St Kevins U-7s 2006/07

WEEKEND UPDATES Sun7A

2007-03-27T21:05:00.000+01:00

This weekends SUN 7A Results are as follows:

PARK CELTIC 1-3 HOME FARM

TOLKA 0-3 ST.JOSEPHS

SKB 2-2 ST.MALACHYS

SKB Pl-7 Pts-17

Home Farm Pl-6 Pts-9
Malachys Pl-5 Pts-8
Joeys Pl-6 Pts-8
Tolka Pl-5 Pts-3
Park Pl-5 Pts-3

Next SKB Fixtures

Saturday, March 31:

Cherry Orchard vs. SKB Sat 7A

(11.15am)

Sunday, April 01:

Tolka Rovers vs. SKB Sun 7A

(10.30am)

UPDATED RESULTS

2007-03-18T20:59:00.000Z

SKB 7a SUNDAY

SKB 4-0 Park Celtic

Home Farm 0-8 SKB

SKB 2-2 Joeys

Malachy's 0-3 SKB

SKB 3-1 Home Farm

Joeys 1-4 SKB

Remaining fixtures:

(h) v St.Malachys

(a) v Tolka Rovers

(h) v Tolka Rovers

(a) v Park Celtic

UPDATED League Table

SKB Pl-6 Pts-16

Malachys Pl-4 Pts-7

Home Farm Pl-5 Pts-6

Joeys Pl-5 Pts-5

Tolka Pl-4 Pts-3

Park Pl-4 Pts-3

PADDYS WEEKEND ENDS ON A HIGH

2007-03-18T20:38:00.000Z

SKB 4-1 JOEYS

Paddy's weekend certainly ended on a high for our Sunday team as they defeated Joeys out in Sallynoggin in what was, to date, their most important fixture. Having thrown away a 2 goal lead in the home fixture our lads were well on their guard today and it showed from the kick off. Our lads got out of the traps quickly and had 2 or 3 good attempts on goal within the first 2/3 minutes and it showed Joeys that we were certainly up for a battle.

The opening goal came form some very good play by Sam Ennis who showed great vision to lay a ball inside to Sean Ryan, who in turn found Stein 'Ryan Giggs' Sheridan on the left and he produced some excellent footwork to shift the ball out of his feet and fired an unstoppable shot past a very good Joeys goalkeeper. The trademark airplane celebration was just as good!!

Going in at the break 1-0 up was encouraging but it was vital that we got the next goal and the lads were told this at half time. However, some intense Joeys pressure led to an equaliser when a daisy cutter of a corner was sent in (which had a tornado-like wind behind it!!!) and much to his surprise, it bounced off Conor Ennis' leg and went into the net. However, this didn't deter Conor at all and he went on to make some very important and crucial tackles to keep us in the game, as did his partner at the back Harry O'Byrne who put in a fine performance after coming into a very tense game. Another fine performance came from Brandon Curtis who put in probably the most important tackle of the game, 2 yards off his goal line to keep the scores tied at 1-1.

Soon after, Joe Manley went on a mazy run through the Joeys half which resulted in him cutting by the last Joeys defender and side footing the ball into the back of the net much to the delight of the away support to make it 2-1. Not long after, Steino added another fine goal having jinxed his way through the defence and added another goal to his ever growing tally to make it 3-1. The result was put beyond doubt when the ball broke to Joe again in the box and he added his second of the game too to make it 4-1. With that the final whistle went and another classy performance was given by the Saints which adds another 3 points to the board and brings us another game closer to our target.

MOM: Stein Sheridan

OUR NEXT FIXTURES

2007-02-05T21:22:00.000Z

Sat, Feb 10: Phoenix FC vs. St Kevins (10.30am, Martin Savage Park)
Players to meet 9.45am SHARP at phone boxes.

Sun, Feb 11: St Kevins vs. St Josephs Boys (10.30am, Ellenfield Park)
Players to meet 10am SHARP at dressingrooms in Ellenfield Park

Sat, Feb 17: Swords Celtic vs. St Kevins (10.30am, Balheary Park)
Players to meet 9.30am SHARP at Phone boxes.

Sun, Feb 18: St Malachys vs. St Kevins (10.30am, Springdale Park)
Players to meet 9.45am at Phone boxes

LATEST RESULTS

2007-02-05T21:06:00.000Z

Saturday 7A: The results we have to hand are - St Kevins 0, Templeogue Utd 0, St John Bosco 2, Phoenix 0.

Sunday 7A: The latest results for this Division are: St Josephs Boys 1, St Malachys 1. Park Celtic 4, Tolka Rovers 2. Home Farm 0, St Kevins 8.

The table for this league currently reads

St Kevins 2-0 -0 6pts
St Malachys 1-1-0 4pts
St Josephs 1-1-0 4pts
Park Celtic 1-0-1 3pts
Tolka Rvrs 0-0-2 0pts
Home Farm 0-0-2 0pts

SATURDAY WAKE-UP CALL

2007-02-05T17:07:00.000Z

FEBRUARY 3rd

ST KEVINS 0 TEMPLEOGUE 0

SO OUR Saturday 7s unbeaten league record - which stretches all the way back to September 9 last - remains intact. But only just.

On Saturday last we were second to every ball, lacked ideas, lost our shape too easily - and seemed to forget ALL of the basics we had worked so hard to master.

Much of the game was played in our territory for the 40 minutes. We just couldn't clear our lines. It was like a rubber ball - it just came bouncing back.

What frustrated teams coaches Fran Tyrell and Paul Doody so much was the fact that too many of the squad never performed.

Despite that Templeogue had few clear cut chances (thanks to good rearguard work from Aaron Malone and Evan Ruddell and a fine save from Adam Duffy) and a fine solo run from Jamie Casserley almost ended in a goal.

The squad will have to lift their performance somewhat when they travel to play Phoenix FC this Saturday.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

2007-02-02T11:21:00.000Z

SATURDAY, February 3:

St Kevins

vs.

Templeogue

(10.30am, Ellenfield)

Players to meet 10am SHARP at dressingrooms in Ellenfield Park.

SUNDAY, February 4:

Home Farm

vs.

St Kevins

(10.30am VEC, Whitehall)

Players to meet 9.45am SHARP at phoneboxes

SATURDAY, February 10:

Phoenix FC
vs.
St Kevins

(10.30am, Martin Savage Park)

Players to meet 9.45am SHARP at phoneboxes.

SUNDAY, February 11:

St Kevins

vs.

St Josephs Boys

(10.30am, Ellenfield Park)

Players to meet 10am SHARP at dressingrooms in Ellenfield Park

RESULTS FOR JANUARY 27/28

2007-02-02T11:14:00.000Z

OUR Saturday side saw their game cancelled due to the untimely death of a St John Bosco Under-10 player.

The only other result we have to hand for the Saturday 7A division is the fixture between our old rivals Phoenix FC and Cherry Orchard. Our friends from the Navan Road were comprehensively beaten 6-0.

Our Sunday 7A's got off to a great start. The full results from that division were:

St Malachys 3 - Tolka Rovers 2

Home Farm 0 - St Josephs 2

St Kevins 4 - Park Celtic 0

CELTIC PARKED

2007-01-28T22:04:00.000Z

SKB 4-0 PARK CELTIC

Our Sunday team got back to winning ways today with a dogged and determined performance over a newly promoted Park Celtic side. Not having played a competitive game since the end of Novemeber was not the best preparation, but, the couple of friendlies our lads had gave us enough time to iron out a few problems. The game was played on an uninspiring Ellenfield pitch which at times threatened to spoil any attempt to play our style of football. This showed mainly in the first half as our lads struggled to get into a rhythmn and this also aided Park Celtic as we were caught out in the attacking third on a couple of occasions and had to rely on a very smart save from Jamie Casserly who was filling in for the injured Ian Brunton. This was not the only change to the squad, Conor Ennis had to pull out on Thursday due to a bout of the flu and he hadn't recovered in time so Cathal Culligan came in to deputise.

It was 0-0 at the break and it looked as if the game may have been heading for a draw, or even worse Park sneaking a late goal. However, our lads were told to buck up their game and not give Park any more credit than they had been given earlier in the game. Soon after the re-start we found ourselves 1-0 up thanks to a neat finish from Joe Manley after he deputised from a poor kickout and struck into an unguarded net from 20 yards out. Soon later we were 2-0 thanks to some good chasing down by David O'Hanlon after he challenged for a cross and he ball rebounded off him and went into the net. We then made a few changes and things went a bit sloppy for a few minutes but Joe Manley was once again at the forefront of us regaining control of the game. he made a great hazy run into the box and squared a ball off to Sam Ennis and he struck one away from a tight angle.

As Andy Gray phrases, "That one came out of the top drawer", could be heard being echoed around Ellenfield Park as Sam Ennis put away what has to be a contender for the best goal ever seen. Having come back to cover in defence he picked the ball up in the right full position and proceeded to defy all the shouts of a coach who wishes to remain nameless of "Switch it, switch it". Having chosen not to take this advice it was agreed that he would only be let off if he scored, and let off he was when he cut across the edge of the box and fired one into the back of the net having run almost 40yards. Amazingly he still had enough left in the tank to celebrate!!.

This completed an effective performance but the lads were told that they are expected to play better in future games and are expected to be more ruthless with teams. However, it does get us 3 points on the board and give us a good platform to push on from next week when we visit our local rivals Home Farm.

P1 W1 D0 L0 F4 A0 Pts:3

Captain today was BRANDON CURTIS

MAN OF THE MATCH: SAM ENNIS

Next Fixture is AWAY: Home Farm, 03/02/07 @ 10:30, Whitehall VEC, Swords Rd.

THAT CHRISTMAS PICTURE!

2007-01-21T00:14:00.000Z

HERE IS the Christmas picture we didn't get to use on our festive card. The quality just wasn't there. Next year we will get a "professional" in to take it - and NOT Paul Doody!

HOME AND AWAY ON JANUARY 27/28

2007-01-20T23:54:00.000Z

IF the fixtures on A2Z are correct then the Saturday Sevens will begin the new campaign away to John Bosco next Saturday (10.30am) in Brickfields Park.

The Sunday team begin their programme with a home fixture against Park Celtic (Ellenfield 10.30am). The Saturday team's second match will be a home fixture (February 3, 10.30am) against Templeogue United.

Players are reminded that they MUST report for games with a FULL club kit and shinguards. They should also be prepared for bad weather by wearing warm, comfortable clothes.

DOUBLE TOPS

2007-01-14T19:47:00.000Z

Phoenix 0, Kevins 4

OUR Sunday team made the short journey to Cabra on Saturday to take on Phoenix on the all-weather surface at John Paul Park.

The game was played in the worst of conditions and the final five minutes because of the freezing, driving rain and high winds.

Kevins were never in danger and goals from Joe Manley, Sam Ennis and Stein Sheridan (2) copper-fastened a fine performance.

Malahide 0, Kevins 4

THIS was a fine performance on Sunday morning by our Saturday team. On Malahide's excellent all-weather surface we took and early lead (Rob Dunne) then repelled some Malahide attacks before settling down to play a good passing game at times.

Further goals from Jordan McCarthy (his first) and a brace from Adam Duffy hammered home our superiority.

This Malahide team have dropped down a divison (Sunday 7A1) but still managed to hold Home Farm (Sunday 7A) to a draw before Christmas.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

2007-01-11T16:05:00.000Z

DEAR PARENTS,

WE ended the pre-Christmas finances with a DEFICIT of almost €50. This was made up by the coaching staff.

They will not be covering ANY debts this time - and with that in mind if a player falls TWO weeks in arrears and we have not been informed of any problem then the player will NOT be considered for selection.

FRIENDLIES IN JANUARY

2007-01-11T15:38:00.001Z

THE league resumes on the weekend of January 27/28. But before that our "Super 7s" have a series of friendlies lined up.

Details for this weekend's games are as follows:

Phoenix FC vs. St Kevins Sunday 7A

John Paul Park, Cabra, SATURDAY, 3pm.

(ALL-WEATHER PITCH)

Meet at Phone boxes, Collins Avenue 2.15pm SHARP

Malahide Utd vs. St Kevins Saturday 7A

Gannon Park, SUNDAY, 10.30am.

(ALL-WEATHER PITCH)

Meet at Phone boxes, Collins Avenue 9.45am SHARP

The following weekend the fixtures are:

Leicester Celtic vs. St Kevins Sunday 7A
Loreto Park, Nutgrove, SUNDAY, 11am.
(ALL-WEATHER PITCH)

Meet at Phone boxes, Collins Avenue 10am SHARP

St Kevins Saturday 7A vs. Raheny United
Ellenfield Park, Sunday, 10.30am.
Meet at Dressingrooms, 10am SHARP

LEAGUE RESUMES JAN 27/28

2007-01-09T10:54:00.000Z

WEATHER permitting, we will be back in league action on the weekend of January 27/28.

Before that there will be friendlies this weekend with the Sunday team away to Phoenix FC on the all-weather pitch at John Paul Park, Cabra this SATURDAY at 3pm.

Saturday side down to play away in Malahide. The Malahide match has yet to be confirmed for SATURDAY or SUNDAY.

There will also be friendlies next weekend January 20/21.

NEW LEAGUIE FORMATS

2007-01-09T10:10:00.000Z

OUR Saturday team have been promoted to the top division - 7A - and will line out against the following teams over the coming weeks:

Cherry Orchard

Templeogue Utd

Phoenix FC (P)

St John Bosco

Swords Celtic (P)

The Sunday 7A squad find themselves in with:

Park Celtic (P)

St Josephs Boys (P)

Tolka Rovers

St Malachys (P)

Home Farm

2006-12-17T16:54:00.000Z

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS

FESTIVE HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS

2006-12-01T13:07:00.000Z

THE coaching staff are currently talking with Club Coach Paul Boyle and Small Sided Game Head Coach Billy McCormack to formulate a coaching/games schedule for the holiday period.

The bad weather this week has knocked out the fixtures list so BOTH teams could have games NEXT week.

Training as usual this Tuesday/Thursday. The FINAL session before Christmas will be on Tuesday, December 12.

DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

A FIVE STAR SUNDAY

2006-11-26T18:56:00.000Z

ST KEVINS 5, VERONA 0

THE Sunday team got back on track today with a 5-star performance at home to Verona in Coolgreena today.

However, one particular performance was singled out by the coaches today - that of Ian Brunton.

He made two magnificent saves at vital times during the game. First came a great one on one save at 0-0 to keep us in the game and then the second save was made at the feet of the Verona striker, then cleared from the line by Brandon Curtis when we had gone 1-0 up following a great ball in from Joe Manley and a cool finish from David O'Hanlon.

The lads kept the tempo up in the second half and added a 2nd when a ball broke out to Brandon Curtis and he fired it past the keeper from outside the box.

Sean Ryan made it 3-0 after battling his way past a few players outside the area then rolling the ball by the keeper.

Sam Ennis got a well deserved goal following a tough display to make it 4-0 and the 5th was fired in by Joe Manley.

Joe's goal is still debatable as he meant it as a cross, which turned out to be an excellent one, and then took a deflection. But the coaches agreed it should go to Joe as long as he splits the €5.

P7 W5 D1 L1 F23 A7 PTS:16

SATURDAY JUST ONE WIN AWAY

2006-11-26T18:45:00.000Z

St Kevins 12, Stella Maris 0

The Saturday team are just one game away from winning the Saturday 7A1 section outright following this comprehensive dismantling of Stella.

The boys did it in style the league in style to at our new home pitch in Coolgreena. The game was played in great conditions and our lads put the work in that was needed to keep on track for the 7A1 title.

There was far too many good performances across the team just to pin one down, so the Man of the Match goes to the whole squad.

It was well deserved as all 10 have been fantastic over the season. Lets hope all the good work counts after Christmas when we start off in the Sat 7A.

Scorers on the day on were Adam Duffy(3), Jamie O'Brien(3), Robert Dunne(3), Jamie Casserly, Jordan Brady and Josh Anyaegbunam. Hopefully I haven't left anybody out!!

TOUGH WORKOUT

2006-11-11T17:03:00.000Z

SKB 1-1 PHEONIX

It was a tough workout this morning for the Saturday team as they faced up to Pheonix in the freindly game in Ellenfield Park. Having played each other twice already this season and being paired together again Pheonix kindly offered to fulfill the fixture in a freindly capacity. The condition of the pitch restricted both sides from playing any form of free flowing football. This has been a common problem for our lads this season and has been brought up with the club folllowing a number of games. It eas observed today that the grass on the pitch was 3-4 inches higher than it was around the perimiter. However, as regards the game, both teams tried there best with what they had and it was great to see young Josh Anyaegbunam getting on the end of an excellent team move and crashing a 15-yard strike into the back of the net. The lead was only held for a shortwhile though, as following a great save from goalkeeper on the day Robert Dunne and an excellent goalline clearance from Aaron Malone, the Pheonix right midfielder stuck in a very finely taken goal from a tight angle. Both teams created chances to win the game, including a last gasp chance from an Evan Ruddell corner which nearly went straight over the line!! But on reflection a draw was a fair result and it keeps both teams going for another week.

R

THIS WEEKEND

2006-11-10T19:52:00.000Z

For all those who may not have heard over the week, here are the details for the games once more:

SATURDAY TEAM are at HOME to Pheonix FC in a friendly..... Meeting in the PARK @ 9:45am

SUNDAY TEAM are AWAY to Stella Maris on Richmond Road..... Meeting at the PHONEBOX @ 9:30am

WEEKEND FIXTURES

2006-11-07T21:10:00.000Z

SATURDAY TEAM 11-11-06
Home -v-PHEONIX 10-30am

I'm sure you are all aware that we have already played Pheonix Fc, both home and away, but they have kindly offered to fulfill this fixture as a freindly in order to give both teams a game. So i'm sure you'll all join me in offering thanks to John Caullwell and his team for their effort.

SUNDAY TEAM 12-11-06
Away -v- STELLA MARIS

I have to call both the DDSL and Stella in order to confirm that Stella plan to fulfill their fixtures as judging by the league table they have only played one game to date. I will know more on Thursday.

Many thanks to all the players and parents for another full attendance at training tonight and I hope to see you all again raring to go on Thursday night.

Cheers, Rob.

LINK UP AND RUNNING

2006-11-07T21:09:00.000Z

Apologies to any of the Saturday parents who tried to access the League Table link, as you can expect I was quickly told by Paul and Fran that it wasn't workin(Cheers Paul and Fran, pity ye aren't as quick with the compliments for running the site eh?!?)

SATURDAY CLINCH PROMOTION

2006-11-07T12:29:00.000Z

ASHWOOD 0, ST KEVINS 9

CONGRATULATIONS to our Saturday side who clinched promotion to the Sat 7A league after christmas, with a classic display against Ashwood which saw them run out 9-0 winners.

A lot of work has been put in by Fran, Paul, Matthew and rob and its good to see this work paying off. Goals on the day came from Jamie Casserly(4), Robert Dunne(3), Paul Pettigrew and Jordan Brady.

We can now expect plenty more tough games for the lads after Christmas but we all know that they will be able to put it up to any of the big guns in the A.

Well done lads!!

BALLYER BOWLED OVER

2006-10-22T19:46:00.000+01:00

St Kevins 9, Ballyfermot Utd 0

MATCH report will follow here shortly.

FIRST POINTS DROPPED

2006-10-15T20:01:00.000+01:00

SKB 0-0 HOME FARM

In what was a typical local derby in Ellenfield Park, Home Farm took the short trip back to Whitehall with a very fortunate point, the first point that has been taken off our lads all season. The game was always going to be tight considering we'd beaten them 5-2 in the VEC. We knew that Home Farm would raise there game, as is usually the way when teams come up to face the top sides. SKB dominated for the majoruty of the game and while creating many chances, failed to convert any of these, which caused many headaches for the coaches as given the scoring records so far it was almost expected that at least one chance would be converted. However it wasn't to be, and in the dyng minutes, a timely interception from Cathal Culligan prevented the visitors from stealing 3 points. This excellent tackle was crucial as not only was Cathal backtracking, but he was also left 2-on-1, having to fend off two Home Farm attackers. best chances on the day fell to Sean Ryan and Stein Sheridan. And so the game ended, with Home Farm the happier of the two teams, and it must be a testament to the quality of our side to see the celebrations that followed from the visiting team and support and lets not forget, this was the first game in over 15 for both sides that the opposition has kept a clean sheet (Lets hope that trend doesnt continue for too long!!) The local derby also saw Brandon Curtis make a long-awaited return from a serious injury, and his introduction in the last few minutes was on of the positive notes for the management.

P5 W4 D1 L0 F18 A6 PTS: 13

R

2006-10-08T17:55:00.001+01:00

FIRST PAID SKB PLAYER

2006-10-08T17:54:00.000+01:00

Congratulations go to young Sam Ennis form the Sunday team, who's 3 lucky numbers came up in the Klotto, which won him €5,800. Hopefully this shows parents and players the importance of contributing their weekly subs, as if Sam had not paid that week he would have been unable to claim his prize. And many thanks to his dad for contributing some of the winnings to the squad in order to get some new gear!!

UNITED THUMPED

2006-10-08T17:35:00.000+01:00

Malahide 0-6 SKB

Another tough game for the Sunday team, this time in the form of Malahide, who had given the Saints a tough run in Ellenfield park. The windy conditions in the ground before kick off led to the coaches opting for a strong, battling formation to play against the breeze in the first half, with the foresight that if the game was still tight at half time we would be able to introduce certain players who would be able to take advantage of shooting with the wind behind their strike. And it turned out that these tactics were absolutely spot on. A tough first half saw us create many chances going forward, but also saw some players called to do a bit more work than usual, and in fairness to the players, they done their job excellently. David O'Hanlon had an excellent first half, doing exactly what was asked of him, by coming out of the middle to look for the ball and to help link up the play between both wingers. At half time, we moved Joe up front, who done wel, to earn a penalty, which he confidently converted to make the breakthrough. Stein was introduced onto the left wing, given direct instructions to get in and hastle their defenders and to shoot on sight. This was done to perfection, as within 2 minutes of the restart he had won the ball off the right back and had rocketed the ball into the top corner. 2 more goals, one from Robert Dunne, which he didn't seem to know much about(He was running out of the box as Stein let fly, it appeared to be going wide until it deflected off the inside of his leg) but as anybody will tell you, they all count!! Joe Manley netted another with 5 minutes remaining and Stein completed his first competitive hat-trick with a 3rd cracking strike... So the 100% record was maintained emphatically and lets hope it keeps going next weekend!!

P4 W4 D0 L0 F18 A6 PTS:12

PHOENIX FIRE PUT OUT

2006-10-08T17:11:00.000+01:00

SKB 5-1 PHOENIX

If this game was due to be the biggest test for the Saturday team, then surely the passed it with flying colours following this fantastic footballing display. As, it was Phoenix who were the only team to have taken points off the lads. It was a glorious morning for football with the sun shining, a nice cool breeze, and the pitch in a perfect condition. This performance from the lads must match any other perfomance by any other team in the league. It had the perfect mix of great attacking, great defending and some excellent passing. Things started brightly for the team and it wasn't long before the lead was taken when, following some great interplay, and some fine fancy footwork by Josh Anyaegbunam, led to an opening for Jamie Casserly with which he took full advantage and put us into a 1-0 lead. More good teamwork led to a cracking crossfield pass from Josh to Jamie O'Brien and he finished with a sublime right footed strike which rocketed into the far bottom corner. The lads then went fully in control of the game with another goal from Jamie C, and a smart follow up strike from Paul Pettigrew, who pounced on the ball after the Pheonix goalkeeper made a good save from a Jordan Brady free-kick. Phoenix did grab a consolation goal after their striker capitalised on a short kick out from Ian Brunton. And not to be outdone, Jamie Casserly bagged his hat trick just on the full time whistle with a great shot which dipped just below the crossbar and over the goalkeepers head. So a cracking performance by the Saturday team sees them take sole lead of the A1 league, having won 5 and drawn 1 from 6.

P6 W5 D1 L0 F35 A7 PTS:16

COMEBACK KINGS

2006-10-08T16:57:00.000+01:00

Tolka Rovers 3-4 SKB

This game will go down as one of the best games ever witnessed by all those in attendance. Not having played for 2 weeks beforehand didn't aid our team, as we found ourselves 1-0 down early on to one of the softest penalties that has been given by a referee. Things didn't get too much better when Tolka raced into a 2 goal lead after some poor defending from our lads. However things started looking up when David O'Hanlon was put through on goal and bagged a sublime lob over the keeper from 25yards out. But soon after, Tolka were awarded a second penalty by the man in the middle which they coverted, making it 3-1 at the break. Our lads were given a fairly strict teamtalk at half time and told that they had to start getting into the game, because if they played the football which they can, then it would have only been a matter of time before we got back on top. And it wasn't long into the second half when a great team move saw Stein Sheridan bag the goal which woke us up again, and rattled Tolka. With less than 5 minutes left it was Sean Ryan's turn to grab the game by the collar, when he smashed in a 3rd goal for the Saints, making it a 3-3 thriller. However, things got even better when SKB were awarded a penalty in the dying seconds, which Jamie Casserly stepped up to take, and............................missed!! But all was not lost, when Joe Manley curled in a 20yard screamer which sent the away line into great scenes of celebration!! And as Tolka tipped off they had one more chance when the ball scrambled into the box, but there was the ever improving Ian Brunton to smother the ball and end the danger. Following that kick out the full time whistle was blown, and our unbeaten streak continued..

P3 W3 D0 L0 F12 A6 PTS:9

A ROMP IN BALLYFERMOT

2006-09-19T13:18:00.000+01:00

SATURDAY, September 16

Ballyfermot United 0, St Kevins 8

Check back shortly for match report

WEEKEND FIXTURES

2006-09-13T21:37:00.000+01:00

THE Saturday 7A1 squad travel to Ballyfermot United this weekend. Players and supporters meet at 9.15am SHARP outside the clubhouse in Crestfield.

The Sunday 7A squad are at home to Stella Maris and should meet at the dressingrooms in Ellenfield Park at 9.45am SHARP on Sunday.

MALAHIDE CRACKED

2006-09-13T21:34:00.000+01:00

St Kevins 3-1 Malahide Utd

Another large crowd was in attendance this Wednesday evening for the Sunday team's first home game of the season, the visiting team was none other than Malahide Utd. A tough game was expected due to the poor state of the pitch as well as the quality of the opposition and having beaten Home Farm the weekend before hand it was always going to be a worry for the coaches that there may be complacency within the team. But overall that wasnt the case, having sustained some very intense pressure in the first half we eventually took the lead through a fine finish from David O'Hanlon, we then went 2 goals to the good with a good goal from Sean Ryan, taking his tally to 3 goals in 2 games. Another spell of pressure led to Malahide getting a goal back, and while things may have been looking bad, an inspired tactical change from Matthew and Rob saw Sam Ennis consolidate the win having bagged the crucial 4th goal of the game, as it was important that we got the next goal. Sam had only been up front for 30 seconds and already he was giving goalscoring lessons... So another good win for the Sunday team, this one a bit more hardfought...

P2 W2 D0 L0 F8 A3 PTS:6

FARM TAKE A SPANKING

2006-09-10T20:44:00.000+01:00

Home Farm 2-5 SKB

Considering this was the Sunday teams first competitive fixture, the outcome could not have been any better.Having taken the lead early in the game the Saints were never going to be beaten. A huge crowd at the game, including sime English spectators who were staying in the nearby hotel, witnessed some excellent football from the lads and also witnessed some cracking goals. They came from Stein Sheridan and Sean Ryan who got 2 a piece, and 1 from Jamie Casserly. Another good performance of note was from Ian Brunton, who pulled off two very good saves at important times in the game. So a good start by the team, and all hope that it can be kept up....

P 1 W1 D0 L0 F5 A2 PTS:3

PORTS TAKEN APART

2006-09-10T20:40:00.000+01:00

Saturday, September 9th

St KEVINS 10, Portmarnock 1

Report will appear here very shortly.

A TEN GOAL CHILLER!

2006-09-10T20:36:00.000+01:00

Saturday, September 2

PHOENIX 5, ST KEVINS 5

Report will appear here very shortly

THE BIG KICK-OFF

2006-08-29T09:45:00.000+01:00

IT HAS finally arrived ... and here are the fixtures:

September 02, Saturday 7A1:

AWAY to Phoneix FC. Meet at Clubhouse 9.30am SHARP.

September 03, Sunday 7A:

HOME to Malahide Utd. Meet at Ellenfield 09.45am SHARP

Squads for Season 2006/07

2006-08-28T21:50:00.001+01:00

WITH just days to go before the start of the season, the two squads have been finalised:

SATURDAY A1:

Josh Anyaegbunam
Jordan Brady
Jamie Casserly
Adam Duffy
Robert Dunne
Robert Kane
Aaron Malone
Jamie O'Brien
Paul Pettigrew
Evan Ruddell

SUNDAY A

Ian Brunton
Cathal Culligan
Brandon Curtis
Conor Ennis
Sam Ennis
Joseph Manley
Harry O'Byrne
David O'Hanlon
Sean Ryan
Stein Sheridam

FINAL PRE-SEASON TRAINING

2006-08-27T11:34:00.000+01:00

AS we await the first of the new season fixtures on Tuesday morning, we have TWO very important training sessions ahead of the weekend's kick-off.

Players are reminded to be on time, ready to commence training at the designated time.

MONDAY: Ellenfield 6.30pm SHARP

THURSDAY: Ellenfield 6.30pm SHARP

DOUBLE COMPLETED OVER RANGERS

2006-08-26T22:15:00.000+01:00

St Kevins 8 Palmerstown Rangers 0

JOB done. Eight goals in the plus column - and a clean sheet. Roll on the new season next Staurday and Sunday, September 2/3. Coaching staff happy, all the players got a decent run and the parents seemed to enjoy it all.

But just a reminder - there is still much work ahead of us. Most players are now comfortable with the basic skills (passing, kicking etc). Now we must push on, continuing to work on the skills they have acquired, learning some new ones and developing an understanding and awareness of where they should be on the pitch.

Some have already begun to grasp the basics of team play - and it showed on Saturday with some, almost, improvised moves making the coaching staff redundant.

This was a different Palmerstown team than the one we faced last month. ey had no Under-8s in their squad for a start. But the recent spate of friendlies has also helped galvanise our group of players.

SQUAD: Brunton, Ellis C, Culligan, Malone, Ruddell, Anyaegbunam, Ryan, Manley, Dunne, Duffy, Sheridan, O'Hanlon.

BRANDON: I'LL BE BACK SOON

2006-08-17T21:58:00.000+01:00

GREAT to see Brandon Curtis turn up to cheer on his teammates in Raheny this evening.

Brandon is recovering from a rather nasty training accident which left him with his right arm in plaster.

He is due back in hospital again on Tuesday when we hope he will have some good news.

His appearance at our match gave the management team the chance to get Brandon to put pen to paper and become the FIRST player to sign for our teams.

We all wish him a very speedy recovery.

TOO EASY FOR PAULS

2006-08-17T21:37:00.000+01:00

St Pauls U-8s, 5 St Kevins 0

THE saying "a game of two halves" perfectly summed our efforts in this the latest of our pre-season friendlies.

A goal almost from the kick-off put St Kevins on the back foot but then some neat football, good approach work and some excellent shots as we drove forward let the opposition know that we hadn't come to make up the numbers.

Sean Ryan, with an excellent strike, was only denied by a super save, and almost immediately after the break Jamie Casserly saw another great effort saved.

Yet we seemed to lose interest after Pauls managed to score two quickfire goals. Our play became disjointed - and several players just decided they would rather be somewhere else!

Still, there was some very good things to take out of this game - and some suprisingly good performances. Onwards and upwards.

U7's LEAGUE 2006/2007

2006-08-16T14:59:00.000+01:00

Last night, the DDSL released the league fromats for the coming season. All the coaches are happy with the places that we have been given. The format for the season is the following:

Each team is placed in a league of 6
We play each team home and away
At Christmas, after the 10games, there is promotion and relegation and in january we start in our new league and play again until April.

Effectively, it is 2 seasons in 1 year.

Saturday League U7 A1
Pheonix Fc
Portmarnock Fc
Shelbourne Fc
Stella Maris
St.Kevins Boys
Verona Fc

Sunday League U7 A
Home Farm
Malahide Utd
Stella Maris
St.Kevins Boys
Tolka Rovers
Verona Fc

Friendly v St.Pauls

2006-08-12T17:00:00.000+01:00

Next up for us is an AWAY friendly against St.Pauls 8s. The game will be played this coming THURSDAY, August 17th. The game will be played on the same pitch that we played on the last time, so if anyone has only problems feel free to contact myself or Matt.

SKB WIN IN TOUGH BATTLE

2006-08-12T16:45:00.000+01:00

The lads hit top class form today in our home friendly v Woodlawn, having had 11players today our team was a bit more balanced today. In what turned out to be a fairly physical and competitive pre-season friendly, the style and level of football at which our lads played just couldn't be matched, with 11 excellent performances from goalie Ian Brunton all the way to trialist Adam Duffy. Having gone into a 2-0 lead, with goals from Jamie Casserley and Sam Ennis there were signs of complacency creeping into the team, and these were confounded when a silly defensive mistake led to a goal for Woodlawn, making it 2-1. From here on in the game developed into a tough battle with many of our players being targeted for some more than strong tackles, in particular Joe Manley and Jordan Brady. However, as usual, and to the delight of the coaches and parents, our lads din't have to lower themselves to that sort of a battle, but instead kept playing the football that they can and finished out well in front at the full time whistle. The other 4 goals came from an excellent Sean Ryan run which he then smacked into the net, a Stein Sheridan cracker which went in just between the goalie's hand and the crossbar, a side-foot from close range for Robert Dunne who was just back from holiday and a great finish from 10yards out by trialist Adam Duffy. So in the end it turned out as an excellent 6-1 win, which adds to our excellent pre-season form, making it 4wins and 1loss from 5 games. We all just hope that this good form can carry on into the season.

PRE-SEASON GAME: SATURDAY 12th

2006-08-10T21:24:00.000+01:00

This Saturday, August 12th, we will play our second home friendly, the visitors this time will be Woodlawn FC Under 7's. The game is due to kick off at 11am, we are meeting at 10-30am and as we only have the pitch for an hour from 11 it is important that we have all players in attendance from 10-30 so we can prepare properly. Hopefully we can have full participation from all parents and players, because as the season draws nearer we will have to start introducing the clubs own player code for the season which must be adhered to be all SKB players.

See you all at 10-30 on Saturday

THURSDAY 10th AUGUST

2006-08-06T14:25:00.000+01:00

We will be in the park for 6:30 on thursday. All players are requested to bring their gear as there is a possibility of a friendly on Thursday. Following discussions between all coaches, the players have been informed of a new rule, which we hope will be implemented by parents too. As you are aware, there are demands in the park for space from the 20+ other teams who use it. It has been said to us in recent weeks about having so few players when starting training, then having players turning up late to join in as other teams have 15 or so players there when we are starting. So we have asked all players to inform their parents that, from now on, the time that is assigned to the players for training, is the time that we want training to begin, not the time that we want people to be arriving at.

So that means being there just 5 mins early will make all jobs a lot easier. We would appreciate if all parents could try their best to help us make this decision a successful one.

Many thanks,
Matthew, Rob, Paul and Fran

We would also like to wish a speedy recovery to Brandon Curtis who sustained a very bad injury to his arm after making another excellent block in defence. We hope that the injury is not as serious as first thought.

BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

2006-08-04T17:54:00.000+01:00

Due to the long weekend it wasn't possible to arrange a friendly as many other teams are struggling with players away etc etc. So we will train this SUNDAY, August 6th, at 12pm. So players are expected to be in attendance at 11-50!!!

PRE-SEASON TRAINING

2006-07-31T17:12:00.000+01:00

The Under 7s will be TRAINING this Thursday, August 3rd, at 6:15 pm in Ellenfield Park. If you have any problems, please contact Rob on the mobile number provided. We are also in the process of arranging a match for the weekend.

SAINTS STUN SAINTS IN FRIENDLY DERBY

2006-07-29T20:28:00.000+01:00

Today we took the short, well in the end it was, trip from Ellenfield Park down to Ribh Road to face St.Paul's 7s in a friendly. Starting the game in such poor weather had an effect on our lads in the first few mins, as it took our lads a bit longer than usual to get settled in some areas. However, saying that, it didn't take Stein Sheridan too long to get going as he rocketed the opening goal for the saints inside the first two mins, and then went on to net a hat-trick before the full time whistle.

From then on in there wasn't going to be too much trouble for our lads and so it proved to be as we ended up winning 7-0, but following some intense deliberation, it was decided to allow Robert Kane's last minute goal to stand, thus making it 8-0. Following the full time whistle, myself and Paul told the lads how pleased we were with the performance on the day, but at the same time expressed to them that they should not get too carried away following the recent good results. As, from previous experience, the coaches could tell you that having the most prepared team in the league, still doesn't guarantee that things will got to plan on matchday. But all we can ask for is that the players keep up their enthusiasm and their workrate and then things will be a whole lot easier for all involved.

Squad on the day: Ian Brunton, Sean Ryan, Brandon Curtis(c), Stein Sheridan, Joe Manley, Sam O'Callaghan, Jamie Casserley, Josh Anyaegbunam, Jordan Brady, Robert Dunne, Sam Ennis, Robert Kane and Jamie O'Brien

Scorers were: Jamie Casserley(2)-Stein Sheridan(3)-Robert Dunne-Robert Kane and Sean Ryan

SUMMER TRAINING

2006-07-22T17:25:00.000+01:00

WHILE the Under-7 squad co-ordinator Matthew Nugent takes "a well-earned break" in the south of Spain, Rob, Paul and Frances Tyrrell will labour on over the coming weeks with training.

Unless you hear otherwise, training will take place as follows:

Thursdays 6.30pm SHARP: Ellenfield

Saturday's 11.30pm SHARP: Ellenfield

Some of the training sessions will be replaced with friendlies if and when they can be organised. Please check back regularly.

We must say hello to Frances who will be helping with the coaching over the next few weeks. Frances hopes to take up a position with our coaching staff - provided it doesn't clash with her son's games for the Under 8s.

Useful numbers:

Rob Harvey: 085 147 4929

Paul Doody: 085 100 4853

Frances Tyrell: 087 292 7568

PAUL DOODY

2006-07-22T17:16:00.000+01:00

WE are pleased to announce that Paul Doody (the much better looking of the Doody twins!) has joined our coaching staff.

Paul, an accomplished central defender, will more than likely be part of the Saturday squad staff.

We wish him well and look forward to seeing him become a leading coach in the club over the coming years.

NO WALKOVER DOWN MILL LANE

2006-07-22T16:49:00.000+01:00

Thursday, July 20

PALMERSTOWN RGRS 1 ST KEVINS 3

THREE well-taken goals (courtesy of Stein Sheridan, Sean Ryan and Evan Ruddell) helped our Under-7s to a well-deserved victory in the idyllic settings of the Mill Lane bowl on Thursday evening.

Maybe a very game Palmerstown deserved a little more for their second-half performance - but if we had punished them when we had so much of the play in the first 20 minutes then this game would have been out of sight by half-time.

Long passages of our play was very impressive, with fluid movement from the back right through to attack, with some very crisp passing and inventive play.

Overall, a good result with some excellent performances and the basis of a very good Saturday and Sunday squad.

SQUAD: Jordan Brady, Robert Dunne, Ian Brunton, Robert Kane, Joe Manley, Jamie O'Brien, Evan Ruddell, Sean Ryan and Stein Sheridan.

SATURDAY: OFF TO PALMERSTOWN

2006-07-13T09:36:00.000+01:00

SATURDAY next (July 15) we take a short hop across the M50 to take on Palmerstown Rangers in the beautiful surroundings of Mill Lane.

Full details of meeting times and travel arrangements at tonight's match.

FRIENDLY No.2 IN ELLENFIELD

2006-07-08T14:46:00.000+01:00

NEXT Thursday, July 13th, we take on the newly-formed Under 8.3s in a friendly at Ellenfield Park at 7pm.

Today's session went extremely well. The coaching staff enjoyed it - and the players too!

We will meet on Thursday evening in Ellenfield at 6.30pm SHARP for our pre-match warm up.

Details of next Saturday's friendly (15th) will appear here very shortly.

ASHBOURNE FEEL THE HEAT!

2006-07-03T20:03:00.000+01:00

By Rob Harvey

The sun was certainly shining in Ashbourne on Saturday afternoon for the first outing of the Under 7’s.

Taking out a panel of 15 turned out to be a good omen as we were always going to tire in the heat, so the constant introduction of fresh legs helped to keep us going.

In the end the game turned out to be very one-sided, as we ran out comfortable winners.

I lost count at seven - but was informed by some of the players that it had reached 20 or so. There were many good displays on the day and it was great for us to see all the players gelling together so quickly.

So it is hoped in the next few weeks that we will be able to playtwo teams in a friendly as it will be unfair to have 18 out on the line for each friendly.

A very satisfactory trip for all who were present and we hope that the lads can churn out some more of those unbeatable performances in the years to come.

FIRST UP ... ASHBOURNE AWAY

2006-06-28T16:32:00.000+01:00

WE travel t0 Ashbourne on Saturday for our first pre-season friendly.

All squad members should meet at the clubhouse by 11am SHARP. Come prepared with your boots, socks AND shinguards. You should also bring a drink - NOT a fizzy one.

To start off on the right foot, we would ask that each player takes responsibility for keeping his boots clean. Parents have enough to do - wash and iron kit, pay fees, act as taxi drivers etc, etc.

PRE-SEASON TRAINING AND MATCHES

2006-06-24T09:36:00.000+01:00

A SERIES of friendlies are being scheduled throughout July and early August as our squad of 20 players prepare for their first season in the Dublin District Schoolboys League (DDSL).

Training sessions will be held in Ellenfield Park while most (if not all) of our friendlies will be AWAY.

Our first training session takes place next WEDNESDAY evening in Ellenfield at 6.30pm SHARP (June 28).

Our first games will be AWAY next weekend in Ashbourne date - Saturday or Sunday morning - and times will be confirmed at training.