Entries by Garreth Breen

DDSL X FAI Cup (Womens/Mens) Finals Offer

Clubs/Schools offer for the upcoming FAI Cup Finals, see links below: Sports Direct Women’s FAI Cup Final, Athlone Town AFC v Shelbourne FC, Tallaght Stadium, Sunday October 20th: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=J4TEMnpsjU-111CSOsx7t_JRhVfaC0ZGgfvJShvNnzVUQTVKMEJEUTZRV0FCM0xWNjc3RkRBNUYzSi4u   Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup Final, Aviva Stadium, Sunday November 10th: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=J4TEMnpsjU-111CSOsx7t_JRhVfaC0ZGgfvJShvNnzVUME9YMzlSOVNDTVJJT09LQ0ROWEJSMkdJSS4u  

DDSL Club Secretaries Meeting NEW DATE

Please note the DDSL Club Secretaries Meeting scheduled for next Thursday 10th October has been cancelled due to the Men’s Nations League Irish International fixture Finland v Ireland. This was an oversight on our part & thanks to Elaine Harrington Peamount Utd for bringing it to our attention during the week. Apologies for the oversight […]

Notice to Parents – Player Registration

All players must be registered to play in the DDSL If you have not registered – Do it Now! Ensure your child is protected when they play! Link to register https://ddsl.ie/registration/

Important Notice – Club Secretaries

Dear Secretary, We are writing to inform all clubs that the DDSL Disciplinary Unit has issued several sanctions to clubs following red cards issued to unregistered players over the last few weeks. See details of the sanctions below. Please note that following issuance of a red card sanction in the above game which has highlighted […]

Football Pathways Plan Phase 3: implementation Club Workshops

In the coming weeks our team will be engaging with all stakeholders, on one of our 11 priority actions, ‘The role of the Head of Football in every league and club’. Please see the attached letter. The team will be consulting with those who are currently working as the Head of Football in their respective […]

Referees Beginners Course

Please see below the dates & links for the upcoming ‘Online Referee Beginners Course’ to be run by the FAI. We ask that all clubs circulate these dates to all members to ensure more Referees are allocated to the DDSL where we continue to be short of Referees. Please note all DDSL fixtures & allocation […]

Coach Education – Nutritional Workshop

We are delighted to have a Nutritional Workshop in Abbotstown Conference Centre on the 30th September 7pm-9pm aimed at parents of players within the DDSL. Please could you send this out to your parent groups within your club. Children participate in various sports and we can sometimes overlook the crucial role that nutrition plays in […]

IMPORTANT NOTICE ON PLAYER REGISTRATIONS

All Players must be approved to play in the DDSL each season for their club via our registration portal on the DDSL website. As of 5pm Friday 6th September , with over 33,000 applications received ,Players born 2007 to 2012 are all approved by our team. 665 applications have been rejected for ‘’needs more information […]

“Laying The Foundations: Working With The Youngest Players” – DDSL Coach Education

We will be having a Workshop, “Laying The Foundations: Working With The Youngest Players” in the Conference Centre in Abbotstown on the 23rd September 7pm-9pm. This will be an indoor classroom based Workshop focussed on Coaches working with the youngest players aged 4-8 years of age. Please could you forward it to the coaches in […]

Competition Winners

Competition Winners 💥💥💥 With over 500 entries, Well Done to our Winners 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 v England (14 Kids + 3 Adults) Celbridge Town – U8 Sat Blue Hartstown Huntstown – 12.5 v Greece (14 Kids + 3 Adults) Corduff fc – U15 Sat.5 Peamount United – U11 Girls Newbridge Town – U13 Sun.4 Esker Celtic FC […]