Information on Girl’s football
Congratulations to all our players Brian Maher, Gavin Kilkenny, Jake Byrne, Dylan Turner, Ruari Patton, Jack Ryan and Luke Nolan along with staff Physio Ciaran Heffernan who were part of the DDSL squad who are Kennedy Cup champions once again with a 2-1 win over the Waterford League this afternoon in Limerick.
Strictly Come Dancing Comes To St Kevin’s Boys Club
July 5th Crowne Plaza Hotel Santry @ 8pm
St Kevin’s Boys Club Are Using Strictly Come Dancing As A Means To Raise Funds For A New Full Size Artificial Playing Pitch In Whitehall.
This Venture Will Be Of Great Benefit To All St Kevin’s Boys Players As We Seek To Provide The Best Facilities Possible For The 800 + Players In Our Club
We Are Asking All Our Friends – Managers – Coaches – Parents And Players To Help Support This Venture In Any Way Possible By:
Buying A Ticket For The Event Priced At €20 Each (Even If You Can’t Attend)
Make A Donation Regardless Of How Big Or Small
Contribute A Spot Prize
Tickets May Be Obtained From St Kevin’s Boys Club Office.
In The Pavillion At Ellenfied Park For The Duration Of Our Road Leagues.
By Contacting: Dermot Lambe 087-2773625 Carole Daly 086-1733311
Martina Gavin 087-298715 Gerry Murtagh 087-7441034
Last night our 16 Premier completed a treble for this season by adding the DDSL Under 16 Premier League title to the SFAI Barry Cup and DDSL McGrath Cup titles already won but those statistics barely portray the enormous achievement of the players and managers of this group in that they have had to play 14 high pressured games over the past two months with absolutely no room for error – a draw in any of their ten League games during that period would have handed the League to Malahide United. In lots of those games they have had to deal with sendings off (some times more than one in a game), coming from behind and all the while continuing to play some of the best attacking football of any team in the Club. While this group has always been blessed with good players that hasn’t always shown in a tangeable way with Cup or League successes, last year they were DDSL Under 15 Premier League runners up but certainly the management team of Elliot Morgan, Joe Byrne and Alan Doody have had a galvanizing effect and the effort that the players continue to put in has been rewarded. We hope to build on this success going forward into next season at Under 17 level but we will have to do so without three of this years squad – team Captain Trevor Clarke is signing for Middlesboro, Robert McCourt is going to West Bromwich Albion and Daniel Mandriou is bound for Brighton and Hove Albion. We wish them the best of luck as they embark on the next stage of their football career and a presentation will be made to them to mark their departure at the Club’s presentation on June 29th at 12 noon in the Regency Hotel, Swords Road.
On Friday night at Shanowen Road our 18 Super (1996’s) got the 3 points they needed in a 6-3 win over Crumlin United and thereby clinched the DDSL 18 Super League. Our 1996’s have won the DDSL Premier League at every age group from 11 Premier (under 11 was 11 a side at that time) to under 18. Although a lot of the players who started out at under 11 are no longer at the Club some having moved on to careers in football it is still a great achievement and as far as the record books are concerned unprecedented. Great credit is due to all the players and managers/coaches down through the years for the high standards that they maintained and improved upon over the years.
Our under 16 Premier are one game away from achieving a treble having come from behind to beat perennial rivals Templeogue United 2-1 at Shanowen Road with Sean Maguire scoring both goals. The last game of the season takes place tomorrow night June 10th at 7pm in Shanowen against Home Farm F C.
The DDSL Under 13 Premier League was won in great style last night as our 13 Premier overcame their closest rivals Belvedere FC 2-1 to add this years league crown to last years win at Under 12 level and complete a League and All Ireland Troy Cup double – not to mention second place behind Ajax in this years Academy Cup. Great credit and congratulations to all the players and the management team of Paudie O’Sullivan, Paul O’Dwyer, Gareth McMullen and Frank Loftus.
Our 16 Premier continued their recent great run with a 1-0 away win at Home Farm last night, they continue their League challenge and the pursuit of a treble for the season when they play Templeogue United on Sunday at Shanowen Road at 11.00m.
Shanowen Road on Friday night at 7.00pm sees our 18 Super strive to overcome the disappointment of last weeks Leinster Youths Cup defeat and add the DDSL Under 18 Super League title to the clubs cabinet when they play Crumlin United.
Our 11 B1 Sun needed a win last Friday night against Dundrum Athletic to win the DDSL 11 B1 Sunday League while the draw would have given them a play off for the League with Portmarnock but they were left to rue some missed chances going down 1-0 at Shanowen Road and they finished in 3rd place with the title going to Dundrum Athletic. The final standing places indicate just how tight this league race was:
| 1 | Dundrum Athletic | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | Portmarnock Afc | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | St Kevins Boys | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Leicester Celtic | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Marino Fc | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Ballymun Utd | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Our first team end of season run of form continued as they reached the final of the AUL Liddy Cup following a 0-0 draw after extra time and an 8-7 penalty shoot out win over Donnycarney United at the AUL Complex on Friday night. Their opponents in the final from the other half of the draw will come from East Wall Bessborough, St Pauls Artane, Sherriff YC and Trinity Donaghmede.
Both of our sides involved in the Leinster Youth Cup semi finals over the weekend were knocked out – the 18’s 1-3 at home to Cherry Orchard and the 17’s 1-2 away to Dundalk F C.
REPUBLIC of Ireland U19s began their UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round Group Four campaign with a thrilling victory over Iceland in Tallaght Stadium with a squad that contained ex SKB players Alex O’Hanlon, Sean Heaney and Ryan Robinson.
Paul Doolin’s side sit top of the group after a double from Sam Byrne clinched the three points while the other teams in the section Serbia and Turkey drew 1-1 earlier in the day.
All four sides are battling to claim the one place in the finals tournament in Hungary this summer. Ireland meet Turkey on Friday, May 30, and then Serbia on Monday, June 2. All the Irish games are at Tallaght Stadium.
Byrne opened the scoring in the 50th minute when he headed home from close range.
The striker, recently released by Manchester United, then headed Ireland’s second goal in the 60th minute when he connected with an excellent corner delivered by Alex O’Hanlon.
Republic of Ireland: Eric Grimes, Noe Baba, Bobby Moseley, Kyle McFadden, Sean Long, Alan Browne, Dylan Connolly, Thomas Mulroney, Sam Byrne, Alex O’Hanlon, Steven McCarthy. Subs: Ryan Goldsmith for McCarthy 76; Colm Crowe for O’Hanlon 90.
FIXTURES
Wednesday, May 28
UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round Group Four
Republic of Ireland 2 Iceland 1, Tallaght Stadium;
Serbia 1 Turkey 1, Carlisle Grounds.
Friday, May 30
UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round Group Four
Republic of Ireland v Turkey, Tallaght Stadium (7.00pm);
Serbia v Iceland, Carlisle Grounds (3.00pm).
Monday, June 2
UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round Group Four
Republic of Ireland v Serbia, Tallaght Stadium (3.00pm);
Iceland v Turkey, UCD Bowl (3.00pm).
This years FAI Under 17 player of the year and former SKB star Jack Byrne made his debut at the weekend for the Irish Under 21 team in their 1-1 draw with Qatar in a friendly in Aachan in Germany, despite being the youngest in the squad he distinguished himself with his performance and looks assured to figure prominently with the Under 21’s for the next few years.
Current Irish International and former SKB player Jeff Hendrick of Derby County just missed out on promotion to the Premiership when they were defeated by a last minute goal by QPR in the Championship play off at Wembley on Saturday no doubt Jeff will be anxious to put that behind him over the next ten days when he is part of the full Irish International squad to play Italy Portugal and Cost Rica in end of season friendlies.
Our under 15 Premier completed their second treble in successive seasons when beating Home Farm 1-0 at Shanowen Road on Tuesday May 27th to win the DDSL Under 15 Premier League to add to their recent success in the SFAI Evans Cup and the DDSL Under 15 Premier Cup final. Last season they also competed a similar clean sweep at Under 14 level.
Winning the SFAI Evans Cup was their fourth National Cup final victory on the trot following wins in the Under 14 Thunder Cup, the Under 13 Troy Cup and the Under 11 Menton Seery Cup (age groups advanced 1 year following the Under 11 season). This group of players are among the most talented group ever to represent the Club and hopefully the great run will continue into next season and beyond.
Great credit is due originally to Billy McCormac and Willie Burke and subsequently to Joe Quinn, Willie Burke and Gareth Dodrill.
ALL TRIALS WILL TAKE PLACE IN ELLENFIELD PARK
Tuesday July 1st under 12 (born 2003) 6.15pm under 13 (born 2002) 7.30pm
Wednesday July 2nd under 14 (born 2001) 6.15pm under 15 (born 2000) 7.30pm
Thursday July 3rd under 16 (born 1999) 6.15pm under 11 (born 2004) 7.30pm
Friday July 4th under 10 (born 2005) 6.15pm under 9 (born 2006) 7.30pm
Saturday July 5th under 8 (born 2007) 10.45am under 17 (born 1998) 11.45am under 18 (born 1997) 12.30pm
Sunday July 6th under 12 (born 2003) 10.45am under 13 (born 2002) 11.45am under 14 (born 2001) 12.30pm
Monday July 7th under 15 (born 2000) 6.15pm under 16 (born 1999) 7.30pm
Tuesday July 8th under 11 (born 2004) 6.15pm under 10 (born 2005) 7.30pm
Wednesday July 9th under 8 (born 2007) 6.15pm under 9 (born 2006) 7.30pm
Thursday July 10th under 18 (born 1997) 6.15pm under 17 (born 1998) 7.30pm
Congratulations to our under 13 NDSL Premier team who won their League on Sunday morning coming from behind to win 3-1 away at Ballymun United and add the 13 Premier title to the 12 Premier title that they won last year.
SKB Premier A reached the semi-final of the AUL Liddy Cup with a well deserved 3-1 win over O’Devaney-Dunard at a bitterly cold AUL Complex last night (Friday 23rd). Ahead 2-0 at half time through goals from Stephen Cantwell and Stephen Doyne they increased their lead in the last quarter through a “goal of the season” effort from Robbie Coombes when he spotted the ‘keeper of his line and drilled home an exquisite drive with his “weaker left foot” from half way. A defensive muddle five minutes from time resulted in O’Devanny pulling a goal back through an “og” but there was never any doubt about the final outcome
The semi-final is scheduled for next Friday (May 30th) in the AUL Complex at 7pm against Donneycarney F C.
SKB Premier A avenged a recent 1-2 league defeat by beating Seaview Celtic 4-3 at Shanowen Road on Tuesday night (13th) to reach the quarter-final of the AUL Liddy Cup. The main feature of an entertaining game was a hat-trick by SKB striker Stephen Cantwell – Stephen Doyne was the other SKB goalscorer. Their quarter-final opponents will be O’Devaney/Dunard in the AUL Complex on Friday May 23rd at 7.30pm. This Friday (16th) the first team play their penultimate lague game of the season away in the AUL Complex at 6-45pm where again for the third game running their opponents will be Seaview Celtic, their final league game of the season will be against Sheriff YC on a date to be decided.
Our 11A Sunday and 15 Premier both won their respective DDSL Cup finals in the AUL Complex on Sunday with wins over Cherry Orchard F C in the Fitzgerald Cup final and St Josephs Boys in the Conway Cup final.
Our 15 Premier needed extra time to overcome St Josephs Boys in the Conway Cup final they were ahead through an Aaron Townley goal in the first half but Joeys equalized on the stroke of half time, the second half failed to produce a goal but the introduction of Evan Pierce was decisive as he scored twice in extra time to secure a win in what was a poor game overall.
Our 11A Sunday produced a brilliant display throughout in the Paul Fitzgerald Cup final against Cherry Orchard F C coming from behind to win 2-1 and might have won by more – Ruairi Kinsella scored the first from a penalty with Ryan Thornton netting the winner. This game was one of the best games of the entire DDSL Cup finals weekend.
There was no joy for our three NDSL Premier teams in their cup finals at the Oscar Traynor Centre on Sunday each of them going down in games that they might have won had they converted all their chances – the 12 Premier were ahead in the Moran Cup final through a Conor Daly goal and might have added to that score but for some misses and excellent goalkeeping by the Corduff keeper who earned the Man of The Match award. Corduff equalized on the stroke of half time and added two further goals in the second half to win 3-1.
In the NDSL 15 Premier cup final SKB dominated the early proceedings against Corduff F C and looked as if they were on course to win the Martin Cup but the concessions of two quick goals midway through the first half gave them an uphill struggle and when they missed a second half penalty there was no way back and they lost 2-0.
The under 14 McKenna Cup final against Ratoath Harps F C produced 7 goals – Paddy Maloney (2) and Sean Breen scored the SKB goals but it was not enough to avoid being on the wrong end of a 3-4 defeat. Despite being on the losing side Daniel Lacey had the consolation of being named Man of the Match – a well deserved award.
Our 18 Super team reached the semi-final of the Leinster Youths Cup after a marathon game against Shelbourne that lasted two and a half hours on Saturday evening at the AUL Complex. Despite the squad being down to the bare bones due to injuries and containing four of our Under 16 squad the team were competitive throughout the game with us having two attempts cleared off the Shels line in the first half. Chances were few and far between in the second half and the game looked to be heading for extra time when in the fifth minute of injury time Jamie Gray headed home a corner from the right by Glen Reddy unfortunately the lead was short lived as a minute later Shelbourne broke away to equalise – so extra time it was after all.
In the seventh minute of the first half of extra time SKB goalkeeper Jordan Williamson was injured in a mid air collision and sustained severe concussion the game was held up for over 30 minutes waiting for an ambulance to arrive. When the game eventually restarted it was SKB who were quicker out of the blocks and went ahead on the stroke of half time in extra time when Stephen Duffy finished well from a tight angle. The last ten minutes was largely played out in the Shels half but without any major chances being created or conceded. Many thanks to Shelbourne F C staff for their assistance in helping to treat and comfort Jordan Williamson while awaiting the arrival of the ambulance.
Our two Under 11 teams had no joy in their respective cup finals on Saturday morning at the AUL Complex – the A side going down 0-2 to Crumlin United while the B team were surprisingly beaten 1-2 by Drogheda Boys – Gavin Lynch scoring the SKB goal.
Our 12 and 13 Premier kept up their league title challenges on track with wins over Cabinteely Boys (3-1) and Mount Merrion (12-0) respectively but our 14 Premier title hopes were dashed by St Josephs Boys who had the talented Glen McAuley to thank for two excellently taken goals in a 2-0 victory. Joeys take the title and SKB could be runners-up – a reversal of last years finishing places at Under 13.
SKB Summer Leagues/Road Leagues will begin on Tuesday June 3rd with all games taking place in Ellenfield Park.
Under 7’s first series of games will take place on Sunday June 8th at 10.30am players report at 10.10am.
Under 8’s first series of games will take place on Tuesday June 3rd at 6.30pm players report at 6.00pm
Under 9’s first series of games will take place on Wednesday June 4th at 6.30pm players report at 6.00pm.
Under 10’s first series of games will take place on Tuesday June 3rd at 7.30pm players report at 7.00pm.
Under 11’s first series of games will take place on Wednesday June 4th at 7.30pm players report at 7.00pm.
Under 12’s first series of games will take place on Tuesday June 3rd at 8.30pm players report at 8.00pm.
Under 13’s first series of games will take place on Sunday June 8th at 11.30am players report at 11.00am.
