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17 Super Reach FAI Quarter Final & Other Results

A goal up after one minute (Ross Nally) pegged back to 1-1 after four and back ahead 2-1 (Ross Coyle) before the tenth minute had elapsed such was the frantic opening exchanges of our Under 17 Super teams FAI last 16 game against Trim Celtic at the MDL Centre in Navan on Saturday.

Ross Nally got his second after twenty minutes to make it 3-1 and with the team producing some excellent football throughout further goals from Conor Kane, Liam Brady and Eoin Morgan before the break ended the game as a contest. The second half was even more one sided with Jamie Gray hitting the seventh ten minutes into the half, the score would have reached seriously embarrassing proportions only for the Trim Celtic goalkeeper who made a series of excellent stops and he along with some wayward finishing and the woodwork kept it down but still Ross Nally added three more to his tally (5) and Darragh Roycroft was rewarded for his hard work throughout the game with two to leave it 12-1 at the end.

The 13 Major got back to a good start after the Xmas break with a 4-3 home win over Peamount United at Ellenfield David Alaba (2) Callum Conneely and Tony Gallagher the scorers.

Eoin Greene got the all important goal as our 12 Premier secured an excellant 1-0 win over St Josephs Boys at Pearse Park.

Our 16 DDSL Premier team proved much to strong for Home Farm at Shanowen Road on Sunday winning 5-2 with goals from Dara O’Shea, Thomas Byrne, Mikey Cregan, Jamie Hamilton and Evan Pierce.

Good wins for our 15A (8-0) over Cambridge Boys and 16 Major (2-1) over St Malachys keeps them in the hunt for their respective league honours.

Our first team went down by the same score (5-2) away to Collinstown FC in a AUL Premier A league tie with new signing from Kilkenny Nathan West impressing scoring both goals on his debut.

St Pauls Artane take a 2-1 lead into the second leg of the AUL Myles O’Neill Cup following their game against our Senior Saturday side at the AUL Complex.

Daniel Bergin Hits 4 And Other SSG Results

Daniel Bergin did it again at the weekend for our 10A side with a quick fire hat trick on Sunday against Cambridge Boys with goals in the 1st, 6th and 11th minute and despite being moving from centre forward to right back for the 2nd half he popped up in the last minute of the game with a great run down the right wing and finished with a decent strike for his 4th goal and our 8th.

Our 11A Saturday and Sunday had impressive wins over Crumlin United (9-0) and Home Farm (7-0) to re enforce their position as one of the top teams at this age group in the city.

Lucan United inflicted a first defeat of the season on our 12A Saturday side with a 2-1 win at Ellenfield while our 12 Major conceded late goals going down to Home Farm (0-4)

1st Team Back In Form

Our 1st team recovered from last weeks heavy defeat to Sherriff Y C in the AUL Nivea Cup and moved into fourth place in the Premier A League table with a four goal victory over O’Devaney Dunard in Shanowen Road .

The early exchanges were pretty even up until Ross Harrison played Gavin Quinn in with a neat pass and Quinn took the ball around the Dunard keeper and finished superbly from a tight angle to break the deadlock after 25 minutes.

The advantage was doubled on 38 minutes when Ross Harrison was fouled in the box and  Peter O’Reilly scored the resulting penalty.

O’Devaney had a chance to halve the defecit five minutes into the second half when a penalty was awarded for hand ball in the Kevin’s area but the chance was missed with the penalty being put over the bar.

Sean Leavy then fired a screamer fifteen minutes into the second half to open up a three goal lead, before Stephen Cantwell finished the scoring from a penalty ten minutes from the end for his sixth league goal of the season.

SKB Senior Saturday Team Win 2-0 In Leinster Junior Cup

Our Senior Saturday team advanced into the sixth round of the Leinster Junior Cup with a fine 2-0 win in extra time over a much fancied Crumlin United this afternoon at the AUL Complex.

Josh Peyton scored the first five minutes into the first period of extra time and Jordan Cromwell sealed a great win with a second seven minutes from the end.

13’s 14’s & 15’s in WBA

Our 13, 14 and 15 Premier squads had a tough three days of training and games in their visit to West Bromwich Albion over the weekend. They had a training session and fitness testing on Friday afternoon which was taken by WBA coaches while on Saturday and Sunday the three teams played their counterparts from West Brom (Saturday) and Colchester United (Sunday).

Top Premier League striker Saido Berahino visited the players during training on Friday afternoon and posed for photographs and signed autographs. The group was also joined by former SKB players Robert McCourt and Philip Gannon who are now making great progress as WBA youth team players.

Despite his disappointment at his team losing narrowly on Saturday afternoon 1 – 0 to WBA Robert Brady kept his promise and came out to meet all of the 13’s, 14’s and 15’s squads at the Hawthornes after his game and he sat in the same seats as he had sat in a few years ago when he himself was a member of SKB groups visiting WBA.

Thanks to Mark Harrison and Steve Hopcroft  for putting the top class facilities at the WBA Academy Complex at our disposal over the weekend and thanks also to the rest of the WBA staff for their efforts in helping to ensure that the weekend was productive and informative.

1st Team Out Of Nivea Cup

Yesterday at Shanowen Road our 1st team faced Sherriff Y C  in the AUL Nivea Challenge Cup and after a close game the last time these sides met in October many were predicting another tight affair this time round but an early Sheriff goal put paid to that script.

The game started at an electric pace and the home side came close within 30 seconds after Conor Dowler slipped in Stephen Cantwell but his dipping shot was over the bar. Just a minute later up the other end and Darren Dunne’s header was well saved by Dean Brady.

Sheriff took the lead after just seven minutes when Stephen Murphy’s corner was allowed to drop into the box and Darren Dunne was in the right spot to poke it home it was almost two some minutes later but Kevin Lynch’s shot was taken off the line by Eoin Kinsella. John Rock did eventually score a second Sherriff goal converting Darren O’Brien’s pass.

The home side almost grabbed one back when Dowler played a neat ball in to set Ross Harrison free but his shot across goal was saved by the legs of Lee Murphy.

Sheriff put the result beyond doubt with their third of the game just after the half hour mark when Mark Higgins scored a third and they added a fourth before half time when Darren Dunne converted Kevin Lynch’s cross.

SKB had two good opportunities early in the second half –  first Dowler crossed to Cantwell whose scissor kick was straight at Lee Murphy before Dowler had a crack from 25 yards that Lee Murphy did well to tip around the post.

Sheriff’s fifth came from the penalty spot after Darren O’Brien’s shot was harshly adjudged to have been handled by Paddy Brophy. Darren Dunne stepped up to smash it low and right into the net for his hat trick.

Darragh Leahy Signs For Coventry City

Coventry City have signed our Under 17 Super player and Republic of Ireland Under-17s international Darragh Leahy subject to international clearance.
The 16-year old will join Jason Farndon’s Under-18s group as a first-year scholar and will train with the squad prior to receiving clearance.
Darragh has just been called up to the Republic of Ireland Under-17s squad and impressed during a one-week trial at the club in October as part of a recruitment drive at Academy level in the Republic of Ireland.
City’s Under-18s coach Jason Farndon has praised the signing and the work of Head of Academy Recruitment Carl McNally.
Farndon said: “We’re delighted to get this deal over the line as we’ve been chasing Darragh for some time since his trial in October.
“He’s got a great mentality which fit in perfectly with the group whilst he was over here and he is a great athlete.
“The group currently lacks a natural left-back so we’ve worked hard to fill that position and make sure every position is covered.
“A lot of credit has to go to Carl McNally who has worked extremely hard to get this deal over the line and formed a good relationship with St. Kevin’s Boys Club in Dublin.”

Read more at http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/darragh-leahy-signing-coventry-city-republic-of-ireland-2185821.aspx#pM6bVbDJy5joAJ80.99

Three Charities Benefit From 9’s Efforts

Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Pieta House and Advic will each recieve a cheque for €450 as a result of the under 9’s Christmas Tournament which was staged on December 13th in Parnell’s GAA Club Coolock.

Great credit is due to Dave White and his able team of volunteers who worked tirelessly in organizing the Tournament and ensuring that it ran off smoothly.

SKB Players In Leinster F A Squad

The following players have been selected by manager Stephen Finn to play for the Leinster FA Youths squad v Shamrock Rovers U19s at the AUL Complex on Wednesdat January 7th at 6.30pm

Corey Chambers (Lucan United)
David Herd (Kildare Town)
Anthony Archbold (Lucan United)
Conor Kane (St Kevin’s Boys)
Peter Burke (Lucan United)
Eoin Stokes (Templeogue United)
Jake O’Connor (Home Farm)
Mikey Dilger (Lucan United)
Willo McAdams (St Patrick?s Athletic)
Jamie Ahearne (Lucan United)
Luke Wade-Slater (St Kevin’s Boys)
Darragh Roycroft (St Kevin’s Boys)
Dylan Grimes (Shelbourne)
Jack Darcy (St Joseph’s Boys)
George Mukete (Shelbourne)
Eric Whelan (Shelbourne)
James Doona (St Patricks Athletic)
Ross Nally (St Kevin’s Boys)

The following players have been placed on stand-by and may be required.
Conor Kearns (Templeogue United)
Liam Scales (Arklow Town)
Jamie Wilson (Cherry Orchard)
Andy O’Reilly (Cherry Orchard)
Kevin Daly (St Kevin’s Boys)
Dylan Kennedy (Kildare Town)
Lee Fetherston (Hardwicke FC)
Shaun Whelan (Raheny United)

The Leinster FA will also be playing Shelbourne U19s in the coming weeks and a different squad will be selected for those games.

Training / Games Resume

All training venues re-open tonight January 5th.

Games for our DDSL teams aged 12 – 18 will resume on Saturday/Sunday January 17th & 18th

SSG section will resume later in the month