Entries by Garreth Breen

Mid Season Update

To All Club Secretaries: Following on from our FSMT (Football Senior Management Team) meeting recently, please see below a number of important issues: CLOSING/OPENING DATES SEASON 2025/26:  As you are aware this weekend 13th/14th December 2025 will be the last weekend for Fixtures for the first half of the season. The following are the openings […]

SSG ReGrading Surveys

SSG SURVEYS/RE-GRADING 2025/2026: As per previous e-mails in relation to the re-grading of our DDSL Boys/Girls SSG for the 2nd half of the season, please see below a number of points & the ‘Link’ provided. There will be the normal Re-grading for the SSG Divisions/Teams which will be based on the Surveys received together with […]

DDSL launches “Born to Lead”

DDSL Launches ‘BORN TO LEAD’ programme to tackle referee shortage in Dublin. The DDSL along with its award winning ‘Its My Game’ campaign and media partnersQ102 have launched a programme to attract young players with clubs to Become Junior Match officials (JMO’s) and start assisting in games in the small sided game which has over […]

New TikTok page

The Brand NEW DDSL Official TikTok page 🎉 Get over & give it a follow, your goals or skills could appear 😉👀📲 We’ll be posting fun behind the scenes content & promoting everything happening across the league 🤝 Follow us ➡️ @ddsl_offical  Link 👇 https://www.tiktok.com/@ddsl_offical?_r=1&_t=ZN-923Wr3MJ75S Thanks for the support ⚽💙 #tiktok #newtiktok #follow #share #fyp⚽️

Zoe Chats to RTE’s InsideSport

Read more & Show available at link below to listen too https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/1204/1547368-silent-sidelines-ddsls-bold-move-to-tackle-abuse/  

Xmas Football for All Blitz 21st December

Christmas Football for All Blitz 🎅🏼🤶🏻 21st December 📅 Abbotstown Indoor 🏟️ We will have ‘Santa/Mrs Clause to present Selection Boxes’ for all the players. More details below which was forwarded to clubs. We should have 100+ players on the day but we would like to try & encourage new FFA players to join their […]

DDSL x Q102 Heroes Awards

Presenting your DDSL x Dublin’s Q102 Unsung Heroes 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️⚽️ Thank you to all who voted & well done to all who where voted for 👏🏻 Photos @strikeronline 🤝 Our 10 Unsung heroes Billy Freeland (Leicester Celtic) Christy Kiernan (Glasnevin FC) Damien Kilpatrick (Broadford Rovers FC) Elaine Harrington (Peamount United) Grace Richardson (Sheriff YC) Lee Doyle […]

New Football for All Partnership

Partnership Announcement 📣 We are delighted to welcome Taste of Goodness Sauces as our proud partner for the DDSL Football for All🤝 Recently at our Heroes Awards our new Partners got a glimpse of our heroes involved in our Football for All 👏🏻 We look forward to our new partners seeing the players, coaches & […]

DDSL Volunteer of the Year Awards

DDSL Volunteer of the Year Awards! ⚽️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ Nominate your hero! Dublin’s Q102 are proudly supporting DDSL to celebrate the unsung volunteers who are the very lifeblood of football across Dublin. From dedicated Coaches and Club Secretaries to Groundskeepers and Referees, whose tireless efforts ensure thousands of children can play every single week! Every volunteer deserves […]

DDSL Updates November

DDSL UPDATES: DDSL CLOSING/OPENING DATES: The closing date for all fixtures including SSG will be Fri/Sat/Sun 12th/13th/14thDecember. We await the update from the different County Councils on their opening of their ‘Parks/Pitches’. Once we are notified on these dates, we will confirm the dates for the different Age groups to return with fixtures in the […]