Information on Girl’s football
The under 8 and under 9 coaching course organized by the DDSL / FAI in the Leisurepoint Sports Fitness Centre All Weather pitch Cardiffsbridge Road on February 10th has been cancelled.
Clubs will be notified of refixed date.
Five SKB teams were involved in last 32 SFAI Cup action today at various venues spread throughout the country.
A superb strike after five minutes by Dylan Quinn was all that seperated our 12 Premier DDSL side today when they played Thomastown United away in the SFAI Danone Cup in a game played in sunny but very very windy conditions. It was a good all round team performance that dug out this win with centre backs Ronan Kilkenny and Chris Kenny to the fore in dealing capably with the Thomastown attack.
A bus breakdown in Fermoy did not interfere unduly with our 12 Premier NDSL side as they made the long trip to Clonakilty a winning one by beating Lyre Rovers 2-0 to join the 12 Premier DDSL in the last 16.
At Shanowen Road our 15 Premier DDSL team prooved too strong for Rathoath Harps in the SFAI Evans Cup winning 7-2 while our 16 Premier NDSL side reached the last 16 of the SFAI Barry Cup with a 2-1 win in Ramstown over Gorey Rangers.
Mervue United proved too strong for our 14 Premier NDSL side winning 2-0 at Fahys Field.
The line up for the 7th SKB Academy Cup Tournament to be played over the Easter weekend April 3rd – 5th has just been finalised it promises to be yet another great spectacle of top class football as teams from the UK and Europe test themselves along with our own Under 13 Premier team.
The lineup is ; Arsenal…West Bromwich Albion…Celtic…St Kevin’s Boys…Benfica…Deportivo La Coruna.
Group 1: Group 2:
Benfica West Bromwich Albion
St Kevins Boys Deportivo La Coruna
Celtic Arsenal
A goal up after one minute (Ross Nally) pegged back to 1-1 after four and back ahead 2-1 (Ross Coyle) before the tenth minute had elapsed such was the frantic opening exchanges of our Under 17 Super teams FAI last 16 game against Trim Celtic at the MDL Centre in Navan on Saturday.
Ross Nally got his second after twenty minutes to make it 3-1 and with the team producing some excellent football throughout further goals from Conor Kane, Liam Brady and Eoin Morgan before the break ended the game as a contest. The second half was even more one sided with Jamie Gray hitting the seventh ten minutes into the half, the score would have reached seriously embarrassing proportions only for the Trim Celtic goalkeeper who made a series of excellent stops and he along with some wayward finishing and the woodwork kept it down but still Ross Nally added three more to his tally (5) and Darragh Roycroft was rewarded for his hard work throughout the game with two to leave it 12-1 at the end.
The 13 Major got back to a good start after the Xmas break with a 4-3 home win over Peamount United at Ellenfield David Alaba (2) Callum Conneely and Tony Gallagher the scorers.
Eoin Greene got the all important goal as our 12 Premier secured an excellant 1-0 win over St Josephs Boys at Pearse Park.
Our 16 DDSL Premier team proved much to strong for Home Farm at Shanowen Road on Sunday winning 5-2 with goals from Dara O’Shea, Thomas Byrne, Mikey Cregan, Jamie Hamilton and Evan Pierce.
Good wins for our 15A (8-0) over Cambridge Boys and 16 Major (2-1) over St Malachys keeps them in the hunt for their respective league honours.
Our first team went down by the same score (5-2) away to Collinstown FC in a AUL Premier A league tie with new signing from Kilkenny Nathan West impressing scoring both goals on his debut.
St Pauls Artane take a 2-1 lead into the second leg of the AUL Myles O’Neill Cup following their game against our Senior Saturday side at the AUL Complex.
Daniel Bergin did it again at the weekend for our 10A side with a quick fire hat trick on Sunday against Cambridge Boys with goals in the 1st, 6th and 11th minute and despite being moving from centre forward to right back for the 2nd half he popped up in the last minute of the game with a great run down the right wing and finished with a decent strike for his 4th goal and our 8th.
Our 11A Saturday and Sunday had impressive wins over Crumlin United (9-0) and Home Farm (7-0) to re enforce their position as one of the top teams at this age group in the city.
Lucan United inflicted a first defeat of the season on our 12A Saturday side with a 2-1 win at Ellenfield while our 12 Major conceded late goals going down to Home Farm (0-4)
Our 1st team recovered from last weeks heavy defeat to Sherriff Y C in the AUL Nivea Cup and moved into fourth place in the Premier A League table with a four goal victory over O’Devaney Dunard in Shanowen Road .
The early exchanges were pretty even up until Ross Harrison played Gavin Quinn in with a neat pass and Quinn took the ball around the Dunard keeper and finished superbly from a tight angle to break the deadlock after 25 minutes.
The advantage was doubled on 38 minutes when Ross Harrison was fouled in the box and Peter O’Reilly scored the resulting penalty.
O’Devaney had a chance to halve the defecit five minutes into the second half when a penalty was awarded for hand ball in the Kevin’s area but the chance was missed with the penalty being put over the bar.
Sean Leavy then fired a screamer fifteen minutes into the second half to open up a three goal lead, before Stephen Cantwell finished the scoring from a penalty ten minutes from the end for his sixth league goal of the season.
Our Senior Saturday team advanced into the sixth round of the Leinster Junior Cup with a fine 2-0 win in extra time over a much fancied Crumlin United this afternoon at the AUL Complex.
Josh Peyton scored the first five minutes into the first period of extra time and Jordan Cromwell sealed a great win with a second seven minutes from the end.
Our 13, 14 and 15 Premier squads had a tough three days of training and games in their visit to West Bromwich Albion over the weekend. They had a training session and fitness testing on Friday afternoon which was taken by WBA coaches while on Saturday and Sunday the three teams played their counterparts from West Brom (Saturday) and Colchester United (Sunday).
Top Premier League striker Saido Berahino visited the players during training on Friday afternoon and posed for photographs and signed autographs. The group was also joined by former SKB players Robert McCourt and Philip Gannon who are now making great progress as WBA youth team players.
Despite his disappointment at his team losing narrowly on Saturday afternoon 1 – 0 to WBA Robert Brady kept his promise and came out to meet all of the 13’s, 14’s and 15’s squads at the Hawthornes after his game and he sat in the same seats as he had sat in a few years ago when he himself was a member of SKB groups visiting WBA.
Thanks to Mark Harrison and Steve Hopcroft for putting the top class facilities at the WBA Academy Complex at our disposal over the weekend and thanks also to the rest of the WBA staff for their efforts in helping to ensure that the weekend was productive and informative.
Yesterday at Shanowen Road our 1st team faced Sherriff Y C in the AUL Nivea Challenge Cup and after a close game the last time these sides met in October many were predicting another tight affair this time round but an early Sheriff goal put paid to that script.
The game started at an electric pace and the home side came close within 30 seconds after Conor Dowler slipped in Stephen Cantwell but his dipping shot was over the bar. Just a minute later up the other end and Darren Dunne’s header was well saved by Dean Brady.
Sheriff took the lead after just seven minutes when Stephen Murphy’s corner was allowed to drop into the box and Darren Dunne was in the right spot to poke it home it was almost two some minutes later but Kevin Lynch’s shot was taken off the line by Eoin Kinsella. John Rock did eventually score a second Sherriff goal converting Darren O’Brien’s pass.
The home side almost grabbed one back when Dowler played a neat ball in to set Ross Harrison free but his shot across goal was saved by the legs of Lee Murphy.
Sheriff put the result beyond doubt with their third of the game just after the half hour mark when Mark Higgins scored a third and they added a fourth before half time when Darren Dunne converted Kevin Lynch’s cross.
SKB had two good opportunities early in the second half – first Dowler crossed to Cantwell whose scissor kick was straight at Lee Murphy before Dowler had a crack from 25 yards that Lee Murphy did well to tip around the post.
Sheriff’s fifth came from the penalty spot after Darren O’Brien’s shot was harshly adjudged to have been handled by Paddy Brophy. Darren Dunne stepped up to smash it low and right into the net for his hat trick.
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