Bert Carolan has kindly submitted these reports from the very early days of the clubs existence.

Moy Villa 3 Crossmolina 2
Man Utd Cup
My first competitive game with the club and one which we were unlucky to lose. We took thel lead just after half time when Gerard O'Boyle got on the end of a through ball and finished well. He hit the post shortly after and I had a shot cleared off the line and it was in this period that we should have sealed the game. Moy Villa came back and were awarded a penalty which they converted. One all at full time.Moy Villa took the lead in extra time after Aiden Doyle made a mistake at centre half. We equalised when John Hegarty made a great run up the right and crossed for Adrian Conway to finish. Moy Villa took the lead again after one of their forwards was blatantly offsides in front of the keeper. With about two minutes left Adrian was flattened in front of goal but no penalty was awarded. The fact that the official referee didn't show up meant that Pat McKeon of Enniscrone handled the game and this had a bearing on the result. Some wild tackles from both sides were seen. Nevertheless a good game for us and I was particularly impressed with Jhn Hegarty and Anthony Connor in the defence and Joe Keane and Adrian Conway in attack.
Team - Liam Cawley, Ciaran Connor, Aiden Doyle, John Hegarty, Anthony Connor, Bert Carolan, Stephen Herbert, Adrian Conway, Paul Flaherty, Gerard O'Boyle, Joe Keane
Subs - Rory Connor , John Gallagher, John Davis, Stephen Carolan

Crossmolina 8 Roundfort 1
League match
If I was worried about what we would do without the Gaelic players I shouldn't have. The fact that Roundfort were the most disorganised team I had ever encountered meant that the game was over at half time. They looked the part with sponsored Fiorentina strip but were a shambles. Adrian Conway and Gerard O'Boyle both scored from close in before Joe Keane took on and beat a ddefender before crashing in a shot from 20 yards. In the second half we switched players around. Gerard got another three goals and Adrian two. They scored a consolation penalty at 5-0. They must have fouled every throw they took although a couple of our own lads aren't too hot at that and it's something to work on in training. I was impressed by Anthony Connor at centre half, Mark Loftus at left back and somewhat surprisingly John Gallagher at right of midfield. However Man of the Match had to be Joe Keane.
Team - Matt Gilvarry, Ciaran Connor, Aiden Doyle, Anthony Connor(John Davis) , Mark Loftus, John Gallagher, Bert Carolan, Joe Keane, Paul Flaherty, Adrian Conway, Gerard O'boyle
Sub - John Heffernan

Killala 1 Crossmolina 6
Challenge match
A game initiated by Peter McDonnell, Killala manager and one which saw the end of our erstwhile manager Liam Cawley. Due to his apathy we arrived in Killala both late and with the bare eleven players. However three of those were Gaelic players and their presence was significant. Killala didn't have their full team but had probably the best team they could have had on the day. We took a little while to settle but when we did the passing and control of Noel Convey, Joe Keane, Paul McGuinness and Adrian left Killala trying to catch smoke. Two goals from Noel and one from Adrian saw us three up at half time with Paul Flaherty in goal rarely tested. Convey completed his hat trick in the second half and Paul McGuinness volleyed the best goal of the game before David Alexander converted a token penalty for Killala. Gerard O'Boyle completed the rout towards the end and I felt a certain amount of sympathy for my old colleagues but basically I was delighte. I am a little concerned about how we are going to cope without the Gaelic guys and John Hegarty.
Team - Paul Flaherty, Ciaran Connor, Donal McDonald, John Hegarty, Noel Convey, Paul McGuinness, Bert Carolan, Adrian Conway, Joe Keane, Gerard O'Boyle
Ref - Gus Alexander

Newport 1 Crossmolina 2
Robert Kilkelly Cup
Though in the middle of a punishing fixture schedule Newport would have expected to get past Crossmolina at Fahy on Tuesday. However Crossmolina were never coming to make up the numbers and with Barry Heffernan in goal they could always feel they had a chance. Donal McDonald and Anthony Connor began to warm to their defensive responsibilities and with this solid foundation at the back Crossmolina set about the win. Adrian Conway hit the bar from a corner just before Eugene O'Donnell's shot was superbly saved by Heffernan. Crossmolina scored at the end of the first half. Gerard O'Boyle perceptive through ball was picked up by Adrian Conway and slammed to the net. Through sheer weight of numbers Newport equalised early in the second half with the ball being forced home from close range. The Division One side enjoyed a lot of possession but Crossmolina had the clear cut chances. Bert Carolan thumped a free kick off the bar and Gerard O'Boyle skimmed a post less than three minutes remained when O'Boyle set up Shane Colohan. The substitute controlled the ball, settled himself and slipped the ball to the far corner. Not enough time for Newport to reply, they were dejected at the end.The Reserve League team were understandably elated having won through for a crack at Castlebar United. Crossmolina's defence was excellent while Aiden Doyle had his best game.

Conn Rangers 1 Crossmolina 6
To paraphrase Judy Garland "I'm not in Killala now Toto". If we'd lost our best centre half and our top scorer in Killala all hell would have broken loose. In Crossmolina? Two players just as good (better?) replace them. Gerard O'Boyle was working so into the side came Dennis McCalmont, a Derryman with pace and a vicious shot in either foot and loads of experience. For Aiden Doyle came John Hegarty (Fig) having got fed up with Hollister. Rangers were a varied assortment of characters and beer-bellies. The boys knew one of their number, a certain Ray Gaughan and indeed the ref told me he was their best player. Davis tackled him early on and his interest in the game evaporated. Paul opened the scoring when he finished a wild clearance.Adrian scored the next after Joe tore up the left and I sort of set Conway up. A few minutes later I deliberately set up Dennis and he hammered a shot in at the near post. We gave away a stupid goal just before half time, getting caught out on an offside. After half time we really took the game to them but had to wait a while to score. I missed a penalty after Dennis was pulled down but the same man was flattened again and this time Mark Loftus scored the kick. Paul Flaherty scored the best goal of the game from 30 yards and Adrian finished a corner to complete the scoring.
Team - Matt Gilvarry, John Davis(Rory Connor), John Hegarty, Donal McDonald, Mark Loftus, Bert Carolan(Mick Gaughan), Anthony Connor, Joe Keane, Paul Flaherty, Adrian Conway, Dennis McCalmont.

Killala 0 Crossmolina 3
League match
We arrived later for this game due to transport problems. Killala were a little under strength being without Kenny Golden and Johnny Cuffe (who had scored a hat trick the week before) but had David Munnelly and Speedy in their place. We had lost Ciaran Connor with a knee injury at training and further disaster struck when Aiden Doyle badly twisted his knee after 15 minutes. Luckily Donal McDonald had come and he played solidly at centre half with John Davis coming in at right back. Adrian scored early on for us but despite a number of god chances could not finish the game until abut 15 minutes from the end when joe Keane scored a great header from a corner. Gerard was taken down for a penalty which John Gallagher converted. A good enough performance under the circumstances. The lads may have been a little surprised by Killala's physical (though never dirty) attitude and the lack of space thought they coped well enough. Although Killala had a lot of possession Matt only had one real save to make. Aiden Doyle will be a big loss.
Team - Matt Gilvarry, Donal McDonald, Aiden Doyle(John Davis), Anthony Connor, Mark Loftus, John Gallagher, Joe Keane, Bert Carolan, Paul Flaherty, Gerard O'Boyle, Adrian Conway
Subs - Derek Greham, Dominic Gilvarry

Snugboro 2 Crossmolina 5
Mark Loftus and Joe Keane were missing for this game and we certainly missed Joe at midfield. Snugboro were a big side, good in the air but with a dreadful final ball. We experimented with John Gallagher and Dennis McCalmont in midfield but that didn't really work. Dennis was too fond of goal and John didn't have the experience to make any kind of a job on his own. Mind you he did score the first goal, a tap in after some good work by Adrian Conway. Adrian himself got the second, a goal that left everyone who saw it in a daze. Anthony Connor got the ball at left back , dodged round a couple of players and passed to Paul Flaherty. He laid it off first time to Adrian who made some kind of move with his feet that completely wrong footed the defence and beat the keeper to his far post. Gerard O'Boyle did some good work to set up Dennis for a tap in. In the second half a cross by Paul was caught by the wind and flew in. Gerard O'Boyle tapped in the fifth after the keeper failed to hold a fierce Paul Flaherty shot. We lost our way towards the end and gave away a couple of goals. The first was a penalty and the second a close range finish after a mix up by our centre halves. Some of the lads were unhappy with the game but five goals and two points will do me.
Team - Matt Gilvarry, Donal McDonald, John Hegarty, John Davis, Anthony Connor, Dennis McCalmont, Rory Connor, John Gallagher, Bert Carolan, Paul Flaherty, Gerard O'Boyle, Adrian Conway
Subs - Derek Greham, Mick Gaughan

Crossmolina 1 Knock United 0
This was always going to be a crunch game as Knock's results were as impressive as our own. They were a big, competitive team and very committed. We took a while to to settle and the way they were hitting their wide players I thought we might be in real trouble. However once Joe Keane got going in the middle we took control. The goal was a beauty John Hegarty took a free outside his area to Joe who clipped it to Adrian. His lay off dropped perfectly for Dennis to volley in from 25 yards. Adrian went over on his ankle and slowed up a bit. He missed two chances having gone round the keeper when he delayed his shot. Matt Gilvarry saved our bacon in the second half when he came out on a forward who was clean through. That was the only real chance Knock had. Our defence really showed their worth under pressure although Knock maintained they were missing a couple of forwards. Matt Gilvarry went to England the day after this game.
Team - Matt Gilvarry, Mark Loftus, John Hegarty, Donal McDonald, Anthony Connor, Paul Flaherty, Joe keane, Paul McGuinness, Gerard O'Boyle(John Davis), Adrian Conway(Noel Garrett), Dennis McCalmont

Roundfort - Crossmolina
This match was played in truly atrocious conditions on a pitch the size of a postage stamp. Roundfort had improved a lot and had a couple of Gaelic players. They caused us a couple of problems early on despite Adrian giving us an early lead. Anthony Connor got his first for the club with a great first time shot from a corner. Dennis sealed the game just before half time. Shane Colohan came on for the second half and finished off a Paul Flaherty corner from about two yards. Paul himself scored directly from a corner shortly after using the wind and a careless keeper well. Roundfort made a bit of a comeback and scored two goals, the second of which was a farce with John Hegarty passing the ball back to the forward. They had another chance just after with our full backs both out of position and I got a bit annoyed to say the least. But Dennis got a sixth after a great pass by Anthony Connor.
Team - Dominic Gilvarry, John Davis(Shane Colohan), John Hegarty, Donal McDonald, Mark Loftus, Anthony Connor, Bert Carolan, Paul Flaherty, Gerard O'Boyle, Adrian Conway (Gary Greham), Dennis McCalmont

Crossmolina 3 Killala 1
The word was that Killala were putting together their strongest team of the campaign. Sean McHale for goal and Sean Walsh for centre half were mentioned. Basil did play but in truth he would have been better off staying at home. Adrian was injured and Gerard O'Boyle had the flu so Dennis played with Paul McGuinness up front. Killala settled quicker and Brendan Farrell scored a great goal from outside the box. This was the first time we had been behind so I was curious to see how we would respond. Killala's physical approach made it doubly interesting. The answer was emphatic. The more Killala tried to knock us off our game the more soccer we played. Wave upon wave of attacks crashed on Killala's goal. Dennis, Joe, the two Pauls and Figgy all missed good chances before Dennis finally equalised after good work by Mark Loftus. We didn't have as many chances in the second half but we converted two. Dennis finished well after a good break by Joe and he completed his hat trick when I crossed from the right. So much for Killala. The only quibble I had was that we could have scored more. Dennis is improving with every game and Paul McGuinness, while very unorthodox, is nevertheless very effective. I'm still puzzled as to his best position. It may be just behind the front two. This will mean re-arranging the team. Whether we will do that remains to be seen.