2008 Quarter Two
18/06/08 - Pre-season Training
Pre-season training for all senior players will commence on Tuesday 8 July. All existing players will be notified of the venue and time nearer the time. New players should contact Mick Bolger 087 2802279 for details.
18/06/08 - Pre-season Friendly
Skerries Town play the first of their pre-season friendly games against Caernarfon Wanderers from the Caernarfon & District League in North Wales on Saturday 12 July with a 4pm kick off.
The Wanderers are the Caernarfon & District League Division 2 Champions for 2007/08 and boast an almost perfect league campaign winning 15 of their 16 league fixtures. Their only blemish was a 2-2 draw on 12 January with Barmouth.
Caernarfon Secretary, Howard Jenkins says the squad are looking forward to the trip and the experience of playing in Ireland.
10/06/07 - Family Fun Day
The Club is organising a family fun day on Sunday 6th July from 2 - 5 PM in Park Lane (weather permitting). BBQ, games, tests of skill etc. Spread the word, all welcome.
05/06/07 - 7 a side soccer tournament for U11 and U12
With the summer now upon us it is very important for all people, young and old, to get out and enjoy the long evenings. For the month of June, Skerries Town football club is providing your son or daughter with the opportunity to do this, in a healthy and active way. Starting on Tuesday June 10th Skerries Town football club will be running a 7 a side soccer tournament and your son or daughter is being invited to participate.
This tournament is being run on a pilot basis for anyone born in 1996 or 1997. However, should it prove to be a success it is hoped that the tournament would be expanded to cater for all age groups, at a later date.
04/05/08 - New Senior Team Management announced
The club are pleased to announce the appointment of Mick Bolger as its senior club manager and Kane Lynch as its senior club coach.
Mick and Kane will have overall charge of all senior players. Darren Barlow, Iain Bosnett and Neill Grant will take charge of the 1st Saturday team. If there are enough players a third team may be formed.
Pre season training for all seniors will start on Tuesday 8 July.
Good Luck to all as they prepare for the new season.
04/05/08 - Summer Camp 2008 application form
Monday 30th June to Friday 4th July 2008 Skerries Town F.C. Club House Park Lane
Welcome to the 2008 Skerries Town F.C Summer Camp for Boys and Girls aged 5 to 12 years. Our Camp is designed for five days of football, skills, games and most importantly fun The camp is delivered by trained Coaches.
There are two section to the Camp Section A and Section B and both sessions run from Monday 30th June to Friday 4th July.
Section A 10.30 am to 1pm with a 20 minute snack break
for Boys and Girls age 5yrs to 7yrs. Cost €75
Section B; 10.30 am to 3pm with a 30 minute lunch break
for Boys and Girls age 8yrs to 12 yrs. Cost €100
Contact: Noeleen Bolger 087 280 22 55
Application forms are also available in Gerrys Supermarket and in the Shoe Horn both on Strand Street, Skerries.
03/05/08 - Skerries Under 10's Celebrate Shield win in style
extract from Fingal Independant
The Skerries under 10 team scored a great victory in the Dublin Bus Shield Final at this season's NDSL finals day.
Managed by Aidan Doyle and Simon Toft, they had a very convincing win , beating Kilbarrack 5-1.
This same team won the double last season, the league and the NDSL trophy, bringing pride to the club last season as well.
There were mighty celebrations around the town after the latest success by a schoolboys team from the Skerries area.
Congratulations to all concerned and good luck for the new season as they step up to the challenge of 11 a-side Sunday football.
Click here to view photos, courtesy of Frances Cuneen.
28/05/08 - Under 10 Soccer Trials
U10 Soccer trials for next season will take place next Thursday June 5th .
Meet at Mill pitch at 6.45pm sharp.
All Boys and Girls born in 1998 are welcome to attend. All skill levels catered for.
Come and meet new friends and enjoy the benefits of being involved in a team.
Qualified coaches available and coaching takes place on grass and all weather pitches through out the season.
Any inquiries please contact Ger on 087-8555667
22/05/08 - Hunt on for new senior manager
The club is currently seeking a replacement for its senior manager, Alan Sweeney, who has stepped down from the job. The Management Committee has received a number of expressions of interest in the job and the process of selecting a replacement is underway. The Management Committee expects to be in a position to announce the appointment of a successor at next week's AGM.
20/05/08 - Alan Sweeney steps down as senior manager
Alan Sweeney, arguably the club's most successful senior manager of all time, is taking a break from the stresses and strains of managing the club's top team. Alan holds the honour of having guided Skerries Town to the pinnacle of amateur football when, in the season 2005/06, he secured promotion to the senior division of the Leinster Senior League. Unfortunately, the team was relegated this year and now moves back to senior one football. For many though, the abiding memory of Alan's period at the helm will be the famous FAI cup run in 2003. Having beaten Monaghan Utd in the second round Skerries fell to the mighty Bohemians in Dalymount Park on a balmy August night. The management committee thank Alan most sincerely for his sterling work with the club and wish him well for the future.
04/05/08 - 8A1 end of season reflection - Stephen Guildea
It would be easy to for the Skerries under 8A1 players and management to claim all the credit for their incredible first season. However, it must be noted that they would not be the team they have become with out the fantastic support of Noeleen and Mick Bolger.
Skerries Town's Saturday morning Kids Academy is run by Noeleen and Mick and each year they seem to be able to produce quality players. There are many Skerries players who would now be sitting at home playing X-Box, and not even interested in football, without their tireless effects each Saturday morning.
There are many examples that I could share, but the one that typifies their commitment happened way back in 2003.
On a cold Saturday morning in September 2003, a young Benjamin Guildea reluctantly took to the field for his first day at the Academy. Two minutes later, Benjamin was making his way back to the side line in tears and refusing to play. He was intercepted by Noeleen, who, after a little consoling, brought Benjamin back to Mick. With one hand on Benjamin shoulder, and a football in the other, Mick set this young boy on the road to becoming a football nut!!
Benjamin is now a key defender for the Skerries 8A1s.
Like all great teams, Skerries had to have a great back room team. The job of the management team was made very easy with the tremendous support of ALL our parents. Hail, rain and some times shine, all our parents turned out to help with all the usual tasks, home and away. Our band of supporters were very often the 8th player on the pitch, bringing us over the line for many vital wins.
The highs and lows of the season took its toll on the management team of Martin Kavanagh, Martin Daly and Stephen Guildea. All three have less hair and finger nails after the season. Some might say they have knocked a year or two off their lives. However, they will all be back for more next season !!!. A little wiser after this season.
There are also 10 players that HELPED. The season started with 10 individual players who over the season, and with a little help from management, became one of the top teams in the under 8 division.
Unfortunately we had to finish the season with only 9 players. We lost Patrick Sharkey to Australia in early 2008. Patrick was badly missed and he helped Skerries off to a great first half of the season.
The Skerries 8A1 team 2007-2008 would not be complete without our sponsor. The sponsorship of the McCaffery brothers, of Furniture Designs - Tallaght (PH 01 4515326), is very much appreciated and, have speaking to them at the end of the season, they are very proud to be part of a successful team. Stephen McCaffery has attended several of our games over the season.
To round off our season, the Skerries management went to watch Castleknock play their game in hand, and last match of the season, away to Balscadden. Anything less than a win for Castleknock would have handed the title to Skerries. It ended up a very entertaining match which either side could have taken the win. However, Castleknock won the match 0-2 after two set pieces in the second half.
Congratulations to Castleknock who took the league by a point
Roll on Under 9 s
01/05/08 - STFC Annual General Meeting
Date changed for AGM
New Date: Tuesday 27 May at 8pm in the Clubhouse. All Welcome.
22/04/08 - Sat Premier in Liam Dodd Semi-Final
Wel done to the Sat Premier Senior side who have progressed to the Semi-Final of the Liam Dodd Cup. The game will be held next Saturday the 26th April away to Cabinteely.
So why not come along and support the lads in their efforts to bring home a successive cup trophy.
click here for a poster
13/04/08 - Under 8A1 Match Report
While Castleknock have it in their hands to win the title, Skerries intend to keep them honest and chase them all the way to end of the season. Skerries also knew that an away win to St Mocthas would mean that they could not finish any lower than second spot.
St Mochtas 0 Skerries 8
The game started off brightly with chances at both ends but four minutes in to the first half Skerries were one up.
A goal bound shot was well saved by the St Mocthas keeper, but he could only push it out to the oncoming Robert Clinton and Roberts shot made it 0-1. St Mocthas pushed for an equaliser, but Skerries defence of Brian Winters and Benjamin Guildea were rock solid.
A few minutes later Skerries won a corner and Jack Pender popped up to force home Skerries second.
Even two nil down so early on, St Mocthas would not lie down and but for a fine save from Eoghan O Hanlon, St Mocthas could have got back into the game.
But half way through the first half, Skerries wrapped up the three points with a third goal.
The ball was played into the box and was meet by Andrew Kavanagh who buried the ball from in side the box. The first half was ended when Ross Coleman chipped the keeper to make it 0-4.
Credit must be given to St Mocthas who pushed for an early goal in the second half, but Luke Breen, who had taken over from Eoghan in goal was in no form to go home with anything less that a clean sheet for Skerries. A goal kick from Luke was met by Robert Clinton. Robert pushed forward and crossed the ball into the box. Jack Pender then slotted home for his second. Andrew Kavanagh made it 0-6 a short time later with a pass from Niall Daly. But the best was saved for last as Jack Pender got his hat-trick. With players to pass to, Jack choose to got it alone and with an excellent shot from three yards outside the box, made it 0-7.
However the cheekiest goal of the season must go down to Ross Coleman. A goal bound shot from Robert Clinton was stopped on the line by Ross, who then tapped it in for the last goal of the game 0-8.
The match was even more important as it as watched by the Skerries team sponsor, Stephen McCaffery of Furniture Designs in Tallaght.
06/04/08 - Skerries Chairman to lead Sporting Fingal
Congratulations and best wishes go to our club chairman, John Gahan, who has just been appointed as General Manager of the newest Eircom League club "Sporting Fingal". John said that he is delighted to be appointed to such a challenging position and is looking forward to putting the new club firmly on the map. One of John's first duties was to make a presentation in Morton Stadium last Friday night following Sporting's 1-1 draw with league leaders Dundalk.
06/04/08 - New arrival for Alan and Fiona
Congratulations to the club's Senior Team manager Alan Sweeney and his wife Fiona on the arrival ( a little earlier than expected) of a their new baby boy. We wish Fiona, Alan and family all the best and hopefully not too many sleepness nights. No doubt Alan will be planning his team tactics at 3.00 a.m. as he helps Fiona with middle of the night nappy changing and other challenging tasks.
03/04/08 - Beware of white vans in the morning
The following report appeared in the 'Metro' on April 2nd.
extract
I made the mistake of leaving the whole of my son's Skerries under 8s football kit in the porch one morning. When we were ready to leave for a home fixture, the kit was gone!
I dare say my neighbours got a good giggle out of me chasing the white van down to the end of the road. If any readers see a new children's team kit with green and white stripes, plus yellow goalie jersey (with sponsor MN Davis) can you let let me know!
Be warned - they come early, even on bank holidays. so if it ain't bolted down it's taken!
Demented Dad, Skerries
01/04/08 - Squad photos required for website
Squad photo required for your team for the website??. Check your page on the Schoolboy/girl or Senior mens section. If we havn't got a photo, could you please arrange for one to be taken and send/give it to me.
Teams with no photo:
Three Senior Teams
7-a-side
Under 8A1
Under 9E
Under 10B
9-a-side
Under 10B
Under 10B1
11-a-side
Under 11Prem
Under 11B
Under 12C
Under 14Prem
Under 15B
Under 16A
Please email to me at armstrongreg@eircom.net