Return of Cups

Clubs are reminded that all League and Knockout cups should be returned to Ballyowen Park immediately as requested at the February club meeting.

FAI - Grassroots Referee Development Program

The FAI will be running a Grassroots Referee Development Program Module 1 on 31st March 2010 in The South Dublin Football League Offices in Ballyowen Park at 8pm until 10pm. This presentation is open to Referee's from The South Dublin Football League and The Leinster Football League.

Upcoming events at the SDFL-updated

The weather caused the trials planned for last saturday to be cancelled, as the pitch was deemed unplayable. The new date for the under 15 and under 16 trials is Saturday March 6th in Ballyowen Park, players should be there at 10.45am

There are still a few places left on the upcoming FAI Youth cert course, the closing date is Monday 8th March at 5pm. Get your name in fast!

This Wednesday 24th Feb the SDFL under 14s will host the Kildare League in Peamount with kick off at 7pm.

The following Wednesday, 3rd March, the under 12s will face the DDSL in the final Cashin Cup game of group 1. This much anticipated game will kick off at 7.30pm also in Peamount, and all support would be welcome at both games.

Coaching courses

The FAI running a number of Coaching Courses soon and will be taking names for courses about a month in advance of the course. Please do not put down your name down for a course if you do not think you can make the day. All parts of the courses must be compleated to pass. The venues have yet to be finalised but all courses will be in the South Dublin area. If you require any more information please contact the organiser as detailed below. Those with an interest in their team are urged to advance their own knowledge by enrolling and completing these courses. Knowing what to coach is only half the battle, the real challenge is knowing HOW to Coach!

Kick Start 1 Coaching Course (930am/5pm) Price E45

6th March (Jim Crawford) 0868251165 jim.crawford@fai.ie      27th March (Gerard Glynn) 0860489870 gerard.glynn@fai.ie

24th April (Barry Ferguson

Kick Start 2 Coaching Course (Friday 630pm/930pm, Sat 930am/5pm, Sun 930am/5pm) Price E75

28th, 29th, 30th May (Jim Crawford)             11th, 12th 13th June (Gerard Glynn)

Youth cert 1st weekend is friday 12th March 6.30 till 9..30pm. Saturday 13th 9.30am till 5.30pm, and Sunday 14th 9.30am till 5.30pm, 2nd week end Friday 9th April 6.30 till 9.30pm,Saturday 10th April and Sunday 11th 9.30am till 5.30pm.

Sunday 27th June Assessment.

Match Reports

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Keep watching this page for all the latest news and happenings of the SDFL representative squads.

News from the Representative Squads

Director of Coaching Tommy Carberry is asking for all managers of under 15 and under 16 teams to contact him with the names of players who may be good enough to play in the squads which will be formed at those age groups. You can contact Tommy at tommycarberry@sdflsoccer.com with your nominations.

March is an exciting time to be involved with the SDFL's under 12 and under 13 representative squads. On the 13th both sides will travel up to Cavan together to take on their counterparts there. Two weeks later both sides also travel to Limerick together for another 2 tough games. On the 27th they will play Limerick County and on the 28th face the Limerick Desmond League. An over night stay in hotel accomodation will add to the sense of occassion for the players. There away trips are very benificial both in terms of the match practice and team bonding, and those lucky enough to go are also ensured of some fun and enjoyment too

Before that though, the 12s face a Cashin Cup derby game v ddsl. The game is due to be played at the end of the month, and the date will be notified here when it is confirmed.

Formations for Small-sided Leagues 

Small-sided leagues will commence on 23rd January 2010.  Details of formations can be found by clicking here: League Formations.

New Sponsorship Announcement

On behalf of the officers and Committee of The South Dublin Football League I am delighted to announce that we have entered into a new sponsorship agreement with The Star Newspaper with effect from 1st January 2010. 

All fixtures will now appear in the sports supplement of The Star every Tuesday and we have been promised extensive coverage.

I look forward to a long and fruitful sponsorship agreement and may I take this opportunity to thank Mr. Paul Cooke (M.D.) of The Star Newspaper (Independent Newspapers) for his kind sponsorship and look forward to working with The Star over the period of this agreement.

Yours in sport.

Rory Walsh

Chairman S.D.F.L.

Inter League draw

The draw for the under 12 Jim Cashin Cup has been made. The Leinster region has been divided into 2 groups, and I would bet that each of the Teams in group 1 would swap places with any team from group 2! The SDFL have been drawn in group 1 and are pitted against the DDSL, NDSL, Wexford, Kilkenny & NECSL. This will be a very exciting group to be involved in and offers a very high level of opposition in which to gauge ourselves against.

The dates for the games are 14/15 Nov, 12/13 Dec, 9/10 Jan, 6/7 Feb, and 27/28 Feb.

We shall be looking to play our home games on Saturday's in order to avoid any disruption to our League programme, and if our opponents do likewise we can expect to play the away games on Sunday's. We will have confirmation of the fixtures soon, and until the first game the lads will be training hard and looking forward to the games. Good luck to the players & coaches.