What are the odds of number 35 coming out again? Congratulations to Jackie Martin again for winning the Spartak lotto this week. Another €110 on the way to Jackie.
Lads, we are trying to get organised for the Christmas draw ASAP. We badly need prizes (soon). Its too late to bring on the night. Bottles, hamper fillers, vouchers, anything would be much appreciated. Ask your boss, all he can say is “no” (or Yes !).Big effort is needed this year with prizes & ticket sales.
COME ON LADS, IT’S YOUR CLUB!!!!!
Saturday team are away to Greenhills/Green Park. Kick off is the earlier time of 2pm. The Over 35’s are home to Dundrum. Sunday lads have an afternoon kick off away to Meath Rangers.
The seniors travelled for a local derby to Dundrum FC on Saturday. As before the seniors took an age to get going and before we knew it we were 1 down.A simple set piece corner saw the no 3 for Dundrum rise higher than anyone else on the pitch to head home,Dave the cat Mohan was unlucky not to tip over after getting his fingertips to it.An unusual missed penalty by Paul Scholsey Burke meant we went in at half time one down.A quick chat at half time where everyone expressed their opinion and everyone seem to have a different solution as how to fix it. Fifteen mins into the second half we were two down, a ball given away by Matt Grimes in midfield and no one chasing back let them in for a soft second.Anyway with 20 mins to go, two nil down and a mountain to climb we got a lucky break when the referee awarded a second penalty after a hand ball in the box.Penalty scored (me) and now Dundrum were on the back foot , we started pressing hard from the midfield and some great balls across the field into the box were starting to pay off .The next goal came from great work in the middle which led to Matt crossing a pinpoint pass into my path and with the keeper coming off his line it made it easy for me to lob him…2-2 and the game was up for grabs.5 mins to go and we got the winner, the same pass from Matt Grimes meant I could take it down and have a shot, the keeper saved but couldnt hold it and Jamie Brennan was there to slot home for the winner.Dundrum were shell shocked to say the least and the expression daylight robery springs to mind.So 3 out of 4 wins for the Seniors means a good start to the season and long may it last.
One thing to note is we still havent got the commitment that were looking for off certain players and we will need this if we are going to make a difference in this league.Due to either illness, holidays,injuries or other comittments we only had 13 players available out of a possible 23.Anyway training on Tuesday at 8:45pm Blackrock.
Man of the match this week was Jamie Brennan (7)
Squad: Dave Mohan (6) Paul Burke (5) Paul McGrath (6) Jamie Brennan (7) Tom Maher (5) Matt Grimes (5) David Kavanagh (6) Shea McCafferty (5) Brian Stafford(6) Ken Byrne (5) Paddy Hughes (5) Graham Johnston (6) Rory Campbell (9.5)
Saturday Team are home to Three Trout Rovers from the UCL in the FAI Junior Shield. The Over 35’s are away to Dundrum in the league. The Sunday lads are playing CIE Ranch in the FAI Umbro Junior Cup.
The seniors had a home fixture against Greystones on Saturday and gained 3 points for the cause.It would have been very easy for the team to put their heads down after last week but we showed some grit and determination to get a one nil victory.There were some changes to the squad due to some players being unavailable for one reason or another which meant we were missing 8 squad members,and the team was changed around to reflect.We had to ask some players to play out of postion but overall it seemed to work with good displays from Greg Callan (nets) and Tony Kavanagh (centre half) and debuton David Kavanagh (right midfield).We started off well and created a few decent chances, Greystones had their chances also, but failed to convert. Our goal came in the first half when a through ball fell to Brendan the Rooney Mooney who calmy adjusted and placed the ball passed the opposition keeper.One nil up at half time we settled down a bit better in the second half when we realised that the shape was the key to a victory.We also started taking the ball down and playing a bit more which meant we had a lot of possesion. Overall a good day in Marlay Park for us and this keeps things ticking along nicely….just a bit more committment from some squad members and things could start going well for us….
PS: Training now back to Tuesday nights starting this week the 11th at 8:45pm.
Squad: Greg Callan (7), Paul Burke (6), Paul McGrath (7), Tony Kavanagh (7), Tom Maher (6), Ken Byrne (6), Frank McNamee (6), Shea McCafferty (6), Leon Davids (6), Paddy Hughes (6), Brendan Mooney (6), David Kavanagh (7), Gerry Doran (6), and Rory Campbell (8.5)
Lads,
The financial news is poor at the moment.
The clubs main source of income arises from weekly subs, annual subs, and the two or three fundraisers during the season. As you know, the recent quiz was extremely poorly attended and the returns were well below expectations.
It costs about €12,000 to run the club for a season, more than half of which will go on Astro facilities.
Annual subs of €50 euro per head are due by end October. Thanks to those who have paid to date. The rest, please start to pay now, even in instalments, this weekend.
To help the situation, the club is now running a lottery , based on the bonus number of the main Lotto draw. First draw is Wednesday 12th October. You can pick your own number by contacting Shane McInerney/Dave Mohan. €5 per number per week; prize is €110 each week, and club retains €115 if all 45 numbers sold. You must, of course, be paid up ahead of time. See the tab for detailed rules.
Bring your €5 to training Thursday, or to the weekend games. Better still , €20 gets you in for next 4 draws and saves time. Don’t forget – its your club, so you need to support it.
Hey, you might even win!
The Seniors went to Bray Park to play Garden County on Saturday with a skip in their step after a good performance the previous week.We might aswell have brought a picnic with us as we werent skipping for very long. A very poor performance all round from start to finish from our keeper to our full backs, the midfield and our forwards, even the line didnt help.It is safe to say there was a no show from absolutely everyone.Before we knew it we were 3 down then 4 down and by the time half time came we were 5 down.We changed things around at half time but to be honest although we picked up slightly we still lost the second half to.We did miss a few decent and easy chances up front in the second half but this wouldnt have plugged the gaps shown around the rest of the park either.Overall a very dissapointing day and maybe we need to reflect on what we want to achieve this year.
Squad: Jimmy Browne (3) Dave Mohan (3) Paul McGrath (3) Tom Maher (3) Matt Grimes (3) Graham Johnston (3) Frank McNamee (3) Brian Stafford (3) Ken Byrne (3) Paddy Hughes (3) Brendan Mooney (3) Rory Campbell (2) Leon Davids (3) Paul Burke (3) Paul Cullen (Injured)
Big game this week against Garden county (league leaders), down for a 3:00pm kick off in Bray park. Squad will be notified on Friday morning, please dont forget we are training Thursday night at 8:45pm in Blackrock, please try to get there to give yourself every chance of making the squad for the weekend.
The Seniors started with a home fixture against Larkview boys last Saturday.Not only was there confusion before the game as to who we were playing as both Dundrum and Larkview turned up to play us but this confusion seemed to spread to our game for the first 45 mins.Although we opened up the scoring early on with a well worked move down the right which seen Frank cross over for Rory who eventually put the ball in the net from two yards after first playing ping pong with their keeper.Their equaliser came from a very good shot which seen Jimmy beaten.This seemed to have spurned us on when Frank again burst from the middle to set Bren (Rooney Mooney) up with a through ball to slot home from a tough angle.Next came the decision that might have cost us on another day,the referee decided to give Larkview a peno after accusing Paul McGrath of shirt pulling, to this day Paul denies it and I tend to believe him. 2-2 at half time and a tatical change from the management team meant Paul the Scholsey Burke on for Dave Mohan at right full as it was time to start pressing for the win.This worked a treat and Spartak made other changes as the game went on which seen us bring on fresh legs in Tom and Leon and the rotation seems to have worked.Brendan (the Rooney Mooney) got in for another brace which gave him a very deserving hat trick,Frank McNamee also got in for a brace and Shea also got his name on one. Everyone worked together well and also worked hard for the team which meant we came out of the game with a 7-2 victory to kick start our season.The only negative to come out of the game was the fact that we still find it hard to start a game well…but hey we will keep working on that.
Great result all round and although there were 2 or 3 players in contention for Man of the Match this weeks Motm goes to Frank McNamee who put in a super 75 mins (needs to get there on time) for the cause.
Squad: Jimmy Brown (6) Dave Mohan (6) Greg Callan (7) Paul McGrath (7) Tony Kavanagh (6) Ken Byrne (6) Shea McCafferty (6) Matt Grimes (6) Frank McNamee (8) Paddy Hughes (7) Brendan Mooney (8) Paul Burke (6)Tom Maher (6) Leon Davids (6) Rory Campbell (9).
