Match Report: Oliver Bond Celtic 3-1 Seaford

LSL Saturday Major 1C

The Penguins struggles continued as they suffered defeat for the eighth match in a row.

There wasn't much to choose between the sides during a first half that was low on chances,, as Seaford's trio of skilful midfielders caused the hosts some problems, but Seaford were denied by a couple of tight offside calls.

At the other end, Patrick Scully forced a brilliant save from Fionn McLoughlin and from the resulting corner, Oliver Bond took the lead, as Cillian Hudson headed home a whipped corner from Harrison McGrane Lynch.

But Seaford made a flying start to the second half, and were almost in front within five minutes. First, Jack Keegan  broke down the right and squared for Timi Silva, who thumped home from 25 yards to level the scored. Moments later debutant Mario Rodriguez thought had had netted with an equally spectacular effort, but Christopher Shannon produced a sensational save to claw the ball out of the top corner. 

And the Penguins suffered a hammer blow when Carlos Monserrat was penalised for a foul on Scully, with McGrane Lynch firing home the resulting penalty..

Seaford rallied. Reigning player-of-the-year Zitian Xiang found Keegan with a searching cross-field ball, who in turn picked out , but the big striker's shot took a deflection and bobbled into Shannon's hands.

It was 3-1 with sixteen to play when Seaford's diminutive team was again exposed at a set-piece, when Gerard Noone headed home another McGrane Lynch corner. There was a barrage of late pressure  from the Penguins orchestrated by Keegan, who whipped cross was almost headed into his own net by Oliver Bond skipper Dillon Quinn but ultimately it was another weekend of disappoint for Baz Kirwan's boys.

Seaford FC: Fionn McLoughlin, Eoin O'Farrell, Ran Tao, Zitian Xiang, Brian Murphy, Jack Keegan, Timi Silva, Mario Rodriguez (Chenghao Liu, 82), Desmond Eiffe (Louis O'Dea, 64), Carlos Monserrat (Oscar Farrell, 73), Danny Walsh

Oliver Bond Celtic: 1 Shannon Christopher, 2 Harrison McGrane Lynch, 3 Dillon Quinn, 6 Cillian Hudson, 8 Sam Lyons, 9 Patrick Scully,10 Gerard Noone, 11 Pedro Campos, 14 William Jones, 15 Jose Jimenez, 16 Sean Byrne Quinn

Brickfield Park, 29 November 2025