Entries by Garreth Breen

Football for All Blitz

the terrible recent weather has prevented many Football for All Teams/Players from training & unfortunately, many of these players have not played football or met their football friends since last December 2025. Therefore, we have scheduled another DDSL ‘INDOOR BLITZ ’ for ‘Football for All’ for SATURDAY 7th March 2026 to be held on the […]

Coach Education Exclusive

DDSL in conjunction with DB Sports are delighted to be hosting the La Liga team RCD Espanyol Barcelona Coaches Workshop in the Campus Conference Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin 15on Wednesday 18th February from 7pm–9pm. The workshop will be based on Planning & Preparation. The workshop will include both theory and practical elements. Please come prepared for […]

Coerver®️ Coaching Leinster – One-Day February Mid-Term Clinics

*Coerver®️ Coaching Leinster – One-Day February Mid-Term Clinics* Coerver®️ Coaching comes to a number of locations this mid-term break with a high-energy, one-day clinic focused on individual skill development and game awareness. Each session is delivered by experienced Coerver®️ Coaches using our world-renowned method that focuses on developing individual skills, confidence, and creativity in a […]

DDSL Cup Final Dates

We are delighted to announce the schedule of cup finals as of today, with over 97 cup finals taking place in what has become Ireland’s largest underage event of the year. This is a massive undertaking for the league, involving 4,000 participants and almost 20,000 spectatorsacross both weekends. The finals will take place on Saturday/Sunday […]

Join the DDSL JMO Programme

We are delighted with the response with almost 160 talented young people looking to get involved in the development of grassroots football in Dublin. We are keen to keep the ball rolling and detail below some of the things we hope to include that ensures you experience is enjoyable in becoming Leaders to the very […]

We are Hiring!

Dublin & District Schoolboys/girls league (DDSL) is currently looking for energetic and enthusiastic  people to become Administrators,Competitions and Match Official Coordinators to join the  team in the DDSL. The successful candidates will report to the Chairman of the league’s board. These roles are flexible and offered on a full-time basis for 37.5 hours per week […]

Coach Education 2026 News

2026 Coach Education We are delighted to announce our Coach Education Q1 Schedule. Don’t miss out on the following: Coerver Workshops SSG Workshops First Aid/CPR & AED Courses Goalkeeper Workshop Guest Dave Henderson Player Nutrition Guest Sean Prunty Club Workshops Guest Lar Mahony USA Scholarship Workshop Click below link to book: https://ddsl.sportsmanager.ie/sportlomo/registration/event-registration/index/14189 #coacheduction #ddslgrassroots #learn […]

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 […]

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⚽️