MATCH REPORT; North Haven 3 Madison 1

The new season started with a disappointing 3 1 defeat away to North Haven but there were a lot of positives to take away from the match. Some old faces back in the squad and some new ones gave the team a bit of a fresh feel. The game started off fairly evenly with some good attacking moves from both teams. Dave Slade was getting the ball through to the front line and the rest of the midfield were fighting hard for the ball. Unfortunately, Alex had to hobble off with a hamstring pull very early in the game causing a reshuffle at the back.  The away team kept fighting hard and it was actually a superb pass by Slade that found Tano on the edge of the box. The slippery striker controlled the ball well and slotted it past the goalkeeper to put the Celts one up. Unfortunately that seemed to be the high point of the game as shortly after that the home team got back into the game after a set piece move caught Dustin off guard and the ball spun in to the net for the equalizer. All tied at half time seemed fair but the second half saw the Celts struggle to get their passes to connect and the home team became increasingly confident scoring twice more to run out with an easy 3 1 win. Having said that Madison showed some great moves in the first half and were just short of some fitness in the second

Man Of The Match;  some good play by David, Tano and Ronnie but the first MOM goes to Johnny B for his hard driving approach in the first half

Starting 11 for Sunday vs North Haven!

We have a great squad for Sunday and 6 subs available for most positions!  Jim O is a late drop out due to flu, Jody is opting out cause we have a big squad and La Boca is back but only for the 2nd half.

So we have the following  players starting on the bench but will be used!

Forwards;

Houston

Midfield;

Ronnie
Abassi

Defenders;

Tom P
La Boca

We have to be better than this in the 2016 season!

With the 2016 season nearly upon us let's have a quick reminder of how we did last year!  I know we can do better than this and with a strengthened squad I think it will be a great season!

	THIRD DIVISION	Pl	W	D	L	FW	FL	F	A	GD	SNR	PD	Pts
1	Waterbury Albanians	18	14	2	2	0	1	78	27	51	0	0	44
2	Albanian Eagles	18	11	4	3	0	0	36	21	15	0	0	37
3	North Haven SC	18	10	4	4	0	0	42	21	21	0	0	34
4	Eli's FC	18	8	4	6	0	0	39	28	11	0	0	28
5	Stamford City	18	8	4	6	0	0	27	20	7	1	0	28
6	Wilton Wolves	18	7	4	7	0	0	33	32	1	1	0	25
7	Madison Celtic FC	18	7	2	9	2	0	30	33	-3	0	0	23
8	North Branford SC	18	7	1	10	1	1	31	46	-15	0	0	22
9	Hamden United	18	3	1	14	0	1	21	72	-51	2	0	10
10	Wallingford Morelia	18	1	2	15	0	0	22	59	-37	1	0	5

NEXT GAME; Sunday 17th April vs North Haven

Another season beckons with our first game of the 2016 campaign away to North Haven!  The game is a 10 am kick off but I'm sure Ronnie would like most of you there early to warm up. In other news Celtic will play The New Rangers in the Scottish cup semi final tomorrow morning 7am kick off. Hopefully I'll be in a good mood!!


Field direction are below;

RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
1341 Ridge Road, North Haven, CT
I-91 North or South to Exit 10 (Route 40, Mount Carmel). This will put you on to Route 40, "the connector" (to Route 10). On the connector, take Exit 1 for Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. At the end of the exit at the traffic light turn left. Go to the next traffic light and turn left onto Hartford Turnpike. Proceed straight through the next traffic light, which will be at the intersection with Dixwell Avenue. Once through this intersection, continue straight on Hartford Turnpike for approximately 0.8 miles. Near the top of the hill there will be a blinking yellow light. At this light turn right into the back entrance to Ridge Road Elementary School. The field will be just ahead on the right and you can park anywhere along the driveway.