Weekly Match Report 2026
WDSL MATCH REPORT – GIRLS 2014 DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE - 4/4/26
NEWCASTLE FC 0
ROUNDWOOD FC 1
Roundwood edged out Newcastle in a tight WDSL K & K Windows Girls 2014 Development League encounter on Saturday to earn their first away victory in the competition.
With the match moved from the Vartry Grounds to Dermot Wheeler Park in Kilcoole, the Blue’s first half score proved decisive.
It was a match of contrasts.
The away team had just ten players at their disposal – mainly due to the Easter period, while the hosts – playing for the first time at their new venue – changed their entire team at the interval.
The main chances went Newcastle’s way – especially in the opening period.
But the visitors defended well. More importantly, their created two openings - and took one of them.
The vital moment arrived in the 25th minute.
Ava Brady made a vital interception in her own half. The ball ran through for Laoise Brady, to beat the offside. She then steadied herself before slotting in low from ten-yards.
Up to that point, Newcastle had the better of the exchanges.
Tilly Adams fired narrowly over from 20-yards in the tenth minute.
Then in the 14th minute. Zoe McGovern evaded two tackles before shooting just wide from ten-yards.
In the 16th minute, Laoise Murray intercepted a goal-kick. She skipped past a challenge in the area but drilled low across the face of goal.
And on the stroke of half time, Emily Delaney battled well to win possession. She broke forward from the left but angled his attempt just off target.
With a virtual new team after the turnaround, the hosts - again - did have more possession. But lacked their clinical threat in front of goal.
But the Vartry outfit swapped Laoise Brady as goalkeeper. She was commanding between the sticks.
Having come outfield, Emila Lalor (who performed well in goal) linked well with Daisy Mohan in the 45th minute. But Mohan’s well placed effort from the edge of the box shaved the outside of the post.
The result moves Roundwood up a place above Newcastle to fifth position – 12 points to ten points – having played a game less.
Elsewhere in the section, Arklow United extended their lead at the top of the table on Saturday.
They defeated Aughrim Rangers 3-2 at Allen Park.
Arklow now have 25 points from their ten fixtures.
Aughrim Rangers (nine matches) and Wicklow Town AFC (six games) occupy second place on 15 points. Newtown Juniors (six games) are fourth on 13 points
NEWCASTLE FC: Issabella Ronayne; Sarah Hall, Daisy Murphy, Emily Delaney, Aoife O’Neill, Tilly Adams, Laoise Murray, Milly Masterson, Zoe McGovern, Caolin Fitzgerald, Heidi Duffy, Juno Schuleistrat, Sarah Magee, Chloe O’Toole, Ivy Murphy, Ada Conroy, Aoillen O’Neill, Megan Dunne.
ROUNDWOOD FC: Emila Lalor; Daisy Mohan, Mary Grace Cunningham, Fiadh Cleary, Naoise Cullen, Ava Brady, Laoise Brady, Molly Cunningham, Clodagh Malone, Frances Flood.
REFEREE: Shay Byrne.
Report by Paul Dowling
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WDSL MATCH REPORT - K&K WINDOWS U14 DIVISION 1 LEAGUE - Fri 28th March
RATHNEW AFC 2
ENNISKERRY FC 5
In a remarkable game of football, Ethan Gormley scored a dramatic late hat-trick in the space of four minutes to give Enniskerry their first WDSL K&K Windows U14 Division 1 of the season.
The visitors led 2-0 at the interval on Friday night at Shamrock Park thanks to Wil Clucas’ double.
Either side of half time, Rathnew goalkeeper Mikey Forsyth saved two penalties. The Villagers then rallied to tie the contest at 2-2 thanks to Ollie Dickenson’s brace.
The hosts had recently dropped down from the Premier Division while their opponents had lost their first two fixtures against St. Anthony’s Kilcoole United and Avonmore FC - both at Ballyman Road.
It took just 14 SECONDS for the Red and White’s to hit the front.
Slipped clear wide right by David Conroy, Clucas angled in a low ten-yard finish.
Moments later at the other end, Alex Tyson struck the bar for the Yellow and Green's.
The away outfit were then awarded a 21st minute penalty. But Forsyth made a great block with his knees.
However, Enniskerry did go 2-0 ahead in the 32nd minute. Played through by Tom Crowley, Clucas burst past a defender on the right flank before clipping high to the roof of the net.
It took a wonderful goal-line clearance by Crowley in stoppage time to keep out Oisin Brown’s shot from outside the box. The defender headed the ball onto the crossbar and managed to scramble it clear.
The second period was only five minutes old when Rathnew pulled one back. Paddy Merrigan was brought down in the box with Dickenson rifling in the spot-kick.
But the visitors were awarded their second penalty of the tie in the 55th minute. Again, Forsyth saved with the close range rebound blasted over.
The match was then back on level terms in the 57th minute. Tyson squared from the right with Dickenson firing in a stunning 22-yard shot to the net.
Rathnew went agonisingly close to turning the game around in the 64th minute. From Tyson’s solo run down the left, he cut-in but saw his effort clip the bar.
Just as it seemed the spoils would be shared, Gormley took centre stage.
In the last minute of normal time, Kyrylo Nikitina crossed from the left. The ball came to Gormley who drilled in low from ten-yards.
Then in the first minute of time added on, Gormley unleashed a brilliant low 25-yard shot that went in off the foot of the left upright.
Two minutes later, Forsyth parried out Clucas’ cross-shot from the right of the area. Gormley reacted to the loose ball and slotted in low from six-yards.
RATHNEW AFC: Mikey Forsyth; Ollie Dickenson, Joey Mitchell, Mohammed Dbarmash, Aaron Murphy; Rocco Lyons, Oisin Brown, Blake Keogh, Alex Tyson; Paddy Merrigan, Fionn Murphy.
SUBS: Adham Aljamous, Samule Morrissey.
ENNISKERRY FC: Pierre McWalter; Tom Crowley, Andrew McKenna, Luke O'Reilly, Rohan Allman; Wil Clucas, David Conroy, Kyrylo Nikitina; Thady Baumann, Ethan Gromley.
SUBS: Sidney Baumann, Tadgh Vines, Jamie McGuinness.
REFEREE: Jimmy Gilsenan.
Report by Paul Dowling
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WDSL MATCH REPORT - U12 SFAI INTER-LEAGUE TROPHY
Sunday 22nd March
WICKLOW YELLOW 0
MAYO RED 2
Two second half goals ended Wicklow’s brave bid to reach the Semi Finals of the U12 SFAI Inter-League Trophy.
After a score-less opening period on Sunday afternoon at Travers Insurances Park in Arklow, Mayo scored just after the interval, and then in stoppage time, to secure a hard-earned 2-0 Quarter Final victory.
The visitors did have the best chances throughout the encounter. But came up against in-form home goalkeeper Leon Byrne who pulled off a string of saves.
The Garden County outfit did defend well. But lacked the attacking threat to put pressure on the Westerners.
Byrne pushed out Ethan O’Reilly’s low drive in the second minute. Then two minutes later, O’Reilly’s effort was deflected up high. Noah Dyar watched the ball drop but angled his close range volley wide of the target.
The hosts’ first attempt arrived in the 14th minute. But away custodian Elijah Kizoy gathered Kaspian Bubacz’s attempt from outside the box.
The contest was in first half time added on when Dyar cut in from the right flank. He squared for substitute Mattie Kelly to place a low 10-yard shot. But Byrne produced a fine leg block save.
Yet, Mayo made their opportunities’ count five minutes after the turnaround.
Having just received treatment on the left of his own half, defender Mativ Sakhnenko returned to the pitch on the right of defence.
He then latched onto a through ball, holding off a Wicklow opponent, before bursting towards goal and blasting to the roof of the net with an angled drive.
Seven minutes later, Alex Dolan slipped in Dyar off the left wing. He squeezed the ball past Byrne. But it came back off the upright with Byrne reacting to smother the loose ball.
The home outfit responded seconds later at the other end. However, sub Jake Stevens Hanningan saw his 20-yard free-kick parried out.
Byrne again made another stop, this time in the 46th minute, to claw out Kelly’s long range attempt.
The visitors sealed the win in stoppage time.
From Kelly’s corner from the right into a crowded goalmouth, Kealan Glavey managed to force the ball over the goal-line.
WICKLOW YELLOW: Leon Byrne; Thomas Kinsella, Cormac O'Keefe, Gary Kennedy; Evan Peterson; Basid Apdirahman, Senan Healy, Daniel Clucas; Kaspian Bubacz.
SUBS: Daniel Luduv, Jake Stevens Hanningan, Louis Coen, Lexi Byrne.
MAYO: Elijah Kizoy; Mativ Sakhnenko, Iarlaith O’Donnell; Jack Halligan; Ismail Dekhadov, Ethan O’Reilly, Kealan Glavey; Alex Dolan, Noah Dyar.
SUBS: Joe Tiernan; Cian Lavin, Daniel Forkin, Mattie Kelly, Darragh Kitching, Conor Doherty, Shay Glavey.
REFEREE: Colm Keeley (Wicklow ISRS).
Report by Paul Dowling
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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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