Seaford Rock United
2017/2018 Season

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First Team Manager: John Downes, Alan Burns
Second Team Manager: Tony Bennett

First Team Player of the Year: Kohei Masaki
First Team Top Goalscorer: Kohei Masaki (9)
First Team - Most Assists: Kohei Masaki (8)

Second Team Player of the Year:  Shane Lauritsch
Second Team Top Goalscorer: Peter Tierney (12)
Second Team - Most Assists: Peter Tierney (7)

(See below for full season stats and match details)

Story of the Season: First Team
Seaford clung on to their place in Major 1B by the skin of their teeth after a tumultuous 2017/18 campaign.
 
The team didn't pick up a league win until November, finally breaking their duck in the seven match, a dramative 6-4 win over Clontarf courtesy of a hat-trick from star man Kohei Masaki. They had enjoyed some respite in the Leinster Junior Cup, eliminating Confey and Beggsboro before coming acropper against AUL outfit Columbas Rovers. 
 
A second 4-3 win over Beggsboro - this time in the league, and a draw at promotion-bound Tolka Rovers kept the team out of the drop zone going into the winter break, but the start of 2018 brought unlucky defeats against two relegation rivals in St James's Gate and Kilnamanagh, putting Seaford right back in the soup.
 
The team responded brilliantly with a five-game winning streak in all competitions, including a home and away double over Leixlip United and a 5-0 thrashing of Gate.
 
Those points proved crucial as the side's form collapsed at the end of season on the back of a heavy defeat at St Kevin's Boys in the Carroll Cup quarter final. Seaford picked up just one point from their final six league matches - and even that involved throwing away a 2-0 lead over St Mochta's with five minutes to play - but ultimately they had just enough to cling on to survival.
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First Team Matches 2017/18

Date	Competition	Opposition				Goalscorers	Report
24 Aug 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	CIE Ranch	A	0-0	D		Link
26 Aug 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Clontarf	A	2-2	D	McNelis, O’Neill	Link
9 Sep 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Rush Athletic	A	0-3	L		Link
16 Sep 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Tolka Rovers	H	1-1	D	O’Neill
23 Sep 17	LFA Junior Cup	Confey	A	3-1	W	Lydon, Monk, Walsh	Link
30 Sep 17	FAI Junior Cup	Rush Athletic	A	0-2	L		Link
7 Oct 17	LFA Junior Cup	Beggsboro	H	4-3*	W	G Connolly, D Connolly, Masaki, Tobin	Link
14 Oct 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Kilnamanagh AFC	A	0-2	L		Link
28 Oct 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Hartstown Huntstown	H	2-2	D	Monk, Masaki	Link
4 Nov 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Clontarf	H	6-4	W	Monk, Masaki (3), G Connolly, Sullivan	Link
11 Nov 17	Noel Ryan Cup	Bluebell United	A	0-3	L		Link
18 Nov 17	LFA Junior Cup	Columbas Rovers	H	1-2	L	Tobin
2 Dec 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Beggsboro	H	4-3	W	M Tierney (3), Higgins	Link
9 Dec 17	LSL Sat Major 1B	Tolka Rovers	A	1-1	D	D Connolly	Link
27 Jan 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	St James’s Gate	A	2-3	L	Masaki, G Connolly	Link
3 Feb 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	Kilnamanagh AFC	H	1-2	L	Higgins	Link
10 Feb 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	Leixlip United	A	2-1	W	Walsh, Roe	Link
17 Feb 18	Tom Carroll Cup	FC Transylvania	A	1-1**	D	D Connolly	Link
24 Feb 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	St James’s Gate	H	5-0	W	Masaki (2), G Connolly, D Connolly, M Tierney	Link
24 Mar 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	Leixlip United	H	3-1	W	MJ Tierney (2) Masaki	Link
31 Mar 18	Tom Carroll Cup	Clondalkin Celtic	H	2-0	W	Creevy, MJ Tierney	Link
14 Apr 18	Tom Carroll Cup	St Kevin’s Boys	A	1-5	L	Howley
21 Apr 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	St Mochta’s	A	2-4	L	G Connolly (2)	Link
26 Apr 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	CIE Ranch	A	2-3	L	MJ Tierney, Lydon	Link
28 Apr 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	St Mochta’s	H	2-2	D	P Tierney (2)	Link
10 May 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	Rush Athletic	H	0-3	L		Link
12 May 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	Beggsboro	A	0-4	L
19 May 18	LSL Sat Major 1B	Hartstown Huntstown	A	1-4	L	Monk	Link

*after extra time

** Seaford won 6-5 on penalties

First Team Stats - 2017/18

First Team Statistics 2017/18

Player	App	Gls	Ass	Yel	Red	Mins
Fionn Lawlor	24	0	1	2	0	2055
Darragh Connolly	22	4	2	1	0	1606
Fionn Geoghegan	20	0	2	0	0	1602
Paul Tansey	20	0	2	1	0	1547
Paul Lydon	20	2	4	0	0	1415
Kohei Masaki	16	9	8	0	0	1310
Alan Brennan	15	0	0	1	2	1264
Andy Roe	19	1	1	1	0	1217
Ian Nolan	13	0	1	2	0	1190
Chris Monk	16	4	6	0	0	1247
MJ Tierney	13	8	5	0	0	1092
Steve Kane	14	0	0	4	0	1005
Garrett Connolly	16	6	3	0	0	983
Simon McGinty	10	0	0	0	0	900
Dave Higgins	11	2	1	4	0	874
Donal Howley	10	1	0	0	0	760
Luke Ginnell	8	0	0	0	0	720
Eoin English	7	0	0	0	0	670
Peter Tierney	11	2	0	0	0	605
Conan Murphy	12	0	0	0	0	546
Conor Tobin	9	2	2	0	0	499
Mike O'Neill	8	2	0	1	0	490
Stephen Kelly	5	0	0	0	0	450
Adam Finnegan	8	0	0	1	0	395
Gavin Walsh	12	2	0	2	0	337
Mark Sullivan	5	1	2	0	0	294
Eoin Mahon	11	0	0	0	0	288
Richard Barrett	6	0	0	0	0	286
Robbie Creevy	4	1	1	1	0	254
Ryan Scollard	4	0	0	0	0	217
Denis Donnelly	5	0	1	0	0	210
David Mackey	6	0	0	0	0	187
Dylan O'Reilly	2	0	0	0	0	180
Richie Mulholland	5	0	0	1	0	151
Francis Mulhall	2	0	0	0	0	137
Shay Egan	2	0	0	0	0	135
Tyrone McNelis	2	1	0	0	0	123
Karl Stakelum	3	0	0	0	0	81
Jim Nolan	4	0	0	0	0	73
Shane Lauritsch	1	0	0	0	0	60
Amer Herenda	2	0	0	0	0	56
Collie Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	21
Matt Tappin	1	0	0	0	0	17
Coly McCarron	2	0	0	0	1	16
Alan Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	16
Colin Kane	1	0	0	1	0	10
Gavin Stakelum	1	0	0	0	0	9
Stevie Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	8
Piers Shelton	1	0	0	0	0	6
Carl Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	6
Andrew Howell	1	0	0	0	0	4
Brian Mullally	1	0	0	0	0	2

 

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Story of the Season: Second Team
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.
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Back row: Tony Bennett, David Devaney, Paul Tansey, Stephen Kelly, Robbie Moran, Matty Tappin, Robbie Murray, Adam Finnegan, Ryan Scollard Peter Tierney. Front: Darren Grealish, Shane Lauritsch, Colin Barrett, Amer Herenda, Donal Howley, Carl Doyle, Fionn Geoghegan

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 Stats - 2017/18

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