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Under 19 Cup First Round
Castleknock Celtic 7 Ardmore Rovers 0
After 6 games on the road the Under 19s eventually got to play their first home game of the season against Ardmore Rovers from Bray. Celtic had travelled to Bray 2 weeks earlier to play Ardmore in a league match and had come away with an 8 – 0 victory.
However, Cup football has produced some strange results over the years and Celtic weren’t going to treat this game any differently than any other game. That said, it was an opportunity for some players who had been absent for the last 3 of 4 fixtures due to injury and work commitments to stake a claim for a place in the starting line up on a more permanent basis.
Lining out in a 3-4-3 formation, Celtic were intent getting the early score to help them settle into the game, and so they did. After just 6 minutes, midfielder David McCabe played the ball wide to Cian Rush who crossed it first time to Cory Power who made no mistake from close in. Soon after the restart, a well worked combination between Callum Carberry and Cory Power allowed Cian Kelly double the score. Celtic were now in total control of the game and with half time approaching, Cian Kelly doubled his tally to make it 3 – 0 at half time.
The second half continued as the first had finished with Celtic in total control. Further scores from Daniel Ferreira (2), including a spectacular header, Ciaran Buggy and Cian Kelly who rounded off an excellent individual performance with a hat-trick (although no match ball, sorry) saw Celtic finish as 7 – 0 winners. An excellent squad performance with 15 players seeing action. Best on the day were goal scorers, Cian Kelly, Daniel Ferreira and Callum Carberry.
