Kinger Effect

Merrion 5 - 1 Skerries


Johny King had a superb afternoon this Sunday in Clermount AV after helping Merrion to a 5-1 victory over Skerries town.


Kinger got 4 out of 5 in a game that Merrion were in control from the first whistle.


Brendan Markey got the fifth goal giving Skerries no chance at all.


Skerries had a consolation goal scored at the end of the second half.

Intermediate Cup

Merrion 2 Tolka Rvs 1

Merrion won against Tolka Rvs yesterday in Soundymount Av under difficult condition.

Tolka open the scoring after poor goal keeping however Merrion got back level after 2 minutes from Bourbur the ex Tolka player.

10 minutes to go Mark Cullen got into the end of a ball that he didn't have the right to win and after being fouled in the box Brendan Markey converted the penalty to make it 2 -1 to Merrion.

Next in the Cup Merrion are going to face Wayside Celtic at home. This will be a tough draw however there is no reason why Merrion shouldn't get passed this round with the players they have.



Other Results

Beggsboro 1 - 2 Bamgor Celtic
Loughshinny 2 -1 Fairview CYM
Mt Merrion 2 -1 Tolka Rvs
Wayside Celtic 4 - 1 Larkview boys
Confey FC v ST James Gate - off
Moley Park v Drogheda town - off

Merrion 4 - 4 Broadford Rovers

Ex Merrion striker Drew McGregor scored a hat-trick helping Broadford to gain a draw from this game.

Merrion were the better side and should have won this game however in football the better team doesn't always get what it deserves.

Merrion missed a penalty and could have easily won it as it could have gone the other way as Broadford also missed a penalty in this game.

This is the third draw of the season for Merrion's Saturday team and leaves them at the bottom 2 of Sat Major 1 league.

Tolka Rovers 1- 1 Mount Merrion

Intermediate Cup



Intermediate Cup game between Tolka Rovers and MM ended up on a 1 - 1 draw. Reports suggests that Merrion were the better team on the day however couldn't take full advantage. Michael McCann looks to like the ground as he scored a beautiful goal from outside the box, same as in the first league game of the season where he scored a volley from 40 yards againts Tolka. David Lee missed a penalty for MM in the second half which could have won the game but instead they have a replay the following Sunday.

Mount Merrion 2 - 2 Beggsboro

It could have been a big win for MM however this game ended by being a 2-2 draw. Merrion started the game brightly and missed a sitter within 10 minutes. Of corse in this beautiful game if you don't score you will be punished and this is what happen.

Beggsboro took the lead and Merrion started chasing the game as they have done in previous weeks. It was all about Merrion front there on however they could not find the net. Merrion hit the post at least 4 times during the game and had plenty of chances to score but panicked in front of the goal.

Finally the new lad Shane open the scoring for MM and gave Merrion something to fight about. After a few minutes Merrion took the lead from Hysa however poor defending again at the back in the dying minutes lost MM all 3 point from this game.

Merrion have deserved more than a point in the last 2 games however if you don't take your chances and give away poor goals you will be punished. A lot of positives to take out of this game as Merrion should have won with the commitement and effort they put in. With a bit of work in defence and in front of the goal Merrion team will be able to challenge at the top of Saturday Major 1 league.

Newtown 3 - 2 Merrion

Merrion should have won the game by half time with a lot of chances and a clear shout for penalty however they were in their back foot again when Newtown scored with their first attack after 20 minutes.

Merrion equalised with a cracking goal from Paul O'Sullivan. This will be a strong contender for goal of the season as you wont see many of this even in the premiership.

Newtown scored on the break twice in the second half and gave Merrion no chance to get back into the game. Ryan Coyle got a penalty within minutes to go however Merrion were unable to find an equaliser.

If Merrion sort out their defensive problem they will have no problem surviving in this division. Wining is a habit and at the moment isn't going Merrion's way even with a very solid performance.

Players from the past

Gregory Cabanetos

Greg join MM in July 2003 and spend 6 months helping Merrion in their fight to win the Senior 1 Div before going back to Belgium. Cabanetos was involved before that with Newbridge Town FC in Leinster Senior Div for 2 Years (1998 - 2000) where he played as a left midfield under Mark Ennis (Ex St Partick's FC soccer player) and won the league (1998 - 1999).

He moved to play for Kilnamanagh FC for a Year (2000 - 2001) as left midfielder then moved to play for Rathcool Boys FC where he played (2001 - 2002) as left midfield in Leinster Senior League 1st Division.

In June 2006 he joined Lontzen FC's in 3rd Div (Belgium) and is still playing there since as a left full back.

Greg has had other experiences before that in France with Nantes as prefessional in junior level and 2 caps with the French military team during 1997 - 1998.

Paul Whelan

Whelan played with MM last season and won the Senior 1 division. There have been more than a few clubs that Paul has played during the years (Lourdes Celtic, Oxford United, Shelbourne, Home Farm (Everton / Fingal), Shamrock Rovers, Dublin Bus, UCD, Iveagh Celtic)

Whelan was a junior international, now playing in England for a semi-pro team


Andy Delany was part of Merrion team and played from August 2002 to end of season 2005/6 under managers (Dessie, Phil and Dave)


Andy was part of the team which reached the Moore cup final with Merrion loosing to Newtown Rangers.


Andy won the Gilligan cup and Senior 1B. He was also part of the team that played in the FAI match vs Galway Hibernians.


Delany got Young Player of the year a couple of times.








Now Andy is in his 5th year medical student in UCD College also practicing in Vincent's Hospital.


Currently playing for St. Vincent's Hospital in a LSL Premier 1. (Won the UCL Div 1 two years ago, switched to LSL and won Div 2 last year) Andy plays at right back, right wing or centre mid.


Photos taken from the final of the Moore Cup vs Newtown Rangers in UCD.








Barry Flynn

was one of many MM players to have left the Club during the years. Flynn was with the Club for about 7 months and the same year Merrion won the Senior 1a division however Flynn wasn't there at the end of that year to collect his medal. Flynn helped Merrion in attack that year by scoring lots of goals. Now Barry plays for Valeview near his home at Bray and finds it very easy to score goals in weekly basis for his team.


Peter Lennon

Started playing with MM schoolboys team in 1995-1997, than joined the Senior team in 1998. Lennon scored in his debut against Irish Glass Bottle Company and was playing on the right handside of the mid-field (manager was Declan(decie) and a certain Pat Maher was the team captain.

Lennon than Left in 1999 to join Trinity while in college there. Played Eircom U21's for Trinity during 4 seasons and also played on the UCFL Oscar Traynor team in 2001.

Lennon came back to MM in 2003 after his graduation under Philly Fitz as a centre half. Played in Senior 1B and missed Gilligan cup final after breaking his nose 2 weeks before the game. In 2004 Lennon joined Glenmore Dundrum and the following year in 2005 joined Pegasus FC. He has been with them ever since.
Lennon works in Investment banking in the IFSC, Dublin.

Karl Cogan leaves the club

Mount Merrion YMCA football club would like to thank Karl Cogan for his contribution this season and wishesh him all the best in the future.

MOUNT MERRION 1 - 2 RINGSEND ROVERS

Mount Merrion Saturday team had a great chance to pick up at least a point from this encounter however poor defending and a goalkeeper mistake cost MM the points. Game started brightly with Mount Merrion having the better opening however the first and only chance up to that point that Ringsend had ended up in the back of the net. MM started working harder and found them self back in the game after a well taken header from Sully. From there on it was all about Mount Merrion with Ryan Coyle running the midfield however a bad goal keeping error gave Ringsend the lead. MM was pushing hard and missed 2 glorious chances in the second half. They were a lot of positives to be taken from this game however MM has to cut of silly mistakes id they want to survive in this division.

Hysa leave first team affairs

Alban Hysa has been with the club since Mount Merrion were playing in Senior 1b and has been an asset in helping the club to achieve success during the years winning leagues 3 years in a row (2004/5, 2005/6, 2006/7) and the George Moore Cup by scoring the only goal of the game season 2004/5.


Now MM plays their football in LSL Senior Division and so far Hysa has scored 2 goals this season (1 in the league and 1 in the cup).


Hysa has been playing up front and on the left wing scoring more than 50 goals in all competitions.


Hysa leaves the first team in safe hands as MM full squad includes 23 players that have made their name known in the LSL Senior top Division and league of Ireland.


Alban will get involved as player/coach with the Saturday team.


Mount Merrion Football Club would like to thank Alban Hysa for his contribution during the years and wish him good luck in the new adventure.

Timmons scores again

Timmons 3 goal of the season wasn't enough to get at least a point to the Merrion team. Timmons has been in great form this season and scored a well taken volley. Based on reports Bangor Celtic were not having a great game however looked very comfortable against a Merrrion side that find life in the top flight difficult this season. Merrion didn't have many chances however they did have a cast iron penalty not given. Sadly Bangor Celtic looked like they wanted it more and Merrion lost their 3 game of the season.

BLUEBELL 0 0 TOLKA ROV Sun 28 Oct 07
CRUMLIN UTD 1 1 GREYSTONES Sun 28 Oct 07
MALAHIDE 1 1 PHOENIX Sun 28 Oct 07
MT MERRION/YMCA 1 2 BANGOR CEL Sun 28 Oct 07
WAYSIDE CEL 1 1 SKERRIES Sun 28 Oct 07
BELGROVE 4 1 DUBLIN BUS Fri 26 Oct 07

Our Saturday team didn't have a game this weekend

Merrion 3 Belgrove 0

MM back to winning ways against Belgrove after a solid performance yesterday afternoon in Claremont AV.

Brendan Markey made sure of MM's third win of the season after opening the score 10 minutes into the game with a well taken shot inside the box after good work and a clever pass behind the back four from Austin Skelly on the left hand side. That meant Merrion were in a driving position from the beginning which gave them the confidence to play some good football.

In the second half Belgrove were pushing high and had more than a couple of chances to score if it wasn't for MM's keeper to stop them. Michael McCann came in for Brendan Lee and after dribbling Belgroves left full McCann crossed for Cullen at the back post which had the easy task of taping the ball in the back of the net. From there on it was all about MM and Timmons added a third in the dying minutes.

Overall it was a good performance with a solid defensive display and the first clean sheet of the season.

Above picture againts Belgrove, from left to right - (Brendan Lee, Brendan Markey 10, Austin Skelly 11)

Saturday Team

MM's Saturday team play their football in the Major 1 division. As the first team the same apply to MM's B string were they have brought in a lot of new players this year including a new manager and staff. At the moment they find them self third from bottom after 7 games played with 4 points so far but I am sure Connor Flynn
the new manager will come good later on during the season when all players are used playing with each-other.



Above right Chairman of MM football club Maurice Lyons and 2005 - 2006 young player of the year

Mark Cromwell leaves the club

Mount Merrion YMCA football club would like to thank Mark Cromwell for his contribution this season. Mark was part of MM squad that won against Tolka Rovers, Bluebell and drew against Phoenix early in the season.

MM football club wishes Mark all the best in the future with his new club the Belgrove team.

30 Seconds

This game was decided after 30 seconds of the start when good movement from the right hand side gave Malahide's RW the opportunity to open the scoring.

MM defense were static and it looks like they are learning life in the top division the hard way. Mistakes in this league will punish you and this is what's happening at the moment. Again MM came into the game slowly with their 2 centre midfield guys working hard throughout the game however chances were hard to find with a Malahide side working their socks of as a team. Their work ethic during the game was admirable and they were working hard for each-other.

MM trying to push for an equalizer wasn't helped by David McGill being dismissed for a 2 footed challenge late in the first half. MM made a substitution at half time with Brendan Dawson giving way for Ian Roche. That was a tactical change from MM management team and obviously gave Merrion some edge in attack. MM was presented with a couple of chances that could have ended up in the back of the net only for Malahide’s keeper keeping them in the driving position.

Malahide centre half was also send off for a second booking offence and the last 20 minutes of this game were played in Malahide’s half however MM weren't able to construct any fluent attacking with their back four trying to hit David Lee with long balls instate of using the width and play MM RW that was a threat to Malahides defense all day.

MM defense looked solid at the back throughout the game however that was after conceding the first goal. MM have build a new team that will probably take sometime to gel together and it will be interesting to see MM's reaction next week against Belgrove.

Reliable man Stephan Gifford as per picture above.

Recent Results

Sunday 21 OCT 07

BANGOR CEL 3 3 BLUEBELL
CHERRY ORCH 1 3 MALAHIDE
GREYSTONES 3 1 DUBLIN BUS
MT MERRION/YMCA 3 0 BELGROVE
PHOENIX 0 1 CRUMLIN UTD
SKERRIES 1 1 MOYLE PARK
TOLKA ROV 2 1 WAYSIDE CEL

Match Report

Sunday 14th OCT

Senior Div

Malahide UTD vs MM YMCA 1 - 0
WAYSIDE CEL vs BANGOR CEL 0 - 1

CHARLIE CAHILL CUP 2nd round

CRUMLIN UTD vs SKERRIES 3-1
BELGROVE vs GREYSTONES
DALKEY UTD vs CHERRY ORCH 2 - 1
DROGHEDA TOWN vs PHOENIX 0 - 4
DUBLIN BUS vs TEK UTD 1 - 0
GLENMORE DUNDRUM vs BLUEBELL 1 - 0
PEGASUS vs MOYLE PARK 0 - 3
TOLKA ROV vs NEWTOWN RANGERS 6 - 0

An even affair

It could have gone either way by the end of ninety minutes however this game ended in a 2 - 2 entertaining draw. It was an even affair through out the first half with a few chances on both sides. Crumlin UTD started brightly and it took MM few minutes adjusting to the rhythm of the game. Austin Skelly was working hard Crumlin's defence and had a few half chances that could have well ended in the back of the net. He scored the first goal of the game after 33 minutes with a nice volley from 16 yards which brings his tally to 3 goals so far this season. MM looked comfortable up to that point however an error at the back same as the week before in the Cup at the end of first half gave Crumlin the opportunity to comeback at this game.

Again in the second half chances were not on a plate but some good movement on the right hand side from Crumlin's RW and a dummy in the centre of our defence by CF gave Crumlin the lead for the first time in this game. MM made a substitution up front with David Lee giving way for Brendan Markey and Merrion looked eager to find that equaliser. David Mcgill and James Timmons were pushing hard from midfield and a good pass from Skelly put Mark Cullen alone with the keeper and he made no mistake with his first of the season and second for Merrion on the day.

Merrion understandably at this point were pushing for a winner however a red carded Boby Byrne didn't help Merrion's cause at the dying minutes of this game. A draw is a fair reflection of what happen in the game and both teams wont feel harsh done. This was a very solid display from Merrion and probably the best game they have played so far. They were some outstanding performances from the back four and our midfield players however man of the match goes to Mark Cullen.

Sean Kelly pictured above right

Top Scorer Michael McCann

It is early in the season to say who will be MM's top scorer however there is some well knowing names in the league with a proven tracking record that will be pretenders at the end of the year.

MM striking force have done well so far by scoring 12 goals in all competition after only 6 games.


Michael McCann lead the chart with 3 goals followed closely by Austin Skely, Alban Hysa and David Lee with 2.


Brendan Markey, James Timmons and Jonathan King follow the chart with 1 goal.

Goal scorer Michael McCann pictured left

Two new signing for MM

Stephen Murphy and Brendan Dawson are the latest signing added to Merrion's panel this year.


With this squad Merrion should be more than capable challenging for the league this year.


It will be great achievement to win the league this year bearing in mind that this is Merrion's first season in the top flight and arrives there with a lot of confidence after being promoted three years in a row as champions.


Good start to the new season with 2 wins 1 draw and 1 lost as per below.