Information on Girl’s football

Cup News – SFAI & National League

Good news travelled eastward yesterday evening with the return to form of our under 14 SKB/BOHS National League squad who ended a few weeks of disappointing results with a 2-1 extra time win in the quarter-final of the national league against a fancied Galway United side at Eamon Deacy Park.

Marcel Schabowski and Chris Idah were the goalscorers and this sets up an away semi-final next Saturday against Shamrock Rovers in Roadstone.

Our under 17 DDSL premier squad started their quest for honours in the FAI under 17 cup this morning with a 5-1 win away at Greystones United with top scorer Dare Fuhad Kareem adding another two goals to his seasonal tally with Evan McGee, Sam Dunne and Karl Hearns making up the goal list.

On the SFAI Cup front there was wins for our under 14 DDSL premier squad 5-0 away at Newbridge Town, the 12 DDSL premier Saturday 5-0 away at Broadford Rovers, 13 DDSL Sunday division 1 and 14 DDSL Sunday division 1 both 5-0 at home to Corduff FC and Lakelands FC respectively, under 12 DDSL division 2 1-0 at home to Clarehall Celtic and our under 16 major 4-0 away to Castleknock Celtic but defeats for our under 14A1, under 12 division 3 teams and under 13 division 5.

Under 18’s Advance In FAI Youth Cup

Our under 18 premier team were our first schoolboy team in cup action this season when they faced Bohemian FC this morning in the first round of the FAI Youth Cup at St. Aidans.

The teams faced one another in a DDSL league tie at Albert College last Sunday which ended all square 4-4 so a close encounter was anticipated and that’s the way it turned out.

SKB had most of the clear-cut chances throughout the game and Ciaran Lawless Crowe and Kobi Ndebumadu took two of them to advance to the next round.

Little Saints Registration For 2022/23 Season

Start your child’s football journey at St Kevin’s Boys Football Club Little Saints Academy which resumes for the 2022-2023 season with the open registration day on this Saturday September 3rd from 2 to 4pm at St Kevin’s Boys Clubhouse, Larkhill Road, Whitehall D09HY42.

Registration is open to boys and girls born in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

We Need Your Help!!

As all of our teams start to return to training and games across our schoolboy section, we encourage any parents interested to get involved with their children’s teams to assist with the smooth running of training sessions and matches.

Any small contribution, such as arriving 10 minutes before a training session/game to help with set up or staying 5 minutes afterwards to help put all items away, really does make a huge difference.

With many of our young members who also act as coaches now playing games on a regular basis on Saturday mornings, help is required for our Little Saints Coaching Academy. It is a great way to get to know many of the club members as well as contributing to the future of the club.

There are many roles that you can assist – not just coaching (if you are not comfortable doing coaching) – please speak to Denis Cassidy, on 085-7299193 or any of the LSCA staff – help is always welcome.

There is no need to be shy! Your contribution, no matter how small, will be very much appreciated.

Upcoming National Cup Ties For SKB Teams

The new football season for our SKB teams has already got under way with our senior team getting off to a good start under the management of Johnny Carroll on Wednesday night coming from a goal down to win 2-1 at home against Drumcondra FC.

Their next two league games are away – Sunday at 11am v Dublin Bus at Coldcut and Wednesday night 8pm v Portlaoise AFC at Rossleigh Park.

Tomorrow the senior Saturday side with Keith McConnell and Matt Gannon in charge go to Ringsend Park at 1pm to play Liffey Wanderers.

Both teams will soon be involved in FAI national cup competitions – the senior side in the FAI Intermediate Cup and the Saturday team in the FAI Junior Cup.

The senior team will be at home to Edenderry Town in the Intermediate Cup while the Junior Cup draw sees the Saturday team also at home against Arthur Griffith Park FC.

In the FAI Youths Cup our 18 premier team have a home draw against Bohemian FC or Collinstown FC while in the FAI Under 17 Cup Greg Victorys lads play Greystones United AFC away.

Dates and times to be confirmed.

SKB 2022 Presentation Night

Last night saw all of our teams who were successful in the 2021 / 2022 season collect their medals and trophies in front of a large attendance in the clubhouse.

Check out our Facebook page for all photos.

National League Results Update

SKB/BOHS under 14’s made it two wins out of two this afternoon when coming from behind to defeat Cork City 4-2 in an entertaining game at Shanowen Road. Sam Rooney was again on the scoresheet with two goals and Marcel Schabowski and Christian Coyle got the other two.

Also this afternoon our 17’s kept up their recent good run with a 4-1 win in St Aidans over Sligo Rovers which followed up their mid-week win against Galway United.

Last night our under 15’s got back on track following last weekends set back against Finn Harps with a 3-1 home win against a very good Dery City side with goals from Taylor McCarthy, Emil Abulu and Fiachra Coffey.

Our under 14 SKB/BOHS team got their season off to an impressive start with a comprehensive 8-1 win over Kerry FC at Mounthawk Park in Tralee this afternoon – the goals coming from Sam Rooney (3) Marcel Schabowski (2) Tommy Toth (2) and Josh Phoenix.

They make their first home appearance of the season next Saturday at Shanowen Road at 2pm when they face a tough teat against Cork City.

The SKB/BOHS under 17’s had to come from 1-2 behind against Waterford FC at St Aidans this afternoon to win 3-2.

Tomorrow at St Aidans Finn Harps are the opposition in the National under 15 League at 2pm.

Latest Weekend Results

Our Senior Saturday team’s long run in the Leinster Junior Cup came to an end on Saturday afternoon when despite coming from behind twice they were eventually beaten 3-2 by a strong Evergreen team.

Our 13 Premier and 17 Super teams got back on a winning track with League wins over Lourdes Celtic 2-0 and Cabinteely 8-1 respectively. While the 15 A team consolidated their League position with a 4-1 away win over Shelbourne at the AUL Complex. Both of our 11 A teams Sat and Sun had convincing wins away to Crumlin United and Cherry Orchard.

SKB Players Called Up For Irish Squads

There are 5 SKB or ex SKB Players in the Irish under 17 International team who will meet their Croatian counterparts in two fixtures in Zagreb on Tuesday, February 24 (11.00am), and Thursday, February 26 (1.00pm). in preparation for the next stage of the  European Elite finals later this year.

Ireland will travel to Poland in March to face the hosts, Greece and Belarus with the eight group winners and seven runners-up with the best record against the sides first and third in their section progress to the finals to join the hosts Bulgaria in the finals in May.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U17 SQUAD:

Caoimhin Kelleher (Ringmahon Rangers)

Tom McDermott (Tottenham Hotspur)

Luke Wade-Slater (St Kevin’s Boys)

Corey O’Keefe (West Bromwich Albion)

Shane Hanney (Shamrock Rovers)

Darragh Leahy (Coventry City)

Darragh Gibbons (Shamrock Rovers)

JJ Lunney (Preston North End)

Jake Doyle-Hayes (Aston Villa)

Brandon Payne (Celtic FC)

Conor Levingston (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Jamie Gray (St Kevin’s Boys)

Robbie McCourt (West Bromwich Albion)

Conor Ronan (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Anthony Scully (West Ham United)

Zachary Elbouzedi (West Bromwich Albion)

Jamie Aherne (Lucan United)

Trevor Clarke (Middlesbrough)

Gerry McDonagh (Nottingham Forest)

Josh Barrett (Reading)

FIXTURES

Tuesday, February 24

U17 International Friendly

Croatia v Republic of Ireland, Zagreb (11.00am Irish)

Thursday, February 26

U17 International Friendly

Croatia v Republic of Ireland, Zagreb (1.00pm Irish)

UNDER 19 Squad

Paul Doolin’s squad includes two ex SKB players who are preparing for the forthcoming elite phase of the UEFA U19 Championships so the fixtures against the Azeris should come in useful to the Irish boss.

The Irish host Azerbaijan at Tallaght Stadium on Wednesday, February 25 (7.00pm), then the two sides meet again at the same venue on Friday, February 27 (3.00pm).

The Elite Qualifying Round fixtures take place in March when the Irish travel to Germany to face the hosts, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

“The Elite Phase is three months earlier than usual. Azerbaijan also qualified for the Elite Phase and are in with England. So this is very important preparation for us.

Republic of Ireland U19:

Liam Bossin (Anderlecht)

Harry Doherty (Brighton)

Kevin Toner (Aston Villa)

Billy Murphy (Bristol City)

Fiacre Kelleher (Celtic)

Timmy Murphy (Cork City)

Harry Charsley (Everton)

Noe Baba (Fulham)

Eoghan Stokes (Leeds United)

Ross Mann (Limerick)

Cieron Keane (Notts County)

Ryan Manning (QPR)

Reece Grego-Cox (QPR)

Sean Heaney (Shamrock Rovers)

Connor Dimaio (Sheffield United)

Joel Coustrain (Sheffield United)

Jamie McGrath (St Patrick’s Athletic)

Shaun Donnellan (West Bromwich Albion)

Jack Hallahan (West Bromwich Albion)

Josh Cullen (West Ham United)

FIXTURES

U19 International Friendlies

Wednesday, February 25

Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan, Tallaght Stadium (7.00pm)

Friday, February 27

Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan, Tallaght Stadium (3.00pm)

Paul Osam has named Dean Casey and Paul Mc Mahon from our Under 18 Super team have been included in the Irish International Under 18 home based squad for two games next week away to Wales.

Meanwhile, former SKB player Ryan Robinson now of Shelbourne has been named by Noel King in his Under 21 home based squad for a friendly game on Saturday next against the Irish Amateur International team in the AUL complex at 1.00pm.

First NDSL Call Up For 3 SKB NDSL Premier Players

The NDSL under 13 squad have included three SKB players from our under 13 Premier NDSL team for their upcoming All Ireland Inter League fixture away to the Wexford League next Sunday, they are : Cian Losty, Sandip Chantyl and Colin Elemide.