Spirited Naas AFC Battle Hard Against Moone

A fiercely contested battle ended in heartbreak for Naas AFC’s Boys U15 (2012) Major 1 side as clinical Moone snatched the spoils in an action-packed clash on Sat, 14 Nov 2026.

Well that was a tough day at the office! Naas knew it would be a very hard match against a very good Moone team but the Blues were hoping for a better outcome. Naas again told the lads Naas couldn’t afford a slow start against this team bur found ourselves 1 down inside 2 mins when as a collective Naas failed to clear the first corner of the game. And Noah was forced to make a good save to keep it at that in the 4th min. But credit to the lads they then took the game to Moone with half chances falling to Fionn Nolan and Fionn Leonard Finnegan. Next Fionn was put through and in a foot race with the Moone keeper, the ref adjudged the keeper just got there first otherwise it could have been a red and a different game. Noah then collected a cross and sent a ball over the Moone defence, under pressure from Fionn F, the centre half played the ball back to the keeper who picked it up. From the resulting free kick Fionn N layer the ball back to Luke who kept it low and found the back of the net but the ref cancelled it out saying he needed to blow his whistle. The second effort Luke went high but just missed. Naas were definitely on top in this spell and when Moone did attack the back four of Andy, Dylan, Ezekiel and Thady were holing them at bay. The next chance again fell to the team when Harry fed a ball inside to Louie who beat a player before knocking a pass out to Davin on the left, Davin skinned the full back and found Fionn N inside the box, as he was shut down he found his strike partner 7 yards out but the keeper sprang off his line to thwart Fionn F as it looked like he would repeat his goal from last week. Louie then put a shot over the top after Andy had intercepted a Moone pass and found him running the right channel. It’s hard to explain what then happened in the final 5 mins as Moone managed to score 3 times before the half was out, 1 quality goal, 1 penalty and the forth was hard to take after what had been a good half of football.

the second half started much the same, Moon scored from a corner with their first attack and then the heads dropped, having worked so hard in the first half but to find ourselves 5 down was hard to take. The 6th came via a soft pen and Moone added 2 more before the game was out. But the last goal of the game was for Naas as Jayden took a ball in off the left, found Fionn N who then gave it to Harry. Harry beat a player and passed it into Rhys who fed Louie whose shot from the edge of the area squirmed under the keepers body.

So a tough lesson learned but it’s a first loss in 5 games so Naas will keep the heads up. It’s onto the cup next week

Heads held high, lads — the courage, work rate, and flashes of sheer brilliance prove this squad is ready to bounce back even stronger!

Match Facts

• Competition: SFAI Cup
• Result: Naas AFC 1 – 8 Moone Celtic
• Team: Boys U15 (2012) Major 1
• Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026
• Notable Performers / Scorers: Moon