Result: 2-09 to 0-09 Boden ousted by Crokes in deluge at Parnell Park By Shane O’Brien Thanks to John Kirwan for the pic, more here Ballyboden are out of the Dublin SFC after a six-point loss at the hands of local rivals Kilmacud Crokes in a rain-soaked Parnell Park on Saturday evening. The concession of goals at…
Adult Football Match Reports
A cool autumnal Sunday morning heralded another challenge for the Ballyboden Junior A team. After a series of three defeats by the smallest of margins in the round-robin stage of the competition the team was handed another challenge in the relegation section of the Junior 1 championship against a Whitehall Colmcille outfit that had also…
Result: 3-13 to 0-15 Ryan and Colm Basquel contributed 3-07 between them to help Ballyboden ease past Na Fianna in the Dublin SFC Quarter-Final in Parnell Park on Saturday evening. A goal in each half from Ryan Basquel sandwiched an effort from brother Colm as Boden quickly ran away with proceedings in Donnycarney. After a…
The minor C football team travelled to Collinstown on Sunday morning to play Na Fianna in the second group game of the Minor E championship. It was a bright breezy morning and despite playing against the elements in the first half Boden went into half time leading by 6-3 to 1-2. We continued to…
Result: 4-18 to 1-03 The Minor B’s began strongly right from the start this morning in Clondalkin with a slick early goal we were in control throughout the game. The entire back line gave Towers very little opportunities and a soft penalty led to the only goal conceded. Playing with the wind in the second…
The Minor A Football Championship campaign continued on Sunday morning with a trip to Dalkey to take on Cuala. Conditions were bright and sunny with a breeze blowing towards the Hyde Road end. Ballyboden won the toss and elected to play with the breeze. Early points from two John McGinn frees were cancelled out by two…
Delighted to see the chaps line out against a rather gruf, St. Vincents side in PUM on Saturday last. “Fortuna audaces juvat “, I said to the charming lady beside me. “Wha?”, she barked. “Fortune favours the bold”, I said, in full knowledge that my Latin education is really wasted on you GAA types. The Bollybodon…
The JBs went into this game knowing that we had to beat Clontarf by ten points and hope other results would go our way. A big ask but we would throw the kitchen sink at it, we definitely were not going to go quietly into the night. The game ebbed and flowed, we matched score…
Result: 1-11 to 2-09 A series of unfortunate events! This was last chance saloon for a Boden team that has stuttered through the season in both league and championship. At times playing breathtakingly beautiful football and at other times going to sleep and suffering as a result. Unfortunately today was no different. Ten minutes into…