Christmas Party & Awards Ceremony

On Saturday 15th December the Club held a very special ceremony in McKenna's of Wellington Street to mark the official launch of the TSP Sponsored Project and to mark the Club's 5th Anniversary of its foundation in 2002 by Ian M. Kane and Abrahim Abdul-Wahid. The occasion also allowed for special awards to be presented to members of both squads for their achievements during the year and last season. The most important aspect of the day was the occasion was the official launch of the TSP Sponsored Project and though, it had already commenced back in August, this was the first opportunity to celebrate the launch of the project. The project will involve the Club travelling to a number of venues at home and overseas to play matches and to build on Club's fine record of integration and social inclusion. The awards were presented by our first ever sponsor and former Club Chairperson, Robbie Rogerson, who by his kind generosity back in the summer of 2002 enabled the Club to get off the ground and given that the occasion marked our 5th anniversary, the Club was delighted that Robbie was available to do the honours. Photographs of the event are posted below.

Was it down to the Hangovers Lads?

On Saturday 15th December 2007 the last game of the year was a deep disappointment for the lads of "The Town" as they went down to a miserable two nil defeat to Ballbriggan. A depleted "A" Squad travelled to north Dublin all too aware of the difficulties facing them as many players shied-off due to the work Christmas parties and more so, due to Mark Farrell's 21st the night before in Weir's of Dún Laoghaire. Manager Japo Kelly has vowed to tighten up the pre-match discipline of the squad to ensure that games are not thrown away due to "player hangovers" in the New Year. Final score: Ballybriggan 2 : DLTFC 0. Meanwhile, the "B" Squad match was cancelled due to a mix-up by the League.

Paschal Kennedy Motors Sponsor Club

The Board is delighted to announce that Paschal Kennedy Motors of Cross Avenue, Dún Laoghaire has sponsored the new kit for the Club. Acquiring this kit in the Club's original colours of Yellow and Blue is a fitting tribute to all the endeavours of many as the Club marks its fifth year in operation. Pictured at the photo shoot outside Paschal Kennedy Motors on Saturday 8th December are from left to right: Back - Kevin Plunkett (Player Director), Mr. Paschal Kennedy (Sponsor), Ian M. Kane (Director & Co-Founder), Jonathon Corcoran, Fergus McCarthy, Mrs. May Kennedy. Front - Daniel Cruise, Gary Leonard, Kevin Corcoran and Mrs. Lori Kelly (Director). Due to the time constraints on the day, the rest of the Squad had to make its way to Cornelscourt for the kick off at 14.00hrs.

"B" Squad Win in Cornelscourt

The "B" Squad was away to Brighton Celtic FC on Saturday 8th December 2007 in Division 3A with Ian M. Kane taking over as the Manager for this game as Yahaya Shehu was leaving for Christmas and New Year at home in Nigeria the same day. Again due to illness some of the stalwarts of the "B" Squad were unavailable for this game, but unlike the previous game, all was in order as Ian fielded a reasonably strong squad on the day. On a very windy, rainy and bitterly cold day and on a very slippery and muddy pitch the two teams found the going extremely difficult. At times it seemed that the ball would be simply blown away and at others, it appeared to just hang in the air due to the strong wind. The home team had the advantage of the strong wind in the first half and aided by a low winter sun making visibility across the pitch very difficult, a corner delivered their first goal as our keeper and defenders were almost blinded. Indeed, it seemed that nobody was too sure who actually scored. Dún Laoghaire's goalkeeper, Derek McAsey, certainly had a very good day making some exceptional saves from a very determined and skillful Brighton Celtic striker. The final score of Brighton Celtic 3 : DLTFC 4 ideally reflects the competitiveness of a very difficult game for both teams. But, without doubt, Dún Laoghaire's "Man of the Match" had to go to Johnson Godwin (pictured above) who scored two of our four goals.