Its back!!! A week after the Premier League has begun, the second most important division is about to get up and running, Div 3B in the UCFL. Allenton, on the back of a crazy season which culminated in a runner-up spot in the 3a shield but unfortunately a relegation to the next rung on the ladder.
So lets get up to speed. The main body of the squad continues with some goodbyes and some new exciting faces arriving. On the way to pastures new are Jon Redmond, Paul Byrne and Davide Meunier and we wish them all the best. But on the flip side we have made some great additions starting between the sticks with Kevin Doyle, who made a great impression in pre-season by scoring direct from a kick-out(with the help of a defenders flick) and saved a pen in a 3-0 win over VEC and on his 21st birthday no less!!! Along with Kevin comes Paul Keating, a stalwart from earlier days of Tommy's management career who is currently pursuing his Professional badges after stints coaching at a very high level. He brings Alex Kuvracos, our first Latvian signing into the fold and he impressed with a goal on his debut in a tight defeat to WFC 5-4 on Tuesday last. Also added to the side are Mark Boland, a find purely by luck after impressing in training, our two left sided players Andrew Murphy and Spike who bring finally a couple of left footed players to the set-up.
Pre-season has been up and down and going into week one we have Mark, Lee and Spike on the injured list.
Our first 2 fixtures have been confirmed, away to Green Bay Celtic this Saturday and a tricky away fixture in Brickfields against Riverside on Monday evening. Hopefully my next post will be a happier one than this time last season!!!!
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