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.