Information on Girl’s football

18’s Win DDSL Super League

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.

13’s DDSL Premier League Winners & 16’s & 18’s Nearly There Too

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.

International Call Ups For Ex SKB Players

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.

15 Premier Great Run Continues

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.

SKB Trials For Season 2014/2015

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

13 NDSL Premier League Winners

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.

Summer / Road Leagues Begin Tuesday 3rd June

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.

Memorable Weekend For St Kevin’s Boys Club

In the long and distuinguished history of SKB the weekend of May 17th / 18th 2014 will be remembered as another great landmark as no fewer than four major titles were won by the Tangerine and Black -3 National SFAI Cups – the Troy Cup at Under 13 the Evans Cup at Under 15 and the Barry Cup for the first time at Under 16 along with the DDSL Under 12 Premier League title.

This is the first time in the Club’s history that three SFAI Cups have been won in the one season although in 2012 also we won three National titles – the under 11 Menton Seery Cup, under 13 Troy Cup and the FAI under 17 Cup.

Our Under 16 Premier team created their own piece of SKB history today as they became the first team from the club to win the SFAI Barry Cup when they defeated St Brendans Park from Tralee in the final at a rain drenched Jackson Park Kiltiernan. The Kerry side were formidable opponents and looked dangerous at times before Ross Nally opened the scoring with a spectacular volley – which went in off the post despite an excellent attempt to save it by the Brendans goalkeeper – from Neville Keegans cross midway through the first half. Luke Wade-Slater almost marked his introduction with a goal from his first touch early in the second half when his diving header from a Trevor Clarke was just off target. Clarke was to have the final say in the game though as Brendans threw more and more men forward opportunities arose and in the second minute of injury time he finished well from 12 yards to clinch a famous win.

The Troy Cup comes back to the Club for the first time since the 2011 / 2012 season thanks to a fine 3-0 win over Crumlin United at Jackson Park. Jack Kelly scored the first with a stunning drive in the first half and Dawson Devoy added a second when he scored from close range in the first minute of the second half and he added his second soon after with a great strike from the edge of the box.

It’s 2007 / 2008 – the Hendrick Brady Wearen era – since the SFAI Evans Under 15 cup was won by SKB and today despite going a goal down early in the game to Belvedere they recovered well to dominate the rest of the game and in the process record their third National SFAI Cup in a row. Evan Pierce scored twice – once in each half – either side of a Mikey Cregan header and only for some superb goalkeeping by Belvedere’s Paul Martin the margin would have been greater.

A great end of season run of wins by our 12 Premier saw them retain the DDSL Under 12 League title for the club with a 3-0 win over Crumlin United at Shanowen Road. Roland Idowu Jamie Farrell and Ross Molloy were the scorers in a comprehensive win.

1st Trophy Of The Season As 16 Premier Win DDSL McGrath Cup

Our Under 16 Premier team won the DDSL McGrath Cup tonight in a dramatic incident packed final against Templeogue United at Mobhi Road.

Leading 2-0 through goals from Sean McGuire and Ross Nally coming up to half time and having been the better side through much of the first half they conceded a penalty to let Templeogue United back into the game. Worse was to come early in the second half when another penalty was conceded and goalkeeper Ross Treacy received a straight red card – 2-2 and down to ten men. Templeogue dominated the game at this stage and 15 minutes later when Nathan Noone Garland was adjudged to have committed a foul on the end line he harshly received a second yellow card – 2-2 now and down to nine men and facing an uphill struggle of epic proportions to stay in the game but they kept battling and still caused Templeogue problems whenever the ball was played towards the pavillion goal and from such a break forward in the first minute of injury time Dan Mandriou found himself on the edge of the eighteen yard area with only the keeper to beat and being the right man in the right place he finished superbly to restore the lead 3-2 but in his celebrations he took off his jersey and received his second yellow card – 3-2 up but down to eight players with two minutes of injury time to play but they held on heroically to clinch the clubs first trophy of the season.

This game will long be remembered by all who played in it and by those lucky enough to see a display of good football, sheer resilience and a refusal to bow down . Well done to all.

Latest News / Academy Cup

The 6th Academy Cup tournament came to an end on Sunday afternoon with Ajax emerging victorious after three days of fantastic weather, great crowds and brilliant football. This years event can be judged to have been by far the best tournament so far from the organisational point of view, the standard of the pitch and the enthusiasm and dedication of all Club members but the real criteria for judging the success or otherwise of a tournament of this standard can only be judged by the quality of football and there is no doubt that the quality displayed by the six teams taking part this year was of a standard not seen before and it is the quality of the football that dictates whether top Clubs like the Clubs performing this year will continue to be ameniable to be approached to return so as to keep raising the standard as we have done successfully over the years.

In reaching the final our own 13 Premier team proved that they are not out of place in such high class company and great credit is due to all the players and coaching staff .

DVD’s of all games can be ordered through the Club office by email: admin@skbfc.com and they are €5 plus p &p per game.

To view all Academy Cup photos please visit our website www.skbfc.com and click on Tournament 2014 photos where you will see some top quality pics of the tournament.