A great few days for the club were capped off this afternoon when our under 16 DDSL Premier side were the fourth team from the club to reach a major cup final this season when they came from behind to beat Crumlin United 4-1 in the semi-final of the SFAI under 16 cup.

Alex O’Reilly hit a superb hat trick and Evan Meagher got the other as they move on to meet St. Josephs AFC in next months final.

That leaves one more National Cup semi-final involving SKFC teams awaiting decision which is the Under 17 FAI  Cup semi-final home to Douglas Hall (Cork) in St. Aidan’s on May 3rd TBC.

Congratulations to both our under 13 and under 15 premier squads on reaching their respective SFAI Cup finals yesterday with excellent away wins at Shamrock Rovers and Ennis Town respectively.

There is never much between our 13’s and Shamrock Rovers but yesterday saw us score a decisive win away at Roadstone with two goals from Ollie Szall and one each from Max Glogowski and Ryan Hollingsworth easing them into the All Ireland final where another arch rival – Cherry Orchard – await.

On a hard bumpy pitch Ennis Town provided formidable opposition for our under 15 squad in their semi-final yesterday going a goal ahead midway through the first half. 

A change of formation resulted in a much improved showing in the second half saw Dave Dunne’s team gain control of the game and goals from Ryan Donovan, Adam Scully and Sam McKenna gave them a comfortable cushion as the game entered a lengthty injury time phase (9 minutes) but a defensive wobble gifted Ennis Town a second goal and nearly a third before the full time whistle eventually sounded.

Fairview Rangers from Limerick and Leicester Celtic contest the other semi-final.

On Friday night our under 17 DDSL premier side played St. Josephs AFC in the semi-final of the Leinster Youth Cup in St. Aidan’s and came away with a 3-1 win that puts them into the LFA Youth Cup final against either Cherry Orchard or FC Eagles.

Two first half goals from Lewis Oladipo and another from Cian Smith gave them a comfortable lead at half time and indeed the lead could have been bigger with a couple of good goal scoring chances not taken.

The second half was an altogether different story with Joeys pushing forward and Kevin’s dropping further and further back. Two excellent saves from Bayleigh Rock and a goal disallowed for a prior infringement kept the lead intact. A consolation goal at the start of injury time gave Joeys some reward in a game that was a lot closer than the score line suggests.

Away from National and Provincial cup ties some of our other teams were making progress in DDSL Cup competitions this weekend;

16 Major won away at Newbridge Town 2-1 in the DDSL Sunday Major Cup.

11.7 Sunday won 3-1 against Ballymun United in Shanowen Road in the DDSL Lees Cup.

15 Major Saturday won 2-1 away at Home Farm in the DDSL Conway Cup.

Thanks to everyone who supported our teams over the past few days, especially our group of young underage players who made their voices heard on Saturday afternoon in Roadstone.

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR TEAMS WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN.

 

The Club have reached an agreement with Staydia Sports TV for the installation of a camera at Shanowen Road to broadcast games live.

If you want to see these games go to the following link and subscribe:  https://staydiasports.com/register-club

More big games this weekend with our Under 16 Premier side playing away  yesterday in Clare at Bridge United in the SFAI Cup. It ended in convincing fashion as they ran out 5-0 winners to set up a semi final clash against local league rivals Crumlin United.

Our Under 17 Premier side were in St.Aidan’s yesterday afternoon against Aishling Annacotty in the Under 17 FAI Cup where they  kept their good run going on all cup fronts coming from a goal down to win eventually 5-1 and go on to a home game in the semi final against Douglas Hall from Cork. 

In the DDSL Cups there wins for our 13 Premier team away to Shamrock Rovers (7-4) but disappointing defeats in extra time (1-2) for our Under 15 Premier team away to Malahide United – a team they had beaten 5-0 in the SFAI Cup last week – and our 12 Premier side (1-3) to Templeogue United who are becoming a bogey side for them having lost (0-1) to them last week in the SFAI Cup.

Our Under 15 girls team became the first girls’ team from the club to reach a DDSL Cup final when they came from 2 goals down to beat higher ranked Newbridge Town 3-2 this morning at Shanowen Road with the goals coming from……

 

On Friday night our Senior team went down narrowly (2-3) away to higher ranked Glebe North in the FAI Intermediate Cup where a number of injuries through the early part of the game severely disrupted their plans but it was a creditable performance that hopefully they will carry into their remaining league games as they seek promotion.

 

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12P   SFAI Cup v Templeogue United – Tymon Park Astro – Sunday March 22nd 2pm.

LOST 0-1

13P  SFAI Cup v Ringmahon Rangers – Ringmahon Road, Cork  – Saturday 21st March 2pm.

WON 5-0

15P SFAI Cup v Malahide United – St Aidan’s – Saturday 21st March 12.30pm.

WON 5-0

17P DDSL PFAI Cup Q-F v Raheny United – St. Aidan’s – Sunday March 22nd 1.15pm

WON 4-1

Still to come

17P LFA Cup Semi Final v St Josephs AFC – St Aidan’s, Thursday April 23rd 7.45pm 

17 FAI Cup Semi Final v Douglas Hall (Cork) – St Aidan’s, TBC

 

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The fixtures / results are as follows;

 

Please come out and give your support to all of our teams in what are all likely to be a tough series of games.

Good luck to all of our players & managers/coaches this weekend.

An important weekend of SKFC cup ties got off to a great start on Friday night with our under 17 premier side recording a 4-0 win over Raheny United at St Aidan’s with 2 goals each from Cian Smith and Danny Reay.

4 SFAI cup games were decided yesterday;

Under 13 Premier at Shanowen Road v Burrin Celtic from Carlow ……….Won *6-0

Under 14 Premier at Whitehall v Home Farm …………….Won 5-3

Under 15 Premier at St Aidan’s v Carrick Rovers from Waterford……….Won *6-2

Under 15 Major at St Aidan’s v Donnacarney Celtic……………Won 4-0

 

Today saw two games in St Aidans;

Under 12 Premier v Carrigaline United at 1pm……………….Won 5-2

Under 16 Premier v Killarney Athletic at 2.30pm…………..Won *6-0

 

Well done to everyone!!

 

Transfer activity during the January window in the UK saw three ex SKFC players join new clubs with Ryan Graydon going from Fleetwood Town to Salford City.

Luke Browne who was on loan from Crystal Palace to Shelbourne has signed for Notts County and hopefully he is over the series of injuries that has plagued him for the last two seasons.

Sam Curtis who has had loan spells in Scotland and at Peterborough United from Sheffield United has signed for Chesterfield FC.

Gavin Kilkenny who has been in top form for Swindon Town since joining them from Bournemouth has agreed a new long term contract with Swindon.

We wish them all the very best of luck with their moves and careers going forward.