Ashbourne 1 Castleknock Celtic 0

Celtic made the short journey to Co. Meath and took part in one of the last ever fixtures at 

Baltrasna before Ashbourne move to new grounds in the coming weeks. Whilst it might 

have been the end of an era in Ashbourne, for Celtic it was just the end of our unbeaten start 

to the season.

Celtic found themselves under pressure from the start and didn’t have a meaningful foray 

into the Ashbourne half for almost 15 minutes. As the half progressed, Celtic did get to 

grips with Ashbourne and as half time approached Celtic were very much in the game. But 

disaster struck just before half time. Celtic gave away possession far too easily on the half 

way line, allowed Ashbourne move the ball forward with a couple of quick passes before 

they shot to the back of the Celtic net.

The second half was very much a 50/50 affair, played mainly in the middle third of the pitch 

with very little goal mouth action. Celtic did a have a couple of half chances but couldn’t 

capitalise on them.

Despite losing their unbeaten run, it has been a good start to the season. Both players and 

management are looking forward to their next game and getting back to winning ways.