ISSUE 16 Cabo Programme v Longford Playoffs

FRIDAY, 4th OCTOBER, 2019 SSE Airtricity League First Division Play-Off First Leg

Cabinteely FC -v- Longford Town Kick-off 7.45 pm Stradbrook Road

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FROM THE DUGOUT – Pat Devlin I would like to welcome Daire Doyle, his back-room staff and players, and Longford Town management and supporters to Stradbrook this evening.

Daire is well known to us at Cabinteely having previously played with the club and coached with the first team. Obviously, tonight is a big game for both clubs.

Longford have had massive success in the Premier Division over recent years.

On the other hand, Cabinteely are trying to get there for the first-time. It will be an intriguing encounter over two legs.

I hope at the end of it all, the best team wins. And goes through. I hope that team is Cabinteely. 2019 has been a remarkable season for the club – a record breaking one.

However, as this could be out our last home game of the season, I would like to put on record my tribute to the first-team staff.

Everyone one of them – Eddie Gormley, Graham O’Hanlon, Paul Heffernan, John Power, Joe Walsh, Joseph Walsh, Eddie Wallace, Peter Mulrean, Joe Curry and Darren Gormley – I would like to say thank you for their sterling efforts over the season.

Mostly, I would like to pay compliment to all the playing squad. Some players have played more than others. But without the commitment, hunger and desire of the whole squad, we would have never achieved the historic play-off place. I would like to thank the players for all their efforts right throughout the season.

I would also like to thank the Cabinteely Board of Directors, the club’s supporters and the Match Day Volunteers led by Olwen Lewins, who have helped us through this fantastic campaign.

I would also like to say thank you to the club’s General Manager Pat Costello and Media Officer Paul Dowling for their work behind the scenes.

If I have missed anybody, I would like to say thank you to everybody for all their efforts this year. It is genuinely is appreciated.

To all our wonderful team of sponsors, I would like to say thank you for your fantastic support. We hope to give you six more matches to cap off a wonderful season.

I also would like to take the opportunity to thank Blackrock College Rugby Club for all their help throughout the year by facilitating us. It’s been a massive year which we’ve really enjoyed. It’s been a great relationship. I would like to place on record our thanks to Conor Cleary, all the Blackrock staff and everyone connected with the club for their help and assistance.

It’s a perfect setting for an historic evening.

Enjoy the game.

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CABINTEELY FC CLUB DIRECTORY FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT Director of Football/First Team Manager: Pat Devlin Assistant Manager/ First Team Coach: Eddie Gormley First Team Coach: Graham O’Hanlon Goalkeeping Coach: John Power Striker Coach: Paul Heffernan Defensive Coach: Niall Donnelly Team Doctor: Dr. Joe Curry Chartered Physio: Peter Mulrean Kit and Equipment: Joe Walsh, Joseph Walsh Logistics: Darren Gormley

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FROM THE DUGOUT CONTENTS / CLUB DIRECTORY CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME 2019 STATS MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD CABO PEN PICS TONIGHT’S SQUADS CABO SQUAD PICTURE A SUPPORTER’S VIEW CABO WOMEN STAND UP FOR YOUR PROSTATE OPPOSITION WATCH PLAYER STATS IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

ACADEMY Manager: Eddie Wallace Assistant Manager: Paul Heffernan Academy Coach: Gary Dempsey Assistant Coach: Dillon Foley NATIONAL LEAGUE UNDERAGE TEAMS U19 Management Team: Alan Dodd, Dillon Foley U17 Management Team: Julian Connolly, Isabelle Connolly, Val Keenan, Scott Lawrie U15 Management Team: Paul Hosey, Gerry Clement, Billy Smith U13 Management Team: Stephen Long, Sean Egan Brendan Keeley

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CLUB MANAGEMENT Board of Directors: Larry Bass (Chairman), Jim Allen, Julian Connolly, Pat Devlin, Pat Finnerty, Michael Galvin, Gary Lewins, Brian McGovern.

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Telephone: 01 235 4343 League of Ireland Ground Stradbrook Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

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CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME – Larry Bass WELL DONE TO OUR TEAM On behalf of Cabinteely Football Club, I extend a warm welcome to the players and officials from Longford Town for this SSE Airtricity League First Division Play-Off First Leg here in Stradbrook.

This is an historic occasion for Cabinteely Football Club. It’s the first time in our short history of five years in League of Ireland football that we have reached this important stage in a season.

That we are in such a position is testament to the hard work, dedication and expertise of Pat Devlin, his Management and Backroom Teams. They took a squad, mixed with youth and experienced, and moulded them into a team that worked hard on the pitch and even harder in training. I commend everyone involved for bringing us to this Play-Off journey, which begins in Stradbrook this evening.

Participation in the Play-Off series of course brings added challenges, not only for Cabinteely FC but for our colleagues in the First Division series, Longford Town and Drogheda United. If promotion is to be achieved then it will take six extra matches for ourselves or Longford Town or four matches for Drogheda United.

Each of the teams in the SSE Airtricity League First Division operates on small, tight budgets which will be stretched with involvement in the Play-Off series. Early payment of Solidarity Monies and/or Prize Money is vital to the survival of clubs; any delay could have serious consequences.

The events of last weekend do nothing to lighten the mood of those of us struggling

on a week to week basis to meet our commitments as a club providing football and coaching to some 65 teams.

League of Ireland football is now at a serious crossroads. Recent meetings with the Football Association of Ireland brought optimism to those of us involved in football in Ireland. It is vital that this optimism is not lost by inaction or at worst long delays.

Proper marketing and promotion, appropriate sponsorship and television deals allied with decisive leadership and a sustainable structure are needed to give League of Ireland clubs a chance for the future. Let us hope that the Board and Committee structure agreed at the FAI AGM in July and currently being populated will have the necessary skills, expertise and willingness to deliver a future for football in Ireland.

We in Cabinteely Football Club, along with our members, volunteers, sponsors, partners, advertisers and supporters will play our part but, like all other clubs in League of Ireland football, we need help.

Having said all that, these are exciting times for Cabinteely Football Club and we hope you all enjoy our Play-Off journey starting tonight in Stradbrook and I look forward to great support from Cabo fans in our return leg away to Longford next Friday.

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2019 SEASON FACTS & FIGURES By Paul Dowling 27

*C lub captain and goalkeeper Stephen McGuinness was the Cabinteely FC player to play the most minutes ( – 26 games) in the 2019 SSE Airtricity League First Division season. He kept a record ten league clean sheets; and set a new record of just 27 goals conceded.

* After games in the 2019 SSE Airtricity League First Division season, Cabinteely FC finished fourth with a record breaking 50 points tally.

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* Cabinteely’s place position is our best SSE Airtricity League First Division finish, surpassing 6th position achieved back in 2016.

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* Defender Jack Tuite also played of the 27 SSE Airtricity League First Division games in the 2019. He had the second longest period on the pitch – just seven minutes less than Stephen McGuinness – 2,333 minutes in total.

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* Cabinteely FC were the only team to the opposing nine clubs at least once in SSE Airtricity League First Division action in 2019.

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* F rom the SSE Airtricity League First Division games, Cabinteely FC used 29 different players – two goalkeepers and 27 outfield players.

* Cabinteely FC Striker Robert Manley finished the SSE Airtricity League First Division 2019 season as the leading goal-scorer with goals – a new club record.

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* Cabinteely FC used different players in the 32 competitive games SSE Airtricity League First Division; Extra.ie FAI Cup, EA Sports Cup and Leinster Senior Cup – three goalkeepers and 34 outfield players.

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* Cabinteely’s SSE Airtricity League First Division wins in 2019 surpassed the ten league victories of the 2017 campaign.

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* Cabinteely’s home victories at Stradbrook this season in the SSE Airtricity League First Division surpassed our previous best of six wins set back in 2018 and 2017.

* Cabinteely FC clean sheets SSE Airtricity First Division – Stephen McGuinness – new Cabo record.

EA Sports Cup – Peter Quinlan.

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* Cabinteely’s away victories in the SSE Airtricity League First Division 2019 season beat the previous mark of four away triumphs set back in 2017.

* Robert Manley made the most appearances in all competitions – out of a possible 32.

Stephen McGuiness, Jack Tuite, Keith Dalton and Luke Clucas all made 27 appearances.

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* Cabinteely’s defeats in 27 SSE Airtricity League First Division games – the same as champions Shelbourne – broke the previous mark of ten losses in a single campaign from back in 2017.

* S triker Robert Manley was the only Cabinteely FC player to feature in all SSE Airtricity League First Division games in the 2019 season (2,304 minutes in total).

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CABO PEN PICS – The Players

1 – Stephen McGuinness (Goalkeeper) (Captain) Date of Birth: 10/03/1995.

Former clubs: Bray, Drogheda Utd.

2 – Daniel Blackbyrne (Defender) Date of Birth: 13/07/1996.

Former clubs: Bray, Greystones Utd.

3 – Kevin Knight (Defender) Date of Birth: 13/02/1993.

Former clubs: Leicester City, Bray, Shamrock Rovers, Athlone Town, Longford Town.

4 – Jack Tuite (Defender) Date of Birth: 27/01/1997.

Former clubs: Derby County, Shelbourne.

5 – Conor Keeley (Defender) Date of Birth: 13/12/1997.

Former club: Shelbourne.

6 – Jack Watson (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 07/07/1996.

Former clubs: Arklow Town, Shamrock Rovers B, UCD.

7 – Keith Dalton (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 10/09/1997.

Former clubs: Dundalk, Bohemians.

8 – Robert Manley (Forward) Date of Birth: 24/08/1997.

Former clubs: UCD, Bohemians, Drogheda Utd.

9 – Luke Clucas (Forward) Date of Birth: 29/03/1999.

Former club: Bray.

10 – Kieran Marty Waters (Forward) Date of Birth: 05/05/1990.

Former clubs: Bray , Shamrock Rovers, UCD.

11 – Paul Fox (Midfielder) Date of Birth: /03/04/1999.

Former club: St. John Bosco.

12 – Alex Aspil (Midfield) Date of Birth: 13/01/2001.

Former clubs: Cherry Orchard, St. Patrick’s Ath., Shamrock Rovers.

14 – Shane Barnes (Forward) Date of Birth: 07/09/1997.

Former clubs: Bray , Wexford FC.

15 – Eoin Massey (Defender) Date of Birth: 28/03/2001.

Former club: Cherry Orchard.

16 – Vilius Labutis (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 02/04/2001.

Only club is Cabinteely.

17 – Zak O’Neill (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 17/04/2000.

Former club: Cherry Orchard.

19 – Ronan O’Kelly (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 01/11/1999.

Former clubs: St. Anthony’s (Kilcoole), St. Joseph’s Boys, Enniskerry, Wexford Youths.

20 – Jack Hudson (Defender) Date of Birth: 28/07/1999.

Former clubs: St. Kevin’s Boys, Cherry Orchard.

25 – Peter Quinlan (Goalkeeper) Date of Birth: 10/08/2000.

Former clubs: Mount Merrion YC, Belmont.

27 – Dean Casey (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 15/12/1997.

Former club: Athlone Town.

30 –Kieran Butler (Defender) Date of Birth: 12/06/1999.

Former club: Bray.

33 – Cian Lynch (Striker) Date of Birth: 22/02/1999.

Only club is Cabinteely.

35 – Benjamin Clark (Goalkeeper) Date of Birth: 13/10/2001.

Former clubs: Wolfe Tone YC, Mount Merrion YC.

36 – Jonathan Carlin (Defender) Date of Birth: 26/01/1996.

Former clubs: Kildrum Tigers, Finn Harps.

37 – Conor Crowley (Defender) Date of Birth: 25/03/1998.

Former club: UCD.

39 – Yuta Sasaki (Forward) Date of Birth: 10/02/1996.

Former clubs: Vertfee Taita, Independiente F.B.C., VfR Mannheim, 1.FC Bruchsal.

40 – Christian Lotefa (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 23/09/1994.

Former club: Athlone Town.

42 – Karl Manahan (Midfielder) Date of Birth: 24/10/1992.

Former club: GreystonesUtd. AFC.

CABO PEN PICS – Backroom Staff

Director of Football/ First Team Manager: Pat Devlin

Assistant Manager/ First Team Coach: Eddie Gormley

First Team Coach: Graham O'Hanlon

Striker Coach: Paul Heffernan

Goalkeeping Coach: John Power

Chartered Physio: Peter Mulrean

Kit and Equipment: Joe Walsh

Kit and Equipment: Joseph Walsh

Kit and Equipment: Michael Davis (RIP)

Logistics: Darren Gormley

SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE FIRST FINAL DIVISION TABLE Club P W D Shelbourne 27 19 3 Drogheda United 27 16 3 Longford Town 27 16 3 Cabinteely FC 27 14 8 Bray Wanderers 27 14 4 Limerick FC 27 10 6 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 7 Galway Unites 27 7 5 Athlone Town 27 4 6 Wexford FC 27 2 5

L GF GA GD PTS 5 50 19 31 60 8 59 36 28 51 8 41 23 18 51 5 39 28 11 50 9 44 26 18 46 11 33 41 -8 36 12 36 41 -13 31 15 36 42 -6 26 17 30 61 -31 18 20 22 65 -43 11

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TONIGHT’S SQUADS

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Stephen McGuinness © Daniel Blackbyrne Kevin Knight Jack Tuite Conor Keeley Jack Watson Keith Dalton Robert Manley Luke Clucas Kieran Marty Waters Paul Fox Alex Aspil Shane Barnes Eoin Massey Vilius Labutis Zak O’Neill Ronan O’Kelly Jack Hudson Peter Quinlan Dean Casey Kieran Butler Cian Lynch Benjamin Clark Jonathan Carlin Conor Crowley Yuta Sasaki Christian Lotefa Karl Manahan

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Lee Steacy (GK) Shane Elworthy Anto Breslin Tristan Noack-Hofmann Mick McDonnell Dean Zambra © Peter Hopkins Jack Doherty Aaron Dobbs Adam Evans Conor Kenna Carlton Ubaezuonu Aodh Dervin Paul O’Conor Luke Dennison (GK) Karl Chambers Dean Byrne Aaron McCabe Joe Manley Dylan Grimes Paddy O’Sullivan Uli Keller Eoin O’Neill Sam Verdon Tonight’s Match Officials Referee: Alan Carey Assistant 1: Shane O’Brien Assistant 2: Ciaran Delaney 4th Official: Adriano Reale

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A SUPPORTER’S VIEW By Kevin Dooney IS THIS MADNESS? You begin to question your sanity when your main concern of a Saturday night is whether the tape on your three flags can withstand the rain in Wexford. But standing in the rain with friends, watching a match that essentially had no meaning was exactly how I wanted to spend my Saturday. Following Cabo around the country has just become the natural way of things.

Telling people you support Cabo elicits a few reactions, mostly people ask who are they, or those with a knowledge of League of Ireland football at least have the courtesy to ask why. To us nothing could make greater sense. Supporting a club you once played for growing up, being able to walk to the ground for home games, it all just makes seems right.

But when does the line start to become blurred. Does it make sense to spend a Saturday evening freezing in Cobh because you forgot to pack a jumper on your drive across the country? Or is it rational to get annoyed at even the prospect that you might miss a match. These are questions you try not to think too much about. I suppose we are all aware that it is a form of madness and yet here we are.

This is the position I’ve found myself in as this historic season as progressed, each passing week and result meaning you become more engrossed than you thought possible.

Far too much time spent considering the logistics of driving to Longford in Friday rush hour traffic.

The main reason to be thankful for Cabo making the playoffs is because it postpones

the long winter without a match to attend.

The gift of at least two more Fridays is quite something, not to mention the ability to dream of what could be.

Perhaps the main sense of loss will be the fact that this is the excuse my friends and me use to meet up as often as possible. Between changing flights home from Ireland matches, to hopping in a car to Wexford straight off a flight from Bali, or leaving an anniversary dinner to make it in time for kick off, Cabo has somehow become a major priority for all of us.

Collectively we have all decided to become what many would call irrationally attached to this club. But we don’t care, because so long as we are in it together what could be better. When you can get a laugh out of a linesman from the touchline in Drogheda at least you get the sense someone appreciates your efforts.

For now, we’ll keep our flags hanging, and hope the roll of tape can hold out another two weeks if not more. We’ll deal with the end of the season when it eventually comes.

But at least now we’ve something we can feel we belong to. Something to keep the mind occupied when otherwise it could drift away.

It may all be entirely irrational. But once you’ve got company in the madness then it all starts to make sense.

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CABO WOMEN CABINTEELY WOMEN ON THE DOUBLE Two trophies representeed a brilliant summer season for Cabinteely Ladies in the Dublin Women’s Soccer League (DWSL).

The White and Greens lifted the (Summer) Inter 2 League title. Then followed that up by capturing the Inter-Cup with a resounding victory over St. Patrick’s Athletic a fortnight ago. Between May and early September, the team won all 14 Division 2 League fixtures.

Cabo defeated Enniskerry Youth Club (10-0 and 2-0); Ashbourne FC (2-1 and 5-2); St. Columbans (7-1 and 6-2); St. Patrick’s Athletic (2-1 and 2-1); Quay Celtic (3-1 and 4-0); Wicklow Rovers (7-1 and 6-1) and Mourne Celtic (5-4 and 4-1).

In total, they scored 66 goals, conceded 16 and kept three clean sheets.

“Last year, we came joint-third in the league. So, we weren’t really expecting to win the league,” said Cabo manager Laura Ellard.

“We’d lost a few players. We didn’t have a huge squad. It was great to win the league. The girls were amazing.”

More glory was targeted in the Inter-Cup. July saw the team overcome Enniskerry Youth Club 7-1 in a Quarter Final tie. Then in August in a last four encounter at Brickfield Park, Cabo had to dig deep to defeat Mourne Celtic 2-1.

That brought a final decider on Sunday September 22 against St. Patrick’s Athletic.

A Caitriona McGilp hat-trick paved the way for Cabo to capture the Inter-Cup at the VEC Grounds, Templeogue Road in Terenure as they ran-out 10-1 winners.

The White and Greens led 5-0 at the interval. Maebh Coleman (2), Sharon Tansey,

Rachel Keyes, JoJo Andrews, Catalina Parga and Jenny Smith were also on the scoresheet as Cabo did a brilliant double.

“The Semi Final against Mourne was a really close game. Obviously, the Enniskerry one wasn’t” stated Ellard who also admitted she was shocked by the score-line against the Saint’s in the decider.

“We’d played St. Pat’s twice in the league, and each game it was 2-1 to us. One of them was the second last league game just a couple of weeks before the final. It was a tight game at Kilbogget. Everyone upped their game for the final. We had a full squad. But we weren’t expecting the result at all.”

She added “The girls went out and turned up the notch. They went out and won it. I’d said to them to go out and enjoy the game.

And win in the game. That’s what they did.”

The full double winning squad is Sharon Tansey, Orla Haskins, Elayne Ruane, Rachel Keyes, Rachel Mulvaney, Caitriona McGilp, Catalina Parga, Resa Dunne, Rachel McGann, Jenny Smith, Jessie Lehane, JoJo Andrews, Niamh Haskins, Maebh Coleman, Orla Haran, Shauna Barry, Roisin Crawley and Ashley Oliver.

Cabo Women’s Senior Team Management of Laura Ellard and Orla Vallely with the League and Cup Trophies

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Cabo U8's at half time at the Athlone match.

Our young supporters enjoying the Athlone match.

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STAND UP FOR YOUR PROSTATE RTE’s soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue leads the push for men of Ireland to open up, and speak honestly about their health The prostate cancer campaign urges men to WATCH for any symptoms that could be related to your prostate health, TALK with family and friends about their prostate health and ACT by going to see their GP if they have any concerns and over 50 or when they are over 45 with a family history.

The Marie Keating Foundation’s ‘Stand Up for Your Prostate’ campaign is looking to empower Irish men to be more open and comfortable discussing their health.

Sponsored by Astellas, the campaign hopes to increase awareness of what is the most common cancer in men (after non-melanoma skin cancer) in Ireland during Blue September and throughout the year to raise vital funds to support the 3,550 men diagnosed with the disease every year.

RTE soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue very sadly lost his Father to prostate cancer when Tony had just started University. “My Dad was diagnosed at a time when cancer wasn’t spoken of, it was too scary. Cancer was a killer, simple as, it was the big ‘C’. Prostate cancer took my Dad away, but it doesn’t have to take people away, it’s so curable when caught early. Irish men need to think about their health for the years ahead.

This is why I am so proud to be an ambassador for this campaign and why I am urging all men to watch, talk, act and Stand Up for their Prostate”.

“We want the men of Ireland to unite

in the same way women have against breast cancer. There is so much evidence to show that men are still reluctant when it comes to getting checked and discussing their health. More than three-quarters of men asked in a recent Marie Keating Foundation survey said they had never had a conversation with a close male family relative about their prostate? health[1].

Considering it is the most common cancer amongst men and you are 2.5 times more likely to get prostate cancer if a father, uncle or brother has had it, this statistic is worrying.

Helen Forristal, Director of Nursing, Marie Keating Foundation.

A campaign emblem has been made to help create a community of men publicly committing to prioritising their prostate health, increasing awareness and making a positive change by encouraging more men to watch, talk and act. The Stand Up for Your Prostate pin is available to buy for just €2 on www.mariekeating.ie and every cent raised will be put towards the Foundation’s work supporting prostate cancer survivors and increasing awareness. To join the community of sporting men like Tony O’Donoghue, Mick McCarthy and Ray Houghton who have all worn the pin and shown their support for the men Standing Up For Their Prostate, visit the website, and get your pin.

For more information on the Stand Up For Your Prostate campaign, and more information about how you can be more aware of your prostate health, visit www.mariekeating.ie/standupforyourprostate 20

CLUB LEAGUE SECRETARIES & AGE GROUP CO-ORDINATORS DDSL Cathy Ledwidge Anthony Reddin

(SSG U-8 to U-12) (11-a-side U-13 to U-18)

087 418 0062 086 418 0062

MGL (Girls)

Paul Hayden

086 162 5290

Leister Senior League

Ross Whelan

087 374 4247

Amateur League Over 35’s

Dave Bolton

086 839 8276

Women’s Seniors

Laura Ellard

085 754 3405

Cabinteely FC Age Group Co-ordinators

U4 to U7: Contact Cabinteely FC Office 01 235 4343

U8:

Jamie Brennan

087 647 4377

U9:

Cathy Ledwidge

086 890 2435

U10:

Iwona Ratusinska

089 444 9354

U11:

Kirsty O’Neill

087 908 8607

U12:

Michael Galvin

087 230 4005

U13:

Tom McGuirk

085 777 8065

U14:

Keith Montgomery

086 870 0010

U15:

Tim Kinsella

086 813 7512

U16:

Nico Azzariti

087 127 4594

U17:

Roger Dunne

087 2393045

Youths:

Scott Lowrie

085 125 0586

Women’s Senior Team

Laura Ellard

085 754 3405

Special Olympics

Tommy Flynn

087 271 7475

Football For All

Jim Allen

086 063 0605

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FOOTBALL MANAGERS Five-a-side: DDSL U8 Red: Jamie Brennan U8 Yellow: Houssem Jerbi U8 Navy: TBC U9 Red: Graham Swan U9 Yellow: Oisin Ledwidge U9 Silver: Darren Burke

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FFA Team A: Jim Allen

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SDFL/DDSL U8 Michael Wride

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Seven A-side: DDSL U10A Ken Halpin U10B Gavin Brooks U10D Karl Kenny U10D1 Dave Bolton U10E Justin Jones U11A Noel Mulhall U11A1 Rob Kennedy U11C1(Sat) James O’Brien U11C1 (Sun) Alan Brady U11E1 Peter Dunne

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Eleven-a-side: DDSL U13P Dillon Foley 087 934 4402 U13M Andy Free 087 743 5571 U13M1 Tom McGuirk 085 777 8065 U13B George Suping 085 744 1722 U13.3 Ado Ryan 087 216 5149 U14P Keith Montgomery 085 718 4704 U14M1 Dermot O’Dea 086 171 3504 U14A Jamie O’Reilly 087 772 9184 U14.4 Mick Smith 087 350 2523 U14.5 Brian Connolly 087 292 1820 U15P1 Billy Smith 083 412 2902 U15M Gareth Kelly 087 230 2308 U15.3 Tim Kinsella 086 813 7512 U16P1 Gavin Merrigan 086 256 2337 U16P2 Nico Azzariti 087 127 4594 U16A David Duffy 085 718 4704 U16B Mark Finnegan 087 299 7047 U17P2 Paul Downer 086 220 8221 U17A Jason Bushe 087 230 1046 U17A1 Declan Allen 087 952 2171 U17B1 Anthony Reddin 086 896 5399 U18P1 Scott Lowrie 085 125 0586 U18P2 Ed Diggins 086 813 4305

087 647 4377 087 998 0622

Leinster Senior League Premier 1 Jim Mahon Major 1 Darren Kelly U19 Mark Smith

Special Olympics Cabo 1 Tommy Flynn 087 271 7475 Cabo 2 Kellie McLoughlin 085 817 2446 Nine-a-side: DDSL U12M1 Gary Blake U12C1 James Mulvaney U12D Stewart Reay U12.3 Finbarr Holland U12.6 Des Vallely U12.8 Darren Carroll

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MGL (Girls) U15P Alan Dodd 086 602 0566 U15A Jonathan Redmond 085 719 6221

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OPPOSITION WATCH By Andrew Dempsey

LONGFORD TOWN Stadium: City Calling Stadium.

Manager: Daire Doyle.

Club Captain: Dean Zambra.

Table Position: 3rd.

Recent form: WLWDL. Top Scorer: Dean Byrne (12).

What to expect: Finishing third in First Division table after a pivotal away win at St. Colman’s Park against Cobh Ramblers, Longford Town look to become only the sixth side to leave Stradbrook with a victory in 2019 when they face Cabinteely in the playoffs.

Daire Doyle, Longford Town boss, has taken over the reins at the club following the shock departure of Neale Fenn in August. Fenn has since taken over the reins of struggling Cork City. Doyle on the other hand has inherited a finely balanced squad of both experience and quality in 2019 which sees his side well and truly in the promotion picture.

De Town are well-known for their quick passing play and with the tenacious Aodh Dervin and Dean Zambra in midfield, it is easy to see why they have already caused so many problems for each side in the First Division thus far.

One to watch: Dean Byrne With 12 goals to his name this term, Dean Byrne has established himself as one of the hottest prospects in the First Division. Joining Longford Town from AUL side (now Leinster Senior League) Hardwicke, few could have predicted the impact Byrne has had on the League of Ireland in his brief tenure in the National League. A real livewire in an attacking sense, the Dubliner is a potential match-winner for any side – with his raw pace and eye for goal a real threat for any side, as seen during Longford Town’s devastating penalty shootout defeat to Bohemians in the FAI Cup. Opposition views: Longford Town manager Daire Doyle “I’d know a lot of the players at Cabinteely. I know all the staff there, I’ve worked with Pat Devlin and Eddie Gormley for a number of years, so I know what to expect. I’m expecting a really difficult game, but with the other side of my knowledge is that we know them very well. We’ll know what to expect from the game. I’ve just said to the lads that I can’t wait for the games to come around and lets see what it brings.”

Head to Head: - 19/07/2019 Cabinteely 2-0 Longford Town (First Division) - 11/05/2019 Longford Town 0-1 Cabinteely (First Division) - 08/03/2019 Cabinteely 1-1 Longford Town (First Division)

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PLAYER STATS Squad Player Number 1 Stephen McGuinness 2 Daniel Blackbyrne 3 Sean Hurley 3* Kevin Knight 4 Jack Tuite 5 Conor Keeley 6 Jack Watson 7 Keith Dalton 8 Rob Manley 9 Luke Clucas 10 Kieran Marty Waters 11 Paul Fox 12 Alex Aspil 14 Shane Barnes 15 Eoin Massey 16 Vilius Labutis 17 Zak O'Neill 19 Ronan O'Kelly 20 Jack Hudson 21 Adam Doyle 22 Sean Fitzpatrick 23 Nika Kalandarishvili 23* Robert McGee 25 Peter Quinlan 26 Oisin McMenamin 27 Dean Casey 28 Adam Maher 30 Kieran Butler 31 James Woods 32 Robbie Dunne 33 Jackson Ryan 33* Cian Lynch 35 Benjamin Clarke 36 Jonathan Carlin 37 Conor Crowley 38 Dara Oke 39 Yuta Sasaki 40 Christian Lotefa 42 Karl Manahan

PLAYER STATS 2019 Total League EA Sports Cup Senior Cup 27 26 0 16 14 1 9 9 0 10 9 0 27 26 0 21 20 0 17 16 1 27 26 0 28 27 0 27 21 2 21 21 0 12 11 0 20 17 0 19 15 2 23 21 1 17 16 0 23 21 1 5 1 2 20 17 0 1 0 1 5 2 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 14 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 0 1 0 0 4 3 0

Leinster FAI Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

Extra.ie (total) 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Own Goal 1; Clean sheets: Stephen McGuinness 9; Peter Quinlan 1 *Kevin Knight, Robert McGee, Dean Casey and Cian Lynch signed in the transfer window.

Goals 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 18 5 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

IMPORTANT NOTICES Ground Regulations Stradbrook Road: • All Persons entering this ground are admitted only subject to the following regulations of the rules of Cabinteely Football Club, and Blackrock College Rugby Club.

• Entry to the stadium shall be deemed to constitute unqualified acceptance of all of these rules and regulations.

• Fireworks, Smoke Canisters, Bottles, Glasses, Cans, Flags, Poles, Lasers, Banner’s, Flares or any similar articles or containers including anything that could be used as a weapon are not permitted within the ground.

• The consumption of intoxicating liquor is not permitted and spectators are not permitted to bring alcohol into the ground.

• Under no circumstances is it permitted to throw any object on to the pitch.

• Unauthorised persons are not permitted to enter the field of play.

• The ground management reserve the right to refuse admission to, or eject any person who refuses to be searched by a member of An Garda Siochana or Security.

• Any person who fails to comply with the instructions of the Stewards, An Garda Siochana or duly authorised persons may be ejected from the ground.

• The ground management will not tolerate any form of racist abuse, threatening behaviour and racist or obscene chanting is strictly forbidden and anyone found misbehaving will be ejected from the ground.

• Cabinteely FC fully supports helping Kick Racism out of football and in no way condone any form of racism or racial abuse. Any person found to be taking part in such action will be ejected from the ground.

• A full copy of the stadium regulations is available upon request or may be viewed at appropriate locations around the stadium or from our website.

St. John Ambulance Cabinteely St. John Ambulance Cabinteely is one of the most active Divisions in Dublin with a current membership of almost 100. Our volunteer members vary from students to nurses to plumbers to carers when they are not staffing local events such as Seapoint Rugby Blitz/Cabinteely Ceili/DLR 10 kms run or venues such as Croke Park/Aviva Stadium or RDS. Should you wish to learn more about the work that we do in, please contact any of the members on site or via the contact details below. We’d be delighted to have you on board.

Adults - David Keane, Officer in Charge, 085 737 2409.

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