28/10
: Malahide Utd 2– Ratoath 1
Liverpool may have Stevie G, but the crazies have Stevie D. Please
find his match report attached here.
30/9 : Malahide Utd 8 – Swords
Rvs NIL
(Unedited and in "as received" from our
13 year old Reporter and Not Reviewed by the most responsible
of all managers, Ado, nor read by Webmaster - both were too busy)
Match report by Dicey
It all started on a rainy Sunday morning. We
were palying Swords Rvs. I’m just going to skip to the match,
Ha Ha. The game began it was a good start for us, but the other
team satarted better. They had a couple of chances but they were
rubbish. But all of a sudden a pass came from nowhere and Giggsy
was there to hit it in. After that we knocked in a few crosses,
but only one cross made it in. It came from Dan on his debut.
From a good bit out he hit it in and I was there to knock it in.
2-0 ha ha. A coulpe of mins later I passed it to Dan outside the
box, he hit it first time but he hit the post and came back and
he scored. 1st goal for Dan, Ha Ha. The whistle was just about
to go but Jimmy was just about to hit it in, 4-0 ha ha. Half time.
In the second half me and Dan took the tip off, and passed it
to Duffer who ran from the halfway line and was able to blast
it in 5-0. We passed it around for a while until a little pass
got through to Jimmy, and he was able to put it across the keeper
for 6-0. We thought that there would be no more goals but mins
later Seanaldo was in the box standing like a loner until Jimmy
crossed it to him and he was able to tip it in for 7-0. Swords
were tired but they took a few shots but none troubled Con. From
the kick out Con passed it to Iano who passed it to Jimmy and
it went through a gap and Stevie G was able to finish it 8-0.
The whistle blew and we were all delighted and can’t wait
for the rest of the season.
16/9 - Home to Rivervalley Rgs in the
league Cup.
Report by Kevin McGrath, (Director of
Football).
There was a good squad turnout Angus 'Jockser'
Burgess and Aidan 'Foxy' Fox (see Squad News) being the only absentees
meant we had 17 players on the panel and our latest signing Bob
McCullagh was on hand to support the team. The opposition only
seemed to have the bare eleven but at least three of there players
were bigger than any of ours, Daggers was dwarfed by their guys
in mid-field. A strong gusting wind was blowing from the corner
and the ref was that guy with the woolly hat and a complete disregard
for the offside rule. We warned the defence not to play too high
a line and the strikers to play as close to the offside line as
they wanted.
The conditions suited our style of play, we
kept the ball on the deck and played our way through them. In
the first half the wind was in their favour and Con had to come
off his line several times to clear long balls over the top, we
rode our luck a bit but had our chances too. Nil nil at half time
was a reasonable reflection of the game, even though we looked
the better side all round.
In the second half, with the wind in our favour
our fitness, skill and the depth of our squad began to tell, every
member of the panel got a run at some stage. Dicey opened the
scoring picking up a through ball in the centre, border line offside,
and took it round the keeper for a simple finish for his fourth
goal in three games. Then Jimmy showed some wonderful individual
skill coming from the left, along the end line inside the opposition
penalty area, beating three players and slotting in a low pass
for dicey to finish (5th goal in 3) with a simple tap in from
point blank range. Duffer opened his account for the season with
a long punt from almost the half-way line that the opposition
keeper let bounce in front of him, a decision he regretted as
the ball soared over his head and into the net.
All round this was a great display. The defence
were solid when defending, Paddy, Duffer and Macker making some
wonderful tackles at various times and coming forward with the
ball, Duffer, Iano and Macker made some telling runs from defence
to open up the opposition. Daggers, while playing against players
twice his size was an absolute dynamo, he seemed to be everywhere
in mid-field and his distribution was, at times, brilliant. The
mid-field and the strikers worked hard and Marco and Yorkie made
life hell for the opposing full backs.
The only weak point in the performance was that
with the strong wind forcing the play to our right in the first
half and left in the second, the wingers found it difficult to
get deep crosses into the forwards, the forwards needed to come
more to that side to win the ball but did not seem to realise
this.
All in all a great performance. The team showed
great patience and played their own game even though the got little
reward in the first half against a strong physical side and a
strong wind.
09/09 Malahide United
3 – Castleknock 0.
Last Sunday say us way to Castleknock and fair
play to the parents, we all met up very early as requested. With
a full compliment of fit and enthusiastic players our attitude
was good from the start.
From the whistle, we had a series of good runs
from middle, wings and backs. Con was not too busy due to great
defending and forward playing. Duffer and Paddy defended, controlled
and passed accurately. Ian, Keita and Macker demonstrated good
passing skills but we were unlucky not to score first half.
It was during the second half we really turned
on the pressure. Freddy, Daggers, Dicey and Stevie unleashed a
torrent of shots. Suddenly, Marco who had been playing a stormer
throughout the match made a break and was unstoppable and finished
with a great goal that lifted all our spirits. Then Jimmy made
a brilliant pass to Dicey who finished nicely – another
one in the net 2-0. The crowds were going crazy!! Shortly after
that yours truly finished with a nice lob in behind the keeper
– honest I was trying to pass to Jimmy!
It was a great team effort. We were a very happy team. (Including
Ado!!)
Yorkie.
The "Crazy Gangs" "Malahide Maul"
v Castleknock
2/9 v Raheny
Last week, we played against Raheny at
home in the castle. We played really well in the first half .
Aaron (Dicey)
scored two amazing goals. We went into half time at 2-2. Unfortunately,
they got the better of us in the
second half. We took our chances but to no avail .They even were
one man down . We ended the match disappointingly at 5-2. We gave
110% all the way though and never gave up.
Ian Kelly |
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