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U16s. Premier & Bs Finals : Russell's troops Rule the Roost

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Under-16's do Celtic proud.

It was double celebration for Celtic as their Under-16s, Premier and B teams won through to their respective Cup finals, played in the picturesque setting of Frank Cox Park in Rathcoole with the Dublin mountains as the backdrop.

Celtic's Premier side came up against league leaders St Francis FC but just came up short, despite a goal from Danny Ursu, long-serving player with the Castleknock side. Celtic finally went down 1-3 against worthy Nilfix Cup winners St Francis.

In the Redmond Cup final Celtic came up against Transport Iveagh Trust FC, and it was Castleknock Celtic’s Under-16B who came out on top 3-1 and proved to be worthy Cup Champions, with goals from Alex Conroy, Pablo Carcoba and Finn Woodger. All in all a great night's work for Celtic. Only pity was Celtic's supporters could not see both games as they were both played at same time.

Celtic 16B lined up in usual 4-1-4-1 formation for this reunion with Transport with stalwart keeper Sabin Ghet in goal. Our opposition had strengthened since our league fixture with them, and it soon became clear that the tried and trusted Dwyer, McCormick, Woodger frontline wasn't going to break down a much improved defence. The introduction of Danny O' Mahony and Pablo Carcoba made more inroads into the Transport defence, but it was an unfortunate defensive mix up from the Celtic backline that gave Transport the lead before half time.

A good decision to put 5 at the back seemed to provide Celtic with the platform to turn momentum in our favour, and it was from a set piece, that Celtic restored parity, with a bullet headed corner from Alex Conroy, delivered perfectly from Kristers Grinbergs. With the game heading to extra time, Mark O Connor hit the post, and Sabin produced an exceptional low save to keep matters tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes.

With Ashraf Darfalla and Kacper Pzykepwpowicz now driving Celtic forward, it seemed a matter of.time before we would get a winner. A neat combination between Gavin Cameron and Finn Woodger on the right, produced a great cross that everyone missed, apart from Pablo lurking on the edge of the box. His crisp left foot drive into the corner of the net drove the visiting fans from Castleknock into raptures.

Despite an expected Transport barrage into Celtic's defence, Colvin, Ursache and the 3 centre backs held strong. It was left to a marauding Woodger run into the box, to finally finish the scoring at 3-1. Celtic rang the changes, bringing on Mark Gillan, Ryan Shields and Hamza Madkour to see out the game.

This has been a great achievement for this Celtic team. To win 5 consecutive matches during junior cert, and with a newer squad is no mean feat. Aspira Man of the Match goes to all of the Lads, but we must mention Ryan Condell, Liam Hosford and Mario Dobos, who all played a part in winning the Cup, but couldn't play today.