Information on Girl’s football
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.
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.
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
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE 2014 RESULT SHEET
1st Prize WINNER – A. Daly
2nd Prize WINNER – Paul Bodie c/o Scott Doyle SKB 11D
3rd Prize WINNER – Anna Nolan c/o Andy McKenna
4th Prize WINNER – John McDonagh
5th Prize WINNER – Patience Nwanze, 18 Old Court Mill,
6th Prize WINNER – Cathy McConnell 30 Oldtown Avenue, Santry, Dublin 9.
7th Prize WINNER – Gavin O’Brien SKB 12 Premier
8th Prize WINNER – Stephen Ralph
9th Prize WINNER – Andy McKennna c/o SKB AUL 1
10th Prize WINNER – Liam McDermott c/o SKB 16A
11th Prize WINNER – Ger & Clodagh c/o Richard English SKB 16 Premier
12th Prize WINNER – Lisa Townley c/o Aaron Townley SKB 16 Premier
13th Prize WINNER – Linda Cassidy c/o Dennis Cassidy
14th Prize WINNER – John McDonagh
15th Prize WINNER – Betty Ross c/o James Foy
16th Prize WINNER – AUL 2 c/o Vinny McCarthy
17th Prize WINNER – Cian c/o 52 Oakpark Avenue
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR RAFFLE – HAPPY CHRISTMAS & PEACEFUL NEW YEAR TO ALL.
St Luke’s hospital Rathgar will be the beneficiary of this years Married v Singles game on St Stephens Day which will be held in honour of recently deceased Club member Peader Dunne.
Those intending to participate should report to Ciaran Heffernan or Donie Bermingham at 10.15am – kick off will be at 11.00am and the game will be refereed by top Airtricity League referee Robert Harvey.
The last weekend of football before Christmas was a good one with important wins for teams at all ages throughout the Club.
On Saturday at Shanowen Road our 14 Premier recovered well from last weeks unlucky defeat to Cherry Orchard to score a 2 – 0 win over Malahide United in a close fought game – Brian Mc Manus and Dawson Devoy scored first half goals but Malahide were the dominant team in the second half forcing Cian Clarke into a couple of excellent saves. Earlier on Saturday morning our 12 Premier had a 4 – 1 win over St Malachys. Our 12.3 maintain their unbeaten record at the top of the DDSL 12 A League with a 2 – 1 home win over Verona F C and our 10A were 4 – 3 winners away to Crumlin United.
A 1 – 0 away win at Rathcoole Boys sees our 17 Major 1 at the top of their League table going into the Christmas break and our 18 Super had a welcome 5 – 0 win at home to Tolka Rovers.
In the Leinster Youths Cup Ross Nally scored a hat trick away to Johnstown F C at the Meath & District Leagues complex in Navan yesterday – Jamie Gray and Jason Groves were the other two scorers in an impressive performance.
There were League wins yesterday for our 11.5 (1 – 0) v Esker Celtic at home, our 12.6 and 11.1 both drew against Lakelands (1-1) and St Josephs Boys (2-2) respectively.
The 16 Premier team had to come from behind in the final twenty minutes to maintain their 100% League record with a 5-2 away win against Mountview Boys, our 16 Major and 16 NDSL Premier had League wins over Castleknock Celtic (3-0) and Laytown United (2-0) while our other under 16 team drew 0-0 at home to Cabinteely in the DDSL A League.
In the DDSL 15 A League we also occupy top spot which was confirmed with a 6-2 away win against Greystones United while our 14 NDSL Premier continue their unbeaten run with a 2-0 win away to Portmarnock in the NDSL Mc Kenna Cup.
Goals from Ross Harrison and Stephen Cantwell put our 1st team 2 up inside the first fifteen minutes of their AUL Premier A home tie against Donneycarney United at Shanowen Road – they went further ahead before half-time with Cantwell scoring his second from the penalty spot but Donneycarney rallied well in the second half but could not pull back the defecit and a welcome 3 points were secured with a 3-2 win.
There are no less than 6 ex-SKB players in the Irish International Under 18 squad to play two games in Portugal next wwk.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U18 SQUAD:
Matthew Connor (Waterford United)
Evan Moran (West Bromwich Albion)
Colm Deasy (Southampton)
Anthony Dolan (Fulham)
Jack Tuite (Derby County)
Nathan Benson (Shamrock Rovers)
Ross Taheny (Sligo Rovers)
Stephen Best (Bohemians)
Evan Osam (Shamrock Rovers)
George Poynton (Dundalk)
Kyron Farrell (Millwall)
Adam Mc Donnell (Ipswich Town)
Graham Kelly (Sheffield United)
Shane Elworthy (Fulham)
Nathan Corkery (QPR)
Frankie Mulhern (Leeds United)
Richard Purdy (Shamrock Rovers)
Troy Carey (UCD AFC)
Khius Metz (Burnley)
FIXTURES
Tuesday, December 16
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Estádio Municipal, Abrantes (3.00pm)
Thursday, December 18
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Complexo Desportivo, Bonitos (3.00pm
THE Republic of Ireland U18 head coach Paul Doolin has named his squad to play two friendly internationals against Portugal next week.
Doolin’s charges will meet the Portuguese in Abrantes next Tuesday, December 16, then meet the same opponents on Thursday, December 18, in Bonitos. Both games will kick-off at 3.00pm.
“This is a similar opportunity to what we had with the current U19 squad when we started with them in a couple of under-18 games in the Czech Republic earlier this year,” said Doolin.
“That was a great exercise and this is also important for us to see the players first hand and to work with them. The clubs have stopped some players from coming with us but that’s not surprising as it’s not a FIFA week and you’ll always lose some in that situation.
“But I think it’s a decent squad we’ll have us with some good home-based players too. Portugal will be tough so we should learn a lot about the squad.
“As far as we’re concerned it’s about next year’s U19s primarily but if players can do the things that we want from them both attacking wise and defensively I think it’ll be a useful exercise.”
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U18 SQUAD:
Matthew Connor (Waterford United)
Evan Moran (West Bromwich Albion)
Colm Deasy (Southampton)
Anthony Dolan (Fulham)
Jack Tuite (Derby County)
Nathan Benson (Shamrock Rovers)
Ross Taheny (Sligo Rovers)
Stephen Best (Bohemians)
Evan Osam (Shamrock Rovers)
George Poynton (Dundalk)
Kyron Farrell (Millwall)
Adam Mc Donnell (Ipswich Town)
Graham Kelly (Sheffield United)
Shane Elworthy (Fulham)
Nathan Corkery (QPR)
Frankie Mulhern (Leeds United)
Richard Purdy (Shamrock Rovers)
Troy Carey (UCD AFC)
Khius Metz (Burnley)
FIXTURES
Tuesday, December 16
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Estádio Municipal, Abrantes (3.00pm)
Thursday, December 18
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Complexo Desportivo, Bonitos (3.00pm
THE Republic of Ireland U18 head coach Paul Doolin has named his squad to play two friendly internationals against Portugal next week.
Doolin’s charges will meet the Portuguese in Abrantes next Tuesday, December 16, then meet the same opponents on Thursday, December 18, in Bonitos. Both games will kick-off at 3.00pm.
“This is a similar opportunity to what we had with the current U19 squad when we started with them in a couple of under-18 games in the Czech Republic earlier this year,” said Doolin.
“That was a great exercise and this is also important for us to see the players first hand and to work with them. The clubs have stopped some players from coming with us but that’s not surprising as it’s not a FIFA week and you’ll always lose some in that situation.
“But I think it’s a decent squad we’ll have us with some good home-based players too. Portugal will be tough so we should learn a lot about the squad.
“As far as we’re concerned it’s about next year’s U19s primarily but if players can do the things that we want from them both attacking wise and defensively I think it’ll be a useful exercise.”
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U18 SQUAD:
Matthew Connor (Waterford United)
Evan Moran (West Bromwich Albion)
Colm Deasy (Southampton)
Anthony Dolan (Fulham)
Jack Tuite (Derby County)
Nathan Benson (Shamrock Rovers)
Ross Taheny (Sligo Rovers)
Stephen Best (Bohemians)
Evan Osam (Shamrock Rovers)
George Poynton (Dundalk)
Kyron Farrell (Millwall)
Adam Mc Donnell (Ipswich Town)
Graham Kelly (Sheffield United)
Shane Elworthy (Fulham)
Nathan Corkery (QPR)
Frankie Mulhern (Leeds United)
Richard Purdy (Shamrock Rovers)
Troy Carey (UCD AFC)
Khius Metz (Burnley)
FIXTURES
Tuesday, December 16
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Estádio Municipal, Abrantes (3.00pm)
Thursday, December 18
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Complexo Desportivo, Bonitos (3.00pm
THE Republic of Ireland U18 head coach Paul Doolin has named his squad to play two friendly internationals against Portugal next week.
Doolin’s charges will meet the Portuguese in Abrantes next Tuesday, December 16, then meet the same opponents on Thursday, December 18, in Bonitos. Both games will kick-off at 3.00pm.
“This is a similar opportunity to what we had with the current U19 squad when we started with them in a couple of under-18 games in the Czech Republic earlier this year,” said Doolin.
“That was a great exercise and this is also important for us to see the players first hand and to work with them. The clubs have stopped some players from coming with us but that’s not surprising as it’s not a FIFA week and you’ll always lose some in that situation.
“But I think it’s a decent squad we’ll have us with some good home-based players too. Portugal will be tough so we should learn a lot about the squad.
“As far as we’re concerned it’s about next year’s U19s primarily but if players can do the things that we want from them both attacking wise and defensively I think it’ll be a useful exercise.”
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U18 SQUAD:
Matthew Connor (Waterford United)
Evan Moran (West Bromwich Albion)
Colm Deasy (Southampton)
Anthony Dolan (Fulham)
Jack Tuite (Derby County)
Nathan Benson (Shamrock Rovers)
Ross Taheny (Sligo Rovers)
Stephen Best (Bohemians)
Evan Osam (Shamrock Rovers)
George Poynton (Dundalk)
Kyron Farrell (Millwall)
Adam Mc Donnell (Ipswich Town)
Graham Kelly (Sheffield United)
Shane Elworthy (Fulham)
Nathan Corkery (QPR)
Frankie Mulhern (Leeds United)
Richard Purdy (Shamrock Rovers)
Troy Carey (UCD AFC)
Khius Metz (Burnley)
FIXTURES
Tuesday, December 16
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Estádio Municipal, Abrantes (3.00pm)
Thursday, December 18
U18 International Friendly
Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Complexo Desportivo, Bonitos (3.00pm)
Highlight of our 14 Premier NDSL 7 – 0 Goodson Cup fourth round win over Woodlawn Sportslink was Gavin Doyle’s five goal scoring spree as the home side proved far too good in this game that was played at Shanowen Road yesterday – Jack Bolton and Harry Dunne were the other two scorers.
Our hold on the SFAI Barry Cup was surrendered by our 16 DDSL Premier who were disappointing in their defeat by main rivals Belvedere F C (2 – 1) at Shanowen Road. They were left to rue a couple of missed chances and were undone by a goal from a set piece and a deflective shot which put Belvedere 2 – 0 up with ten minutes to go, Mikey Cregan produced an excellent piece of skill and a class finish to pull a goal back almost immediately but they left themselves with too much to do against a hard working focused Belvedere side.
Jack Funge scored the only goal in our 13 Premier DDSL Brady Cup win at Leixlip in a close encounter that went to extra time while our 17 Super were too good for Cabinteely F C in the third round of the FAI Under 17 Cup winning 5 – 1 away. Our 18 Super were defeated in the Leinster Youth Cup away to Belvedere F C.
The dismissal of Ryan Cassidy on a straight red card after only five minutes was the turing point in our DDSL 24 Premier’s 1 – 0 defeat at home on Saturday by League leaders Cherry Orchard F C in a game where the other ten players strove manfully for over an hour in a game which they deserved at least a draw from.
Dublin City Council (Ellenfield – Coolgreena – Albert College) will have their last games before Christmas on December 13th & 14th and they will resume on January 17th & 18th subject to weather conditions.
SKB Club office will close on Friday December 19th at 3pm and re-open on Monday January 5th at 9am.
The last SKB Klotto before Christmas is on December 18th and the Klotto will resume on January 8th.
Christmas break closing dates for SKB training venues are;
SKB Hall & All Weather December 18th, Ellenfield All Weather December 17th, College of Surgeons December 18th.
All training venues will re-open on Monday January 5th
Last session of the Little Saints Coaching Academy is on December 20th and will resume on Januart 10th.
SKB Christmas raffle takes place on December 18th.
The recent series of games in the FAI Youth Inter League Trophy saw a host of players from SKB’s Under 17 and 18 Super teams represent the DDSL and the AUL.
Last Saturday night at Richmond Road the DDSL defeated the NDSL 2-1 in a close fought encounter which featured no fewer than 8 SKB players in the wimnning squad; Jamie Gray, Eoin Morgan, Ross Nally, Darragh Roycroft, Luke Wade-Slater, Conor Keane, Jason Groves and Liam Brady. The win came at a cost with Ross Nally sustaining a broken nose and Luke Wade-Slater having eight stitches in a nasty head wound.
The previous week Darren Lyng, James Browne, Jeff Rafter, Paul McMahon, Ross Kyle, Kyle Scully, Lee Partridge and Aaron McFadden represented the AUL – managed by Elliot Morgan and Donie Bermingham – against the Kildare League but went down 4-2 to end their interest in this years competition.
First team captain Paddy Brophy led the AUL Oscar Traynor Trophy team to their second victory in this years group games when they defeated the Wicklow League 4-0 yesterday at the Carlisle Grounds with former SKB players Alan Talbot (3) and Martin Moore scoring the goals.
