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Story of the Season: The Seconds

23/5/2018

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PictureThe most frequently selected team, based on minutes played
Seaford enjoyed a strong finish to the 2017/18 campaign to secure a top-half finish in LSL Division 3.

Tony Bennett got off to a brilliant start as second team manager with two away wins in the space of three days, at Hyde Park and Pegasus St James’s, but the team hit the buffers with a resounding defeat in their first home match, against an Ayrfield United side who would go on blow away much of the division during the early part of the campaign.

The team had no luck in the two subsequent matches away to promotion contenders, conceding late goals to draw at Lorcan Celtic and lose at Ardmore Rovers, and overall they endured a rotten spell during the wintertime, picking up just two wins from 12, against relegation-bound Earl Celtic and DCU.

But the turning point of the season was a heroic away win over title-chasing Balbriggan at the end of March, with top goalscorer Peter Tierney smashing home a late penalty after Richie Mulholland had earlier opened the scoring.

That sparked a run of three straight away wins, the others being against Cloghertown United and Knockmitten United, and although the progress was stunted by another loss to Ayrfield and an unlucky home draw against Tymon Bawn, the team bounced back with a four-match winning streak, despatching Malahide United, Hyde, Knockmitten and Lorcan.

Among the key players during the run were defensive stalwarts Adam Finnegan, Matty Tappin and Robbie Murray, who benefited from protection from Amer Herenda, redeployed at the base of the midfield, and further forward Shane Lauritsch, David Devaney and Ryan Scollard were all in in superb form supplying the likes of Tierney, who finished the season with 12 goals.
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Although promotion was ultimately a bridge too far for Bennett’s man, 2017/18 represented another season of progression for a Seaford side which has developed a brilliant ability to triumph against the odds in recent years.

Second Team Matches 2017/18

Date

Competition

Opposition

 

 

 

Goalscorers

Report

26 Aug 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Hyde Park

A

3-1

W

Howley, Ralph, P Tierney

Link

28 Aug 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Pegasus / St James’s

A

1-0

W

Monk

Link

 

2 Sep 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Ayrfield United

H

1-6

L

P Tierney

Link

9 Sep 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Lorcan Celtic

A

2-2

D

O’Fatharta, C Murphy

 

16 Sep 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Ardmore Rovers

A

2-3

L

G Connolly (2)

 

23 Sep 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Cloghertown United

H

2-4

L

S Murphy, P Tierney

 

7 Oct 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Earl Celtic

H

6-2

W

Scollard (2), P Tierney (2), M Tierney, Murray

Link

14 Oct 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Tymon Bawn

A

1-3

L

Sullivan

 

28 Oct 17

LSL Sat Div 3

DCU

A

2-1

W

Scollard (2)

Link

4 Nov 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Balbriggan

H

1-1

D

Devaney

Link

11 Nov 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Malahide United

A

0-1

L

 

 

2 Dec 17

LSL Sat Div 3

Ardmore Rovers

H

2-2

D

P Tierney (2)

Link

27 Jan 17

Deane Cup

Mid Sutton Sportslink

H

2-5

L

O’Fatharta, C Barrett

Link

24 Feb 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Pegasus / St James’s

H

1-3

L

C Murphy

 

31 Mar 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Balbriggan

A

2-1

W

Mulholland, P Tierney

Link

14 Apr 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Cloghertown United

A

2-1

W

C Barrett, P TIerney

 

16 Apr 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Knockmitten United

A

2-0

W

P Tierney, Scollard

 

21 Apr 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Ayrfield United

A

1-4

L

Mackey

 

23 Apr 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Tymon Bawn

H

1-1

D

C Murphy

Link

28 Aor 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Malahide United

H

2-1

W

Lauritsch, Devaney

 

30 Apr 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Hyde Park

H

2-1

W

Tappin, Higgins

Link

12 May 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Knockmitten United

H

3-2

W

Devaney (2), S Kane

 

14 May 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Lorcan Celtic

H

3-0

W

P Tierney, Scollard, C Murphy

Link

19 May 18

LSL Sat Div 3

Earl Celtic

A

2-5

L

Devaney, Scollard

 

21 May 18

LSL Sat Div 3

DCU

H

3-3

D

Tierney, Kelly, Tansey

Link

 

Second Team Statistics 2017/18

Player

App

Gls

Ass

Yel

Red

Mins

Robbie Murray

20

1

2

0

2

1690

Peter Tierney

19

12

7

1

0

1620

Shane Lauritsch

21

1

5

0

0

1589

Darren Grealish

19

0

0

0

0

1487

Amer Herenda

17

0

1

0

0

1290

Matt Tappin

20

1

1

1

0

1263

Adam Finnegan

16

0

0

0

0

1236

Ryan Scollard

14

7

1

2

0

1201

David Devaney

16

5

2

2

0

1133

Eoin English

9

0

0

0

0

810

Stephen Kelly

8

1

1

0

0

695

Paidi O'Fatharta

11

2

4

0

0

597

Coly McCarron

12

0

1

1

0

576

Collie Barrett

7

2

3

0

0

511

Fionn Geoghegan

6

0

2

0

0

480

Donal Howley

6

1

2

0

0

471

Carl Doyle

15

0

4

0

0

453

Simon McGinty

5

0

0

0

0

450

Conan Murphy

6

4

0

0

0

403

Gavin Walsh

5

0

1

1

0

362

Steve Kane

5

1

1

0

0

356

Francis Mulhall

6

0

1

1

0

350

Stevie Murphy

5

1

0

0

0

317

Ian Nolan

5

0

0

0

0

310

Tony Bennett

5

0

0

0

0

304

Chris Monk

4

1

0

0

0

301

Jim Nolan

5

0

1

0

0

290

Karl Stakelum

5

0

0

0

0

278

Oisin Geoghegan

3

0

0

0

0

270

Mike O'Neill

5

0

1

0

0

267

Eoin Mahon

6

0

0

0

0

260

Mikey Kane

10

0

0

0

0

227

Alan Clarke

3

0

0

0

0

219

Shay Egan

4

0

0

0

0

216

Daire Ralph

6

1

0

0

0

212

Richard Barrett

3

0

0

0

0

208

Luke Ginnell

2

0

0

0

0

180

Paul Tansey

2

1

0

0

0

180

Robbie Moran

2

0

0

0

0

180

David Mackey

3

1

0

0

0

178

Gavin Stakelum

6

0

0

0

0

172

MJ Tierney

3

1

2

0

0

150

Mark Sullivan

2

1

0

0

0

147

Dave Higgins

2

1

0

0

0

135

Richie Mulholland

2

1

1

0

0

116

Garrett Connolly

1

2

0

0

0

90

Danny Redmond

1

0

0

0

0

90

Barry Kirwan

1

0

0

0

0

90

Stephen Faherty

2

0

0

0

0

82

Brian Mullally

2

0

0

0

0

78

Paul Lydon

1

0

0

0

0

73

Kevin Cunningham

1

0

0

0

0

28

Conor Geoghegan

2

0

0

0

0

23

JP Kennedy

2

0

0

0

0

15

Marc Smith

1

0

0

0

0

15

Rory O'Huiginn

1

0

0

0

0

9

 

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