St John Bosco’s Last Man Standing competition began this weekend with a total of 177 entrants. What a weekend of shocks it proved to be, Norwich’s draw away to Liverpool knocked a whopping 71 people out and then QPR’s shock win over Chelsea left another 31 on the scrapheap! There were also a few knocked [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Seniors’ Category
On Wednesday evening the Leinster Senior league Oscar Traynor side got this years campaign off to a perfect start with a 1-0 ‘ away’ victory against the Defence Forces in the Iveagh Grounds. Bosco players Stephen Scully, Alan Brennan, Gavin Kenny, Craig Fitzgerald and Aaron Coleman all started the game for the LSL with Derek [ Read More ]
On Saturday evening our Sunday Senior team upset the odds to win their first major piece of silverware in ten years by winning the Lummy O’Reilly in one of the most dramatic games imaginable. Our cup final opponents Ballyoulster United are at the end of a fantastic season having just won the league title in the division above [ Read More ]
Well done to our Senior Sunday side who came from 2-0 down to beat Fettercairn 3-2 and clinch runners up with one game to go in the league. Captain Stephen Byrne got the comeback going when he headed home just before half time. Craig ‘Fudge’ Fitzgerald equalised from the penalty spot with twenty five minutes [ Read More ]
“Walking together to strengthen communities is really what the John Giles Foundation is all about and I thank you for joining us in our first ever Dublin Walk of Dreams on Sunday 27th March.” - John Giles. Over 10,000 people are expected to take part in Dublin’s first ever WALK of DREAMS. To the left [ Read More ]
Both of Saturday afternoons cup games ended in stalemate, meaning both games needed the dreaded penalty shootout to decide the winners. Out in St Judes our Premier Sat side finished scoreless after one hundred and ten minutes with Judes edging Bosco 10-9 in the shootout. In Benner our Division 2 side came from behind against [ Read More ]
Last week saw our Premier Saturday host Belgrave in Brickfields. A blistering opening half hour saw Aaron Coleman bag four goals for Bosco with Ryan Fitzgerald adding a fifth later in the game to keep us flying high in the league table. Our Division 2 Saturday side travelled out to Maynooth Town and came away [ Read More ]
Last Friday night our Major 1 Sunday side suffered our heaviest league defeat of the season as Greystones maintained their position at the top of the table with a 4-1 victory. Bosco started brightly enough and took the lead after twenty minutes when Richie Leonard fired home from the edge of the area. The lead [ Read More ]
Our Premier Saturday side maintained their four point league at the top of the table as a brace from Aaron Coleman and a cracker from Craig ‘Fudge’ Fitzgerald was enough to see off St Judes in Brickfields. A disappointing first half came to life just before half time when ‘Fudge’ cut in from the left [ Read More ]
Last week our Major 1 Sunday and Premier Saturday sides got the new year off to the best possible start with six points from our two games. On Friday night Craig ‘Fudge’ Fitzgerald was the star of the show bagging all four goals in a 4-0 defeat of our near neighbours Manortown. This keeps us [ Read More ]
