Kilcullen AFC 4 – 5 Naas AFC | Saturday, 7 March 2026 | Boys U13 (2013) — Premier Division
Buckle up. This wasn’t a football match. It was a thriller novel — set in the mud of the Cross & Passion School pitch in Kilcullen on a blustery Saturday afternoon, with a finish so dramatic it nearly finished off the Naas coaching staff entirely.
HIN NGO was the heartbeat of this Naas performance — a tireless, relentless pressing machine who hustled, harried, and created chances from the very first whistle. His work-rate was staggering. Within 90 seconds he’d already rattled the Kilcullen goalkeeper.
The breakthrough came on 18 minutes. Ngo hounded the keeper into a mistake, Kellum Finnegan picked up possession on the right and whipped in a cross, and Peter McBride powered a bullet header into the bottom corner. 1-0 NAAS!
More Ngo magic on the stroke of half-time — he laid off brilliantly to Mikey Danu, who found Frankie O’Leary, who threaded it through for Ngo to finish clinically. 2-0!
Then a free kick. Christopher Sheridan — left back, goal thief — stepped up and lashed a high shot into the net. His third of the season. 3-0 NAAS! Surely safe.
The second half? Absolute carnage. Into the teeth of the wind, Kilcullen struck TWICE in five minutes. 3-2. A Naas chance was cleared off the line. The wobble was real.
Captain Jamie Dunphy steadied nerves on 47 minutes, stroking home a penalty after Ngo was fouled in the box. 4-2. Breathe.
DON’T BREATHE. Kilcullen got a penalty. Slotted. 4-3. Then an equaliser from a scrambled cross. 4-4. The coaches? Wrecked.
But Naas dug deep. In a frantic injury-time finish, Ngo crossed from the right, the keeper spilled it, and McBride was there — composed, clinical — to tap home the WINNER. 5-4!
The three points were earned the hard way. But earned they were.