NDSL U-9B
Castleknock
travelled in style to Santry for their first away match of the season . They
were collected in Laurel Lodge by a Mercedes Minibus, kindly supplied by team
sponsor, Patrick Rocca. We weren’t sure who were the most
excited………….the players ……..or…. the parents.
Castleknock
started off strong against a very big Woodlawn side. Dan Ring , Phillip
Fitzpatrick and Ryan Moore Kearney combined well to put pressure on the Woodlawn
goal. Phillip charged through the Woodlawn defence and forced a corner.
Despite all the attacks, Woodlawn broke away and a long speculative shot beat
Celtic’s ‘keeper after 5 minutes. Luke Henshaw worked tirelessly in
midfield and it was appropriate
that it was he who scored Celtic’s equaliser.
He gathered the ball in the middle of the park from a clearance and shot
high to give the keeper no chance.
Woodlawn
scored their second immediately from the tip-off in the second quarter. It
was a freak goal and totally undeserved. Fair play to Castleknock, they
held their heads up and fought back like tigers. There was relentless
pressure on the Woodlawn goal but somehow they held out until the last quarter.
Luke was charging with the ball but his
shot was handled by a defender. The referee pointed to the spot.
Ryan buried it past the ‘keeper to complete the scoring……great
celebrations, both on and off the pitch .