Month: November 2017

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Manager Owen Heary has announced the signing of striker Davy O’Sullivan from Longford Town.

An amateur International striker, Davy signed for ‘de Town’ from Wayside Celtic in 2013, Davy (with a total goals haul of 65 league goals) has been the top goal scorer for Longford Town in each of those seasons, with 21 of those goals in the 2014 season, on the way to winning the First Division.

Last season (2017), Davy made fifteen appearances for the Midlanders, finishing the season with nine goals.

His signing has brought to fifteen the number of players signed ahead of the 2018 season, Davy joining James English, Jamie Doyle, Adam Evans, Dylan Kavanagh, Gavin Boyne, Dylan Grimes, James O’Brien, Mark Hughes, Aidan Collins, James Brown, Derek Prendergast, Alan Byrne, Lee Steacy and Dean Delany.

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Shelbourne brought their squad ahead of the 2018 season to fourteen with the re-signing of James Brown and James O’Brien, together with Lee Steacy joining from Bray Wanderers.

James Brown joined Shelbourne Under 19s, managed by Martin Murray, from St. Kevins in 2015. He was promoted to the senior panel by then manager Kevin Doherty and made three league appearances for himwhile still completing the season for Murray. He was re-signed for the 2017 season by manager Owen Heary, making thirteen appearances in the the league, three on the way to winning the Leinster Senior Cup, one in the EA Sports Cup and two in the FAI Cup.

James O’Brien signed for Owen Heary before the start of the 2017 season and made 15 league and two Leinster Senior Cup appearances in that season.

Goalkeeper Lee Steacy played with Shamrock Rovers U19 side in 2011/12. He had a spell with Firhouse Clover before joining Bohemians in 2015. He made just one league appearance during the 2015 season, which came in the 0-0 draw with Bray Wanderers in May. He stayed as the no.2 goalkeeper for the 2016 season and didn’t make a league appearance before leaving Bohemians in July 2016 to sign for Bray Wanderers. Lee made his debut for Wanderers in July 2017 in a league game against Finn Harps when he replaced the red carded Peter Cherrie. His only other league game was away to Bohemians the following week, which ended 0-0. He did, however, play in the first round of the FAI Cup against Cork City – which the Cork side won by the only goal of the game, a 59th minute finish by Kieran Sadlier.

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SHELBOURNE FC CLUB DRAW RESULTS
2 x Rep. Of Ireland Premium Match NOEL JOHNSTON Tkt No. 038257
Tickets plus overnight accommodation Seller: Anto Clarke
2 x Rep. Of Ireland Premium OLIVIA SMYTH Tkt No. 037956
Match Tickets Seller: Andy O'Sullivan
2 x Rep. Of Ireland Premium EVAN CLIFFORD Tkt No. 037719
Match Tickets Seller: Under 17s
2 x Rep. Of Ireland Premium CIARA GILVARRY Tkt No. 038341
Match Tickets Seller: Niall Farrell – 1895 Trust

2 x Rep. Of Ireland Premium GAVIN DOHERTY Tkt No. 038043
Match Tickets Seller: Gavin Doherty – 1895 Trust
Rep. Of Ireland Home Jersey JAMIE HANLY Tkt No. 037903
Seller: Under 19s
Rep. Of Ireland Home Jersey DEBBIE KAVANAGH Tkt No. 037794
Seller: Joe Casey
FAI Summer Soccer Schools Place JOHN WHELAN Tkt No. 038140
Seller: Peter Murray
FAI Summer Soccer Schools Place CLAIRE O DOWD Tkt No. 038206
Seller: Eamon White

THE MAIN DRAW TOOK PLACE IN THE AVIVA STADIUM ON WEDS THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER AND THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS CAN BE VIEWED BY VISITING THE FAI WEBSITE HERE

Shelbourne FC did have two winners in the main draw.

Congratulations to

Aidan Monaghan who wins Two Nights B&B at the Castle Court Hotel

and

Mick O Keane who wins a Family Pass for the National Aquatic Centre.

A very big thank you to everyone who either bought or sold tickets for the draw on behalf of the club.

Your support is very much appreciated

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2018 Prices and Benefits

Ticket Type

Early Bird

Full Price

Family

€320

€350

Adult

€160

€175

Student

€90

€100

Juvenile

€55

€60

OAP

€55

€60

  • Early Bird prices are available until Wednesday, December 20th.
  • Student tickets are available to anyone in full time education or holding a third-level student ID that is valid until at least 30 March 2018.
  • Juvenile tickets are available to those aged 14 and under on 30 March 2018.
  • If you purchase any of the reduced-price tickets, you may be asked to provide evidence on collection or at the turnstile that you qualify so please bring valid student card, photo ID and/or evidence of age, as appropriate.

Should you be purchasing the ticket as a gift, please email shop@shelbournefc.ie with the name, address & email address of the recipient, as any extra special offers for season ticket holders during the season will advised by email.

Click here to purchase your season ticket.

You may also purchase your ticket in person from Tolka Park. A 5% credit/debit card fee applies in all cases where a card is used for payment (online or in person). The office will be open every Wednesday and Thursday 10am-4pm, with the shop open each Saturday from 2pm – 4pm, from Nov 29th until Dec 20th. If you need to call the office, the phone number is 01 837 5536.

Shop Discount

Present your season ticket at the Club Shop in Tolka Park to avail of a 10% discount off club merchandise. Please note that your Season Ticket is not transferable and you must be present to avail of the discount.

Commemorative Pin Badges

Each Season Ticket holder will receive an exclusive 2018 pin badge at the beginning of the new season. Family Ticket holders will receive 4 badges

Women’s National League matches

Your 2018 Season Ticket will entitle you to free entry to Shelbourne’s WNL home matches in Tolka Park and Morton Stadium. Please note that some home matches take place in other venues, such as AUL, where the gate is not controlled by us and we cannot offer season ticket entry in these cases.

Pre-season Friendlies

Season Tickets will be valid for any pre-season friendlies in Tolka Park in the run-up to the League of Ireland season

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Gavin Boyne met with Shelbourne manager Owen Heary lasyt evening and agtreed on a return to the Tolka Park side for 2018, having spent 2017 at Longford Town.

During his season with the Strokestown Road club, he made 19 appearances for ‘de Town’ – (16 League and three League Cup games (including a LC goal against Shelbourne, when his side won 2-0).

His signing brings the number of players signed for the coming season to 11.

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Mark Hughes is the latest player to commit to Shelbourne for the 2018 season, having made 19 League, two FAI Cup and two Leinster Senior Cup appearances during the 2017 season.

This brings to ten the number of players who have re-signed for the club, as he joins Dean Delany, Alan Byrne, Derek Prendergast, Aidan Collins, Dylan Grimes, Dylan Kavanagh, Adam Evans, Jamie Doyle and James English.

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Manager Owen Heary has today confirmed that he has

re-signed Dylan Kavanagh and Jamie Doyle ahead of the 2018 season.

Dylan Kavanagh signed for Shelbourne in December 2016 ahead of the 2017 season, a season which saw him make 11 league appearances, one in the FAI Cup and two in the Leinster Senior Cup (including the Cup Final at Oriel Park in October).

Having joined from Bohemians in July '17, Jamie Doyle went on to make seven league appearances and two in the FAI Cup before the end of the season, scoring one League goal (away to Lingford Town) and one FAI Cup goal (away to Waterford).

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Dylan Grimes joined Shelbourne Under 19s as a 16 year-old in 2014 and was promoted to the Senior Squad ahead of the 2016 season where he made four appearances for, while also appearaing a number of times for the U19s.

2017 saw him make nine League appearances, three Leinster Senior Cup appearances and one appearance inthe League Cup, scoring once – in a 4-1 league win over Athlone Town at Tolka Park in September. he also fitted in a few games with the U19s, scoring on one occasion.

Dylan re-signed ahead of the 2018 season, on November 3rd.

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Shelbourne Under 17s, managed by Stephen Finn, travelled to Wigan Athletic yesterday, where they took on Australian Under 18 side, IFDN.

The opposition – the International Football Development Network – were no match for the impressive Shels team, who ran our 3-1 winners, with goals from Kian Delaney, Deiric Hyland and an og.

Nice finish to the season. Well done to Stephen and the lads.