Football at St. Eithne's

A Short History

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Updated October 2011

St. Eithne's opened in 1998 with 7 class groups and 8 teachers. Although our oldest children were Primary 4 we started out with a Primary 4 football club.

Football has always been high on our playground agenda and we have always allowed the children to play football on allocated areas on the large playground at break time and lunchtime. .

2000/2001

 

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It wasn't until 2000/2001 when the oldest children were in Primary 6 that we had our first matches. Most of these were friendly matches to give the children a chance to experience competition before they entered the league the following year. The very first match was a gaelic match against Pennyburn P.S. and this was a great occasion.

To read our match report click here

2001/2002

Mr Meehan gives the half time talk to the team. From Left: Ciaran, Steven, Kealan,, Anthony, Darren, Thomas, Paul, Shaun,.......... , Gavin and Jason

In 2001/2002 we entered the Small schools league. . At this time we had two small Primary 7 classes and one P.6 class. Mr Meehan and the children did a great job winning some, losing some and getting a couple of draws in their first venture into inter-school soccer competitions.

 

2002/2003
In this year we see that we are gradually improving. With only one Primary 7 and one Primary 6 class we end up in the middle of the league.

Back row: Ciaran, Jim, Conal, Cori, Aaron, Kevin, Keifer, Kiefer & Conor.

Front Row: Edward,   John, Cormac, Aaron, Paul, Aodhan, James, Stephen & Conor

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2003/2004
In the year 2002/2003 We had only one Primary seven class but we managed to put a team of P.7's and 6's together and did okay in the league. Mr Meehan and the children managed to come third or fourth in the league the table by the end of the league. At one stage we were leading the field.

Back row: Cormac K, Stephen G, Jamie, Conor C, Cory, Ryan, Stephen T, Jonathan D & Joseph O.

Front Row: Nathan B,   Shaun-Pau B, John M, John Ma, Lee Mc, Ben K & Kevin B.

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2004/2005
With a huge task of organising computing at St. Eithne's Mr Meehan handed over control of the team into capable hands of Mr Feeney.

League & Cup Winners

Back row:    Mr Cosgrove, Stephen Kenny (Derry City Manager) & Mr Feeney

Middle Row: Colin, Darren, Lee, Blaine, Conor, Jamie, Matthew, Martin, Shaun-Paul & Tamar.

Front Row:   Rory, Ben, Conor, Ryan, Nathan, Jordan & Kevin..

This was a year when things took off for the team. They won the double in the small schools league and cup. Mr Feeney and the children never lost a match and Steven Kenny (Derry City FC Manager) came to the school to present the trophies.

2005/2006

Well done to the boys of football team. They were runners-up in the City 5-aside indoor football competition on Friday 5 May.

Back: Conor B., Sean Mc G., Sean-Paul B., Ciaran R., Conor C. Christopher G., Ryan H.
Front: Liam Mc I., Damien Q., Lee Mc., Thomas H., Mark Mc G., Brendan D., Gerald F.

Front: Lee W., Gerard F., Sean Mc G.
Back: Liam Mc, Ryan H., Thomas H., Sean-Paul B. & Conor C.
St.Eithne’s So Close!
St. Eithne’s were so close to winning the Derry and District Schools’ 5-Aside Cup last Friday but sadly it ended in a slight disappointment.
 The team battled through the league stage of the competition and needed to win their last match to qualify for the semi finals. Amazingly, they lost to a battling Model team which then sent St Eithne’s into a nail-biting playoff against Rosemount PS. They eventually reached final spot and were against Ebrington P.S. The match went into Golden Goal extra time and Ebrington got a disputed penalty and the dream died.
2006/2007

Back row: Aaron, Gerald, Martin, Paul, Jordan, Emmett, Kristian, Michael.

Front Row: Paul, Jordan, Ryan, Damien, Shaun & Quentin.

This team made a fair effort in the league this year. However, there were quite a lot of Primary 6 boys in the team and Mr Feeney was pinning our hopes on developing them for a better run out next year.

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