Story of the Season: The Firsts

The most frequently selected team for the firsts in 2017/18, based on minutes played.

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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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 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