St. Kevin's Boys F.C.

For the Australian rules football club, see St Kevin's Old Boys Football Club.

St Kevins Football Club
Nickname(s)SKB
Founded1959 (1959)
GroundShanowen Road
Coordinates53°23′20″N 6°15′01″W / 53.3888°N 6.2504°W / 53.3888; -6.2504
LeagueDDSL LSL
Websitestkfc.ie

St. Kevin's Boys Football Club, is an association football club in four locations in Dublin 9 and in The Ward, County Dublin, Ireland,[1] with more than 40 schoolboy teams who play in the Dublin District Schoolboys League and a number of senior sides who play in the Leinster Senior League.[2]

The club uses playing facilities at Ellenfield Park, Shanowen Road, St. Aidan's CBS, Ward Cross, the Royal College of Surgeons Cloghran, Collinstown, Hampstead Park, and Coolgrena.

In 2018, St. Kevin's entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with Bohemians.[3]

History

Foundation and development

Founded in 1959, by Fr. Des Williams, the club grew into one of the biggest schoolboy clubs in the country, with a number of players progressing on to full time careers in England, and played for the Irish International side.[4] Playing in Ellenfield Park, beside Whitehall Church. In 1984 the club built the clubhouse and hall in Larkhill. In the 2000s, the club developed an all-weather pitch on Shanowen Road, adjacent to their clubhouse in Larkhill.

Academy cup

To commemorate their 50th year, in 2009, the club started the invitational annual St. Kevins Boys Club Academy Cup, which has hosted youth sides (under-13) from many of the best sides in Europe.[5] Academy sides from Ajax,[6] Arsenal, Benfica,[7] Barcelona, Celtic, Deportivo La Coruna, Borussia Dortmund, Genk, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympique Lyonnais, Real Madrid, and West Bromwich Albion have participated in the competition over the years.[8]

Bohemians academy agreement

In 2018, St. Kevins Boys entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with Bohemians. The academy has U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams which all play in the FAI Underage National League.

Notable former players

References

  1. ^ Location Archived 28 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine St Kevins Football Club. Retrieved: 2023-03-27.
  2. ^ "ST KEVINS BOYS CLUB YOUR CLUB – TEAMS". skbfc.yourclub.ie. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ BOHEMIANS AND ST KEVIN'S BOYS AGREE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY PARTNERSHIP Archived 30 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine bohemianfc.com
  4. ^ History Archived 10 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine St. Kevins Boys Football Club.
  5. ^ How St Kevin’s Boys Club became the breeding ground for Ireland's most technical footballers Archived 19 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine by Dion Fanning, www.sportsjoe.ie
  6. ^ St Kevins Boys Academy Cup 2014 The Coach Diary.
  7. ^ St Kevin's Boys tournament returns this Easter Archived 19 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine March, 2015, www.fai.ie
  8. ^ St Kevins Boys 2018 Academy Cup Launch Archived 19 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Dublin Gazette, February 12, 2018.
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