Weekly Match Report 2026
WDSL MATCH REPORT – K&K WINDOWS U13 DIVISION 1
Friday 13th March
ARKLOW TOWN B 11
ARKLOW TOWN C 0
In the first official match of the new 2026 WDSL K&K WINDOWS season, Kayden O’Brien was Arklow Town B’s four-goal hero as they took all three U13 Division 1 points.
In the all-club affair under the lights on the all-weather at Travers Insurances Park on Friday evening, Donnacha Murphy also claimed match ball rights by chipping in with a hat-trick.
The result was never in doubt as the hosts proved too good for the brave ‘visitors’ on the opening day fixture.
But with a clash of colours in both teams Black and White colours, the ‘C’s were part maker of their own downfall.
Twice – in the fifth and then eighth minutes, their goal-kicks were cut-out. They were punished on each occasion by O’Brien then Devon Forde.
O’Brien’s 16th minute corner helped add to the tally. It wasn’t cleared three times with Charlie Byrne drilling low through a crowded goalmouth.
O’Brien again crossed in the 22nd minute. Vinh Le’s shot saw ‘C goalkeeper Ollie Ryan’s clearance rebound back to the net off the challenging Joey Keogh and over the goal-line.
Then Murphy got in the act right on half time as his 20-yard effort found the net.
After good work by Forde in the 28th minute, O’Brien expertly curled in from 15-yards.
The ‘C’s regrouped at the interval and defended well in the opening stages of the second period.
But the B’s re-found their scoring touch from the 44th minute.
Murphy set-up O’Brien who completed his treble with a brilliant 22-yard finish.
Keogh was next to claim an assist as he crossed from Murphy to notch his second score in the 48th minute.
Substitute Callum Kane became the sixth ‘B team player to get on the scoresheet with a fantastic 25-yard effort in the 50th minute.
Seconds later, O’Brien found the target again – this time from a distance.
Murphy had the final say in the last minute of normal time. Sub Charlie O’Leary crossed from the right for Murphy to register his third goal with a close ranger conversion.
ARKLOW TOWN B: Jack O’Reilly; Scott Nolan Lee, Charlie Byrne, Bobby O’Leary, Darragh O’Reilly; Aaron Murphy, Vinh Le; Devon Forde, Donnacha Murphy, Kayden O’Brien; Joey Keogh.
SUBS: Callum Kane, Charlie O’Leary, Brandon Brady, Jason Drozdiel.
ARKLOW TOWN C: Ollie Ryan; Ivan Dumanskyi, Mark Redmond, Mason Nolan, Keelan Fitzgerald; Logan Bowes, Lovely Isobar, Scott Walker Kavanagh; Aaron Doyle, Darragh Kavanagh, Evan O’Brien.
SUBS: Thomas Webster, Mohammed Shadid, Oisin Higgins, Dylan Costello, Bart Gluza, Amir Abdi.
REFEREE: Kayden Brody.
Report by Paul Dowling
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