Information on Girl’s football

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

Christmas Raffle 2014 Result Sheet

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.

Married V Singles Charity Game

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.

Results From The Weekend

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.

Ireland Under 18 Squad – 6 Ex- SKB Players

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.
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11th Dec 2014

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.
FacebookTwitterEmailPrintMore
11th Dec 2014

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.
FacebookTwitterEmailPrintMore
11th Dec 2014

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)