Mick's View: But it would be good, wouldn’t it?

Sometimes you wake up and feel a positive notion lurking in the subconscious which you can’t identify. And then, oh yes, yesterday’s game, a 92nd minute equaliser against Shelbourne. The Shelbourne who just a few years ago were one goal away from the Champions League Group stage, going out to Deportivo La Coruna. Oh God, how sweet is an injury time equaliser, almost as good as a 1-0 win. The odds were against us – Shane Dempsey suspended, Chris Kenny, Aidan McCann and Shane Nolan injured, Danny Furlong, Shane Sinnott and Gareth McCurtin omitted from the starting line up for disciplinary reason, Jimmy Keohane in Bristol and David Breen gone to more lucrative pastures. read more>>>

Mick's View: A tough weekend

A tough weekend on the football side of things. After a week when I could have written a book about the goings on in my other life, which probably passes as business, I looked forward to the relief that football often brings, though I’m not sure if ‘relief’ is the right word at all times. We lost 1-0 to our near neighbours Waterford at the RSC on Friday night in a closely fought game that didn’t always represent value to the spectator. The Youths didn’t play well enough to take advantage of a nervous Waterford side that seem to have lost their way of late, but still remain close enough to the promotion chasing pack to gain entry to the Premier division, should they rediscover their earlier season form. read more>>>

News: Waterford United 1 - 0 Wexford Youths
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Waterford United collected a hard earned three points in the southeast derby against Wexford Youths in the RSC on Friday night. John Kearney scored the only goal of the game before two red cards made for an exciting last 15 minutes. The game started slowly with the first chance of the game arriving after ten minutes. Waterford-born Shane Nolan played a ball over the Blues defence to find Gary Sheahan but Kevin Burns narrowed the angle and Sheahan couldn’t find the target. Waterford United thought they had taken the lead after 16 minutes.
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News: Derby D-day looms for Southerners

It’s the South-East derby this week as Wexford Youths travel to the RSC to take on neighbours Waterford United. Both sides come into the game in relatively poor form as the hosts have one win in six and the Youths have lost their last two games to Longford Town and Cork City Foras Co-op. This derby game could possibly be the most important of the season for both sides as Waterford look to keep up their fight for promotion and the Youths look to steer clear of the lower tiers of the League.
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Mick's View: Some Thoughts On The Game Of Life

Jack Carthy is gone. But not forgotten. You couldn’t forget him even if you wanted to. If you never had a run-in with Jack Carthy, you must have been asleep for the last 30 years. Jack was a big character, and a great football man. By the time I started managing the county under 18 team in 1991, Jack had almost exclusive rights to producing good footballers in a conveyor belt fashion. The notion of coaching young players had still to reach the subconscious of most clubs, but not Wexford Albion’s. I used to hold trials in August, September and 140 players plus would turn up – I didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to pick out the lads who had come through the only academy in the county – Jack Carthy’s Albion. read more>>>

News: Cork City 1 - 0 Wexford Youths
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Graham Cummins appears to be completely unstoppable as his 16th goal of the season, 14 coming in the league itself, put Cork City on the road to their third win on the bounce over Wexford Youths at Turner’s Cross on Friday night. This was his fourth strike in three games and yet again he headed home to give City the lead and, in truth, without his goals it seems highly likely that the Leesiders would be down towards the lower echelons of the division. read more>>>

Youths hoping to crack Cork shell

Wexford Youths travel to Turners Cross to take on Cork City Foros Co-op tonight with kick-off at 7.45pm. It’s a tricky period for the Youths as their next three games are away to Cork and Waterford United followed by a home fixture against Shelbourne FC. However, these are games that Wexford Youths manager Noel O’Connor feels bring out the best in his young side.
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News: Wexford Youths v Longford Town

Pictures from Wexford's game v Longford are now available here

Wexford Youths 1-2 Longford Town

Late substitute Jason Oladele was the hero on the night for Longford Town as he sprang from the bench and grabbed a vital winner in the 84th minute as Longford beat Wexford Youths 2-1 at Ferrycarrig Park. Both sides started fairly tentatively and it wasn't exactly pleasing on the eye at times. However, the Youths created a chance out of nothing in the 21st minute when an aimless punt down the middle of the park by Anthony Wolfe was latched onto by Danny Furlong. Furlong looked to be in and he was heading for a one on one clash with Aarron Shanahan until he lost his balance and fell over, leaving John Lester with the task of cleaning up. read more>>>