5/11 - SANTOS 1:5 MALAHIDE UNITED

It was a cold frosty morning in Blanchardstown. As some of the players were feeling the chill Ado and Simon made us do laps, laps and some more laps. With our captain Sarah leading us we could do no wrong. Within the first few minutes we had a solo goal for Giggsy. We progressed through the match as a unit with some good attacking play from Jimmy, Sean, Sarah, Niall, Stevo and Giggsy all doing their bit.

To the fans delight Sean and Niall each scored a goal and Jimmy twice got on the score sheet. Late on in the match we had to defend for much of the game. The defence held till the last minute of the game when an unstoppable shot from Santos left the score 5:1 to Malahide.

by Killian Stanley

20/10 - Malahide United C 4:6 Malahide United D

Last sunday we played a friendly against the under 12s C team. By the end of the first half the score was 4-2. Before we went into the second half we had a talk with our coach Ado who showed us his tactics for the second half.

Kev played well in defense while Killian played well passing crosses into the box giving us chances. John put in some hard tackles.We came back with two goals coming from Mark, two from Sarah and one from me and Sean.The score in the end was 6-4 to us. We enjoyed the match.

Stevo was our captain for the day.

Match Reporter - Ryan Coree

15/10 - Rush v Malahide United

On Sunday 15th October Malahide United under 12s D team played away to Rush Athletic in Rush in a Cup Match.

Malahide looked good even in the warm up (apart from not having our new team jerseys) and with the best support yet there was a great atmosphere from the start.

We got off to a great start with a fine run by James, finishing with a screamer of a goal. We had just recovered from this excitement when Yorkie lobbed one over the keeper who didn't stand a chance. 2 nil and we were looking hot.

Our defenders - Killer, Duffer Iano Freddy and our goalkeeper Conor held off the opposition but despite some great work Rush then succeeded in scoring twice. This did not stop Malahide United and they kept playing brilliantly. At half time the score was 2 all. In the second half we saw more solid defending and great passes. Sean then scored another goal and that was followed by a Rush goal. Equal once more, our team continued with a barrage of shots and 2 goals that were not allowed (Offside Rule!!). In the last two minutes Malahide United got a penalty. James scored for the second time and Malahide United walked away with a victory 4-3. Our away victory brought a big smile to all our faces, yes even Ado! Well done to all.

Match Reporter - Niall York