Wikipedia - St. Kevin's Boys F.C.

St. Kevin's Boys Football Club, is an association football club in four locations in Dublin 9 and in The Ward, County Dublin, Ireland, with over forty schoolboy teams who play in the Dublin District Schoolboys League and a number of senior sides who play in the Leinster Senior League.

The club uses playing facilities at Ellenfield Park, Shanowen Road, St. Aidan's CBS, Ward Cross, the Royal College of Surgeons Cloghran, Collinstown, Hampstead Park, and Coolgrena.

In 2018, St. Kevins entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with Bohemians.

History

Foundation and development

Founded in 1959, by Fr. Des Williams, the club grew into one of the biggest schoolboy clubs in the country,[] with a number of players progressing on to full time careers in England, and played for the Irish International side. Playing in Ellenfield Park, beside Whitehall Church. In 1984 the club built the clubhouse and hall in Larkhill. In the 2000s, the club developed an all-weather pitch on Shanowen Road, adjacent to their clubhouse in Larkhill.

Academy cup

To commemorate their 50th year, in 2009, the club started the invitational annual St. Kevins Boys Club Academy Cup, which has hosted youth sides (under-13) from many of the best sides in Europe. Academy sides from Ajax, Arsenal, Benfica, Barcelona, Celtic, Deportivo La Coruna, Borussia Dortmund, Genk, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympique Lyonnais, Real Madrid, and West Bromwich Albion have participated in the competition over the years.

Bohemians academy agreement

In 2018, St. Kevins Boys entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with Bohemians.[] The Academy has U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams which all play in the FAI Underage National League.[]

Les St. Kevins Boys sont un club de football irlandais basé à Ringsend, Dublin. Le club a été fondé en 1908 et joue actuellement en League of Ireland First Division.

Les St. Kevins Boys ont remporté la FAI Cup à deux reprises, en 1942 et 1949. Ils ont également remporté la League of Ireland Shield à trois reprises, en 1926, 1932 et 1954.

Le club est connu pour sa formation de jeunes et a produit de nombreux joueurs internationaux irlandais, dont Johnny Giles, Liam Brady et Robbie Keane.

Les St. Kevins Boys jouent leurs matchs à domicile au Richmond Park. Le stade a une capacité de 5 340 places.