Category: Football

Had the first training session with the team last night. Gerry and Jimmy couldn’t make it so it was just myself and the twelve who turned up. To be honest, I need to get the FAI training under my belt. We did a few laps of the all weather and then some stretching but Gerry knows fitness routines which are a hell of a lot more beneficial. After that we just played a pratice game with six a side. My cousin Irvine who plays on the team seemed to handle his defensive position quite well so it may be beneficial to try him out in defense at the weekend. We’re playing St Mochtas on Sunday in the cup so hopefully we’ll be able to get a result. I say hopefully. 🙂

Been a couple of weeks since I last posted so heres a general update. Jimmy couldnt make the last game against……..eh I’m ashamed to say I don’t remember…..oh there it is, McKelvey Celtic. It was an away game in Finglas and the pitch had changed from last year so we had to go and find it. Luckily we had no trouble finding it and had 12 players (compared to 9 for the last away game). The performance wasn’t great though, we went 1-0 down after about 6 minutes after a break down the wing and a good finish. We then levelled things up after 20 mins with an in-swinging corner from Mohammad which was met by Colm Darcy. 🙂 After that we started to lose the plot somewhat with the midfield pushing forward too much and leaving massive gaps in behind. 🙁 That was compounded by the lack of pace in our defense at the moment and inevitably led to two more goals before the end.

At training last week Jerry mooted the idea of having a training session on the Monday evenings but I personally can’t make two nights during the week plus the games on Sunday. Hopefully we’ll be able to juggle the responsibility for training amongst us. Also met Dale, who is joining the management team, for the annual managers meeting in Slevins last week. Seems like a nice bloke but he works shift so we’ll have to see how much time he can devote. Good news anyway. We didn’t have a game last weekend so we’ll probably be in action this weekend.

Can’t believe its so long since I posted. 😐 Anyway, the Sunday before last (12th) we played Huntstown Villa FC at home and got a decent 2-2 draw out of the game. We were playing against the wind in the first half and did well to go in at half time 0-0 after a couple of close calls and a great save from Darren Jordan standing in for James in goal. After the break they did much better and were battling hard. The first goal for us came about 15 mins into the second half with good work down the right from Padraig and a deep cross which was met by Paul Booth. Christian then extended our lead five minutes later with a good finish after being one on one with the keeper. What happened then was a bit disappointing though as we let in two sloppy goals in the space of five minutes. Two defensive mix-ups cost us and we came out with a draw. Looking back we could have easily lost the game as they had a number of other chances. Overall a fair result.

There was no game last weekend as we could only muster 9 players. Ridiculous considering that we had 14 for the game before that. It shouldn’t be a hardship for the players to make the games so I’m gonna have a word with them now on Wednesday. This weekend we’re playing Artane/Beaumount at home.

Got a text from Jimmy about a club trophy and medal presentation on the 30th with guest of honour, Packie Bonner. Looking forward to that. 🙂

The title gives you an indication of how the first game of the season went against Priorswood. It was a game we knew would be tough as they beat us quite heavily last year. The lads held out for fifteen minutes before Priorswood went ahead from a header. From there on in it was mainly Priorswood on the attack with the half-time score at 4-1 after a great goal from Damien who did well to turn and shoot in the box from a tight angle. I was slightly frustrated with our defensive display though and losing Paul McGovern to the B side has hit that area of the team. I’m going to be devoting a lot of time to strengthning up the back four plus working on getting the lads to find each other with each pass instead of every third one. All in all it wasnt a bad display against a team which should be in a higher league.