St Fiaccs 2 Ballingarry 1

A slow start saw St Fiaccs fall behind early to a strong Ballingarry team who travelled up from Limerick. St Fiaccs were slow to clear their backline and were punished when the ball spilled out and was knocked in the back of the net.

It didnt take St Fiaccs long to get their heads back on the game though and they played some great soccer with Ali O Connor and Jasmine Doyle running the midfield. Halftime 0 1

St Fiaccs won a free kick early in the second half and Katelyn Moran struck a great shot which was parried by the keeper but the ever reliable Ashlee Smith was on hand to poke home the equaliser. Ballingarry came back into the game and without Nicole Osborne in the Fiaccs goals, could have found themselves behind after Ballingarry created 3 good chances. Fiaccs kept the pressure on Ballingarry after this and scored a breakaway goal following some great counter attacking play involving Ciara Rooney, Leah Nelson and Ali O Connor to give Fiaccs a 2 1 win and a place in the last 16 in the SFAI competition. Best for St Fiaccs were Katelyn Moran, Jasmine Doyle and Nicole Osborne.

It was a great game with burrin and Fiacs in which the away team went home with the points. The home team had some good possession and couldn't make it count and at the other end James O'Gorman Burrin keeper pulled out some great save's at the other both Liam Dowling and John o Byrne had chance's Fiacs took the lead just before halftime and got two more in the second half it was an all round performance but players that played well.

Padraic Hogan, Scott Darcy,and James O'Gorman

Match Report:

St Fiaccs 3 Killeshin 1 …

In very difficult wet and windy conditions it was a very competive first 15 minutes with both teams having some really good chances .. St fiaccs opened the scoring with great build up play between Callum Farrell and Tommy keating putting a ball through for Dylan Doyle to slot home on the 17 min .. 2 minutes later Filipe got the second for St fiaccs on the 19 minute , And just before half time Tommy keating linked up with Dylan Doyle again for Dylan’s second of the game with an impressive finish .. second half was a much more competive half with killeshin starting off the stronger of the 2 sides and in the 47 minute they pulled one back to make it 3-1 .. St fiaccs battle hard and with Jack scully making some great saves they seen the game through till the end .. very competitive game considering the conditions that both teams were up against .. best for St Fiaccs Tommy keating , Jack scully and Dylan Doyle. A good all round team performance from killeshin

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

A contender for game of the season in Ballon this morning saw two outstanding teams playing to a very high level. The first half was a tight affair with chances few and far between as the midfield battle between Burrins Una McFarland and Fiaccs Hannah Mathews was a joy to watch then a great chance falling to Fiaccs Ashlee Smith but Abby Keppel in the Burrin goal made an outstanding save to keep the score nil/nil at half time.

The second half saw Burrin start strong with Eimear Bolger leading the line and her hold up play caused problems for the Fiaccs defence.

Midway through the half the ball fell to Lucy Kinsella on the edge of the 18 yard box she took the ball on her right foot then on to her left and drilled the ball into the goal to give Burrin a well deserved one nil lead.

Fiaccs showed their fighting spirit and came back strongly with Ali O Connor showing her quality and their play saw a ball over the top and Hannah Matthews hit a looping shot over the on rushing keeper to make it one all.

Kate Kearns was marshalling her defence brilliantly for Burrin and Anna Cullen fighting for every ball for Burrin to get back into the lead.

With ten minutes left Eimear Bolger, Lucy Kinsella combined to feed Keelie Doyle and she raced through to make it 2-1 to Burrin. A few minutes later another Burrin break saw Sophia Slattery just shoot wide after some great play around the Fiaccs box.

A great game played by both sides and well refereed by Artur Bienko and everyone supporting saw the level of girls soccer in Carlow is at a very high standard.

Best for Burrin Aoife Bergin, Caoimhe Dempsey, Eimear Bolger, Lucy Kinsella and Una McFarland

Best for Fiaccs were Ashlee Smith, Hannah Matthews and Ali O’ Connor

Best of luck to both teams in SFAI cup next week!

This blustery lunchtime kick off saw Burrin Celtic AFC host St Fiacc's AFC at The Valley Ballon (Burrin Celtic) with St Fiaac's winning comfortably.

Stand out performance for Burrin Celtic were Sophia Moloney GK, Emma Bergin & Chloe Cunningham.

An entertaining, hard fought game was played by both teams in very windy conditions and a good playing surface.

Nurney played with the strong wind in the first half, though Fiacc’s attacked from the kick-off, and won some corners. Nurney defended strongly and started to get a foothold in the game, putting Fiacc’s under some pressure. After some great work down the right, Mai Cradock burst into the St. Fiacc’s box and put in a dangerous low cross that Kelly Tobin was quick to latch onto, finishing first-time into the corner with aplomb.

Fiacc’s to their credit performed well against the wind, with Mia Brannigan in midfield and Abbey O’Shea putting in some great work. Ella Matthews was also threatening and the Nurney defence had to be vigilant, but was well marshalled by Roisin Murphy. The lively Kelly Tobin was proving a real threat up front for Nurney, and created some half chances, though at the interval, Nurney were one up.

The second half started at a quick pace, with a real midfield battle going on, and neither side willing to give an inch. Both sides were showing good determination and commitment. At the 65 minute mark, the ball made its way to Hannah Matthews, 20 yards from goal, and she shot nicely just inside the far past to level the scores.

The pace of the game increased as both sides battled to find a winner, with both sides having threatening counter-attacks, but no further goals resulted.

Best for Nurney were Eve Kearney, Katie Cowman and Doireann O’Toole.

Best for St. Fiacc’s were Mia Brannigan, Abbey O’Shea and Hannah Matthews.

St Fiaccs 4 Ballymurphy 2

St Fiaccs used the full size of their squad for this fixture with some girls rested for an academy game but still came out on top in this tight game against a determined Ballymurphy. St Fiaccs started the best with Ashlee Smith and Ella Matthews going close following great work from Leah Nelson on both occasions but were denied by Aine Doyle in the Ballymurphy goal. It wasnt till the 23rd minute that Fiaccs eventually broke the deadlock following a great pass in the Fiaccs midfield to play in Ashlee Smith who rounded the keeper to score.

5 minutes later Ballymurphy were awarded a penalty which Mia O Meill converted.

St Fiaccs again took hold of the game and right on halftime went back in front through Ashlee Smith with her second of the game.

Ballymurphy started the second half slightly quicker and Grainne Grennan equalised deservedly. After this St Fiaccs started applying pressure to the Ballymurphy goal and created some great chances but just couldn't find the back of the net until Abbey O Shea who was just after coming on the field scored to give St Fiaccs the lead for the third time.

As Ballymurphy pushed forward again Hanna Kerfah found herself in space to seal the game for the home side.

Orla Keating, Leah Cummins Nelson and Ashlee Smith stood out for St Fiaccs while

Aine Doyle, Grainne Grennan and Rachel Kennedy were best for Ballymurphy

Clonmel 1 St Fiaccs 5

St Fiaccs u14 girls continued their good run in this SFAI competition with a convincing result against Clonmel. St Fiaccs took the lead against the run of play and against a very strong wind when Hannah Matthews sent a rocket of a shot into the net from a corner kick. Clonmel battled back and equalised a few minutes later. St Fiaccs battled well for the remainder of the half and went in level.

With the wind to help Fiaccs took control of the game when Katelyn Moran sent a shot from well outside the box to the back of the net. Clonmel tried to fight back but a brilliant counter attack saw Ashlee Smith increase the lead after some excellent work from Ali O Connor and Leah Cummins Nelson which saw the ball worked out from Fiaccs backline.

Hanna Kerfah added to the scoreline with another shot from outside the area and Ashlee Smith completed the scoring with her second of the game.

Again Clonmel battled back and only for 2 brilliant saves from Nicole Osborne the scoreline could have been closer.

Best for St Fiaccs were Leah Cummins Nelson, Hannah Matthews and Jasmine Doyle.

Match report Rathnure 3 St Fiaccs 1 …

Very even first 15 mins until Rathnure scored twice in 3 minutes on the 15 and 18 minute .. second half Rathnure scored there 3rd in the 38th min . Jack scully saved a penalty to keep it from going 4-0 , Dylan Doyle scored a superb free kick in the 56th min and momentum was with our lads but unfortunately time was against us .. 3-1 full time .. very good and fair game , best for Fiaccs was Jack scully , Max Minnock and Dylan Doyle

It was a tough day at the office for New Oak Green today as they were comprehensively beaten by a very strong St Fiacs side. New Oak started brightly but fell behind early on through a great strike from St Fiacs' Leah Nelson.

New Oak kept battling hard with good work from Issy Rea and Niamh Nolan but conceded 2 more goals before half time through Katelyn Moran and Ali O' Connor.

The second half continued the way of the first with a further 3 goals for St Fiacs with Nelon, O' Connor and Moran bagging a brace for themselves.

There were a lot of positives to take for New Oak and there will be better days.

Best for New Oak were Holly Byrne, Luana Whelan and Faye Dalton while Aishling Connolly, Ali O' Connor and Katlyn Moran stood out for the visitors.

St Fiaccs 2 Vale 3

A very even hard fought match on Saturday morning in Pats College saw Vale edge the game.

The game started with both teams sizing each other up for the first 10 mins. Vale took the lead through Moya O Toole on 13 mins and 5 mins later Vale took advantage of a slip in the Fiaccs backline to make it 2 nil. St Fiaccs immediately responded after some good work from Mia Branagan which led to Leah Nelson pulling a goal back. Vale tried to extend their lead with 2 good chances for Kate Burke before half time.

The second half started evenly again but Fiaccs started to take control and almost scored through Ashlee Smith but Amy Farrell denied her.

Fiaccs kept piling on the pressure and got a deserved equaliser through Leah Nelson after some great team play with Ashlee Smith and Ella Maguire involed

However with 2 mins remaining Kate Burke scored the winning goal to give Vale all 3 points in what was a very well contested match in tough conditions.

Best for St Fiaccs were Mia Branagan, Orla Keating and Hannah Matthews while best for Vale were Emma de Lacy, Roisin Collins and Colette o’ Brien.

St Fiaccs had a comprehensive win over Vale

A good result for Fiaccs saw them run out convincing winners against a newly formed Vale team who never gave up trying. A strong first half performance set St Fiaccs up well with Lily Monahan, Amelia Edwards and Cara Morgan scoring the goals.

Vale to their credit responded to their half time team talk and playeda very good second half with only Lily Monahan scoring to add to her tally

Best for St Fiaccs were Lily Monahan , Lexi Hernan and Sienna Smith while for Vale Abbie o Gorman, Bella Skedgwell, Megan Byrne stood out.

Freebooters 2 St Fiaccs 6

St Fiaccs started the stronger and took the lead with a Leah Cummins Nelson goal. Ashlee Smith scored the second shortly after some good build up play involving Nicole Osborne and Jasmine Doyle. Leah Cummins Nelson then got her 2nd of the game after a mistake from the Freebooters keeper to leave the score 3 0 at halftime. Freebooters came back into the game at the start of the second half but Katelyn Moran added to the Fiaccs scoreline against the run of play. Freebooters got on the scoreboard shortly after before Ashlee Smith and Lily Monahan both scored after some great work from Nicole Osborne to make the scoreline 6 1. Freebooters got their second after some good build up play but it wasn't enough. Best for St Fiaccs were Aishling Connolly, Jasmine Doyle and Nicole Osborne.

St fiaccs 2 vs Crettyard 6

Division 2 15/10 11.30

Crettyard started well with St fiaccs taking time to find there feet...

First goal came from Crettyard at just 2 mins in... First goal for fiaccs came from a penalty from Tommy Keating at 17 mins ... next goal for fiaccs came from Jamie French at 23 mins making it 2-1 ta fiaccs.. Crettyard got into full swing withs Goals at 36, 39 ,41,48 and 57 mins... some brilliant save inbetween from Jack Scully... Best for fiaccs was Callum Farrell and best for crettyard was aaron curran who was very strong in defence.. all in all a great start to the league.

St Fiaccs 2 Curracloe 1

A very even match with not too many scoring opportunities for either team. Fiaccs started the brighter and controlled midfield well with Ali O Connor and Jasmine Doyle bossing it. After 20 mins a great run from Leah Nelson saw her win a penalty after she was fouled in the box and last seasons top scorer got off the mark by scoring it. 1 0 at halftime.

Again the game started well for Fiaacs in the second half and 16 mins into it after Curracloe were applying pressure, Ali O Connor broke from midfield and gave a great pass to Ashlee Smith who converted from the edge of the area to make it 2 0. Curracloe tried hard to score and Nicole Osborne pulled off a great finger tip save to keep the score at 2 0. A minute from the end Curracloe scored a consolation but Fiaccs continue to the second round. Best for Fiaccs were Jasmine Doyle, Katelyn Moran and Ali O Connor.

New Oak hosted St. Fiacc's in today's lunchtime Kick-off. From the first whistle it was a very competitive game. St Fiacc's had the better of the early exchanges and their pressure eventually saw them take the lead when Cara Harris Morgan was the quickest to react and score from close range, 1-0 to St Fiacc's.

After a string of fine saves from the New Oak keeper Katie Nolan, New Oak began to build themselves into the game. Great work by Daisy Cooney for the home side, through her perseverance helped New Oak to equalise when Emily Carpenter smashed the ball to the back of the net. 1-1

Cara Shields had an outstanding game at the centre of defence for New Oak but her efforts couldn't stop St. Fiacc's taking the lead again, the second goal scored by Evie Stynes as her shot evaded the New Oak keeper. St. Fiacc's kept the pressure on and grabbed a third just before half time, a neat finish from Lily Monaghan. 3-1 to St Fiacc's at the break.

The second half was even closer than the first, great work from Lucy Lawlor and Saidbhe Lyons in midfield kept New Oak in the game and great defending from

Alyssa Brophy and Faye Dalton kept the skillful St Fiaccs players at bay until 5 minutes from time when Evie Stynes found the back of the net for her second and St Fiacc's fourth to bring the scoreline to 4-1. Great finished from Stynes.

A great battle to start the season for both teams, good win for St Fiacc's and plenty of positives for New Oak to take from the game.

Best for New Oak Lucy Lawlor, Faye Dalton and Cara Shields

Best for St Fiacc's Ellie Maher, Lexi Hernan and Amelia Edwards