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Story of the Season: The Firsts

17/5/2017

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The firsts recovered from a terrible start to their league season in LSL Major 1B to surge through the division with a brilliant streak of form in the second half of their campaign, only to fall agonisingly short of a top-three finish and promotion.

There was no shortage of goals in Seaford's early-season matches. The campaign began with a 3-3 draw at home against St James's Gate, a match that was lit up by a stunning Tyrone McNelis volley to open the scoring, before Paul Lydon poached a late equaliser for Seaford. There followed an extraordinary 6-7 defeat at home to Kilnamanagh, before an inexperienced Seaford side suffered a heavy defeat at Beggsboro. A first win arrived against Clontarf, Harry Crowe's six-minute hat-trick turning the game on its head in the final stages, but three straight league defeats plunged Seaford into  the relegation zone, marring the dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Verona in the Leinster Junior Cup.

The appointment of Stephen Faherty as the new first team manager proved to be the turning point of the season. Although Faherty's first couple of matches resulted in cup defeats, there was an immediate upturn in league form, with an impressive away win at Hartstown Huntstown followed up by a battling victory at home to Greenhillls.

There was a setback in the form of a 2-3 reverse against Ringsend Rovers before a brilliant streak of seven wins from eight put Seaford right in promotion contention, with Crowe netting at a rate in excess of a goal a game, and the defence making an equally important contribution, with skipper Fionn Lawlor reinventing himself as a centre back, alongside Alan Brennan or Stephen Kelly.

A disappointing display away at Greenhills - and three points dropped against the relegation-battlers - would prove decisive in the final outcome, even though the team bounced back by staying unbeaten in its final six matches. Those included a superb double home and away against champions-elect Booth Road Celtic, as well as a comfortable win over Leixlip and a battling win at St James's Gate.

But ultimately, Seaford's poor start left them with slightly too much ground to make up, even though overall it was a season during which the club took a step forward in quality, giving plenty of grounds for encouragement for the next campaign.

Results & Match Reports 2016/17

Date

Competition

Opposition

 

 

 

Goalscorers

Report

20 Aug 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

St James’s Gate

H

3-3

D

McNelis, Crowe, Lydon

Link

22 Aug 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Kilnamanagh

H

6-7

L

McNelis (2), Crowe (2), Faherty, o.g.

Link

27 Aug 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Beggsboro

A

1-5

L

Finnegan

 

3 Sep 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Clontarf

H

5-3

W

Johnson-Barker, L Kelly, Crowe (3)

Link

10 Sep 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Clontarf

A

0-2

L

 

Link

17 Sep 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Home Farm

A

1-4

L

Crowe

 

24 Sep 16

LFA Junior Cup

Verona

A

0-0*

D

 

Link

1 Oct 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Mount Merrion

H

2-3

L

Crowe, Sullivan

Link

8 Oct 16

LFA Junior Cup

St Mochta’s

A

2-7

L

Crowe, Sullivan

 

15 Oct 16

Noel Ryan Cup

Swords Celtic

A

1-3

L

Farrelly

 

22 Oct 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Hartstown Huntstown

A

4-2

W

Crowe (2), Connolly, J O’Neill

Link

29 Oct 16

Carroll Cup

Booth Road Celtic

A

3-4

L

Connolly, O’Neill, Crowe

 

5 Nov 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Greenhills Greenpark

H

3-2

W

Crowe (2), Lydon

 

19 Nov 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

RIngsend Rovers

H

2-3

L

Lydon, Lawlor

 

26 Nov 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Beggsboro

H

4-2

W

M O’Neill, Connolly, J O’Neill, Crowe

Link

2 Dec 16

LSL Sat Major 1B

Phoenix

A

3-0

W

Crowe (3)

Link

14 Jan 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Kilnamanagh

A

1-0

W

S Kelly

Link

21 Jan 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Leixlip United

A

0-2

L

 

 

28 Jan 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Home Farm

H

3-1

W

Connolly, McNelis (2)

Link

11 Feb 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Lucan United

A

3-1

W

Crowe, J O’Neill, O’Fatharta

Link

18 Feb 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Phoenix

H

5-0

W

McNelis, Tansey, Crowe, Connolly (2)

Link

25 Feb 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Hartstown Huntstown

H

2-1

W

Higgins, Crowe

 

1 Apr 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Greenhills Greenpark

A

1-2

L

Crowe

 

8 Apr 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Ringsend Rovers

A

1-1

D

Higgins

 

10 Apr 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Booth Road Celtic

H

2-1

W

Crowe, o.g.

Link

22 Apr 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Lucan United

H

0-0

D

 

 

29 Apr 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Leixlip United

H

3-1

W

Mulhall (2), o.g.

 

6 May 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

St James’s Gate

A

2-1

W

Crowe, Mulhall

Link

15 May 17

LSL Sat Major 1B

Booth Road Celtic

A

3-1

W

J O’Neill, M O’Neill, O’Fatharta

Link

   *AET. Seaford won 5-3 on penalties

Player Statistics 2016/17

Player

App

Gls

Ass

Yel

Red

Mins

Harry Crowe

27

24

11

1

0

2368

Paul Tansey

23

1

4

1

0

2012

Fionn Lawlor

23

1

3

1

0

1923

Mike O'Neill

21

2

1

2

0

1787

Darragh Connolly

24

6

8

2

0

1754

James O'Neill

21

5

7

2

0

1596

Paul Lydon

23

3

3

1

0

1368

Fionn Geoghegan

18

0

5

1

0

1364

Oisin Geoghegan

15

0

0

0

0

1350

Alan Brennan

14

0

0

3

1

1184

Piers Shelton

16

0

3

0

0

987

Stephen Kelly

12

1

1

3

0

939

Jim Nolan

12

0

1

0

0

822

Tyrone McNelis

9

6

6

0

0

777

Eoin English

8

0

0

1

0

720

Theo Cullinane

12

0

1

0

0

597

Steve Kane

11

0

0

2

0

583

Neil Harrington

6

0

0

0

0

526

Dylan O'Reilly

6

0

1

1

0

518

Dave Higgins

7

2

0

1

0

504

Luke Kelly

5

1

1

1

0

450

Donal Howley

7

0

0

0

0

411

Darragh Roche

7

0

1

1

0

382

Paidi O'Fatharta

10

2

1

1

0

339

Mark O'Brien

5

0

0

0

0

316

Chris Monk

7

0

1

0

0

297

David Devaney

4

0

1

0

0

293

Frank Mulhall

5

3

1

0

0

245

Ben McAuley

4

0

0

0

0

238

Mark Sullivan

3

2

0

0

0

232

Stephen Johnson-Barker

3

1

0

0

0

215

Marc Smith

5

0

0

1

0

213

Paddy Farrelly

5

1

0

1

0

202

Stephen Faherty

3

1

2

0

0

200

Conor Geoghegan

4

0

0

0

1

196

Barry Kirwan

2

0

0

0

0

195

Darren Grealish

3

0

0

0

0

148

Adam Finnegan

3

1

0

0

0

128

Jimmy Hussey

1

0

0

0

0

90

MJ Tierney

2

0

0

0

0

67

Andy Roe

1

0

0

0

0

65

Amer Herenda

1

0

0

0

0

55

James Thompson

1

0

0

1

0

45

Denis Donnelly

1

0

0

0

0

45

Stephen Nolan

1

0

0

0

0

42

Coly McCarron

1

0

0

0

0

26

David Mackey

1

0

0

0

0

20

John O'Brien

1

0

0

0

0

15

Carl Doyle

2

0

0

0

0

14

 

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