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Big Weekend – Big Wins

Seldom over one weekend has so many vital SKB National Cup and League fixtures been down for decision and it turned out to be a really successful one with a 100% return in the National Cups and vital points were gathered both in the Schoolboy and Senior sections.

Our 13 Premier set up a potential clash against our NDSL 13 Premier side by virtue of a comprehensive 6-0 home win over Aisling Annacotty in the SFAI Troy Cup. 0-0 at the break – an early second half goal from Ciaran Behan was followed by further goals from Dawson Devoy, Deiric Hyland, Behan again, Ryan Cassidy and Jack Kelly. The all SKB quarter final will come about if George Doyle’s NDSL 13 Premier defeat Mount Merrion in their last 16 game.

On Saturday afternoon our 15 Premier made the long trip to Waterford to play Carrick United in the SFAI Evans Cup and moved to the quarter final with a workman like display to come home with a 2-0 win.

A wonderful 30 yard strike from Calvin Madden saw our 18 Super team move in to the semi final of the FAI Youth Cup when they defeated Iorras Aontaithe from Mayo at Shanowen Road, the score line could have been greater as they spurned numerous chances throughout the game and almost let the visitors equalize on one or two occassions but at this stage of the competition a win is a win.

The same can definitely be said of the outcome of the SFAI Barry Cup game between our 16 Premier and Herbertstown from Limerick which featured 5 goals in the opening twenty minutes. The visitors also had a goal disallowed for off side and missed a penalty and it was 3-3 entering the last quarter before Ross Nally with his second goal of the game scored what turned out to be the winner. The other scorers were Luke Slater and Jamie Gray.

On the Schoolboy League front there were important wins for our 12 Premier 2-1 away to Belvedere F C. Our 10A Saturday and Sunday defeated Home Farm F C and Cherry Orchard F C 5-1 and 5-2 respectively. There were wins also for the 14.2 5-3 at home to Phoenix, 10.2 Saturday 5-2 home to Malahide United and 11.2 Saturday 4-0 at home to Mount Merrion F C.

In the Senior Section Keith McCracken scored two vital goals for the Senior Saturday side as they defeated Ballymun United 2-1 away in an important game at the foot of the Senior Saturday Section.

For the second time this season our AUL Premier A took points from the leaders Kilbarrack United this time a 0-0 draw away and this vital point will go a long way towards ensuring our Premier A status for next season.

Upcoming Cup Ties

Under 15 SFAI (Last 16) St Kevin’s Boys v Carrick United
Extract from Carrick United’s Facebook Page

On Saturday next (22/03) Carrick Utd Under 15’s welcome one of the heavyweights of Irish schoolboy football to Tom Drohan Park, when St Kevin’s Boys from the Dublin District League are their opponents in the last 16 tie. This opportunity for the Carrick boys to test themselves against top class opposition arrives after four very tough victories in previous rounds.
After receiving a bye in the first round the campaign got underway with a tough local derby against Portlaw. No Carrick team ever got anything easy in “The Paddock” and after going 1-0 down, Carrick turned it around in the second half and eventually ran out 5-1 winners.
The third draw saw South Tipp outfit St Michaels visit Tom Drohan Park, where Carrick raced into an early 2-0 lead only for a well organised St Michaels side fight back to lead 3-2 with only minutes remaining, a late equaliser saw the game go to extra time and the penalties! After sudden death, Carrick won this pulsating cup tie 8-7.
As reward for overcoming St Michaels, Carrick were drawn away to Kilkenny Side, Freebooters, in Buckley Park. Again Carrick found themselves behind early on, but the ability to dig deep and never give up saw Carrick battle to a hardfought 3-1 victory.
The last 32 draw saw us given a very tough away draw to New Bridge Town, in Kildare. Conditions were very tough on both teams and after a very entertaining end to end game Carrick edged it by one goal to nil.
Our opponents next week have a very well deserved reputation as one of Irelands best schoolboy clubs having provided Irish Internationals at every level for many years, but Carrick Utd fancy their chances of causing a major upset, especially in their own backyard!
This promises to be a very special day for this young Carrick team and we would urge the Carrick people to get behind them and support the boys next Saturday, anything can happen in cup football, that’s what’s so exciting about watching it live. So don’t miss the chance to watch your local club do battle with a legendary Dublin club.

There will be a triple header of National Cup Ties at Shanowen Road next Saturday and Sunday as the cup competitions enter the last decisive rounds.

On Saturday at 2.00pm our under 13 Premier fresh from their fine 2-0 away win over Belvedere in the previous round now welcome Aisling Annacotty to Shanowen in the last 16 of the SFAI Troy Cup. No SKB team have ever found the Limerick side easy to overcome and another tight exciting tie is in prospect.

On Sunday Iorras Aontaithe from Mayo provide the opposition for our 18’s in the quarter final of the FAI Youth Cup at 11.00am which will be followed at 2.00pm by our 16 Premier facing Herbertstown from Limerick in the SFAI Barry Cup.

Weekend Report

Our under 10 A Saturday and Sunday teams got their first taste of tournament football when they travelled to take part in the inaugural Limerick I.T. – Aisling Annacotty Astro 8’s under 10 festival of football on Sunday at the Limerick Institute of Technology. Both teams were in seperate groups with group 1 comprising Aisling Annacotty, Corinthians Boys, Newbridge Town and SKB while group 2 contained Avenue United from Clare, Rockmount from Cork, Freebooters from Kilkenny and SKB. Having qualified for the semi finals both SKB teams faced one another in the first semi final which ended 1 – 1 with the Sunday team winning on penalties and they went on to win the final 2 – 1 against the home side Aisling Annacotty.

The SKB squads were: Squad 1 – David Corbett, Cian Darby, James McManus, Harvey Nugent, Luke Browne, Sean Phillips, Tadgh Lawlor, Jamie Kelly, Oisin Quinn, Sean Grehan and Callum Ralph.

Squad 2: Cameron Simpson, Craig Moore, Conor Rice, David Okergbuu, Keith Ross, Jamie Mullens, Callum Warren, Tadgh Walsh, Adam Coyle, Evan Ferguson and Eric Marku.

SKB Saturday 11A and SKB Saturday 11 A 1 produced an exciting DDSL quarter final cup tie on Saturday morning at the College of Surgeons with the A team getting through to the semi final on a 2-1 scoreline after a very close game. Our 12 Premier team exited the DDSL Kavanagh Cup following their 3-2 defeat in extra time at the hands of Shelbourne and we also relinquished our hold on the PFAI Under 17 Premier cup losing 4-0 to Crumlin United at the College of Surgeons on Sunday.

Also in the DDSL SSG cups over the weekend there were fine wins for the 11.2 Sunday (B1) 2-1 at home against Palmerstown F C and our 11.3 Saturday (B) 4-2 at home over Templeogue United. The DDSL quarter final under 11A cup tie away against Home Farm F C did not reach a conclusion as the referee abandoned the game following continued abuse from spectators on the home line.

Our first team’s run in the Leinster Junior Cup came to a halt on Sunday afternoon at Shanowen Road when they went down 4-1 to all conquering Sherriff United.

Cup Results

There were two very important SFAI Cup games decided over the weekend with our 13 Premier and 15 Premier recording great wins in the SFAI Troy Cup and Evans Cup over Belvedere F C and Cherry Orchard respectively.

On Saturday afternoon the Clontarf all weather pitch staged a repeat of last season’s SFAI Cup game between the same two teams and the result was the same with SKB putting in a splendid all round team performance to remove one of their main opponents Belvedere F C from this year’s competition with goals in either half from Ryan Cassidy and a powerful header from Ray O’Sullivan from a corner. Aisling Annacotty will provide the opposition in the next round.

Last season both SKB and Cherry Orchard met in the semi final of the SFAI under 14 Cup and yesterday at Shanowen Road these teams met again in the SFAI Evans Cup in what turned out to be a typical tight, tense cup affair with nothing between the teams on the day. Cherry Orchard took the lead in the first half with a close range header from their Captain following a free kick, the equalizer came from a deep cross by Shane Stokes which decieved the Cherry Orchard goalkeeper and seemed to drop straight into the net although Mikey Cregan claimed to have got a touch on the line. Numerous chances to win the game were spurned in the second half and the Cherry Orchard goalkeeper produced two excellent saves to keep the score level. Extra time didn’t produce a winner but with Daniel Brennan saving Cherry Orchard’s first penalty the five excellently taken SKB penalties by Thomas Byrne, Shane Stokes, Cian McGarry, Ryan Graydon and Adam Doyle saw the home side home 5-3 and a place in the next round secured.

Our 12 Major were unable to reproduce their SFAI Danone Cup heroics when they went out in the quarter final of the DDSL Ryan Cup 2-4 away to Mount Merrion F C.

SKB Players In Irish Under 19 Squad

Republic of Ireland 2 Romania 2

Both Josh O’Hanlon and Alex O’Hanlon (no relation) again featured for the Irish under 19 International side in their second game of the week against Romania last night in Blarney. This was another very exciting game with the Irish Captain Sam Byrne scoring twice as Ireland initially took the lead and then had to come from behind to secure a 2-2 draw.

Republic of Ireland 1 Romania 2

Ex St Kevin’s Boys players Sean Heaney, Dylan Kavanagh, Alex O’Hanlon and Josh O’Hanlon made their debuts for the Ireland under 19 squad who were defeated 2-1 by Romania in a friendly international at Turner’s Cross yesterday evening with Cork City’s Darren Murphy getting a late goal for the home side.

Murphy was sprung from the bench with just ten minutes remaining but made the most of his opportunity to head home a late corner kick and give Paul Doolin’s side something tangible to take from the game.

When Murphy struck Ireland were already two goals behind after Romania substitute George Puscas struck twice early in the second half to take control of the game.

Puscas’ first came just seven minutes after his half-time introduction when he pounced to slot the ball home after Ireland goalkeeper Eric Grimes parried Dorin Rotariu’s initial shot.

The goal was tough justice on Doolin’s side who had been well in the game until the half-time break and had played some excellent football.

They were unlucky not to open the scoring in the first half when first Shamrock Rovers’ Sean Heaney went close with a headed attempt before Liam Kelly forced a good save from the Romanian goalkeeper Razvan Patrariu inside the opening 20 minutes.

Ireland also had claims for a penalty in the first half when Josh O’Hanlon was upended by centre-half Cristian Bocsan but referee Graham Kelly dismissed the appeals.

Worse was to follow just eight minutes later when Puscas was again on hand to steer the ball home after Cristian Bocsan effort was again parried into his path.

To their credit Ireland continued to test the Romanian defence and got their reward when Murphy found the target in the 91st minute.

The two sides meet again in Blarney on Thursday afternoon.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: E Grimes, N Baba, B Moseley, K McFadden (C), S Heaney, A Browne, C Dimaio, D Kavanagh, J O’Hanlon, L Kelly, A Wixted. Subs: D Cleary for McFadden (half-time), A O’Sullivan for Kelly (60mins), A O’Hanlon for A Wixted (60 mins), T Mulrooney for A Browne (80 mins), D Murphy for Dimaio (80 mins), B McLaughlin for O’Hanlon (80 mins) .

ROMANIA: R Patrariu, R Bajan, N Vasile, C Bocsan, B Vasile, C Achim, A Paun, I Serban, C Barbut, I Vina, A Tarnovan. Subs: D Rotariu for C Barbut, G Puscas for A Tarnovan (both half-time), D Popadiuc, R Boboc for Serban (both 62), A Cerlinca & D Dumitrascu for Vina & B Vasile (76 mins), V Mutiu for Patrariu (83 mins).

Referee: G Kelly

SKB Players In Irish Under 17 Squad

Republic of Ireland 1 Austria 1

Ex SKB players Anto Dolan, Anto Breslin and Shane Elworthy (as a defender) added to their International tally of caps when they appeared in Ireland’s second game of the week against Austria yesterday in Gannon Park, Malahide. Again in this game which was played in front of Irish International manager Martin O’Neill Austria took the lead but the equalizer on this occassion came courtesy of a brilliant strike from Anto Dolan.

Republic of Ireland 2 Austria 1

Five St Kevin’s Boys players were involved in the Republic of Ireland squad for last night’s friendly against Austria in Dalymount Park both sides are looking towards the elite qualifying round of the UEFA U17 Championship later this month and it was a highly competitive game and Ireland will have taken a lot from the performance as well as the result.

However Austria were in superb form in the first half and strung together long periods of possession and they eventually found a way past the well-marshalled Irish defence in the 25th minute when Bernhard Fila cut the ball back and Sinan Yilmaz fired home superbly on the turn.

Ireland had to weather the storm but they were better after the break and levelled in the 61st minute when Nottingham Forest striker McDonagh exploited a gap in the Austrian defence and fired home emphatically from the edge of the box.

David Gugganig was then penalised for a foul on Conor Masterson in the Austrian penalty area in the 81st minute and captain Georgie Poynton stepped up to fire home from the spot.

Defender Benjamin Kaufmann had a chance to level in the 86th minute with an excellent low shot from distance but it was well saved by Irish keeper Evan Moran.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Evan Moran, Robin Walsh, Anto Breslin, Danny Kane, Robert McCourt, Kyron Farrell, Shane Elworthy, Georgie Poynton, Jerry McDonagh, Tom Holland, Steven Kinsella. Subs: Anto Dolan for Farrell 59 mins, Adam McDonnell for Holland 59, Khius Metz for McDonagh 75, Conor Masterson for Kinsella 80, Stephen Best for McCourt 90.

AUSTRIA: Paul Gartler, Stefan Posch, Marco Krainz, Benjamin Kaufmann, Albin Gashi, Simon Pirkl, Sinan Yilmaz, Bernhard Fila, Dominik Prokop, Fabian Gmeiner, David Gugganig. Subs: Philipp Seidl for Fila 46, Rami Tekir
for Prokop 46, Christopher Cvetko for Krainz 49, Konrad Laimer for Pirkl 49, Marco Hodl for Yilmaz 53, Patrick Hasenhutttl for Gmeiner 53.

REFEREE: Simon Rogers (Irl)

NEXT FIXTURE

Thursday, March 6
Republic of Ireland U17 v Austria
Gannon Park, Malahide (2.00pm)

News From The Weekend

Jack Byrne winning the under 17 ‘3’ FAI International player of the year award rounded off a great weekend for the Club.

Our 17 Premier and 18 Super qualified for the quarter final of the Leinster Youth Cup with convincing home wins over Rathnew F C (8-0) and Shelbourne F C (3-1) respectively. The 18’s maintained their impressive run of form which has seen them qualify also for the quarter final of the FAI Youth Cup in this game against their League opponents but they were never in danger of losing this game having taken a 3-0 lead by half time with goals from Stephen Duffy (2) and Ciaran Nolan they had a fourth from under 16 Premier player Jamie Gray harshly ruled out for off side late in the game.

Our 16 Premier travelled to Ardee in the SFAI Barry Cup and came away with a very impressive 6 – 1 win.

On the League front our 15 Premier saw off Mountview Boys – a team who took them to extra time last week in the SFAI Evans Cup – 11 -0 away to maintain their unbeaten run in the DDSL Premier League while our 14 Premier defeated League rivals St Josephs Boys coming from behind to win 2 – 1 in Sallynoggin with goals from Jordan Pitshou and Dylan Reilly.

On the NDSL Cup front there was a clean sweep of wins for our teams: 12 Premier (7-0) v Clontarf, 12 C (4-1) v Dunboyne, 13 Premier (6-0) v Clontarf, 14 Premier (2-1) v HHFC, 15 Premier (2-1) v Swords Celtic.

Our under 14A came up against the unbeaten 14 Major side Mountview Boys away in the DDSL Harmon Cup and it looked for a long way that Denis Cassidy’s side would cause an upset having taken a 2-0 lead in the first fifteen minutes and being level 3-3 at half time but the superiority of the home team told in the second half and they ran out comfortable winners.

Anto Dolan & Jack Byrne

Congratulations to ex SKB players: Anto Dolan now with Fulham and Jack Byrne Manchester City who have received nominations for Player Of The Year at their respective age groups at the 24th Annual FAI ‘3’ International Football Awards which will take place on Sunday 2nd March and will be televised live.

 

White Collar Boxing For SKB?

Club P.R.O. Neil Fox is trying to gauge the level of interest among Club members for a white collar boxing event, should you be interested or have a view on the matter please contact him directly on 0868167866

18 Super Into Last 16 Of FAI Youth Cup

Our 18 Super team was not flattered by their 6-0 FAI Youth Cup win yesterday over Aungier Celtic at McKelvey’s all weather pitch in Charlestown. They created chances right from the start but it took until the 30th minute for them to take the lead with a header from Keith Kelly following a well worked short corner move on the left, Dylan Moloney quickly added a second before half time. The Aungier Celtic goalkeeper made a string of superb saves in the second half to keep the score respectable until Jason Caffrey drilled home a free kick from 25 yds with fifteen minutes to go. After this the fight went out of the visitors and in the last 6 minutes 3 further goals were added from Under 17 player Malike Berrougubi – a close range effort, a superb strike from 30 yards from Paul McMahon and a header from Llyod Buckley finished off the scoring. Carrigaline from Cork are the visitors in the last 16.

Our 12 Majors run in the SFAI Danone Cup ended at the 4th hurdle on Saturday when they lost 7-2 to Premier side Crumlin United in Pearse Park. Facing the gale in the first half they were constantly on the back foot and were 4-0 down at half time- they did pull two goals back through Christian Isichei and Taylor Dolan but the task was beyond them, but they have had a great run in the National Cup over the past four weeks and can be proud of their performances.

All other games were off.