VILLA FOOTBALL CLUB

Shoutout to Premier Players Craig Dunphy, Luke Walsh and Conor Kilgannon who are away in Reading FC with the Munster Team as part of their preparations to represent Ireland in the UEFA Regions Cup in October.

The Annual Awards Night will be held on Friday week the the 23rd of August at 7.00p.m. in Mount Sion School Hall.
We hope to see all Players, Coaches, Parents and family at this event to celebrate last season for our Schoolboy, Schoolgirls and Junior Men and Girls.

Pleasure to have our very own Andy Frawley back down at the Worklabs Connors Park this evening.

Andy was a coach here for years before making the move across the pond to the US where he now plays a pivotal role in the New England Revolution football (or soccer for our American family) club.

Conor Coad and one of Andy's old protégés, Niall McCabe, are seen here presenting him with a Villa jersey that's going to make the halls of the Revolution it's new home.

Under 17C League

DLS 4 - VILLA 0

Our first game of the season away to DLS, didnt quiet go to plan this evening. Playing against a difficult breeze first half we gave away 3 very silly goals in a game that we were well involved in. We started the second half much better and created a few decent chances but somehow found ourselves 4 nil down from a cracking free kick. It just wasn't our night, we were missing a lot of players, but fair play to DLS, they took the chances we gave them and won handy. Best for us were, Bobby Swift, Jack O Toole, Tommy O Brien and Tom Kavanagh.

Azzuri Premier League
Villa V Portlaw
workLAB Connors Park
Tuesday 13th August 19:00
This match is now off.
Villa awarded a 3-0 win

The final Summer Camp of our busy schedule starts tomorrow. It’s been a really enjoyable 7 weeks, many thanks to all the kids that have participated, the coaches for their great efforts and our camp sponsors Kilbarry SuperValu for their very generous continued support of the camps.

Book this week’s camp via the link below

Villa Football Club Summer Camps 2024 We just posted this article on ClubZap. Follow the link and download the app for realtime updates from Villa Football Club

17A League

Dungarvan 0 1 Villa

A great away performance to get a win in Dungarvan today.

We defended really well as a team with Fionn Phelan excellent in goal as Dungarvan put us under a lot of pressure, especially in the first half.

We had chances ourselves and got the winner with five minutes left when JP finished well from Jake Holohan's cross.

A well earned three points to start the season and well done to all the players on a huge effort from everyone.

Huge well done to JP Browne who made his Premier debut tonight becoming our youngest in Club Premier history to do so aged 15 years, 7 months and 26 days.

A very bright future ahead.

Premier Team
Sponsored by workLAB

Azzuri Premier League
Game Week 1

Ballinroad 0-3 Villa

A strong start to our 2024 short season campaign tonight away from home.

Two fantastic team goals finished off by Jeff Da Silva and Aaron O Connor within the first 4 minutes gave us the perfect start.

Ballinroad to their credit stayed in the game for a long period before a Conor Whittle curler into the top corner effectively ended the game as a contest on the hour mark.

Next up we face Portlaw Utd in workLAB Connors Park next Tuesday the 13th with a 7pm kick off.

Final Reminder for Coerver Camp starting tomorrow!

⚽️ Coerver Summer Camp ⚽️
📍Villa FC
🗓️ 4 Day Camp: Tuesday 6th-Friday 9th August
⌚️10am - 2pm Each Day
👕All kids attending will get the Adidas Official Coerver Jersey
✍️ Sign up through the below link :
https://coerver.ie/camps/

A great day today at the Tramore AFC 2015's 7-A-Side August Tournament. The boys went unbeaten in their group against Ferrybank, Fairview Rangers (Limerick), Ballinroad, New Ross Celtic AFC (Wexford) and PDA (Cork). As we topped the group with PDA a penalty shootout was required to decide the group winners. Unfortunately, we lost the shootout 2-1. We faced Shamrock Rovers (Dublin) in the Cup semi final and were unlucky to lose out 2-1 after a very good competitive game. Thanks to Ian Barry and all at Tramore AFC who ran an excellent tournament today and thanks again for the invite. Well done also to all the referees who gave up their time. Congrats to all the winners and well done to all the teams who took part in a great tournament with lots of learnings for everyone. Thanks to all our parents, family members and club members for your support for the boys today.

Villa girls were the Waterford fc ballkids for the match against Shamrock Rovers last night. They enjoyed themselves despite the result.

*Premier Team*
Sponsored by workLAB

WJL Presidents Cup Final
Villa FC 3-1 Hibernians

Our Premier Team got the season up and running in good fashion last night in Ozier Park.

First half goals from Jeff Da Silva, Alex Phelan and a late second half strike from Cameron Power saw off the challenge of Hibernians.

Thanks to all club members for getting down to support the lads.

Our 2024 Premier League campaign kicks off next Wednesday 7th August where we travel to face Ballinroad, kick off at 6:45pm.

Our Premier team are back in action tonight in the President’s Cup Final versus Hibs in Ozier Park kick off 7pm. This game sees a match up between the Premier League & Cup winners of last season and will be our final game before the League kicks off next week. All support would be greatly appreciated.

⚽️ Coerver Summer Camp ⚽️

📍Villa FC

🗓️ 4 Day Camp: Tuesday 6th-Friday 9th August

⌚️10am - 2pm Each Day

👕All kids attending will get the Adidas Official Coerver Jersey

✍️ Sign up through the below link :

https://coerver.ie/camps/

Another great week on Summer Camp in Villa with 100+ kids enjoying their football. We have another camp next week, which can be booked via

https://villafc.clubzap.com/articles/119150

Many thanks again to Kilbarry SuperValu for their kind sponsorship of our camps

Villa FC Women’s Premier brought to you by Beautorium Training Academy Waterford
Tough night at home for our young Ladies team as we came up against a very strong and well organised Tramore team.
Best on the night for Villa was Charlotte Brennan and Casey Moore.
We will take the positives from this game and hope to build on them ahead of our next match against Mooncoin next week.
Thanks as always for your support

End of season day out for the U'12A Squad in the Dunmore East Adventure Centre and later in Jack Meades last Saturday 20th July 🟢⚪️⚽️⚽️

Villa's Emily Murphy meeting Ireland's Emily Murphy after the Ireland Women’s match in Pairc Ui Chaoimh this week and she managed to get her jersey!!💚🤍🇮🇪

Villa FC – 2024/25 Season Players Expressions of Interest

Please fill out the attached form via the link and the club will be in touch..

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Villa FC Women’s Premier brought to you by Beautorium Training Academy Waterford
Dungarvan United 3:1 Villa FC Ladies

Our 2024 Summer League campaign kicked off with a difficult assignment as our young squad faced a very talented Dungarvan side away from home.
Dungarvan hit us early, but we adjusted our shape and settled into the game and a well-worked counter attack saw Catherine Munro latch on to an inch-perfect through ball to deliver a beautiful finish.
Dungarvan piled on the pressure in the finishing stages, but a resolute Villa defence held up and the game ended 3:1

Superb performances all over the field but it was Sara Sabour-Pickett who deservedly picked up the Player of the Match award from the match referee.

A really tremendous effort from the Villa Ladies and they should take huge pride in their performance.

Thanks to Dungarvan and referee John for a very sporting game and to all our families, friends and supporters who travelled to cheer us on.

Our next game is Away to Park Rangers on Sunday morning.
Kick off at 11:00am
Your support is very much appreciated!

Villa F.C. A.G.M.

The Club A.G.M. Will be held on Friday the 19th of July at 6.30p.m. in the Clubhouse in workLAB Connors Park.
We hope to see all Junior & Women Players and the Parents of all Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Players at this meeting.
We ask that any people interested in joining the Committee please let us know
I look forward to seeing you all present on the night.

Shane Kehoe,
Club Chairman

U15a Cup Final
Sponsored by : Kilbarry SuperValu

Tramore 3-0 Villa

First all of thanks for the WSFL for the mark of respect who organised a minutes applause for the members of Waterford football who passed away recently, Villas Abuzwa Idris , Gilbert Collins and St Joseph's Michael Grant

We played tramore on a glorious day in Ozier. We started slow with Tramore putting a alot of pressure on us. We grew into the game but Tramore caught us on the break where a great clinical counter was rewarded with a great finish. Similar to the first goal we conceded a second from another counter. Tramore kept pushing on and unlucky with not being rewarded with a third. We nearly got a goal back before the end of the half where Jake Holohan free kick hit the post.

We entered into the dressing room and told the lads more energy was needed and less touches on the ball. The lads took it on board and were excellent. Our pressure was nearly rewarded when from a corner both Joe and Liam came very close to getting a goal back. From that corner tramore broke and rafi produced an excellent save which resulted in a corner which Tramore scored from to make it 3. Daniel Doyle nearly scored a magnificent goal when he took the ball at the half way line which resulted in tramore producing a great save. Despite the scoreline the lads never gave up and showed great effort and couldn't fault anyone. Overall a very good season which saw a great improvement from our side and we already look forward to get going for next season.

Thanks for all parents and club members support for the year.

Congratulations to Tramore on winning today. Really good team who are great to watch.

A fantastic first week of our summer camps programme. Thank you to all of our coaches and to our sponsors Kilbarry SuperValu.

Space available for next weeks camp, book through the below link.

https://villafc.clubzap.com/articles/119150

We are running girls only camps this summer, all details in the below link

https://villafc.clubzap.com/articles/119151

We also have 4 day Coerver Camps running this summer, all players attending receive the official Coerver adidas jersey. Book through the below link.

https://coerver.ie/camps/

U15A Cup Final
Massive game for our enterprising U15A squad tomorrow Sunday 7th July @ 1.30 pm in Ozier Park as they take on Tramore.
Get down to Ozier to support this squad and their management team.

U'12A Boys Cup Final:
Primary Sponsor: Kilbarry SuperValu
Training Gear Sponsors: Sean Ormonde & Co., Solicitors, Joe's Barbers, HSS Hire and Stryker Cork

Southend Utd 4-2 Villa

We travelled to the excellent playing surface in Graun Park this morning for the eagerly awaited cup final. The crowd present were treated to a great contest showing all that is good about schoolboy football in Waterford. Many thanks to referee Stuart Kennedy who organised a minute’s applause as a mark of respect to the three members of the Waterford football community that passed away recently; Villa’s Abuzwa Idris, his friend Gilbert Collins and St. Joseph’s Michael Grant.

Southend had the first real chance of the game when a lovely one-two put them in but our keeper Adam Sielanczyk was equal to the shot. On 10 minutes a long goal kick from Adam was controlled by Giovanni Annecchiarico before he played Conor McLoughlin in with a clever pass and Conor finished low to the bottom right hand corner. Just before the half time whistle the sides were level when we didn’t deal with a cross from the right and were duly punished. 1-1 at the break.

We took the lead once again two minutes into the second half when Gio found Kayden English and Kayden’s clever lay off was struck beautifully by Ethan Szeflinski to find the net. Cuinn Carroll, Erik Moldovan and Filippo Annecchiarico were doing well defensively as Southend pushed for an equaliser. Over the next 15 minutes we created some excellent opportunities to extend our lead. First Kayden’s effort brought a great save from their keeper with Kyle Lonergan just missing the rebound. Next, substitute Erik Sarana brought another great save from the keeper and Gio’s effort from the rebound went over the bar. Conor then beat their full back for pace and after he cut in along the end line he squared a lovely ball to Gio but their keeper somehow kept the ball out from point blank range. On 52 minutes a good effort from outside the box was pushed on to the post by Adam but Southend reacted quickest finishing to the net from a tight angle. Their tails were up now and minutes later when we failed to clear our lines they punished us again with another good finish from a difficult angle. As we pushed on for an equaliser with just minutes remaining they broke and when we conceded a free out on the left their centre back gave Adam no chance with a superb strike that finished the game.

Thanks to the officials for a great job and to the WSFL’s Davy Cullen and the Cuddihy family for presenting the medals. Thanks to the parents, family members and club members for their great support today and all throughout the season. The coaches would like to thank the players for their efforts all throughout the season as they have been excellent and a pleasure to coach. The boys enjoyed a nice meal after the game as a reward for how they performed over a long season.

Congratulation to Southend on winning a league and cup double in a very competitive U’12A League.

Villa U12A Cup Final
Massive game for our young U12A team, playing their 3rd cup game in 6 days as they face league winners Southend at 11 am in Graun Park, Tramore tomorrow Saturday 6th July. If any team deserve massive support from our club, this group and their management team deserve your support. Get out to the seaside town and shout them on.....