Cabinteely F.C.

Cabinteely Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Cábán tSíle) is an association football club based in Cabinteely, County Dublin, Ireland comprising adult and many youth under-age teams for both males and females, 60 teams in all. Cabinteely competed in the 2015 League of Ireland after being granted a licence by the Football Association of Ireland in January.[2] They made their debut in the League of Ireland First Division on 6 March 2015 and play their games at Stradbrook Road, the home of Blackrock College RFC .[3]

Cabinteely F.C.
Full nameCabinteely Football Club
Nickname(s)Cabo
Founded1967
GroundStradbrook Road
Blackrock, Dublin
Capacity1,620
ChairmanLarry Bass[1]
ManagerPat Devlin
LeagueLeague of Ireland First Division
20207th
WebsiteClub website

The club, which has 920 members, was formed in 1967 and has teams from what are called cubs at pre-under-7 level, up to senior adult teams. The teams, which participate at every under-age level from under-8 to under-18 plus adult, take part in several league and cup competitions such as those run by MGL, DDSL, SDFL, and LSL.

History

Cabinteely have changed their name over the years. In the early 1930s, they were commonly known as "the Blues from Cabinteely". In 1939, they won the Schoolboys League Cup in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000. In the 1930s, Cabinteely's squad included Peter Farrell. The club's name was changed to Cabinteely Boys around 1950, and the current club was formed in 1967, as Auburn F.C., beginning league football with one team. In 1973, Auburn F.C. was changed to Cabinteely Boys F.C., with the name later changed to just Cabinteely F.C. to acknowledge both the female members associated with the club and the ladies teams.

League of Ireland

Cabinteely finished 8th on 20 points in their debut season in the First Division in 2015. In 2016 Cabinteely finished in 7th above Athlone Town. In 2017, Cabinteely achieved the highest number of points ever at 38, more than doubling the previous year's figure. They also progressed further than ever before in the FAI Cup and Leinster Senior Cup. In a first for the club, Kieran Marty Waters was voted PFAI First Division Player of the Year. In 2017, Cabinteely released a 5-year strategic plan where the club plan to provide new facilities in their home of Kilboget Park rather than Stradbrook. The plan proposes a new clubhouse, a second all-weather pitch and a stadium.[4]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRL Peter Quinlan
2 DF  IRL Daniel Blackbyrne
4 DF  IRL Jack Hudson
6 MF  IRL Alex Aspil
7 FW  IRL Keith Dalton
8 MF  IRL Zak O'Neill
9 FW  IRL Luke Clucas
10 FW  IRL Kieran Marty Waters
11 MF  IRL Paul Fox
14 DF  IRL Seán Fitzpatrick
15 DF  IRL Eoin Massey
16 MF  LTU Vilius Labutis
18 DF  COD Christian Lotefa
19 DF  IRL Lee Murray
20 MF  IRL Eoin McPhillips
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  IRL Dylan Thornton
22 MF  IRL Dean Casey
23 FW  JPN Kaito Akimoto
24 DF  IRL Lloyd Buckley
25 GK  IRL Corey Chambers
26 MF  IRL Aaron Byrne
27 MF  IRL Andrew Byrne
28 DF  IRL Mark Soper
29 MF  JPN Ryusei Kojima
30 DF  IRL Kieran Butler
31 DF  IRL Cian Kelly
32 DF  WAL Jamie Egan
35 GK  IRL Michael Kelly
45 GK  IRL Benjamin Clark

Staff members

Notable past players

References
  1. McDonnell, Daniel (14 December 2016). "Bass aiming to make Cabinteely 'the biggest soccer brand in Ireland'". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. "Cabinteely FC will play in First Division in 2015 after FAI awards new licence". RTE Sport. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. "Cabinteely get green light to compete in League of Ireland First Division". Irish Independent. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. "Cabineteely Football Club Vision and Strategy 2017-2021" (PDF). cabinteelyfc.ie. February 2017.
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