Players of the Year Polls! Forwards First!

Yes, it's that time of the year! Post turkey binging! You get a chance to cast a vote for who you thought was the best player in  a particular position during the season! I know it was a tough season but there was still some great performances throughout the year.  I'm going to start us off with Forward of the year!

You can vote on Tano, Leo, Kevin, Mike, David I or me!  What a tough choice!

The poll machine can be found at the top right of the Blog!

Go ahead and vote!

Happy Thanksgiving to Madison Celtic!

Hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving with your family and friends!

End of Season 2014; Final Standings

	SECOND DIVISION	Pl	W	D	L	FW	FL	F	A	GD	SNR	PD	Pts
1	Greenwich Arsenal	18	13	3	2	0	0	46	13	33	0	0	42
2	Danbury United	18	12	5	1	0	0	53	18	35	0	0	41
3	Norwalk Sport Colombia FC	18	10	4	4	0	1	42	25	17	0	0	34
4	Stamford United	18	8	7	3	1	0	42	24	18	1	0	31
5	Fairfield GAC	18	9	1	8	0	0	28	25	3	0	0	28
6	Guilford Bell Curve	18	8	4	6	0	0	24	29	-5	0	0	28
7	Cheshire Inter FC	18	5	4	9	0	0	34	45	-11	0	0	19
8	Orange SC	18	5	1	12	0	0	22	49	-27	0	0	16
9	New Haven Americans	18	2	4	12	0	0	24	41	-17	0	0	10
10	Madison Celtic FC	18	1	1	16	0	0	11	57	-46	0	0	4

Sorry guys I had to post the last league standings for season 2014. It can only get better!

MATCH REPORT; Guilford 3 Madison 2

The time for hanging up the soccer cleats for another season has finally arrived for Madison Celtic and last Sunday they ended a less than successful 2014 season with yet another defeat.  ( The photo above is from Rubens' personal closet of soccer boots ;o). Although this was another defeat, Celtic played well throughout the game and should have won. A couple of defensive errors allowed Guilford to take advantage at critical points in the game. The Celts were 1 nil down after 3 mins when the first attack of the game gave them the lead and, give or take a lot of attacking and defending, that's how the half ended. The Celts were always competitive in the first 45 minutes and that continued in the second half but yet another error put them 2 nil down and potentially out of the points. But a  fabulous breakaway goal from Leo brought them back into the game and looking the more likely to maybe even win it. That dream was shattered by a third Guilford goal and even though Johnny B scored a great second goal it was to prove too little too late for the Celts. In the end, the game delivered no points, a couple of broken ribs for Hulk and a broken leg for Dustin! Quite an end to the season!  Here's hoping Dustin and Hulk mend quickly and the rest of the team get a chance to re-group indoor before the Christmas party!

Man of the Match; A number of strong performances in defense with Tim and Dan in particular. Johnny B was also excellent in  midfield. But the MOM goes to Leo for hanging in there and scoring a fantastic goal!

I'll be sending out the players of the year polls soon and dates for possible indoor training games.

We also have the Christmas Soccer party to look forward to which will be at my house on Friday Dec 19th.......keep the night free!  More details to come!

NEXT GAME; Sunday 2nd Nov Vs Guilford

Our last game of the season is this Sunday away to Guilford. No one can argue that this has been anything other than a tough season for the Celts. But, I have started to see some real signs of improvement and if we can "keep" fit over the Winter and start some evening practices we should be ready for a great new season!  Let's go out tomorrow and have some fun in our last game!

Don't forget the clock goes back over night!  Kick off is at 10am at Calvin Leete School

See you all there!