25/10/2026
U15 SFAI CUP V CLONMEL CELTIC .
Rangers 15s made the long trip to clonmel today for their 2nd round tie , and came away with a resounding success against a formidable well organised clonmel side . Conditions were horrendous for both sides and quality football was at a premium and it soon became clear that nothing was going to come easy . The sides were very evenly matched when a delightful delivery from Noah Rossiter eluded everyone in the box and found its way to the net , advantage Gorey . Gorey restricted Clonmel to very few first have chances but you had a feeling the second half would be different .And the home side aided by 40kph wind came flying out of the traps and were only denied when Finn Sheridan snuffed out a big one on one chance. Clonmels breakthrough came with 15 minutes left when a well worked move saw them finish on the back post . Rangers under serious pressure at this stage admirably put their shoulders to the wheel and a late through ball from Charlie Devereux found Jay truel but the clonmel keeper was equal to it . So on to extra time and no more chances developed for both sides , then dreaded penalties and with no team deserving to loose ,the Rangers five of Jamie kinsella, Noah Rossiter , Jaime Valverde , Aaron funge and George Doyle held their nerve and dispatched their penalties calmly. 5-4 with clonmel one penalty left and Finn Sheridan stood tall and turned away the spot kick to send the Gorey crowd delirious. I caught up with rangers joint manager mark morrisey after the game and asked him was he confident heading into today’s game ? .
“ I don’t think you could ever be confident coming to a club like this with their history of success and we knew how organised they would be , but our lads have really knuckled down this year and were training well so we knew we’d give a good account of ourselves, delighted with the result on the road and we will look forward to a home tie against Villa in the next round , when we travel we just hope we do the club proud and our discipline today was exemplary on the pitch