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Seaford Rock United
2014/2015 Season

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First Team Manager: Alan Burns
Second Team Manager: Paddy Hughes

First Team Player of the Year: Mark Hanratty
First Team Top Goalscorer: Mark Hanratty (7)
First Team - Most Assists:
Harry Crowe (6)

Second Team Player of the Year:  
Matt Tappin
Second Team Top Goalscorer: Gav Greene (9)
Second Team - Most Assists: Shane Laurtisch (9)

(See below for full season stats and match details)

Story of the Season: First Team
It was a difficult season for the first team, who struggled to overcome the departure of key players Neil Harrington and Ian MacHugh the previous summer. It seemed to have been a positive start to the campaign, with a 4-2 win over Crumlin United, but that result was ultimately expunged when the home side withdrew from the league.

Seaford endured a lousy autumn, with a string of poor defeats interrupted only by a handful of scrappy draws. Matters were exacerbated by season-ending injuries suffered before Christmas by Dan Kiely, Paddy Blaney and Paul McPhillips.

Whilst the team's home form was very poor, Seaford showed a lot for fight on the road, earning a gutsy 2-1 win over Jobstown Celtic courtesy of goals by Peter Glynn and Matt Tappin, before brilliant fightbacks against eventual champions Inchicore Athletic (when Paul Murphy and Barry Lowry both scored in the final five minutes) and Manortown United (with Darragh Connolly netting a stunning 87th minute winner).

The side enjoyed some brief respite with an impressive against Major side Eblana in the Cullen Cup, but were knocked by Liffey Wanderers at the quarter final stage. Steve Kane thought he'd scored a briliant winner with his 82nd minute free kick, but was dismissed for his over-exuberent celebration, and Liffeys grabbed a late equaliser before eventually prevailing 4-3 after extra time.

Consecutive wins over Blessington and Athy Town seemed to have given the side some breathing space in their battle against relegation, but Seaford endured a terrible end to the season, losing five of the last six. A Stephen Faherty-inspired win over Jobstown, combined with an equally dreadful close to the season from Athy, was enough to ensure the club avoided the drop.​



First Team Matches 2014/15

Date

Competition

Opposition

 

 

 

Goalscorers

19 Aug 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Crumlin Utd

A

4-2

W

Dolan, Sullivan, Hanratty, Blaney

23 Aug 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Mullingar Ath

A

2-3

L

Dolan, Hyland

26 Aug 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Castle Park

A

1-1

D

Sullivan

31 Aug 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Inchicore Ath

H

3-3

D

Kiely (2), o.g

14 Sep 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Liffey Valley Rgrs

H

1-7

L

O’Neill

21 Sep 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Rathmichael Shankill

A

1-1

D

Hyland

28 Sep 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Hartstown Huntstown

H

1-4

L

O’Neill

5 Oct 14

Polikoff Cup

Liffey Valley Rgrs

A

0-2

L

 

12 Oct 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Ardmore Rovers

H

0-2

L

 

19 Oct 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Ballyoulster Utd

A

1-2

L

Hanratty

1 Nov 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Jobstown Celtic

A

2-1

W

Glynn, Tappin

23 Nov 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Blessington FC

A

1-3

L

Connolly

28 Nov 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Inchicore Ath

A

2-2

D

Murphy, Lowry

12 Dec 14

LSL Sun Maj 1

Ardmore Rovers

A

2-2

D

Barrett, Lowry

9 Jan 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Manortown Utd

A

3-2

W

Hanratty, Murphy, Connolly

1 Feb 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Castle Park

H

0-0

D

 

8 Feb 15

Cullen Cup

Glenmore Eblana

A

2-1

W

Hanratty, Barrett

15 Feb 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Athy Town

H

3-4

L

Crowe, Hanratty, Murphy

22 Feb 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Mullingar Ath

H

2-4

L

Murphy (2)

2 Mar 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Blessington Fc

H

5-3

W

Sullivan, Hanratty, O’Huiginn, Faherty, Kane

13 Mar 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Athy Town

A

2-0

W

Connolly, Crowe

22 Mar 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Rathmichael Shankill

H

0-5

L

 

29 Mar 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Ballyoulster Utd

H

0-3

L

 

8 Apr 15

Cullen Cup

Liffey Wanderers

H

3-4*

L

Crowe, Kane, Sullivan

12 Apr 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Jobstown Celtic

H

3-1

W

Faherty (2), Lydon

26 Apr 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Manortown Utd

H

1-2

L

Hanratty

28 Apr 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Hartstown Huntstown

A

0-2

L

 

1 May 15

LSL Sun Maj 1

Liffey Valley Rgrs

A

1-4

L

Crowe

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First Team Stats - 2014/15

Player

App

Gls

Ass

Yel

Red

Mins

Mark Hanratty

25

7

0

4

0

1986

Edd Ryan

19

0

2

8

1

1718

Jim Nolan

20

0

2

0

0

1714

John Power

19

0

0

1

0

1692

Mike O'Neill

22

2

0

2

0

1579

Paddy Costello

16

0

1

4

1

1388

Harry Crowe

16

4

6

0

0

1376

Caoimhin Fahy

15

0

0

2

0

1339

Steve Kane

23

2

3

1

1

1324

Mark Sullivan

17

4

3

2

0

1185

Darragh Connolly

13

3

3

1

0

1147

Paul Murphy

13

5

3

1

0

1098

Rory O'Huiginn

17

1

0

1

0

1059

Collie Dolan

14

2

2

0

0

901

Dave Devaney

10

0

1

0

0

896

Barry Lowry

14

2

2

1

0

883

Barry Shortt

9

0

0

0

0

752

Paul McPhillips

8

0

1

0

0

668

Steve Hyland

8

2

1

3

0

636

Stephen Faherty

11

3

2

1

0

616

Collie Barrett

8

2

1

1

1

541

Stephen Nolan

6

0

0

1

0

540

Paddy Blaney

6

1

2

0

0

436

John Bannon

5

0

0

0

0

396

Owen Fennell

7

0

1

1

0

349

Paul Lydon

4

1

0

0

0

340

Stephen Robinson

6

0

0

1

0

324

Peter Glynn

4

1

0

0

0

264

Gavin Greene

4

0

1

0

0

187

Dan Kiely

2

2

0

0

0

127

Matt Tappin

5

1

0

0

0

125

Jamie Brennan

3

0

0

2

0

114

Mike Frawley

1

0

0

0

0

90

Ryan Scollard

1

0

0

0

0

41

Colin Kane

1

0

1

0

0

22

Peter Dillon

1

0

0

0

0

12

Darragh Roberts

1

0

0

0

0

6

Barry Kirwan

1

0

0

0

0

6

 

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Story of the Season: Second Team
It was always going to be a tough task for the seconds to replicate the excitement of their previous campaign, which ended with victory in the Arthur Lynch Cup, and not for the first time in recent seasons, they made very poor start, losing five straight games after a Colm Condon hat-trick had secured an opening day win over Terenure.

The ship was steadied by two big wins over Park Vale and Laytown United in consecutive away matches. Pacey striker Gav Greene scored in each of his first five appearances for the club, as Paddy Hughes's men made it six wins out of seven in all competitions.

But things went badly wrong from that point onwards, with a draw against Carriglea being the only time the side avoided defeat in the next ten, a run which included some heavy defeats as injuries and unavailability took their toll.

Some pride was restored with four wins out of the last five, the last of which over Beechhill United was memorable for a breathtaking left-footed striker by player of the season Matt Tappin, but overall it was a season to forget for the second team.

Second Team Matches - 2014/15

Date

Competition

Opposition

 

 

 

Goalscorers

24 Aug 14

LSL Sun Div2

Terenure

H

3-2

W

Condon (3)

31 Aug 14

LSL Sun Div2

Dundrum

A

1-3

L

Lauritsch

7 Sep 14

LSL Sun Div2

St Mark’s Celtic

A

3-4

L

Roberts, Kiely, Sullivan

14 Sep 14

LSL Sun Div2

Loughshinny Utd

H

1-2

L

Byrne

28 Sep 14

LSL Sun Div2

Spartak Dynamo

A

2-5

L

Glynn (2)

5 Oct 14

LSL Sun Div2

Queen’s Park

H

1-2

L

Greene

19 Oct 14

LSL Sun Div2

Parkvale

A

6-0

W

Tappin, O’Huiginn, Lauritsch, Glynn, Green, o.g.

26 Oct 14

LSL Sun Div2

Hartstown Huntstown

H

1-5

L

Greene

2 Nov 14

LSL Sun Div2

Laytown United

A

9-1

W

Connolly (3), Greene (2), Tappin, Crowe, Lauritsch, Stewart-Moore

9 Nov 14

LSL Sun Div2

Beechhill Utd

H

2-0

H

Crowe, Glynn

30 Nov 14

LSL Sun Div2

Confey

A

4-0

W

O’Neill, O’Huiginn, Lydon (2)

7 Dec 14

LSL Sun Div2

Park Vale

H

7-1

W

O’Neill (2), Lydon (2), Kirwan, Kane, Laurtisch

25 Jan 15

Lynch Cup

Confey

A

2-1

W

Devaney (2)

1 Feb 15

LSL Sun Div2

Glasnevin

H

1-2

L

Connolly

8 Feb 15

LSL Sun Div2

Carriglea

A

2-2

D

Dolan, Lydon

15 Feb 15

LSL Sun Div2

Woods United

A

1-3

L

Tappin

22 Feb 15

Lynch Cup

Carriglea

H

2-4

L

Faherty, Greene

8 Mar 15

LSL Sun Div2

Valeview Shankill

H

1-2

L

Lydon

15 Mar 15

LSL Sun Div2

Dundrum Athletic

H

2-4

L

O’Neill, Tappin

22 Mar 15

LSL Sun Div2

St Mark’s Celtic

H

2-5

L

O’Riordan, Duff

9 Apr 15

LSL Sun Div2

Valeview Shankill

A

3-6

L

Kiely (2), Robinson

12 Apr 15

LSL Sun Div2

Spartak Dynamo

H

0-6

L

 

16 Apr 15

LSL Sun Div2

Carriglea

H

3-8

L

Greene (3)

19 Apr 15

LSL Sun Div2

Confey

H

3-0

W

Barrett, Lowry, Faherty

28 Apr 15

LSL Sun Div2

Queen’s Park

A

3-2

W

Glynn, Kiely, Robinson

3 May 15

LSL Sun Div2

Glasnevin

A

2-3

L

Kane, Herenda

5 May 15

LSL Sun Div2

Woods United

H

1-0

W

Sullivan

8 May 15

LSL Sun Div2

Beechill Utd

A

3-1

W

Faherty, Devaney, Tappin

 

Second Team Stats - 2014/15

Player

App

Gls

Ass

Yel

Red

Mins

Matt Tappin

23

5

4

9

0

1982

Shane Lauritsch

23

4

9

2

0

1790

Stephen Nolan

16

0

1

0

0

1440

Barry Kirwan

20

1

0

3

0

1410

Stephen Harding

18

0

0

1

0

1366

Amer Herenda

16

1

0

3

0

1301

Darren Grealish

16

0

0

0

0

1133

Dave Devaney

13

3

2

1

0

980

Stephen Robinson

11

2

5

0

0

924

Ross O'Riordan

15

1

3

0

0

809

Stephen Faherty

9

3

3

3

0

757

Mike O'Neill

9

4

1

2

0

716

Barry Shortt

8

0

0

2

1

697

Gavin Greene

8

9

5

1

0

647

Collie Barrett

9

1

1

1

0

594

Peter Glynn

8

5

1

0

0

593

Rory O'Huiginn

7

2

3

0

0

590

Owen Fennell

9

0

2

1

0

569

Barry Lowry

7

1

2

0

1

552

John Bannon

7

0

1

0

0

511

Dan Kiely

6

4

0

0

0

506

Stephen Murphy

6

0

0

2

0

480

Darragh Roberts

5

1

0

0

0

450

Paul Lydon

8

6

3

0

0

445

Steve Kane

5

2

4

0

0

422

Edd Ryan

4

0

0

0

0

360

Gordon Baird

6

0

0

0

0

357

Mark Sullivan

6

2

1

0

0

352

Caoimhin Fahy

4

0

0

0

0

339

Ollie FitzGerald

4

0

2

0

0

315

Keith Murphy

5

0

0

0

0

311

Colum Condon

3

3

2

0

0

270

Dave McGovern

3

0

0

0

0

270

Fionn Geoghegan

3

0

1

0

0

270

John Power

3

0

0

1

0

219

Paddy Hughes

4

0

0

0

0

211

Ger Byrne

2

1

0

1

0

180

James Edmondson

2

0

0

0

0

180

Paul Murphy

2

0

0

0

0

180

Darragh Connolly

2

4

2

0

0

180

Harry Crowe

2

2

1

0

0

152

Simon McGirr

3

0

0

0

0

143

Baz Keane

1

0

0

0

0

90

Tommy Crichlow

1

0

0

0

0

90

Niall Duff

1

1

0

0

0

90

Donal Howley

1

0

0

0

0

90

Oisin Geoghegan

1

0

0

0

0

90

Jim Nolan

1

0

0

0

0

90

Patrick Murtagh

1

0

0

0

0

75

Eric Stewart-Moore

2

1

1

0

0

73

Mark Hanratty

1

0

0

1

0

72

Frank Mulhall

2

0

0

0

0

66

Barry Lyons

1

0

0

0

0

63

Paul McPhillips

1

0

0

1

0

58

Peter Barry

1

0

0

0

0

42

Steve Hyland

1

0

0

1

0

28

Barry O'Shaughnessy

1

0

0

0

0

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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