smp20 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Cabinteely F.C. Who? "If the club are surviving in the league in five years time, it will be one of the most remarkable stories that has happened in Irish football." https://www.balls.ie/football/reaction-cabinteely-fcs-acceptance-loi-not-positive-196886 For those outside Ireland, Cabinteely will not be a familiar name. Indeed, when the Irish FA announced they would be joining the League of Ireland in January 2015 the reaction from the Irish was one of disbelief, summed up very well by the above article. Fast forward four years and Cabinteely have remained in the league, gradually improving in position in the league each season; bottom, 2nd bottom, 3rd bottom and 4th bottom! It was stated that it would be a miracle that they would still be in the League of Ireland in 5 years, but now we enter into that 5th year still intact! It's time to revamp Cabinteely from strugglers to a force in the LOI and Europe, with a youth only policy, of course! Not too much to shout about facilities wise, but a half decent youth setup provides a good foundation. A very young squad and as you can see a very small budget! Here's a look at the key players: By far our best player, as our keeper he will probably need to be! O'Neill is the team's passer and best prospect. Technically solid and quick, Watson is one of two 'foreigners' in the squad having been born in Manchester. Hurley hurls down the left hand side of the pitch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Back in mind! But not back in spirit 😢 Good luck with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Deisler26 said: Back in mind! But not back in spirit 😢 Good luck with this. Cheers - tell @ManUtd1 to check his forum messages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, smp20 said: Cheers - tell @ManUtd1 to check his forum messages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 February - March 2019 Update A mixed start, but one to be relatively happy with given our squad strength. This'll do for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 We are Cabinteely Football Club…and this is our story… Firstly, thank you for taking time to read this. We want you to join with us, on an exciting new venture. There is a lot to our story, but many chapters are yet to be written. These new chapters are going to be about you, the people of our area. This is your club. This is a club that we want everyone in the ‘Borough’ to be proud of. South Dublin is made up of dozens of football clubs and we endeavor to represent this great footballing area. We are delighted to have joined the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland 1st Division. The Football Association of Ireland has awarded Cabinteely Football Club a license to join the highest echelons of Irish football. We will be the first team from the Borough of Dun Laoghaire to play at this level. This is a part of history for our area. Cabinteely Football Club is now the largest football club in the country by player numbers. We proudly proclaim the club as a community club. We have and will always advocate ‘football for all’. One of our core strengths is the phenomenal community support that underpins our club. This announcement means that our players now have a pathway right through to senior football. This progression comes from years of enthusiasm and tireless effort from the community and the support it has received in that time. This venture is to be self-funding through its own sponsorship and various revenue streams. This ensures that the finances of the schoolboy and schoolgirl club are not compromised. The new company has established a board of directors who will be responsible for driving the success of the new team. We are ready to meet the challenge, we want and will be successful at this level. We want you to be part of and share in our success. We want to bring new, fresh and exciting ideas into football. Supporters are the heartbeat of any club. We want and need you to encourage support for us. We ask you to join us, to rally together, in bringing League of Ireland football to the ‘Borough’. This is a great opportunity for family and friends alike to get down to our games and cheer the guys on. It is interesting to see where this story started. Eighty years ago the team was not even known as Cabinteely, but rather they were commonly called ‘the Blues from Cabinteely’. In 1939, we won the Schoolboys League Cup. And what about this – the gate receipts for that cup final were £180? If you know that general admission prices were about about €0.03 in today’s money, that indicates a crowd of about 6,000. The most famous Cabinteely side included Peter Farrell (Peter scored the second goal when Ireland became the first country to beat England at home in 1949 and later went on to captain Ireland – perhaps we have another future Irish captain in the club today?). The Blues changed their name to Cabinteely Boys around 1950 and the current club was formed in 1967, as Auburn F.C., and began league football with only one team. In 1973 the club was renamed Cabinteely Boys F.C. The name was more recently changed to Cabinteely F.C., to reflect both the numbers of individual girl members and its excellent ladies teams. Fast-forward to today and there are now 55 teams. This is a mixture of school-boy teams, school-girl teams, a special needs team, a ladies team and now our first ever League of Ireland team. Now it’s time to start writing the latest chapters. It’s time to come together. Let’s do this. We are one. We are Cabo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Cabo - 2019 Season Review Bottom, 2nd Bottom, 3rd Bottom, 4th Bottom and now 5th Bottom. Gradual progress, and for now that's how I see this one going. We almost looked like snatching a playoff spot but a couple of bad results and we dropped all the way down to 2nd bottom going into the final game. League Table As you can see berween 3rd and 9th it was very tight! A loss in our final game would have meant a 2nd bottom finish. Shelbourne ran away with the league, while Wexford were the whipping boys. Results We started relatively well, but hit really bad form in April / May A mixed back throughout the rest of the season. Top goalscorer Clucas got injured vs Athlone and I can't help but wonder if we would have finished in the playoffs if we could have kept him fit for the run in. Player Stats We had a rather settled squad throughout the season, with players only really rotating in when our usual 11 were injured or suspended. Youth Intake Lots of 'potential' but hard to work out if thats good LOI 2nd tier standard or actually players who could progress higher than that. Not a bad first intake. Hayes looks alright, poor personality and pace of 7 worries me, but the rest of his atts aren't bad. O'Halloran to me looks like the best player of the intake - certainly the one closest to first team level. Clarke complete the trio of hot prospects - a traditional winger with pace and technique. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NF7 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 O'Halloran looks like he could be a decent center back one day. Good read so far, I'll be following this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 minute ago, NF7 said: O'Halloran looks like he could be a decent center back one day. Good read so far, I'll be following this! Cheers! Yeah he's definitely got the mental profile for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Here's the teams for this season, we're expected to struggle, though I'm surprised we're predicted to finish behind Wexford. Without Shelbourne this league looks wide open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 We couldn't afford his wage demands on new contract and he's decided to pursue a different path Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Well, that was an exciting one for a neutral!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Youth Intake 2020 Not a bad intake, but don't think we're gonna be upsetting the big boys of Irish football soon with these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 With the same squad and tactics, we find ourselves in a title run in!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Well, that's one way to bottle it Playoffs it is!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Chairman's a bit of an ungrateful git.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Sneak through to the final after a 4-3 aggregate win against Athlone, but we've got a very tough draw against Derry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 What a bonus, bet he's chuffed with that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Get in!!! Premier League here we come, Clukey steering us there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Finally another couple of upgrades Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Cabo 2020 Season Review Results Players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Judas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Drogheda and ourselves are expected to struggle. Dundalk and Cork have kept the title away from Dublin for the last 7 seasons between them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 25 minutes ago, smp20 said: Judas Blame the fans for voting Clucas POTY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Finally a win! But... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Corperial Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Cool read at this early stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Did Zak O'Neil give him the broken ankle? What a proper Judas! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 9 hours ago, enigmatic said: Blame the fans for voting Clucas POTY He was long gone before the vote so can't blame the fans. Just his greed. 6 hours ago, David Corperial said: Cool read at this early stage. Cheers 5 hours ago, Deisler26 said: Did Zak O'Neil give him the broken ankle? What a proper Judas! Haha - no he's been limited to u19s football. Unlucky Zak!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 So you relegated those naughty Derry Girls! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 23/03/2019 at 11:58, phnompenhandy said: So you relegated those naughty Derry Girls! Oh yes, and unlike the one other time in history they got relegated where they came straight back up they look like they're destined for mid-table obscurity! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Youth Intake 2021 Another golden generation...but is it? All decent potential, but lacking in current ability and lots of poor personalities / determination. A very good prospect, wish he wasn't a keeper but beggars can't be choosers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Cabo 2021 Season Review We managed to get the job done, staying up, but it wasn't an exciting season by any stretch. Results Not too much to say, asides from an awful March and early exits in all the cups it was a bunch of mixed results. League Table Sligo were the surprise at the top, while Waterford were the surprise at the bottom. 17 points from relegation is a great position to be in but we're well off the top teams. Player Stats Rob Manley became our number 9 while Clucas was injured so he managed to get into double figures. Player of the season was our keeper McGuinness, who at 4.5* is rated as a good first division player, showing the (lack of) quality of our team! Facilities Good JC and above average YR is a really good step in the right direction, hopefully we can get a 'star' or two soon. Finances With nearly £60k in the bank we're in the best position we've been in sincd the startt of the save. Not exactly the kind of many to make any big upgrades or go pro though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 We're expected to struggle again. Although it's been a while since a Dublin side won the league, the capital takes up 6 out of the 10 sides after UCD's promotion! Good news for us as we get 'big' crowds for the Dublin games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Youth Intake 2022 Now this looks more like it!!! Byrne is the first player to come through that I genuinely believe will make a big difference Ryan looks like he will become a key centre back. Brady is a bit meh but 2* CA shouldn't be knocked. Moloney could develop into a well rounded defender. On the pitch.... Not so good.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Cabo 2022 Season Review Feckin awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Relegated and expected to finish near bottom of the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I love a good relegation, me. Reunited with the Derry Girls! Best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Oh, Cabinteely... One of the few clubs i still have nightmares about. I remember, back in the days, two of my friends and myself chose them to play simultaneously. And while both of them got promoted quickly, i stayed in second division for 5 or 6 years, missing promotion due last day bottle jobs or in playoffs, before finally getting sacked. Fun fact, one of those guys has won Europa League. And i still couldn't get promoted. Oh, how i started to hate this club... But best of luck to you. My rant has ended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 7 hours ago, phnompenhandy said: I love a good relegation, me. Reunited with the Derry Girls! Best of luck! Cheers - up against Derry in next game after a mixed start to the season 1 hour ago, Constantine said: Oh, Cabinteely... One of the few clubs i still have nightmares about. I remember, back in the days, two of my friends and myself chose them to play simultaneously. And while both of them got promoted quickly, i stayed in second division for 5 or 6 years, missing promotion due last day bottle jobs or in playoffs, before finally getting sacked. Fun fact, one of those guys has won Europa League. And i still couldn't get promoted. Oh, how i started to hate this club... But best of luck to you. My rant has ended. Well after relegation and struggle so far, I understand the frustrations of Cabo! Good to see I'm not the only one!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 New board, but it will make very little difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 ] Well, 9 months on after our spate, I face Gibson's Derry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Youth Intake 2023 O'Keeffe is something special, destined to become one of the best players in Ireland. Nearly bankrupting the club with our youth setup is feeling a bit better now! A quality TM type forward. We don't use either a TM or AMC...do we look to change the system? Casey is a very good CB prospect. We're full of strikers!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deego619 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Interesting start, I always like following your careers! I've played in this league over a number of editions and I've found that all out attack seems to be the way to go, are you still using Sacchi like tactics? It's funny to see that Wexford are the perennial whipping boys in this country. I'm about 6 seasons in with St. Pats and they've finished bottom of the first division every year except one. They did have a senior cup run to the semi finals one year though where I beat them. That regen looks fantastic for that level (and the one above). Hopefully he can be the catalyst for your return to the top flight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, JDeeguain said: Interesting start, I always like following your careers! I've played in this league over a number of editions and I've found that all out attack seems to be the way to go, are you still using Sacchi like tactics? It's funny to see that Wexford are the perennial whipping boys in this country. I'm about 6 seasons in with St. Pats and they've finished bottom of the first division every year except one. They did have a senior cup run to the semi finals one year though where I beat them. That regen looks fantastic for that level (and the one above). Hopefully he can be the catalyst for your return to the top flight. Cheers, glad you enjoy following! I've been using out the box 4-3-3 gegenpress throughout the save, though I switched to a 4-2-3-1 to accommodate O'Keeffe in his best role. May need to re-think in the new season but We've definitely been going for it rather than holding out. If I were to get sacked from Cabinteely I think I'd have to jump over to Wexford to see if I can change that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Cabo 2023 Season Review We managed to shake off our early season poor form to grab a place in the playoffs but this time it wasn't to be. Bray face Derry, who will then face UCD for a place in the top flight. Bray got to the final vs UCD but the students kept their place. Galway replace Limerick, I'm hoping we can get playoffs again and get lucky. Some of our young prospects are starting to shine through ahead of the original squad - O'Halloran, Doherty, Moloney, Ryan and Byrne all now regular first teamers with the latter our top scorer. Fox and Clucas are still performing above their means. We've got the best junior setup in the country, but it's come at a price... That's a lot of debt for a small club!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Always great when you see this happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Signs that he's a top talent when English sides are already interested....but also a sign he's going to be incredibly difficult to keep hold of! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deego619 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Gotta do the old 5 year + 3 year optional/slave labour deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 47 minutes ago, JDeeguain said: Gotta do the old 5 year + 3 year optional/slave labour deal Best I could offer was a 2 year deal + 1 year add on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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