09/02/08 Malahide Utd 1 – 1 Mid-Sutton (aet) Cup Replay.
Mid-Sutton won on a sudden death penalty shootout.

Team: Only 8 Players available. (Tadhg & Liam were away). Sean Meehan, Conor Moore, David Moloney, Eoin Keogh, Glen Connell, Conor O`Byrne, Ryan Jones and Gavin Dalton.

After a 0-0 Draw (aet) before Christmas we knew we were in for a tough match and whoever would win it would be by a very tight scoreline.

This replay started at a cracking pace and Mid-Sutton just about had the edge on chances created and went 1-0 up before half time. Malahide were moving the ball around well and some stout defending by Mid-Sutton kept us out and they led 1-0 at the break. A quick team chat and the players were focused and determined to get back into the game. Conor O`Byrne had taken over in goal from Sean and with both teams playing some great football both defences and keepers were being worked really hard.

Ryan and David were once again defending superbly and Eoin, Glen and Gavin were very solid in Midfield. Conor Moore was working really hard upfront and linking up very well with midfield. As the game wore on it looked like Mid-Sutton were going to hold onto that 1-0 lead. Malahide kept probing and a great cross by Glen, Gavin went for it and a strong challenge looked like a foul (penalty shouts from Malahide) play on said the referee and in an instant Conor was onto the loose ball and slammed it into the net 1-1 with about 2 minutes of normal time left. The Players were exhausted at this stage and yet as we played 5 minutes each way extra time they still created some really good chances that on another day would have went in.

1-1 after extra time and onto the penalty shootout. “pick your spot don`t change your mind and hit it as hard as you can” was the advice. 1-0, 1-1, then Malahide hit the Bar, Mid-Sutton then hit the post, Mid-Sutton Keeper makes a great save, then Conor O`Byrne makes a great save for Malahide. 1-1 after 3 penalties each.

The Referee states now we are in Sudden Death. Malahide take the first penalty placed to the keepers left he makes yet another fantastic save. Can Conor keep us in the game, up steps the Mid-Sutton Keeper to take his penalty, he puts it to our keepers right Conor goes the right way and is extremely unlucky not to keep it out.

Mid-Sutton win 2-1 on Sudden Death Penalties everyone is exhausted including the Coaches. A Fantastic Cup Match and full credit to both teams for a highly entertaining morning. Our Players should be really proud of themselves and considering we only had 8 players today it was a really valiant effort by the boys.

Well Done to all of the players and thank you to all of our supporters.

26/01/08 Malahide Utd 3 – 1 Maynooth Town

Team:
Sean Meehan, Conor Moore, David Moloney, Eoin Keogh, Glen Connell, Conor O`Byrne, Ryan Jones, Gavin Dalton, Tadhg Russell and Liam Feeney.

A Great performance from the team after a long break. Our first competitive match since 1st December. Maynooth started well with a lot of possession and a number of shots on goal. Sean was being kept busy in goal and eventually Maynooth broke the deadlock and took the lead to go 1-0 in front. Malahide began to find their rhythm and began creating chances of their own. A couple of fine saves by the Maynooth keeper kept us out and just when we thought we would go in at halftime 1-0 down Eoin made a fantastic run on the right side of midfield and finished with a superb shot to make it 1-1 at halftime.

The second half began with Malahide starting to dominate and play some really good football moving the ball very well. A quick throw in by Ryan to Gavin led to our second goal a superb strike by Gavin and we edged in front 2-1. Maynooth were not giving up and created some excellent chances and Conor Moore (who had taken over in goal from Sean) made some crucial saves. From one of these saves Conor spotted Tadhg in a good position and found him with a great goalkick, Tadhg held off the big centre half to create space and a fabulous shot gave the keeper no chance, 3-1 to Malahide United.

A couple of more chances at either end followed before the game finished and another great win for this team.
All of our players showed great resilience to come from a goal down against a very good Maynooth team and win the game. The most enjoyable part is to see them playing football and moving the ball around the pitch, they have worked hard in training and we can see the results of this hard work on match day.

Well Done to all of the players and thank you to all of our supporters.

10/11/07 Malahide Utd 2 – 0 Baldoyle Utd

Team:
Conor Moore, David Moloney, Eoin Keogh, Niall O`Driscoll, Glen Connell, Conor O`Byrne,Ryan Jones, Gavin Dalton, Tadhg Russell and Liam Feeney.

Our first win since regrading. We have now moved up two leagues since last season and our first match was a 3-0 defeat to Lusk Utd. We played particularly well in the second half against Lusk and the players realised the game is a lot more physical at this level.

We started well against Baldoyle and dominated the first 10 minutes but could not get that elusive first goal. Baldoyle came more into the game and our defence and goalkeeper had to be on their toes. A slick move from midfield led to our first goal a great strike by Gavin Dalton to put us 1-0 up at half time. Liam Feeney took over in goal from Conor Moore for the second half and was as determined as Conor to keep a clean sheet. Ryan Jones and David Moloney were playing superbly in defence and the link up play between defence and midfield up to our strikers Tadhg Russell and Niall O`Driscoll was a pleasure to watch.

Eoin Keogh and Glen Connell were doing Trojan work in midfield with Conor O`Byrne who was Captain today adding some excellent creative play. The match was tight at 1-0 and we kept pressing for a second goal and when it came it was a contender for goal of the season scored by David Moloney, a 20 yard screamer into the top left hand corner and Davids first goal for us. That magical second goal clinched the game for us and earned a very deserved win. An excellent game of football with a great performance by both sides.

Well Done to all of the players and thank you to all of our supporters.