Month: May 2015

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Shelbourne FC is celebrating 120 years this year

1895 to 2015.

To Celebrate we are holding a Raceday at Fairyhouse Racecourse on October 10th.

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SHELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB CELEBRATING 120 YEARS

Saturday, October 10th 2015

Fairyhouse Race Day

Be A Part Of The Celebrations!

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Buses from Tolka Park

More Details To Follow ………

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We have a limited number of tickets available for the Ireland v England game.

All enquiries to Niall Fitzmaurice – by phone only – at 087 6379121

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Shelbourne will welcome Waterford United – with their new manager Roddy Collins – to Tolka Park on Friday next for their First Divisiom match. Please note new kick-off time (7.15pm), which is due to remedial work being carried out on the floodlights.

SHELBOURNE v WATERFORD UNITED

Tolka Park, Drumcondra

Friday, May 22nd 2015

Kick-off 7.15pm

ADMISSION

Adult €15

Students €10

Children €5

OAPs €5

Match Programme €3 – GOALden Goals – €5

The Tolka Park Bar will be open from 6.00pm

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SSE Airtricity U17 National League clubs named

The Football Association of Ireland have named the clubs which will participate in its new SSE Airtricity U17 National League.

The new National League will provide another step on Ireland’s elite player pathway. Its establishment will bridge the gap between schoolboy football which runs up to U16 level and the SSE Airtricity U19 league which is now firmly established as a springboard for young talented players into adult football.

The SSE Airtricity U17 National League will offer elite players, many of whom will have graduated from the FAI’s Emerging Talent Programme, their first opportunity to play in a national league, as well as a chance to train, practice and play at an elite level in this age group.

For players at 16 years of age who do not sign for cross channel clubs, it provides an opportunity to move to elite level within Ireland, following in the footsteps of the many players who have gone on to successful professional and international careers after committing to continuing their development through the SSE Airtricity League.

Following receipt of expressions of interest, the U17 National League working group has been engaged in a detailed assessment phase during recent months. The working group reviewed aspects such as facilities, coaching qualifications, and in particular player pathway, with an emphasis on structures linking to senior football. The working group also took geographical location and strategic development of the game nationally into account when making its decisions.

In all, 22 clubs will compete, including 19 SSE Airtricity League clubs (excluding Galway United), as well as Mervue United, Salthill Devon, and the Monaghan United Cavan Football Partnership.

The first season will be truncated, running from August to December, to facilitate the move to a single calendar season. The second season will run alongside the SSE Airtricity League season, from April to November 2016. Clubs will compete in three sections nationally, as shown on the table below.

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3
Bray Wanderers Shamrock Rovers Derry City
UCD St Patrick’s Athletic Finn Harps
Cork City Mervue United Shelbourne
Cobh Ramblers Salthill Devon Monaghan United Cavan FP
Limerick Athlone Town Drogheda United
Waterford United Longford Town Dundalk
Wexford Youths Sligo Rovers Bohemians
Cabinteely

Each team will play the other teams in their Group on a home and away basis in the first truncated season comprising twelve fixtures. The top two teams in each Group plus the two best third-placed teams will qualify for the quarter finals and the knock out stages.

Speaking today, FAI High Performance Director, Ruud Dokter said,

“This is an important improvement to the elite player pathway. With the reforms to the Emerging Talent Programme that came in last September catering for the U11 to U16 age groups, the SSE Airtricity U17 National League will give elite players a national platform to play, and develop in Ireland.

“Previously, we might have lost some elite players at this age group, if they didn’t progress into cross channel academy structures. The SSE Airtricity U17 National League will provide an appropriate pathway for these elite players to continue their development on the pathway, through the SSE Airtricity U19 League to a senior career in professional football.”
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ATHLONE TOWN 2 ( Coughlan 83′, Sweeney 92′)

SHELBOURNE 3 ( Sandford 16′, 64′, McGlade 88′ )

Two in a row for Shels

(courtesy of sseairtricityleague.ie)

Mark Sandford hit a brace as Shelbourne made it two wins on the spin against struggling Athlone Town at Lissywollen.

Shels were ahead from Sandford’s opening goal on 17 minutes.

Striker Sandford doubled Shels lead on 64 minutes before Garbhan Coughlan pulled a goal back for Athlone on 84 minutes.

Within four minutes, though, midfielder Dylan McGlade restored Shels’ two goal lead.

Substitute Ian Sweeney got Athlone’s second goal two minutes into added time.

Athlone Town: Shane Cusack, Brian Shortall, Derek Doyle, Stephen Dunne, Aidan Collins (Robbie Gaul 26′), Stephen Quigley, Marco Chindea (Ian Sweeney 67′), Gavin Boyne, Sam O’Connor (Gary Burke 67′), Garbhan Coughlan, Daniel Purdy

Susstitutes: Sean Freanc, Philip Hand, Michael Brown, Patrick Dunican.

Shelbourne: Greg Murray, Adam O’Connor, Evan Osam, Ryan Robinson, Sean Heaney, Daire Doyle, Gareth Coughlan, Craig Walsh, Philip Hughes (Conor Earley 65′), Mark Sandford (Alan O’Sullivan 85′), Dylan McGlade (Jake Donnelly 90+2′).

Substitutes: David Ryan, Colm Crowe, Alan Kehoe, Darragh Gannon

Referee: Michael Connolly

Attandance:

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It is with great great sorrow that we announce the death of Andrew Byrne,brother of the late Ollie Byrne.

‘Andy’ was for many years an officer and committee member of the Shelbourne FC Supporters Club and would have been well known to many supporters and followers of Shelbourne Football Club through the years.

The members of the Board of Management and all at Tolka Park send our condolences to Andrew’s brothers Joseph and Ciaran, his sister Bernadette and the other menbers of the Byrne family.

May He Rest In Peace

The Death notice and funeral arrangements for Andrew are as follows;

Byrne (Terenure) 11th May 2015, Andrew (Andy), peacefully at Tallaght Hospital. Deeply regretted by his loving family, Bernadette, Joseph and Ciaran, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Rest In Peace.

Reposing at Corrigan And Sons Funeral Home, Camden Street, on Tuesday from 4pm to 6pm.

Funeral mass on Wednesday at 10 o’clock in St Pius Church, Templeogue, to Kilmashogue Cemetery.

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A Supporters’ Bus will leave Tolka Park for the game against Athlone Town on Friday next (15th)

Anyone interested in travelling, should contact Andy at 087 9090104 by 4pm on Thursday (14th)

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SHELBOURNE 1 (O’Connor 41′)

CABINTEELY FC 0

Report courtesy of extratime.ie – by Dave Donnelly

A dominant performance brought Shelbourne’s inglorious five-game losing streak to a close as they overcame Cabinteely 1-0 at Tolka Park.

A mixture of committed Cabo defending and poor Shels finishing kept the final scoreline flattering to the away side, but it was a game over which Shelbourne had long assumed control when Adam O’Connor’s speculative strike bounced into the net.

The Dublin clubs surprisingly went into the game with identical records from the first nine games, with predicted strugglers punching somewhat above their weight and Shelbourne having only managed two wins all season.

Shelbourne coach Kevin Doherty made two changes in an effort to arrest his team’s slide down the table, experienced striker Philly Hughes and defender Ryan Robinson replaced Paul Andrews and Colm Crowe.

Cabo coach Eddie Gormley made just one change from the side that stunned Finn Harps with a last-minute equaliser last week, frontman Bobby Mazono dropping to the bench behind Stephen Hanley.

Read full reportHERE

Shelbourne:Greg Murray, Evan Osam, Adam O’Connor, Ryan Robinson, Sean Heaney; Craig Walsh, Daire Doyle, Gareth Coughlan (Conor Earley 68), Dylan McGlade; Philip Hughes, Mark Sandford (Alan O’Sullivan 63).

Subs not used:Jack Brady, Jake Donnelly, Colm Crowe, Alan Kehoe, Conor Earley, Darragh Gannon.

Booked:Doyle (13), Coughlan (43), Robinson (59), Walsh (87).

Cabinteely:Evan Whelan, Jamie McGlynn, Victor Ekanem, Robert Maloney, Daniel Campbell (Lloyd Cairns 77); Evan Finnegan, John McKeown (Bobby Mazono 44), Stephen Hanley, Conor Foley (Gavin Fahy 67), Aaron Brilly; Ger Pender.

Subs not used:Jamie Broderick, Ross Broderick, Shane O’Neil, Sean Hyland.

Booked:None.

Referee:David Keeler.

Official attendance:391.

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Bad new for all the teams (including our Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 14s) that have reached the DDSL Finals to be played at the AUL Complex this weekend.

All the cup finals scheduled for the complex have been called off this weekend due to recent – and forecasted – bad weather.

However, while our Under 11s and Under 13s will have to wait for their games to be refixed, the Under 14s Final – Shelbourne vs St. Malachys – has been rescheduled for 11.o’clock on Sunday, at Peamount FC’s ground.

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Bad new for all the teams (including our Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 14s) that have reached the DDSL Finals to be played at the AUL Complex this weekend.

All the cup finals have been called off this weekend due to recent bad weather.