Information on Girl’s football
Due to current low temperatures and pitch conditions ALL games (including friendlies) in St. Aidan’s are cancelled today (10th) and tomorrow Sunday 11th
With the club raffle taking place this afternoon the clubhouse will be open from 11am this morning to facilitate tickets and monies to be dropped into the club office.
The final round of fixtures for the under 8 to under 11 age groups will take place on the weekend of December 3rd and 4th.
Fixtures will resume on the 4th and 5th of February.
The final round of fixtures for the under 12 to under 18 age groups will take place on the weekend of December 10th and 11th.
There will be however a certain amount of official DDSL fixtures during the Christmas closedown at under 17 and 18 level
Fixtures will resume on the 28th and 29th of January.
Many congratulation to Evan Ferguson who tonight became the eleventh ex- SKB player to gain full international honours when he came on as a late substitute in Irelands 2-1 defeat to Norway at the Aviva Stadium thus becoming the youngest player to gain a full international cap for Ireland.
A proud night for Evan and his family and for the club as four SKB players were on the pitch in the Ireland side at the end of the game – Dara O’Shea Robbie Brady Jeff Hendrick and Evan.
Everyone at SKB would like to wish Jamie Mullins the best of luck as he begins the next chapter of his footbal career at premier league club Brighton & Hove Albion on January 1st.
He joins his ex SKB team mate Evan Ferguson at the Seagulls with both having followed a similar pathway all the way from the SKB mini-leagues (little saints coaching academy) as five year olds through the age groups gaining league and cup honours as well as inter-league and international recognition along the way before making the move to national league football through our academy link with Bohemians where he became the youngest ever goalscorer in FAI Cup history with his strike against Longford Town last season.
Many of his team mates at his age group with SKB are now playing across channel – Ferguson, Sean Grehan (Crystal Palace) David Okagbue (Stoke City on Loan to Oldham Athletic) Cian Kelly (Derby County) while John Ryan recently left UCD to sample Italian football with Sassuolo, which proves what a talented group Karl Lambe, Rob Doran and Willy Burke among others helped develop.
Congratulations to Taylor McCarthy, Luca Callicoe, Fiachra Coffey and Sean Moore who were part of the Republic of Ireland’s winning squad at the Victory Shield tournament earlier this week in Waterford.
The Republic of Ireland U16 team contained four SKB players in their starting eleven when for the second game running in the Victory Shield Tournament in Waterford they came through to win on penalties – 3-1 against Northern Ireland and now head into the final game of the Tournament against Scotland on Friday at 2pm in the RSC having also beaten Wales 5-4 on penalties in their first game last Sunday.
Republic of Ireland: Gill, Coffey, O’Donnell (C), McCarthy, Callicoe, O’Donnell( Matthew Moore, 41), Sean Moore, Gorman (McAndrews, 41), Fitzgerald (Orazi, 60), Adebayo (Murray, 41), Marshall (Melia, 60)
We were delighted and proud to receive the FAI Club Mark award.
This could not be achieved without the dedication of all those who have worked tirelessly over the years to make the Club what it is today.
Thanks to all of the managers, coaches and other volunteers past and present who give of their time to provide football opportunities for hundreds of players weekly.
Thanks to Niall Keoghan from the FAI for dropping in and presenting the award to Sharon Mitchell who was responsible for collating and submitting all of the data necessary to gain this award.
https://www.fai.ie/…/st-kevins-boys-secure-fai-club
Congratulations to Bohemian’s U19’s who won the FAI Enda Mc Guill Cup last night with a 1-0 win over St Patricks Athletic at Dalymount Park with a goal from Jamie Mullins.
We were delighted to see that the starting eleven contained eight players who came through the SKB system from an early age – Gavin O’Brien, Derin Adawale, Cian Byrne, James Mc Manus, Alex O’Brien, Nikson Okosun, Jamie Mullins and Aaron Doran. While Billy Gilmore and Danny Mc Grath were on the bench.
Two of our players Danny McGrath and Nickson Okosun have been included in the Republic of Ireland Under-17 squad for the first round of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers in Norway.
A 20-man squad for games against Armenia (October 20), Belarus (October 23) and Norway (October 26) has been announced as Ireland looks to reach the European Championship finals in Hungary next summer.
Republic of Ireland Men’s Under-17 Squad
Goalkeepers: Joe Collins (Bray Wanderers), Jason Healy (Waterford)
Defenders: Stanley Ashbee (Hull City), Daniel Babb (UCD), Jake Grante (Crystal Palace), Sean Mackey (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Cory O’Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers)
Midfielders: Romeo Akachukwu (Waterford), Rhys Bartley (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Anthony Dodd (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Luke Kehir (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Danny McGrath (Bohemians), John O’Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers), Freddie Turley (Shamrock Rovers)
Forwards: Mason Melia (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Taylor Mooney (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Nickson Okosun (Bohemians), Ike Orazi (Shamrock Rovers), Naj Razi (Shamrock Rovers), Shaun Wade (Chelsea)
UEFA European Under-17 Championship Round One fixtures (all kick-offs are Irish time)
Thursday, October 20 | Republic of Ireland MU17 v Armenia MU17, Sarpsborg Stadium, Norway, KO 5pm
Sunday, October 23 | Republic of Ireland MU17 v Belarus MU17, Fredrikstad, Norway, KO 1pm
Wednesday, October 26 | Norway MU17 v Republic of Ireland MU17, Sarpsborg Stadium, Norway, KO 4pm
A total of five players from our current under 15 SKB – BOHS team will be part of the Ireland under16 squad who will play their first internationals of the season when they take part in the prestigious the Victory Shield in Waterford.
Luca Callicoe,Fiachra Coffey, Sean Moore, Taylor McCarthy have been named in the squad with James Bailey placed on standby.
Congratulations to all five who have played all their football in SKB since joining at small sided game level where they enjoyed great success over the years before progressing last season to national league level as part of the SKB-BOHS Academy.
All of their coaches and managers at SKB through the years can take great credit and pride in their achievements up to now and hopefully they can emulate all of their illustrious predecessors who have represented the club at schoolboy level and beyond.
Also included in the squad are ex SKB players Ivan Graminschi and Richie Vodo.
Ireland will take on Wales on Sunday, October 30th, followed by Northern Ireland on Wednesday, November 2nd and Scotland on Friday, November 4th.
Four of our small sided games squads took up the invitation today to take part in the Thomond Cup tournament in Limerick.
Our under 9’s (2014) 10’s (2013) 11’s (2012) and 12’s (2011) made the journey south and all reached the final of their respective age groups with the 9’s 10’s and 12’s winning their competitions and the 11’s narrowly losing out in their final to close neighbours Home Farm.
These tournaments are all part of the boys learning proces as they advance through the age groups which we as a club have always encouraged to broaden their experience and test them in a different environment to what they encounter weekly in local league games and to follow in the footsteps of al the successful teams that SKB have produced over the years.
Congratulations to all the players and staff involved today and to the parents who travellled to support the teams.
