Wednesday, February 25, 2009

AFC in last 16 of Goodson Cup.

Kilcullen AFC under 14 Premier team plays this Saturday for a place in the quarterfinals of the Schoolboys Association of Ireland Goodson Cup.

Getting to this stage of the competition is a fantastic achievement for the players and indeed their managers Neil O’Brien and Robert Byrne. This is a national cup, which originally had over 330 teams involved.

Kilcullen Results so far –

Round 1 – Kilcullen 8 - 0 Broadford Rovers B (Dublin)

Round 2 – Kilcullen 9 – 0 Killavilla (Tipperary)

Round 3 – Kilcullen 5 – 0 Sallins Celtic (Kildare)

Round 4 – Arklow Town A (Wicklow) 0 – 3 Kilcullen

Last 32 - Kilcullen 1 – 0 Clontarf (Dublin)

Team panel as follows –

Andy Howard, Gary Kenny, Conor Byrne, Sean O’Brien (c), David Howe, Adam Phelan, DJ Flynn, Colm Byrne, Ciaran Sheedy, Ronan Dempsey, Ben Merrins, David Neill, Dylan Mulhall

Kilcullen play hosts to Clonmel on Saturday next 28th February and are confident of a win. Kick off is at 2 pm at the Community Centre so come along and give the lads loads of support.

Ray Kelly.