The more I watch schoolboy football the more I realise how lucky my generation were. Street football was our Lives, every day, every hour possible on a road, dodgy ball, 1v1 5v5 20v20 .. I haven’t seen a group of boys playing on a road in ten years .. what chance have we?🤷🏻
#fai
In the last week we had had two teams play in later stages of European qualifiers and one of the biggest music festivals this country stages
@EPfestival
and yet
@RTEsport
and rte fail to show one minute of either ? What in the name of game is our licence paying for ?
Opening weekend for new pitch . 2 Astro 2 full size grass two full size grass 9aside and 2 full size grass 7 aside now available to all our boys / girls and senior teams ⚽️🙌🏻
@DDSL_Official
@FAIreland
Our 2007 team have lost 5 players to league of Ireland 13s teams since jan 1st .. they now have 11 players and under rules are unable to sign any .. what a complete disgrace that the Ddsl / fai / SFAI have allowed this to happen .. and people call this progress?
Just to note this all possible because of Paul Martin our chairman and my pops . His single desire to create a football centre of excellence is how all this has happened 🙌🏻⚽️
Opening weekend for new pitch . 2 Astro 2 full size grass two full size grass 9aside and 2 full size grass 7 aside now available to all our boys / girls and senior teams ⚽️🙌🏻
@DDSL_Official
@FAIreland
Old men in administrator positions stopping young girls participating in underage football tournaments should tell you everything thats wrong in irish grassroots football
@DDSL_Official
@FAIreland
We are a Kildare club with over 5 different Gaa clubs in our locality. You can work together with these clubs to a point but to try build a football plan around when the Gaa doesn’t require players is crazy. Something needed to change.
#grassrootsfootball
#fai
The night Alan McLoughlin scored to get us to USA, my dad ran into the kitchen and rang my now deceased grandad, he was nearly crying and I could hear my grandad on other end the same, that moment is engrained in my memory of pure joy ...
#RIPAlan
#fai
#ireland
legend
Myself & Pops finally say farewell to our
#DDSl
2006 boys
an incredible journey with so many highs and so few lows
rep squads ,Loi and international caps, leagues cups and many memories
Best part has been pleasure to watch our young kids develop into incredible young men
#sfai
School boy football is gone .. too many people interested in elite only development .. the 2 or 3 Loi teams picking the best kids in country to move on and sell .. all the rest being discarded…. I’m happy to be stepping away from at end of year . Exhausting
What a minute? So not only will I be able to go indoors for a pint and my dinner , but none of these anti vax / anti mask / loons will be in there with me ? Jackpot
8 teams of 2006 kids deemed not elite already. A small tournament this weekend as no football for 2 more months. Rejected as no 30 day in advance event plan. For years I defended Ddsl , Sfai… what an idiot. So disappointed by these people
#fai
#ddsl
From the bro , what a shambles this isn’t on the tele , if viewing figures are issue I wonder what would increase popularity ?? Maybe showing a game ?
#loi
#rovers
The entire fabric of domestic football hangs in the balance and people think it’s time for a told you so .. DDSl / FAI / SFAI should all be disbanded and a new structure put in place manage a pathway from Under 6 up, former players and qualified coaches should manage this.
Another massive statement by
@LeixlipUnited
.. we understand that regardless of external factors , creating the best possible environment for kids from the age of 3 to be developed and mentored will mean we will always be instrumental to the future of Irish football
#fai
#sfai
What is happening at the moment with young 2006 boys is one of the worst things I have ever witnessed in my time involved in underage football .signed on empty promises , released after 8 months of football, nowhere to go and now left in limbo at 15. Devastating
#ddsl
#loi
@DDSL_Official
Egm in coming weeks .. Martin Loughran from Crumlin to run to join board .. I’d urge every single person involved in schoolboy football to make sure your club does everything to get this man on the current board
@crumlinunited
#ddsl
#fai
Back in the
@LeixlipUnited
academy today .. 2016 boys ( plus my little 2017 lad ) first year they will play teams .. mother of god the excitement and energy was unbelievable, until you coach the youngest groups you will never understand how much football can give you 🙌🏻⚽️
#ddsl
Great season for underage
#Loi
, particularly the 13s playing 14s , the 15s playing 17s, not forgetting the 17s playing 19s .. not so much the 14s Playing 14s 15s playing 15s and 17s playing 17s who are left out every week and have already been deemed not good enough ..
#elite
Mini league starts tonight, 600 players and 2500 spectators .. it’s been a tough 5 weeks of planning but hopefully this years tournament will be the best one yet.
@LeixlipUnited
@DDSL_Official
@FAIreland
Never forgave me for beating him to it in 2002 but think he did ok for himself after .. take a bow Wes, one of the most naturally gifted footballers we have produced
#weshoolahan
@McDonnellDan
KPIs
1 coFund every Loi club in country to build and own their own training facility.
2 provide grants for every schoolboy club in the country who runs any development academy (u3-u8 ) goals , balls , bibs etc
3
Subsidise all coaching courses , free club workshops.
Job done
I’m not buying the cars talk . Ryevale lawns Leixlip has a football pitch by the rye( even has real goal posts which we got built by tidy towns ) last 12 months I have never seen one game.. it’s phones, Xboxes and YouTube .. can’t dribble but can name a world 11 😭😭
Great to have lads up training last night, Sean and Luke heading away to Malta with Ireland u16s but always happy to come up to the place it all started from age of 5
@LeixlipUnited
⚽️⚽️
Very impressive presentation from
@FAIMarcCanham
tonight regarding 12 year plan ⚽️⚽️ obviously details to be ironed out but open honest and very well put together
5 days
@CHIatCrumlin
after bad burns. To say these people are heroes is an understatement , the kindness and feeling of safety they gave Ollie was just incredible. Over Christmas think about what these nurses and doctors are doing for our kids 🙌🏻
12months without football .. underage Loi returned last weekend , Sfai cups games played last weekend , LSL senior returns this week, DDSL returns in ……… 51DAYS !!! The mind boggles
#sfai
#fai
@SFAIreland
@SFIsupplement
Unbelievable goal today by Luke Kehir with Sean Mackey creating assist .. two Leixlip born boys respresenting
@stpatsfc
and our club
@LeixlipUnited
.
So proud.
@FAIreland
New Years resolution , stop getting into fights about underage football on twitter 😭😭 roll on 2023 and
@LeixlipUnited
completed pitch development and my new 2017 boys team… can’t wait for another cycle ⚽️🙌🏻
Weekends like this we are lucky ti have our two full size astros and 3 5aside Astro cages.
@LeixlipUnited
now to get teams to agree to switch fixture 😭😭
@DDSL_Official
Good luck and good riddance.
His impact has most certainly been big , he has left behind a shambles .. hopefully next director will better understand the culture of development for all clubs and kids.
#fai
Played a game today with 5 lads missing who needed to go get Covid jabs / one who was isolating .. a couple made second half . To hear teams call off games after 14 months cause 1 or 2 lads away is frustrating to hear, football unfortunately isn’t always fair , trust your squad
Delighted that
@AndrewOmobamid1
starts for
@NorwichCityFC
. Started at 5 and played until 16s before joining Norwich, incredibly he didn’t need to leave at 13 to be deemed elite .We are extremely proud of Andrew in
@LeixlipUnited
a real role model for our next generation.
@SFIsupplement
For years some select clubs have only operated with one top team.. we in
@LeixlipUnited
will cater for children of all levels and have up to 5 teams in one age category.. i would question parents sending children to clubs with no second / third group and then being surprised.
Went to Tesco maynooth , was perfect , food and supplies in abundance, only small queues , very relaxed .. please realise posting pictures of Empty shelves creates fear in people already petrified
I laugh that people are so shocked at what happens in an academy .. it is purely designed to identify the next club asset … loyalty does not exist .. fair play to palace for being so open and transparent
#footballdreams
@StFrancisFC
thanks today for hosting
@LeixlipUnited
16premier.. your lads played excellent .. first time out since development, it’s another unbelievable facility built by a club intent on kids development .. credit to committee and club 👍👍
@SFAIreland
#sfai
⌛️ Last minute
⚽️ Free-kick to Ireland
🎯 Up steps
@stpatsfc
’s Luke Kehir
This brilliant free-kick took the game vs The Netherlands to penalties which Ireland MU17s went on to win 7-6 💪🇮🇪
#IRLU17
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#COYBIG
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#WeAreOne
Just had to phone the fella who won €1000 on our Leixlip United Christmas draw .. I tell ya with all the madness going on in world it was such a nice feeling to be able to give someone good news ..delighted for him
Delighted this is finally being addressed .. men running leagues in this country for last 40 years with no interest in anything but fancy blazers / free lunches and Aviva tickets .. joke
@FAIreland
Delighted for
@LongfordTownFC
tonight, unbelievable amount of games this season where they lost a last minute goal, arguably promoted a season too early have done themselves proud this year ⚽️
No one involved in schoolboy football cares less about the Kennedy cup . This “deal” is to placate the regional league jackets .. it doesn’t in anyway address the much larger issue happening at present in underage football.
A working plan for schoolboy / underage Loi to coexist
A really good example of how our underage squads don’t always reflect potential, all great players at 16 but so tough to get to next level. Shoudl give any 16 year old today not in radar hope 🙌🏻⚽️
🇮🇪 | THE MU19 SQUAD 10 YEARS AGO
• 10 Years Ago, Hard to Believe... Where did that time go... 🤯
• A time when Tom Mohan was the Irish MU17 Head Coach...
Crystal Palace documentary on its academy is a must watch for any parent in Ireland with ambitions of kids playing at “higher levels “ I know from past experience it’s cut throat but Christ 😱😱😱😱
#fai
Wonder will the
@FAIreland
eventually start to realise that damage being done to schoolboy clubs all across the country, the lack of respect and direction is nothing short of scandalous.. ten years from now I wonder who is expected to fill these Loi teams
Some exciting news coming . We
@LeixlipUnited
will continue to create a top class environment to nurture and develop our schoolboy and schoolgirl players. We refuse to allow external factors impact on dedication to providing best in class facilities
@FAIreland
@SFAIreland
#fai
@rtenews
Would do absolutely nothing for the domestic game. Unless plan involves infrastructure improvements ( obviously not stadiums , but training facilities ) that can be then leased to existing Loi club post tournament then this is pointless
@McDonnellDan
Will / Shane doing a terrific job. However
Countless examples of clubs around country with facilities capable of providing the extra time and training, a different approach required to allocate academy status, starting point should be facilities , not Loi status
Quickly realising that the issue in schoolboy football is not caused by the schoolboy / Loi underage clubs .. it’s all these men and women running leagues and regions, worrying about losing control .. fingers crossed the new DOF removes all the affiliates 🙌🏻🙌🏻⚽️⚽️
The solution would be all Loi academies build clubs that cater for kids from age of 5 like Rovers do 🤷🏻
Rovers have heavily invested in the real grassroots.. not many other clubs want to do that.
The old fable give a league of Ireland a million euro and they spend it on wages for a year .. give a schoolboy club a million euro and they build a facility for life 😭😭
A chance for those involved in Irish football to have their say ⚽️☘️
Take part in the survey here 👉
Or join us for one of our Football Pathway Consultation Workshops taking place from next week 👉
@McDonnellDan
Swap 14s for 15s and upwards and a lot of problems go away . I have received 16 calls from 2006 parents in last week . I have approx 26 training with me just to keep kids involved in some capacity even though no room to sign any more
How
@Twitter
allows people open accounts with no names , pictures or any accountability is bonkers .. I needed to provide blood, urine and bone sample to withdraw 40€ from
@paddypower
@KennysKids
Leixlip’s Uniteds Gabriel has signed for stoke after about 16 weeks with Dundalk .. great player and everyone at our club is incredibly proud
@AndrewOmobamid1
born and raised in
@LeixlipUnited
, played from the age of 5 -16 with friends and a manager he trusted in our club. I have made my peace with the underage Loi but bring us to the table to at least discuss how we can continue this alt path to success
#fai