St Brendans Park FC Club News 17/11/14

ACADEMY SEASON

Our academy for ages 5 to 10 years continues every Saturday . All our coaches are fully qualified so your child is guaranteed the very best of Coaching .Proof of this is that our academy has been running since 2006 and over 100 kids attend every Saturday. The U6’s , U7’s and U8’s will be Sent from my iPhone

CLUB WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEEDIA 

Our Club website is available on www.stbrendansparkfc.com . All the latest club information can be found here . All coaches are asked to submit match reports and squad photos as soon as they can after matches so that they can be posted on the site. We can also be found on Facebook and on Twitter @_ParkFc.

Slí Eile Play Therapy – Our website sponsor 

We are proud to announce Slí Eile Play Therapy as our new website sponsor. Slí Eile Play Therapy are based in Manor, Tralee (next to Wadding’s Butchers) and assist children who may need help in dealing with emotional, behavioral and/or psychological difficulties. 

Slí Eile also provide parental guidance and support. Owner and Play therapist of Slí Eile Laura O’ Carroll felt that St Brendan’s Park FC and Slí Eile were an ideal fit as “The Park provide a very healthy environment for children to develop sports wise and socially and our aim is also to help children develop and deal with issues on a more personal level.”

REPORTS 
(Youths) League ; Park Fc 3-0 Listowel Celtic

We got back to winning ways today and stayed joint top of the table after a home win over Listowel Celtic . This was a great result when you must consider that 9 of the starting eleven are Under 17 this season . We started the brighter and could have been ahead from a Dwyer Tobin effort only for a great reaction save from the Listowel Keeper .

The remainder of the first half saw up dominate the possession stakes without creating any clear chances on goal . Listowel had a few half chances on goal but stand in keeper Tommy Lynch held onto everything that came his way . The second half was on three minutes old when Alberto Anticoli fired a low shot from the corner of the box into the far corner of the net for  great opening goal.

Listowel could have been level midway through the half only for a point blank save from Tommy Lynch . As the half wore on we had numerous chances to put the game to bed but Fergal Ryan , Emanuel Abubakar and Ryan Dolan were all of target.

The killer goal finally came in the 86th minute after good build up work from Paddy Collins and Ryan Dolan saw Fergal Ryan find the net and minutes later he rounded of a good performance with a well taken solo goal.

Best for us were Ferdia o Brien , Darcy o Sullivan , Tommy Lynch ,Gearoid Savage, Aaron o Keefe and Alberto Anticoli . Man of the match Nathan o Leary . Team ; Tommy Lynch, Aaron o Keefe, Darcy o Sullivan, Gearoid Savage, Ferdia o Brien, Nathan o Leary, Emmanuel Abubakar, Paddy Collins, Alberto Anticoli , Dwyer Tobin, Fergal Ryan. Subs used: Ryan Dolan, Gary Howard, Tomas Leen, Not  used Conor Hurley and John Carroll . Special thanks to Ger o Brien and Jack Moriarty for helping us out with their U17 players today when we were short from our own squad .

(U15) SFAI Cup ; Nenagh Afc 3-1 Park Fc

One of those games and one of those days where you are not sure where the match report should go. With the first 10 minutes of such total domination that we should have been 4-0 up? With the fine performance of the Nenagh boys even when under huge pressure from Park? Or with the ref?  We won’t go too far with the ref, other than to question the wisdom of having a local referee managing a National Cup game.

This ref was as poor as they come to say the least. Park started brilliantly, playing outstanding football, inspired by Thomas Burke, Dylan Casey and Michael Slattery. Inside the first 9 nine minutes we had hit the post twice, missed a headed opportunity from a foot out and put ourselves one up through the brilliance of Burke, Slattery and a superb headed finish from Niall Sertutxa.

Straight from the resultant kick off Nenagh attacked and when the ball went a yard wide our boys switched off. The Nenagh lads kept playing and put the ball in the net much to the bemusement of the Park defence. Bemusement turned to astonishment when the local ref allowed the goal.Unfortunately we allowed this, and subsequent decisions, to upset out rhythm and the Nenagh lads exploited this to the full.

We dropped our intensity levels and Nenagh dominated in Midfield and overall played better football. We were giving the ball away too easily and our energy levels were not at our usual levels. When we lost the ball in midfield near the end of the first half the Nenagh boys took the chance with ruthless efficiency and went in 2-1 up at the break.

A few personnel and positional changes at half time helped us gain control of the game again although Nenagh continued to threaten on the break. Indeed but for some excellent saves by Gearoid Fitzgerald we might have been out of the game earlier than we were. Sean Carmody and James Rusk were now in midfield and competing strongly but, truth be told, we created very little to worry the Nenagh keeper.

Dylan Casey and Dan Goggin worked their socks off but even then we couldn’t trouble a well organised Nenagh defence. Nenagh got their final goal on the break with the last kick of the game. It was an excellent example of unselfish team play and ruthless finishing. We tried our best, no doubt about that. But we lost our focus and ended up looking like a far poorer team than we are.

Time to reflect now and take lessons from this that will stand to the boys and their managers into the future. They are an excellent bunch of young men who have the ability and, we hope, the resolve to go on and win county honours during the coming months. Obviously outstanding teams like League favourites Listowel and Killarney Celtic, our local rivals Dynamos with some great players, and newcomers Mastergeeha will ask us plenty of tough questions but today’s lesson should stand us in good stead.

Thanks to the parents who traveled on the bus with us and others who made the game on their own steam. Thanks also to Nenagh AFC who provided us with excellent facilities and food and were gentle on us in defeat. Best of luck to them in the rest of the competition.

TrainingTuesday night at 7.40pm. Park panel: Gearoid Fitzgerald, James Rusk, Sean Carmody, Matt Lukco, Dylan Casey, Adam Ward, Dan Goggin, Michael O’Gara, Kevin Browne, Thomas Burke, Conor Higgins, Raul Vnczel, Niall Sertutxa, Jake Deering, Michael Slattery.