We were honoured to facilitate Belvedere F C and the family of Shetemi “Shay” Ayetigbo in the laying of a wreath on the pitch at Shanowen Road on Saturday last – the 10^th anniversary of the tragic passing of Shay.

Shay was a young footballer from Donabate who played for Belvedere F C who collapsed and died during an under 16 DDSL Premier league match against St Kevin’s in Shanowen Road on May 31st 2015.

 

Congratulations to our under 12 premier team and to our under 13.6 squad who were the bright spots on an otherwise disappointing day at the DDSL Cup finals in the AUL Complex.

The 12’s took control of the DDSL Tom Kavanagh Cup final from the first whistle against Shamrock Rovers and were a goal up inside 45 seconds through Max Glogowski he added another soon after and they were 3 up when Jake Nolan scored.

Rovers pulled one back and had the chance to get another when the referee awarded them a penalty and added insult to injury by red carding Logan Blanche in the incident but Senan Kelly pulled off a brilliant stop from the spot kick and even with 8 players they saw the remaining 15 minutes out comfortably and added a forth goal through Charlie Nolan.

Hopefully the good form continues and the squad go on to complete a league and cup double in the next few weeks.

Squad; 1 Senan Kelly 2. Cooper Hennessy 3.Sammy Allen 4. Logan Blanche 5. Liam Keoghan 6. Ben Kelly 7. Kai Henshaw 8. Jake Kavanagh 9. Max Glogowski 10. Brody Coyle 11. Jack Caswell 12. Oli Shaa 13. Charlie Nolan 14. Sam Clarke 15. Theo Doyle 16. David Canning 20. Vlad Staver.

Staff; Dave Boyle, Louis Cassidy and Paul O’Brien.

 

Despite facing a team who are going well in a division above them the 13.6 team under the management of Graham Mooney, Mark Somers and Patrick Rattigan completed their own League and Cup double this evening when they defeated a fancied Broadford Rovers side 3-0 to add the DDSL Matty Landan Cup to their League title that they clinched last week.

They totally dominated this game from start to finish and were 3 up at half time through Charlie McEntee and two goals from Trayvon Akahomen and they had many more chances throughout to add to the score line.

 

There was disappointment for the 12 Major 1 team who came from behind to level against Cherry Orchard in the Tony Ryan Cup final and the game looked like heading for extra time but the concession of two injury time goals was a harsh reflection of the game overall.

 

Both the 14 and 15 premier teams suffered narrow defeats – 1-0 and 2-1 – respectively in their finals.

 

The 14 Sunday 1 cup final will take place next week – date and time to be confirmed.

 

The DDSL finals that SKFC were involved in were as follows;

 DDSL U12 Tom Kavanagh Cup final v Shamrock Rovers  Won 4-1

DDSL U12 Tony Ryan Cup final v Cherry Orchard FC       Lost 3-1

U13 Matty Langan Cup final v Broadford Rovers               Won 3-0

DDSL U14 O’Neills Cup final v  Corduff FC                          TBC at later date.

DDSL U14 Fran Ray (Thunder) Cup final v St Josephs AFC       Lost 1-0

DDSL U15 Menton Cup final v Belvedere FC                     Lost 2-1

 

The SFAI finals take place at Jackson Park the home of Wayside Celtic FC, Glenamuck Road, Kilternan next Sunday May 11th.

 

15 Premier SFAI Cup final v Templeogue United             Sunday May 11th 11am

13 Premier SFAI Trophy final v Ashbourne United          Sunday May 11th  1pm

16 Premier SFAI Trophy final v Duleek AFC                      Sunday May 11th  3pm

The welcome break for players, managers and parents from local league and cup games at Easter gives teams the chance to travel to tournaments at home and abroad and experience different football cultures.

The Mare Nostrum Cup in Salou near Barcelona is the destination of our under 16 premier team for an Easter tournament against some top quality local opposition.

They recorded a win in their first game against San Martin 2-0 and that was followed by  1-1 draw against Teressa FC. 

Promise Akinyemi scored their only goal in their third game of the tournament in a 1-0 win against Amigon FC. 

Qualifying for the last 16 with those three results Promise was again on the scoresheet along with Alex Rafferty in a 2-1 win against Fundacio FC to set up a quarter final tie against Basque country side Lazkao FC.

In a close fought game a single goal was enough to give the Basque side victory.

Our under 9A visited the Leicester City Academy for games against the hosts and it  turned out to be a very successful exercise as excellent performances from all of the squad saw them win all four games in what was a great experience for the boys and the coaching staff.

The Pro Elite International Football Festival is where our under 12 premier team will be playing over the weekend starting tonight with a series of round robin friendly games from 6pm to 8pm at the tournament venue which is the University of Hertfordshire de Havilland Campus in Hatfield.

This group excelled in the Cryuff Tournament in Spain earlier this season and they will be hoping for a repeat of that form here.

Early results in the warm up games on Friday night were ;

SKFC 3 v Ultra Elite 0

SKFC 4  v Welwyn Garden City 0

SKFC  1 v  London Showcase 2

SKFC 2 v Stevenage FC 0

In the tournament proper which started today SKFC topped their group winning all three games against ;

Plymouth Argyle 1-0

Newport & District Schools 6-0

Supreme Football Academy 2-1.

Two further wins this morning against Norwich City 4-1 and AFC Wimbledon 2-0 saw our under 12 premier side reach the final of the competition but after a 2-2 draw after normal time against Peterborough United they were beaten on penalties.

Nonetheless it was an excellent performance by the squad over the weekend – one that they can take pride in.

 There were some very good English and continental clubs taking part and to come second – although disappointing – is a very fair achievement in what was an excellent and well organised competition. 

 

 

 

Below is the list of teams taking part;