Tuesday training in 3 Rock on the front astro pitch- be there for 9.45
Thursday astro training at new venue – St Kilian’s German School on Roebuck Road – be there for 8.45.
Cabinteely 3 Spartak 1
Spartak could not recover from a terrible start on a sunny afternoon in Cabinteely. Some of the visting players never got to grips with the pace of the game. In midfield Love and Mahon were inneffective and Will O Connell while working hard, was never able to set things up. After just 10 minutes Dan O Connell gave away possession cheaply and when the right back drilled the ball into the centre of the Spartak defence, neither Grier nor Browne could deal with it and the centre forward drilled home from 15 yards. Worse was to follow as Northey, hesitant throughout, called for and came for a cross but was left in no man’s land and the ball provided a simple finish for the home side. Burke, McEnroe and Cibirka foraged tirelessly and the latter shot over from Burke’s cross.
Spartak began to dominate the second half and had chances, Cibirka volleying just wide from Steve Browne’s cross . Finally the hard working Burke scrambled in after he had struck the post on 65 minutes . An equaliser seemed on the cards when Steve Browne went in for a one on one which the keeper saved with his feet. The ball came back to Browne but he hesitated fatally and the home side smothered the threat. Spartak attacked in waves and there were a few goalmouth scrambles which Cabinteely were fortunate to survive. With just 8 minutes remaining Cabinteely scored with one of their few second half attacks. A long ball from the Spartak right was met on the corner of the six yard box, and although there seemed little danger with both O’Connells in attendance the home player slotted past Northey at his near post.
Low work rate, particularly in the first half, and poor defending proved very costly.
Northey 4 Grace 5 D O Connell 4 Grier 5 D Browne 4 Mahon 4 Burke 7 Cibirka 7 McEnroe 6 Love 4 W O Connell 5
Subs S Browne 6 Costello 6 Doyle 6 O’Driscoll, Thomson and K O Toole not used. Hanratty no show ; Mark Bolger no show.
Spartak Dynamo 3 Peamount 1
An early second half flurry of activity saw three goals in a ten minute spell which turned the match.
Spartak started the game well, but were thwarted when Chris Hogan and Niall Hanratty both struck the woodwork with good efforts. Adam Doran then got to the backline to beat the offside trap and his cross was not converted , despite the home side having men over in the box. Mike Hull departed with a hamstring strain and Glen Burke came on to add extra life to the attack. The quality of crosses and final pass was not up to standard despite the teritorial superiority and, as often happens, the visitors scored with their first real attack when an ill advised Spartak offside trap was sprung by a deep runner who went on to finish.
A somewhat more composed Spartak began the second half and a fortuitous goal provided an equaliser. A free kick from deep inside the Spartak half was driven upfield by Doran and landed invitingly for Hanratty, all alone and 8 yards out. However he failed to make contact and the keeper allowed the ball to drift inside the far post. A good cross by Hanratty resulted in a goalbound shot by Burke being handled on the line – red card and penalty against the visitors number 9! Burke’s effort was not well placed and the keeper blocked, however he tucked away the rebound. A third goal followed when Mouhad and Neill Bolger combined for Burke to finish. Mohad, on as sub , helped keep the flow of passes moving as Spartak looked to build on the lead.
Spartak however seemed content and were fortunate when a Peamount header when left unattended was too close to Costello.
Mick Costello 6 Dave O Kelly 6 Adam Doran 6 Martin Costello 7 Mark Bolger 7 Chris Hogan 6 Niall Hanratty 6 Tom O Driscoll 7 Mick Hull 6 Neill Bolger 6 Dave Thomson 6
Subs Glen Burke 7 Ben Hafid Mouhad 7 David Agnew 6 Mick Greene not used Mick Plunkett – no show; Alan Cummins – no show
Sat 12th SDFC LSL Sat v Peamount Marlay Pk, 2.30pm
Sat 12th SDFC 35’s ‘s v Dundrum, Marlay Pk, 3pm
Sun 13th Cabinteely v SDFC LSL Sun, 2.30pm
Reminder
For the month of September, the club will be awarding a prize of €50 each for the winners for the month of both I Know the score and Fantasy Football.
No entry fee but to be eligible to win you must be up to date with weekly subs and have paid at least half annual sub (its all due by October). Best of luck!!!!
Links on the right
Fantasy football league code is 1062863-210098
I know the score league is FC7E5-BKQ
An exciting contest was decided by a late effort from Graham McEnroe, who gave Spartak the lead for the fourth and final time in the 88th minute.
The deadlock in an even contest was broken by Graham Breen, who fastened on to a neat Cibirka pass and then powered past a defender to drill his shot to the far corner.
At the other end the picture was not so good and only a great last ditch tackle by Grier averted danger. Some sloppy handling by Northey conceded a corner and there were other danger signs as Browne struggled to match the number 10 for pace and movement. The entire centre of the Spartak team parted like the Red sea to allow the visitors number 8 an unchallenged run and finish to equalise.
The visitors had a man sent off at half time after an altercation with the referee.
Burke came on for the injured Breen at half time and took just two minutes to open his account. After Mahon crossed and McEnroe battled for possession, Glen drilled home the loose ball from 8 yards.
Spartak appeared to be comfortable at this stage but then the number 10 was allowed time and space to nod a loose ball past Northey before strolling in to finish to the net. Dan O Connell then had to defend the goal line desperately after the visitors got the better of Northey on the bye line. Grier then forced home from a corner to almost immediately put the home side ahead again.
Spartak continued to attack fluently and created danger almost every time. However some of the finishing was hasty and off target.
Disaster struck when a cross from our left was not dealt with and on this occasion Dan O Connell missed with his attempted goal line clearance – 3-3.
Cibirka missed from close in following a sweeping move and Burke, McEnroe and McGowan all missed with half chances and snatched shots. However the patient and composed build up paid off in the end when McEnroe finished neatly at the back post.
Once again Spartak had to score four to compensate for below par defending.
Jason Northey 4 Dan O Connell 6 Robert Mahon 6 Steve Grier 6 Dave Browne 6 Stuart Love 5 Neil McGowan 7 Gintaras Cibirka 7 Graham McEnroe 7 Graham Breen 7 Dave Thomson 5
Subs Glen Burke 7 Will O Connell 6 Martin Costello 6 Fintan Grace Kevin O Toole
The refixed match , postponed from Thursday night, saw Spartak somewhat short of options. However some of the first team panel doubled up to help out and a decent side was fielded against a Ratoath team who were stronger than either of the opponents met so far.
Ratoath’s approach play was better generally and Spartak, particularly down the left, struggled to create. Distribution and combination by O’Kelly and Agnew was never effective and little threat was mounted. On the other side, some good work early on by Love, Doyle and Hanratty led to a couple of chances falling to Mick Hull, both of which were off target. Hull then turned provider, chasing a clearance and putting in a cross that proved just too high for Byrne.
The decisive goal came on 35 minutes when Ratoath attacked down our left and, after Mark Bolger had initially punched clear, the Ratoath player drilled home a crisp first time shot from the edge of the box.
Mark Bolger pulled off a brilliant save early in the second half and Ratoath were also guilty of a glaring miss from close in.
Spartak pushed on and the best chance came when Girel Nji chested on to Rob Deering whose shot thudded against the poast from 10 yards.
Ratoath were facing mounting pressure and had to clear off the line following a scramble from a Hanratty cross in the last minute to deny the home side a point, which on the balance of play would have been deserved.
Mark Bolger 7; Anto Doyle 6 Dave O Kelly 5 Martin Costello 7 Dave Browne 7 Ken Ward 7 Niall Hanratty 6 Stuart Love 6 Mick Hull 5 Ger Byrne 5 David Agnew 5
subs – Rob Deering 5 Girel Nji 5 Chris Hogan 5 Hafid Mouhad not used. Dave Thomson no show.
I hope you have had good practice to date on the Fantasy Football and I know the score predictions.
For the month of September, the club will be awarding a prize of €50 each for the winners for the month of both I Know the score and Fantasy Football.
To be eligible to win you must be up to date with weekly subs and have paid at least half annual sub (its all due by October). Best of luck!!!!
Links on the right
Fantasy football league code is 1062863-210098
I know the score league is FC7E5-BKQ
Some lads have enquired as to the cost of running the club and where do subs go.
Here is a summary.
Costs
Training – Astro/Indoor etc €4800; League Fees and registrations €1500 Marlay €980 Footballs €300 Medical €200 Kit/training equip €500 Player of the year trophies €300
That’s a total cost of €8580 to run the club for a season.
Income:
Weekly subs (net of laundry and ref) for 3 teams for 20 games each should bring in around €4000 and annual subs around another €2000.
That leaves a shortfall of about €2580. This has to be met by sponsorship, Christmas draw, Quiz nights etc.
So we need a good attendance and effort for the quiz night on 8th October for a start……
