Month: January 2018

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The fixtures for both the Under 19 Elite and Under 17 Elite Airtricity League fixture were released today. The Under 15s fixtures will be posted when released.

Shelbourne's Under 19s start their league campaign with a home fixture against Dundalk – w/e Sunday, March 18th

Shelbourne's Under 19 Northern Elite fixtures are:

Week End Opposition Round H/A

Mar 18 Dundalk 1 H
Mar 25 St. Patricks Ath 2 A
Apr 08 Bohemians 3 H
Apr 15 Longford Town 4 A
Apr 22 Derry City 5 A
Apr 29 Finn Harps 6 H
May 06 Drogheda Utd 7 A
May 13 Monaghan/Cavan 8 H
May 20 Sligo Rovers 9 A
May 27 No Fixture 10 –
Jul 01 Athlone Town 11 H
Jul 08 Derry City 12 H
Jul 15 Dundalk 13 A
Jul 22 St. Patricks Ath 14 H
Jul 29 Bohemians 15 A
Aug 12 Longford Town 16 H
Aug 19 Finn Harps 17 A
Aug 26 Drogheda Utd 18 H
Sep 02 Monaghan/Cavan 19 A
Sep 16 Sligo Rovers 20 H
Sep 23 No Fixture 21 –
Sep 30 Athlone Town 22 A

The Under 17s start with an away fixture against Dundalk – also w/e, Sunday March 18th.

Shelbourne's Under 17s Northern Elite fixture are:

Week End Opposition Round H/A

Mar 18 Dundalk 1 A
Mar 25 St. Patricks Ath 2 H
Apr 08 Bohemians 3 A
Apr 15 Longford Town 4 H
Apr 22 Derry City 5 H
Apr 29 Finn Harps 6 A
May 06 Drogheda Utd 7 H
May 13 Monaghan/Cavan 8 A
May 20 Sligo Rovers 9 H
May 27 No Fixture 10 –
Jul 01 Athlone Town 11 A
Jul 08 Derry City 12 A
Jul 15 Dundalk 13 H
Jul 22 St. Patricks Ath 14 A
Jul 29 Bohemians 15 H
Aug 12 Longford Town 16 A
Aug 19 Finn Harps 17 H
Aug 26 Drogheda Utd 18 A
Sep 02 Monaghan/Cavan 19 H
Sep 16 Sligo Rovers 20 A
Sep 23 No Fixture 21 –
Sep 30 Athlone Town 22 H

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Shelbourne have added Arran Molloy and Dave Mulcahy to their squad for the coming season.

Arran Molloy was part of the First Team Squad in the 2017 season, while still playing with Wayne Groves’s Under 19s,

He was an unused substitute on ten occasions during the season and started in the drawn home game against Waterford FC at the end of June. He was substitued after 88 minutes by striker Aaron Ashe, who scored the goal that drew the game.

Defender Dave Mulcahy, who has league experience with Kilkenny City, St. Patrick’s Athletic, Cork City, Bray Wanderers and Bohemians, joins Shelbourne having spent last season with Waterford FC and Drogheda United.

He started his league career with hometown club Kilkenny City in 1999, before moveing to Waterford in 2003. Two years later he moved to St. Patrick’s Ath. For 18 months before returning to Waterford in mid-2007. He moved to Cork City for the 2008 season before leaving that August following a disagreement.

2009 saw him move on to Bray Wanderers and then to St. Patrick’s Ath for the 2010 & 2011 seasons. Bohemians was his next port-of-call in 2012, then managed by Aaron Callaghan. He was given the captain’s armband when Owen Heary took over at Dalymount in late 2013. He briefly joined Cork City ahead of the 2015 season, but not being able to commit to full-time football with the Lee-siders, returned to Dalymount, making 23 appearances with Bohs in 2015 and remaining at the club for 2016.

He joined Waterford FC at the start of the 2017 season but left the ‘Blues’ by mutual consent in August and signed for Drogheda United until the end of the season.

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A huge thanks from the Board of Management and everyone at Shelbourne FC to Wayne for his work over the past season with our Under 19s.

During the season Wayne has worked with the other coaches and with First Team Manager, Owen Heary, to progress young underage players towards the goal of playing first team football in the League of Ireland.

Wayne has decided to move on from Shelbourne to pastures new and we wish him well in whatever he decides to do.

In deciding to part company with the club, Wayne had this to say “[It was a]Tough decision to step away from Shelbourne 19s after a great year but that’s football. I’d like to thank Owen Heary, Joe Casey, Frank Young and Eamon [White] for all their help.

To the players, I really hope I’ve helped develop you as player and as a person. Good luck in the future and thanks for everything”

Thanks again, Wayne, and we hope to see you around Tolka Park from time to time.

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Conor Mitchell has been appointed Shelbourne FC’s Head of Youth Development.

He has an excellent track record and was Director of Football at Ballyoulster United AFC until 2017 before spending two years with the FAI/DDSL Emerging Talent Programme as U13 Head Coach.

Conor joined the club as manager of our National League U15 side in 2017. In his time with Shelbourne FC, he has shown himself to be a professional and committed individual with a desire to take the Academy in the right direction. He will start immediately on the task of setting out a vision for our Academy and working with the coaching staff and club personnel towards achieving that vision.

We received a large number of applications for this position and we are very grateful to everyone who took the time to apply.

Shelbourne FC Chairman, Joe Casey, said: “This is a key appointment for us as we look to develop our Academy. With the arrival of the underage National Leagues, it’s imperative that we have strong links between our Academy and the senior club. I believe Conor shares that goal and has earned the respect of the people he has worked with at the club since joining us. I have no doubt that he will be a positive force within the Academy and the club as a whole.”

Conor Mitchell said: “I am honoured and privileged to be taking on this position. Shelbourne FC is a fantastic club with a great history in the League of Ireland. The Academy will continue to develop elite players and provide a pathway for these players all the way to the first team. I’m excited about the future of the Academy and what lies ahead and I can’t wait to get started.”

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The draw for the 4th Round of the Leinster Senior Cup has been made and Shelbourne have been drawn away to Athlone Town in step one of their defense of the LSC Champions title.

The full draw is:

Dundalk v Bohemians

Wexford v Cabinteely

Drogheda Utd v Bangor Celtic or Crettyard Utd or Mullingar Ath

Bray Wanderers v st. Patrick's Ath

UCD v Longford Town

Shamrock Rovers v North End Utd or St. Mochtas

Bluebell Utd or Usher Celtic v Crumlin Urd or Cherry Orchard

Athlone Town v Shelbourne

Dates for these matches will be confirmed in the coming days

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To mark 55 years since our Cup Winners’ Cup tie with Barcelona in 1963, the Spanish Football Podcast will be interviewing #Shels legends Joey Wilson, Freddie Strahan and Jackie Hennessy in the Sugar Club on Tuesday, January 16th.

Tickets for the event can be bought here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-spanish-football-podcast-li….

#Shels fans can get a 20% discount by entering the promo code shels63.

Event Promo.

Join us at The Sugar Club in Dublin for the world first live show of The Spanish Football Podcast with Sid Lowe, Phil Kitromilides and Alex Kirkland jetting in from Madrid for the night. There’ll be a 21st Century La Liga Legends finale, some Patrick O’Connell chit-chat, maybe some Ian Harte and who knows, is there anything left to be said on ‘those two’ ?

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55 years ago Shelbourne Football Club became the first Irish team to play at the Camp Nou against FC Barcelona in the European Cup-Winners Cup. Delighted that joining us this evening will be three members of that team, Joe Wilson, Freddie Strahan and Jackie Hennessy to talk about their experiences. We’ve received many rare photographs from the match and we’d like to say a big thank you to Fergus Dowd of the Patrick O’Connell memorial fund group for putting this together.

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We’ll have the world premiere of the trailer for the upcoming Don Patricio movie being screened on the night. Director Michael Andersen will be with us from Seville and join the Shelbourne lads on stage all to to be interviewed by Maureen O’Sullivan TD.

So, join us for an evening to celebrate all that’s great about Spanish Football and the stuff that’s too hot for the pod.

Spicy!