Patrick’s CYFC update season 2008/ 09
Season 2008/ 09 got off to an absolute flier for the ‘Ys’ 1st team when they took on what was in fairness a very weak Garda FC side at Irishtown stadium on Wednesday 20thAugust. With new additions to an already strong squad CY put an astonishing twelve goals past a flapping Garda side, the type of score line more akin to other sports such as table tennis or cricket and not Intermediate LSL soccer.
Anyway, you can only play what’s put in front of you and the goals were flowing with an Anto O’Connor hat trick (four in total), two from winger Thomas Dunne, another brace from Phil O’Conner, the odd one in twelve from young Glen O’Connor and a record hat trick (we think) from substitute Barry Young.
This win was followed up with a 5-2 home win the following Sunday against Valeview Shankill. A disappointing defeat was to follow a week later at home to Postal Utd to put the brakes on and bring everyone crashing back down to earth.
Our 2nd team now playing in Major 1C Sat had a slow start to their new season. The Joe Tynan cup holders faced old foes Tymon in the 1st game and ended up on the wrong end of a 2-0 score line.
A repeat score line was to occur the following Saturday, this time away to another big rival of recent seasons, Castleknock Celtic. The show was finally on the road in the next game with a good 3-0 win away to Fairview CY, followed up by a convincing 5-0 thumping of Stillorgan Lakelands on the fantastic new all-weather surface in Ringsend park. A respectable 3-3 draw away to Postal Utd leaves the CY in 3rd position at the moment.
Our 3rd team are now three games in to their latest campaign (Division 2 Sunday) with a record that reads– played three, won one, drew one, lost one.
This season the 3rd team will make use of the great facility that is Irishtown stadium, which brings us nicely onto the subject on the lips of all football men and women in the Ringsend area: the new all-weather pitch adjacent to the stadium, fully flood-lit and UEFA licensed.
This is an absolutely fantastic addition to the growing facilities in Ringsend park. CY’s 1st & 2nd teams will use this new pitch with our 1st team playing home games on Saturday nights, a real treat. The Under-13 team shown above will certainly appreciate it!
The first such game took place on the evening of Saturday the 13th September when the ‘Y’ took on St Joseph’s Glasthule from Intermediate 1A in the Moore cup, in what was a good display. CY ran out comfortable winners by six goals to one with Anto O’Connor and Thomas Dunne relentless in their goal scoring, picking up a hat trick apiece.
The same two were at it again the following Saturday night. this time getting one each to bring their individual tallies to eight goals each for the season in a 3-1 league win against Ballyfermot UTD.
So far, a good, solid start all round from all three teams and the schoolboys are running along nicely also. Hopefully, some more good news to come in the next instalment so watch this space.