KDUL Under 14 Premier

Clane United 1 - 2 Monasterevin AFC

24/10/2025

MAFC travelled to Clane United for an unbelievable 70 minutes of football under lights .

Coming off an disappointing defeat in the SFAI 6 days previous MAFC were full of hunger .

The game started well with both teams having good link up play between defence and minefield , Clane opting for the long ball approach with MAFC trying to play from midfield to attack .

Both teams had early chances to test the keepers and defensive organisation from corners .

MAFC got a breakthrough on 19 minutes when Emil Kostoj got the ball inside his own half and played a lovey weighted 25 yard pass to find Hugh O’Loughlin , rounded a player to pass to Jack Fitzpatrick who found Jake O’Farrell to calmly put it past the keeper to make it 1-0 .

It was very nearly 2-0 when a ball from Hugh found Tadgh O’Farrell who rounded the keeper but he recovered well to put the ball out for a corner .

Hugh himself went close on the 25th minute .

The rest of the first half was a battle in midfield where Cormac Kelly , Dylan Moran , Jack Fitzpatrick and Tadgh O’Farrell worked hard to win the ball and create chances .

The extremely well drilled back trio of Dylan O’Neill , Michael Kirwan and Emil Kostoj kept Clanes attacks at bay .

The second half continued with the pace that the first ended with and the fresh legs of Matthew Gould and Kyle Websdale the work continued . Clane also made changes to strengthen their midfield .

Clane's breakthrough came on the 44th minute and brought a new lease of life for the home team . MAFC defensive trio and wing backs of Tadgh O’Farrell and Kyle Websdale worked relentlessly for the next 15 minutes with keeper Oisin Murphy making some vital saves .

The last 10 minutes the game returned to the visitors with Tadgh O’Farrell , Lucas Orban and Matthew Gould all going close .

Kyle Websdale’s switch from left to right side of midfield brought more attacks and with a beautiful cross to MAFC players running in, a defensive error led to an O.G .

MAFC saw out the remainder of the game and ran out deserved winners with some lovely football played from everyone.

Well done to the coaches and team.