Football report

U-14 Football

All players performed extremely well and trained very hard during the year. They are a very committed and dedicated bunch of players who will no doubt see silverware in the St. Aidans’ colours in the next few years. Unfortunately, a couple of results didn’t go our way this year and we missed out on qualifying for the Dublin ‘A’ semi-final by the narrowest of margins. However, there is plenty of hope for the future as there are excellent footballers in first year who will hopefully get the chance to represent St. Aidan’s in the first year football competition in February 2009 but that will all depend upon Batt O’Keefe’s proposed education cuts.

U-16 Football

This year was another case of ‘what might have been’ for our U-16 footballers. We were competitive in every game but got edged out in three of the four group games. Injuries were a huge factor in the loss to St Declan’s, while a loss of concentration against Malahide CS allowed the opposition to steal a game we had been leading by 8 points. The highlight of the season was a spirited victory against a fancied St Fintan’s outfit. Many players showed qualities that will benefit the senior squad in years to come and some new talent can be seen emerging to take on to next year’s U-16 panel.The Senior Squad are currently involved in the championship and we wish them the very best of luck.