Westport United FC

The juniors in their opening two games of the league have come away with two draws but they were really unlucky in Belmullet on Saturday evening. Played some lovely intricate football and were denied by a sucker punch goal at the end. The positives from the opening two games were game time opportunities to Liam Staunton, Darren Browne and Johnny Smith. Liam got his first senior goal for the club on Saturday evening in Belmullet, Darren was unlucky with a header against Ballina Town while Johnny Smith had a very good game on Saturday evening. Looking to the future we are going to see a lot of the better underage footballers being graduated up onto the first team, so the next couple of seasons will be pretty transitional. We may not win trophies for a couple of years but we look at rebuilding the first team and hopefully the new boys in time will deliver success, so I think that every Westport United supporter needs to be patient over the next couple of years and I think we will reap the rewards for our investment into our schoolboys and youths.

I have reason to believe that Kieran Mulchrone is the new Westport United manager. I was listening to it on the radio this evening.

only heard it on the radio - i taught a die hard like you would maybe even be consulted on the appointment before it was annouched over the airwaves. however, who is this kieran mulchrone

Kieran Mulchrone served as an assistant to Barry Kilgannon. Before that, he managed the B team and was assistant manager to John Moran of the B team.

The U.16s are in the Connacht Cup final after beating Knocknacarra 3-1. They will be taking on Corofin in Willow Park FC's ground in Athlone next Saturday at 1:00. Tremendous crowd at the game today as the team did enough to secure a place in the final. The second half was one full of free kicks, yellow cards and a red. If the boys win next Saturday, they will only be the second underage side in the club to win the Mayo Double and Connacht Cup; the last Westport United side to achieve that feat was the U.15s in the 1988-89 season. The team only lost two games out of 23 in the whole season and this particular group of footballers only lost once at home since November 2007.

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The U.16s are in the Connacht Cup final after beating Knocknacarra 3-1. They will be taking on Corofin in Willow Park FC's ground in Athlone next Saturday at 1:00. Tremendous crowd at the game today as the team did enough to secure a place in the final. The second half was one full of free kicks, yellow cards and a red. If the boys win next Saturday, they will only be the second underage side in the club to win the Mayo Double and Connacht Cup; the last Westport United side to achieve that feat was the U.15s in the 1988-89 season. The team only lost two games out of 23 in the whole season and this particular group of footballers only lost once at home since November 2007.

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Pleased to say that one of those losses was in Celtic Park in a cracking league game that finished 3-1 :)

Good win for the younguns and I'd be surprised if they don't lift the Conn Cup now. Great bunch of lads and many congrats to them and their management team :)

I think Westport needed a draw that night to win the league at the time and it looked like they were going to get it until Celtic took the lead.

Yeah you're spot on Thunder, 1-0 at half time and we came back in the second half. Terrific derby!

Good luck to the under 16 side next Sat from all at Swinford FC

There will be a supporters bus to the game on Saturday. Thanks for the outside support.

Hopefully we see a Mayo Double this weekend with Celtic (under 14) and Westport (under 16) in their respective Connacht finals!

Off course Manulla are also in the final of the under 14, but I'm hoping for the first double ;)

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Hopefully we see a Mayo Double this weekend with Celtic (under 14) and Westport (under 16) in their respective Connacht finals!

Off course Manulla are also in the final of the under 14, but I'm hoping for the first double ;)

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Typical - and Swinford is not in Mayo at all .... your always for yourself!!!!

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Typical - and Swinford is not in Mayo at all .... your always for yourself!!!!

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Not sure what you're getting at here to be honest??

Best of Luck to Westport United u16s in their Connacht Cup Final tomorrow.

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Typical - and Swinford is not in Mayo at all .... your always for yourself!!!!

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What is your problem with Celtic always snipping He might just have not known that Swinford U-12 are in the plate final. Anyway he was taking about the cup finals. Get over it will YA

Nope did not realise Swinford were in the plate final. Best of luck to them.

Many congrats to your lads today. Westport won on pens to complete a terrific treble.

Great win for the U.16s. Held out brilliantly with ten men and the keeper saved two penos. Great treble for the side. It was the icing on the cake for them. The future is certainly in safe hands.

Congrats to the under 16s winning the connacht cup at the weekend. Didn't make it to Athlone but heard they put in a brilliant perfomance. Well done to all involved

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Congrats to the under 16s winning the connacht cup at the weekend. Didn't make it to Athlone but heard they put in a brilliant perfomance. Well done to all involved

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They did very well and the whole town is very proud of the boys. The goalkeeper was named as joint footballer of the week on the Connaught Telegraph, while the management team got managers of the week. Westport defended brilliantly after going down to 10 men and at the same time could easily have been 3-1 up at half time. Some super penalties were taken too.

Thunder will Westport be entering an Under 17 FAI Cup team?

I think they will.

Atrocious day for football but the Eamon and Teresa Duffy Memorial Cup is being ran today and it promises to be a cracking day for the youngsters to display their footballing talents.

What did you think of the Castlebar Celtic game boys and girls??

Good game, fair result I reckon. Harsh red card. Westport could easily have had one too. One unbelievable goal, one decent goal and one lucky goal. Entertaining game overall.

Ruined by a poor ref. Port I would say disappointed not to earn a point. Great result for us after defended well once we went down to 10men for something only the ref saw.

I felt that Westport had the better of the first half, Celtic had the better of the second. Boyler's goal was a peach, Cam's equaliser was well taken but the winner was a bit poxy with the deflection. Celtic did things that bit quicker and sharper than Westport. Celtic were favourites for the game anyways and it is really their league to lose at this stage.

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I felt that Westport had the better of the first half, Celtic had the better of the second. Boyler's goal was a peach, Cam's equaliser was well taken but the winner was a bit poxy with the deflection. Celtic did things that bit quicker and sharper than Westport. Celtic were favourites for the game anyways and it is really their league to lose at this stage.

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I thought it was the exact opposite. Celtic dominated in the first half while Westport saw the better of the second. Result was fair. Good to see the derby back in action anyways and hopefully we can kick on from here!

Boyler's goal was terrific

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I thought it was the exact opposite. Celtic dominated in the first half while Westport saw the better of the second. Result was fair. Good to see the derby back in action anyways and hopefully we can kick on from here!

Boyler's goal was terrific

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I agree, Utd controlled the first 10 min then it was all Celtic till they scored and then Utd took over till half time. Second half saw Celtic dominate and looked very dangerous on the break after we scored. Jamie had a great chance to kill the game of but hit the post. Once Alan was sent off for an offence only the Ref saw it was all Westport and they missed a couple of good half chances to level. With my green and white glasses on we just about shaded it but could not argue to strong if the game finished level. Roll June 5 for part two. Surprised not to see Niall Gallagher in goals but Utd young keeper has a bright future as do the other young lads used. Maybe we can coax him back

A brilliant win for Westport United against Celtic in the Sports Park in a game that saw some interesting challenges going in. The B team did the bizz last night too, so two cup finals to look forward to.

Well deserved win for Utd. They wanted it more. Very little football played on a small pitch. Hoban the class act and the difference between the teams. Lawless also was back to his best. Surprised Hoban did not start. Rather the three points than the final.

Westport fully deserve to be in the final. Horkan and Lawless were super, definetly the strongest backline in the county now, but what are Westport going to do with Geraghty?? They can hardly leave him on the bench. James O'Donnell is a class-act, created something nearly everytime he got the ball. The goalkeeper Cunningham was also very good, reliable and make a top class save near the end, could not say that about the Byrne for Celtic though as he just looked nervous when the ball came near him. Owens at right back was Celtics best player , he should be played on the wing in my opinion. Ioseph O Reilly was the only one who looked like scoring.

Big game tomorrow between the the two most famous sides in Mayo football. The 'Port needs to win to put pressure on Celtic, while the away victory will leave Celtic with only one more win to regain the Super League title. Should be an intruiging afternoon of football.

Congrats to goalkeeper, Conor O'Malley on getting called up to the Irish U.18 squad to play Wales in the forthcoming international friendly away in Bangor on August 3rd.

Next week sees the Covey Week celebrations and already there are flags and banners festooning the town. Next Thursday in the local library, former legends Sean McLoughlin and Chris Keane will open a Westport United photo exhibition at 8:00. On Friday, beginning at 6:30, there will be a Centenary Mass celebrated with Fr. Ger Burns being the Celebrant. This will be followed by the Westport United Centenary Book Launch in the Castlecourt Hotel at 8:00. On Sunday afternoon at 3:00, there will be a tour of the graves of former prominent Westport United members at Aughavale Cemetery. All are most welcome to each event.

Westport losing to Celtic 1-0. KM just spoken to by ref. Some strange refereeing. Celtic are the better side.

KM sent from dugout. Crowd angry.

Nearly equalised. Ball cleared off the line.

In added time.

Gary Cunningham had one cleared


1-1. Horkan.

Finished 1-1. A battle. Celtic will be disappointed with that.