John Healy

U-11As find it very tough going against lower-flight Glebe North from the B-division. Celtic eventually overcame this very plucky and physical side from North County Dublin with a 3-2 win. On the mark for Celtic were that man again, Garret Deasy, Simon Adeale, and the prolific Tundi Hassan.

U-11Es put on a superb display to overwhelm the visiting Swords Celtic to Porterstown. Richard O'Neill got a couple, while Steve Leonard and Mark Horgan made it 4-1 to the home side.

U-12As take the points against Mullingar Athletic from County Westmeath with 3-1 win.

Jim Kennelly's U-12Ds have comfortable 3-0 away win against Cloughertown. Craig McGivern had a golden spell in the first half. He hit a volley from 20 metres to make it 1-0. He then converted a penalty for a 2-0 lead. And as usual, Johnny Cooper hit his regular strike to make it 3-0.

Denis Galvin was delighted with his U-12E troops who took full points from their visit to Mid-Sutton, emerging 2-1 winners with goals from David Kelly and Craig Dunne.

U-12Fs just shade it against Swords Celtic with John Henry double. 2-1 to Celtic.

U-13s are overcome in Maynooth going down 2-1 against Maynooth Town. Celtic had only won 2-1 at home, and Maynooth had done damage to other top teams lately, so a very tight encounter was expected, and so it proved. Darren Doddy had put Celtic ahead 1-0, but Maynooth showed their mettle and came through to secure the points.

U-13Fs shared the points against McKelvey Celtic when Conor Mannion's goal was enough to earn the home side a 1-1 draw in Laurel Lodge. Manager Alan Crampton was absolutely delighted with the 100% commitment from his players who had put on a great performance.

More dubious refereeing caused problems for the U-14s in this away fixture against St Josephs EW. Joeys had led 3-1, but Celtic fought back tremendously to earn a share of the points. On the mark for Celtic were Nathan Clarke, who grabbed a couple, and Karl Dunbar. Celtic had been denied two goals, one of which was considered by manager John O'Reilly to have crossed the line, but ref said that the keeper had prevented the goal.

U-15As fight back to take the points. Glebe North had taken a surprise lead with Philip McNally's strike, and Celtic looked very out of sorts. But they battled away, and they got their reward. Kevin Hynes had competed strongly for the ball in the Glebe area, which led to an own goal for Celtic. Within a minute Des Mulloy was on hand to shoot home from 12 metres. Celtic had Gary Masterson to thank late on when he defended well when Glebe threatened the equaliser.

U-15Ds suffer heartbreak, losing 4-2 in penalty shoot-out, after it had ended 2-2 after extra time. Cillian Meade and a Ciaran Egan penalty had given Celtic a 2-1 lead, but they were unable to hold on.

U-16 Major go down to strong Rangers side in Porterstown in the semi-final of the Neville Cup. It was 1-1 well into the second half, but a couple of bad breaks for the home side opened up a gap, and Rangers finally earned their place in the final.

U-16Bs earn a draw away to Belgrove in St Annes Park. Robbie Hamilton was on the mark for Celtic, while Jason Jewell was the man of the match.

U-17s suffer setback in their league title challenge when they could only manage a draw against Blessington. Manager Arnie Brady was very angry with the performance of the ref, who failed to control the game.