Celtic. Despite playing really well and limiting their hosts to very few chances, Johnstown went down to a 3-1 defeat, their first of the season. Read full report here

Our U13s hosted Torro Utd at the MDL on Saturday morning and thanks to a goal by Ben Ryan ran out 1-0 winners. Read full report here

On Saturday afternoon, our Senior Reserves lost heavily away to Electro Celtic.

Starting the weekend’s action, and conversely finishing this round up, our Senior 1st team travelled to Drogheda for the 2nd time in 5 days. This time they brought all 3 points back to Johnstown with them thanks to goals by Daniele Gismondi and Jonathan Forde. Read full report here

by Julian Lee

The Weekend That Was….

The return of the coaching leagues made for a very busy weekend for Johnstown FC. 17 matches across all age groups from U8 right up to our 2 senior teams, saw players and officials from our club travelling to Dublin and Drogheda with the majority of our action in Navan’s MDL complex.

U9 Tigers had 2 games on Saturday. In their first outing they were denied a win by a last gasp Navan Town equaliser in an absolute thriller. Read full report here In their 2nd outing of the day, the Tigers came from behind to beat Parkvilla. Read full report here

On Friday night, the U10 Hawks kicked off their season with a comfortable victory over Skryne/Tara. The future for Johnstown at this age group looks bright with a lot of talent within the squad. Read full report here

U11 Sharks had a feeding frenzy on poor Ratoath Harps after a suberb all round team display. Read full report here

Our U13s travelled to Oldcastle for their Division 1 clash and struck first. However, the hosts equalised just before the break before taking the lead in the 2nd half. Johnstown hit back but Oldcastle went on the claim a deserved 4-2 victory. Read full report here

Senior Reserves lost their 100% home record falling to a comprehensive defeat to visitors Boyne Harps on Saturday afternoon. Read full report here

After last week’s fantastic win, Johnstown came crashing back to Earth with this narrow and undeserved defeat at the hands of Abbey Celtic in Drogheda. Read full report here

by Jonathan Purvis

Welcome back

Good luck to everyone today in all their games we have 17 teams playing this weekend so hope everyone enjoys this weekend.

Also this weekend sees the return of the NECSL Coaching leagues. Theses are the non competitive games that the under 8s to U11s play in. These are designed to teach our young players all about football and install a sense of FairPlay and enjoyment of the game. Welcome back guys do enjoy and learn from your games today. We look forward to reading about them later

Today also is another big day for our ex player and goalkeeper Amanda McQuilan who starts for Ireland today in the Women’s U17 game Vs Romania. Amanda was always a fantastic player and it is wonderful to see her do so well for her country Good Luck Amanda

http://www.fai.ie/womens/international-squads/under-17-women/103591-ireland-seek-uefa-wu17-championships-win-in-romania.html