ETSFC Notebook 17.11.05

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Yet another good week­end for the Club

The Club had another good weekend in both league and SFAI Cup competitions. On a sour note, though, the under-11 team lost their second round SFAI Menton Seery Cup game, away to Ardmore, in Wicklow. Ardmore broke the substitute law blatantly, in front of all present and the Club must now decide whether to appeal on these grounds or not. Never in the Club's history have we appealed on something that happened on the field of play However, I think this situa­tion may be different, as man­ager Brian Dunne was so dis­appointed over Ardmore management's blatant misuse of the substitute rule, that an appeal could be on the cards. Elsewhere in SFAI Cup competition, there were excel­lent wins for the Club's under-13 and under-15 teams. The Club's under-9 Premier and under-14 teams still remain unbeaten, while the under-10 Development and under-12s continued their recent good form.

 

Player of the Week

With the Club's under-12 team now in a rich vein of form, Player of the Week goes to Mark Nolan of this team, for a superb hat-trick in their away game, against Naas AFC.

 

Goal of the Week

This week's Goal of the Week goes to Martin McNamee, from the Club's under-14 team. A great shot from outside the box, after some great team approach

 

Anniversary Tournament finals

Last Sunday, the Club held their Anniversary Tourna­ment finals in a packed Paddy Maloney Park. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of John, Marie and Orla Foley and Accelerated Drain Clean­ing, the Club could afford to provide what can only be described as fabulous Cups and Trophies for all who took part. We kicked off with the Colts section and then got into the thick of things, with the under-8s and under-10 finals. In the under-8 final proper, Ireland never really got going but, in fairness, a very strong Arsenal side, captained by John Collins, were worthy winners. Liverpool, cap­tained by Ross Mangan, won the under-10 section, a lone goal, by Evan Daly, enough to secure victory

 

Results

Under-8 B final

Barcelona 3 - Real Madrid 7

Under-8 final

Arsenal 3 - Ireland 0

Under-10 B final

Barcelona 0 - Manchester United 5

Under-10 final

Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 0

 

At the presentation, Club Chairman, Martin Doyle, congratulated all the players on a wonderful tournament Anyone who had any doubts about the success of the Colts section had only to look at the present under-8 section. He thanked the Foley family and Accelerated Drain Cleaning for their generous sponsor­ship of Sunday morning soc­cer. He thanked Theresa and Betty for collecting at the gate, Doreen Daly for her magnifi­cent programmes, Tess Doyle for cleaning the jerseys and Terry, Mick, Marc and Snack, and everyone who helped out during the tournament.

 

5th Annual Ollie Morgan Tournament

Next Sunday, 20th Novem­ber, we kick off the 5th Annu­al Ollie Mangan Tournament as follows:

Colts section - team selec­tion and first round games at 11 o'clock

Under-8 section -team selection and first round games at 12 o'clock

Under-10 section - team selection and first round games at 11.45.