AUL DEC 2000

CORK YOUTHS TAKE ON KERRY




The Cork AUL youths take on the Kerry District League at Turner's Cross on Sunday afternoon (2.00pm) in the opening round of the Snickers FAI Youths Inter-League championship. This competition has produced some thrilling games between the leagues in recent seasons and Sunday's encounter is expected to be close.



Both have been training hard and indeed each side has recorded a friendly win. Kerry pipped the Desmond League in terrible conditions while, on the October Bank Holiday, Cork manager Liam McCarthy guided his charges to a satisfactory away victory over the Tipperary and Southern District League. The goals in the 5 - 4 win were netted by Lee (2), Rose, Fitzgerald, and Dekkers.



McCarthy, who has a training session arranged for the Mardyke tomorrow, has been busy since the start of the season and has seen many of the league's youth sides in action. Douglas Hall, impressing at U18 level this season, have four players selected. Manager Pat Buckley is doing well with Kilreen Celtic in U17 competitions and they also have four on the twenty one man panel.



McCarthy will select from: Kevin Im, Willie Lee, David Bennett, and Gerry Kerins (all Kilreen Celtic); Brian Wilkinson, James O'Leary, Derek Bowen, and Paul Rose (all Douglas Hall); Niall O'Regan, Mick Mehigan, and Danny Lynch (Bandon); Oliver Lynch and Trevor Fitzgerald (Midleton); Killian Lordan and Thomas Dekkers (Ballincollig); Keith Kelleher (Leeds); Darragh O'Neill (Richmond); Alan Whalley (Springfield); Michael McBride (Rockmount); and Derek Peyton (College Corinthians).



The winners of Sunday's tie will be at home to either the Clare or Desmond League in round two while the winners of next Tuesday's match between the MSL and Waterford will travel to take on the TSDL or Limerick.



One of the Cork v Kerry games took place back in 1989 at St Mary's Park where a certain Roy Keane came on as substitute in a 4 - 1 win for the home side. Roy didn't get on the scoresheet but a Rockmount colleague, Eric Hogan, registered a classy hat trick.

AUL JAN 2001

NEW TREASURER


Paddy Byrne, the recently appointed treasurer of the Murphy's Stout Cork AUL, began playing football with Richmond Boys where one of his opponents was Johnny Giles, then catching the eye with Stella Maris.



Dubliner Paddy went on to play senior league football with St Patrick's, Bluebell United, and Johnson Mooney and O'Brien. Indeed, he played centrehalf with the LSL representative side in a game versus the MSL.



Paddy, who moved to Cork in 1975, is married to Dymphna and they have four children. He has worked with BSS for the past 32 years and is a keen golfer, being a member at the Killarney and Lee Valley clubs. He also enjoys the odd swim.



He joined Ballincollig as soon as he moved to Cork, beginning 23 years as a member, and played a few years with them. He soon joined the committee as assistant treasurer before going on to become treasurer and eventually chairman (a position he held for 14 years, up to his joining the AUL last season). He is now a vice President at Ballincollig.

AUL JAN 01

CORK YOUTHS TAKE ON CLARE:




The Cork AUL youths take on the Clare District League at Midleton on Sunday afternoon (2.00pm) in the second round of the Snickers FAI Youths Inter-League championship. This competition has produced some thrilling games between the leagues in recent seasons and Sunday's encounter should be no exception.



The match has been transferred from Turner's Cross and the switch, forced by a decision of the MFA Grounds Committee last Monday that gave the Cross to regular tenants Cork City even though the AUL had it booked well in advance, will cause a good deal of inconvenience and expense to the local league, itself a great supporter of the Curragh Road venue where most if not all its finals are played.



Cork have been training hard under manager Liam McCarthy but his plans have been somewhat disrupted by the weather. Cork's first outing was a friendly against the Tipperary and Southern District League where goals by Lee (2), Rose, Fitzgerald, and captain Dekkers, earned the Cork visitors a 5 - 4 win.



The opening round of the championship came in November and, at Turner's Cross, the AUL pipped the Kerry District League 3 - 2, the Cork goals by Paul Rose (2) and Fitzgerald (who'll feel quite at home next Sunday afternoon).



Clare progressed with a victory over the Desmond League and here there is a line of form as Kerry just pipped the Desmond in a friendly. It looks as if Clare will be very bit as good as Kerry, perhaps even better, and that means a close encounter at Midleton's magnificent grounds in Knockgriffin.



Manager McCarthy has made one or two alterations to his panel but will be probably field most of the players that did duty against Kerry. Tramore's Ben Spicer kept a good goal that day. Lee of Kilreen was prominent in midfield while Douglas Hall's Rose was the ace upfront.



McCarthy's panel is: Willie Lee, Kevin Im, David Bennett, and Gerry Kerins (all Kilreen Celtic), Paul Rose, Derek Bowen, James O'Leary, and Brian Wilkinson (Douglas Hall), Ben Spicer and Mark Murphy (Tramore Ath.), Thomas Dekkers and Killian Lordan (Ballincollig), Trevor Fitzgerald, Aidan O'Driscoll, and Oliver Lynch (Midleton), Niall O'Regan (Bandon), Thomas Gettings (Leeside), Michael McBride (Rockmount), Jamie Cotter (Crosshaven), and Keith Kelleher (Leeds). The team bus will depart from St Patrick's Church at 12.15pm on Sunday.



* The remaining AUL game in the group stages of the Oscar Traynor Cup against the Red House League will take place in Tallow on January 28th (kick off 2.30pm).

AUL 1993 TABLES and HONOURS LIST

.M:2 1993






MURPHY'S STOUT INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE

team p w d l f a pts

TEMPLE UTD * 22 19 1 2 78 18 39

BALLINCOLLIG 22 18 3 1 60 15 39

CASTLEVIEW 22 14 4 4 52 24 32

GREENMOUNT RANGERS 22 12 4 6 57 35 28

DUNBAR CELTIC 22 12 3 7 49 44 27

MAYFIELD UTD 22 8 5 9 50 40 21

SPRINGFIELD 22 7 7 8 38 39 21

BLARNEY UTD 22 6 3 13 37 59 15

WILTON UTD 22 6 2 14 43 57 14

GREENWOOD 22 6 2 14 39 56 14

VILLA UTD 22 4 5 13 21 51 13

KILREEN CELTIC 22 0 1 21 21 107 1



Temple won play-off.



MURPHY'S STOUT PREMIER LEAGUE

team p w d l f a pts

CRESCENT ATH. 22 16 4 2 49 15 36

ST J. BOSCO'S 22 12 5 5 56 42 29

COACHFORD 22 10 8 4 35 33 28

PASSAGE 22 11 5 6 52 28 27

ROCKMOUNT 22 11 5 6 54 38 27

CASEMENT CEL. 22 9 7 6 40 37 25

BANDON 22 8 6 8 55 50 22

FOURTH BATTALION 22 6 6 10 38 44 18

BUTTEVANT 22 6 4 12 39 50 16

BALLYPHEHANE 22 6 4 12 38 62 16

KILLOWEN 22 4 4 14 26 40 12

LEESIDE 22 3 2 17 26 69 8



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 1

team p w d l f a pts

HIBERNIANS 20 13 5 2 45 18 31

BLACKPOOL CEL. 20 13 3 4 48 31 29

BALLINCOLLIG 20 10 6 4 31 21 26

ALBERT RVRS 19 8 7 4 34 26 23

MACROOM 20 7 8 5 33 31 22

KINSALE 20 7 5 8 33 33 19

KILLUMNEY UTD 20 7 3 10 30 29 17

TEMPLE UTD 19 7 3 9 33 40 17

KNOCKNAHEENY C. 20 7 2 11 32 43 16

EVERTON 20 2 7 11 30 46 11

BISHOPSTOWN 20 3 1 16 32 63 7



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 1A

team p w d l f a pts

PARK UTD 20 15 3 2 44 18 33

WATERLOO 20 13 5 2 38 15 31

BOHER CELTIC 20 11 2 7 44 32 24

GRATTAN UTD 20 10 4 6 36 24 24

NORTH END 20 9 4 7 48 39 22

CASTLEVIEW 20 7 6 7 43 39 20

WESTERN RVRS 20 6 4 10 34 50 16

MALLOW CEL. 20 5 5 10 25 39 15

GLENVALE 20 5 4 11 29 39 14

PORTVIEW 20 4 4 12 23 41 12

BUTTEVANT ATH. 20 2 5 13 33 61 9



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 1B

team p w d l f a pts

BALLYVOLANE 20 16 4 0 54 17 36

BALLINCOLLIG A. 20 13 2 5 51 28 28

CORKBEG 20 9 8 3 41 26 26

BROOKLODGE UTD 20 8 7 5 46 37 23

NORTHVILLA 20 9 2 9 49 47 20

EVERTON UTD 20 7 3 10 22 38 17

MAHON UTD 20 5 6 9 30 41 16

COBH TOWN 20 6 3 11 27 36 15

CENTRAL RVRS 20 6 3 11 44 56 15

YOUGHAL UTD 20 6 2 12 26 38 14

MAYFIELD UTD 20 4 2 14 33 59 10



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 2

team p w d l f a pts

VILLA UTD 20 12 4 4 46 26 28

COLLEGE CRNTHNS A. 20 10 6 4 41 29 26

ARD-NA-LAOI 20 10 5 5 34 29 25

KILREEN CEL. 20 6 9 5 31 25 21

BANDON TOWN 20 9 2 9 46 37 20

GRANGEVALE 20 7 5 8 29 33 19

HIBERNIANS A. 20 7 4 9 36 41 18

LAKEWOOD ATH. 20 6 6 8 37 45 18

AFTON VILLA 20 5 7 8 31 45 17

DOSCO VILLA 20 6 4 10 27 32 16

CROSSHAVEN 20 4 4 12 32 48 12



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 2A

team p w d l f a pts

VILLAGE UTD 22 14 8 0 61 23 36

CASTLE CELTIC 22 14 6 2 54 24 34

KINGSTON RNGRS 22 10 9 3 41 28 29

ALBERT UTD 22 10 5 7 36 26 25

SOUTHEND UTD 22 10 5 7 43 39 25

KILLAVULLEN 22 8 7 7 40 35 23

MAYFIELD 22 8 7 7 36 33 23

FAIRVIEW 22 7 7 8 41 34 21

BLARNEY UTD 22 6 7 9 41 43 19

SHANDON CEL. 22 6 6 10 31 40 18

DUNBAR CELTIC 22 2 2 18 22 62 6

BOHEMIANS 22 2 1 19 25 84 5



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 2B

team p w d l f a pts

TOGHER RVRS 22 17 3 2 57 22 37

WEST END UTD 22 14 6 2 51 16 34

BLARNEY STREET A. 22 14 1 7 55 32 29

WILTON UTD 22 11 5 6 53 47 27

ST J. BOSCO'S U. 22 9 5 8 38 38 23

GLANMIRE 22 6 8 8 37 41 20

COBH CEL. 22 7 5 10 34 38 19

GREENMOUNT R. 22 5 8 9 41 47 18

BARRACK RVRS 22 6 6 10 30 40 18

BALLYVOLANE U 22 6 6 10 30 46 18

BEAUMONT RNGRS 22 4 7 11 32 47 15

MAYFIELD ATH. 22 2 2 18 19 63 6



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 3

team p w d l f a pts

GREENWOOD 22 15 4 3 63 26 34

INNISHANNON 22 14 5 3 42 21 33

PASSAGE WNDRS 22 13 4 5 66 24 30

STRAND UTD 22 12 1 9 39 44 25

C. CORINTHIANS 22 12 0 10 41 30 24

MACROOM U. 22 10 4 8 58 49 24

COLLEGEVIEW 22 10 2 10 43 45 22

DOUGLAS H. WNDRS 22 9 3 10 48 44 21

DRIPSEY CEL. 22 7 6 9 45 42 20

KILLUMNEY 22 5 4 13 43 57 14

SUNDAY'S WELL 22 6 2 14 43 58 14

KENLEY CEL. 22 1 1 20 24 115 3



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 3A

team p w d l f a pts

DONERAILE 20 15 3 2 54 14 33

BUTTEVANT ALB. 20 13 4 3 41 19 30

BOHER ALB. 20 13 3 4 59 26 29

KANTURK 20 13 3 4 37 21 29

PORTVIEW U. 20 12 4 4 40 26 28

PARK ALB. 20 10 3 7 39 27 23

UCC 20 6 5 9 28 38 17

SHANDON ATH. 20 4 4 12 28 59 12

GLANWORTH U. 20 3 3 14 39 64 9

MALLOW TOWN 20 1 3 16 19 50 5

NEWBERRY RVRS 20 0 5 15 14 54 5



MURPHY'S STOUT LEAGUE 3B

team p w d l f a pts

HILL CEL.* 20 15 3 2 59 10 33

CARRIGTWOHILL U. 20 14 5 1 58 31 33

BROOKLODGE A. 20 15 1 4 54 24 31

YOUGHAL 20 11 5 4 55 26 27

BALLINLOUGH U. 20 9 4 7 47 38 22

CORKBEG U. 20 6 4 10 40 43 16

EVERGREEN 20 6 4 10 37 53 16

LEE RANGERS 20 6 4 10 29 48 16

GLENVIEW 20 6 4 10 31 53 16

BALLINTOTIS 20 3 1 16 17 48 7

BEAUMONT C. 20 1 1 18 21 74 3



Hill Celtic won play-off.



BARRY'S TEA YOUTHS 1

team p w d l f a pts

ROCKMOUNT 14 12 2 0 55 6 26

DOUGLAS H. 14 10 3 1 34 10 23

TRAMORE A. 14 6 4 4 29 30 16

LEEDS 14 4 5 5 30 28 13

CASEMENT C. 14 5 2 7 21 30 12

MAYFIELD U. 14 3 4 7 23 26 10

WILTON U. 14 3 3 8 20 46 9

EVERTON 14 1 1 12 18 54 3



AUL YOUTHS 2

team p w d l f a pts

CASTLEVIEW 20 17 3 0 77 19 37

LEESIDE 20 12 4 4 64 34 28

MALLOW CEL. 20 12 4 4 43 25 28

BALLINCOLLIG 20 10 5 5 69 42 25

SPRINGFIELD 20 11 3 6 47 31 25

COACHFORD 20 7 4 9 49 57 18

BANDON 20 6 3 11 39 60 15

BLARNEY U. 20 5 4 11 42 55 14

MACROOM 20 6 2 12 43 70 14

KANTURK 20 5 0 15 42 75 10

CROSSHAVEN 20 1 4 15 26 73 6



Leeside won 2nd place play-off.



HURLEY'S SUPERMARKET UNDER 17 ONE

team p w d l f a pts

ROCKMOUNT 10 9 0 1 48 17 18

WILTON UTD 10 6 1 3 34 23 13

LEEDS 10 6 0 4 31 20 12

PARK UTD 10 5 2 3 35 32 12

DOUGLAS HALL 10 1 1 8 20 48 3

EVERTON 10 0 2 8 8 36 2



UNDER 17 TWO:

team p w d l f a pts

MAYFIELD UTD 10 7 3 0 40 17 17

CASEMENT CELTIC 10 5 4 1 26 13 14

CASTLEVIEW 10 4 2 4 32 23 10

PASSAGE 10 3 2 5 24 28 8

TRAMORE ATH. 10 3 2 5 11 22 8

LEEDS ATH. 10 1 1 8 13 43 3

ROLL OF HONOUR:


Mossie Linnane Cup: Temple United (Ballincollig runners up);

Corinthians Cup: Temple Utd (Passage juniors);

Shield: Temple Utd, (Ballincollig);

Intermediate League; Temple Utd (Ballincollig);

AOH Cup: Coachford (Passage);

St Michael's Cup: Rockmount (Ballincollig Athletic);

City Challenge Cup: Albert Rovers (Grangevale);

County Cup: Corkbeg (Brooklodge Utd);

Saxone Cup: Greenwood (Castle Celtic);

President's Cup: Ard-na-Laoi (Ballyvolane Utd);

Premier League: Crescent Ath. (St John Bosco's);

League 1: Hibernians (Blackpool Celtic);

League 1A: Park Utd (Waterloo);

League 1B: Ballyvolane (Ballincollig Ath.);

League 2: Villa Utd (Corinthians Ath.);

League 2A: Village Utd (Castle Celtic);

League 2B: Togher Rovers (West End Utd);

League 3: Greenwood (Innishannon);

league 3A: Doneraile (Buttevant Ath.);

League 3B: Hill Celtic (Carrigtwohill Utd);

Murphy Youth Cup: Rockmount (Mayfield Utd);

Coca Cola Youth Cup: Douglas Hall (Casement Celtic);

Second Division Youth Cup: Mallow Celtic (Ballincollig);

Barry's Tea Youths 1: Rockmount (Douglas Hall);

Youths 2: Castleview (Leeside or Mallow Celtic);

Imperial Hotel Under 17 League Cup: Mayfield Utd (Rockmount);

Hurley's Supermarket Under 17 1: Rockmount (Wilton Utd);

Under 17 2: Mayfield Utd (Casement Celtic).



Murphy's Stout Annual Awards: Temple Utd (Team of the year); Ger

Manning of Temple Utd (Manager of the Year); Mick McAuliffe of

Rockmount (Golden Boot winner); Billy Falvey (Referee of the Year).

AUL REFEREES 1999

REFEREES AND MANAGERS MEET:




There were some honest straight talking exchanges at the specially arranged between the AUL U18 and U17 managers and the Referees Inspectors and Society members which took place at the Imperial Hotel last week; the use of foul language by players, the attitude of managers and selectors, allegations of victimisation of reporting clubs, and inconsistency on the referees' part, turned out to be the main topics.



Willie Long, chairman of the local branch of the Irish Soccer Referees Society, was delighted with the chance to talk to the managers: "We do try to get consistency. There is constant coaching on the laws of the games at our fourteen meetings every season; we use videos on the laws and also on first aid; self-correct papers are regularly handed out with questions and multi-choice answers".



"There is a major commitment on the referee's part. Our society helps them prepare match reports, instructs them in how to address players, and also organises testing training sessions at the Mardyke. Those who attend these sessions are encouraged, they get the better games."



Ballincollig manager Denis Campion and Everton manager Noel O'Sullivan both pointed to inconsistency as a major problem. O'Sullivan mentioned an example last season where one of his youth players was drafted in for an intermediate cup game where the use of foul language was not punished while the same offence was being severely punished at youth level even to the point where it was being given more attention than the basic laws.



Bad language was also being used by the odd referee from time to time and Rockmount manager James Corcoran was a recent victim: "Had it been one of my players, I would have taken him off." Corcoran's policy may well be one to adopt at schoolboy level according to Senior Referees inspector Pat Kelly: "Problems are starting at a younger age and good habits at schoolboy level could be a big help later on".



Frank Casey had these words of advice: "Make sure everything is right before the game. Don't draw the ref on you. Make sure shinguards are in place and that socks are tied and so on. Let us work together".



Some clubs were frustrated because they felt there was little they could do about their grievances with a referee. The answer came loud and clear from both the referees and the league management and it was report, report, report.



"But if we report, we will be victimised", was the reply. "Not so", assured Willie Long, "No club is victimised. The match will be reffed as it is on the day, not with reference to the club's previous history. If we come across anything like that, if a referee intentionally robs a team, that referee will be shifted. I am genuine when I say no club will be victimised".



His comments were echoed by branch secretary Christy Byrne who encouraged clubs to report instances of misconduct on a referee's part to the league. "There may even be some benefit in reporting mis-applications of the laws by a referee, you could well be doing him a favour in the long run." If the reports don't come, the league won't know about it, the society won't know about it, and the mistakes, deliberate or otherwise, will continue unabated. So report and break the circle.



At the end of the lively discussion, most present could go along with one of Pat Kelly's closing comments: "We all have a function in football - co-operation is the way to go".

AUL and MFA 1993

CORK SOCCER CONTRIBUTORS:


Between them, the O'Driscoll brothers, Denis and Jack, have made a huge

contribution to football in the Cork area. Currently, Denis is assistant

secretary to both the AUL and the MFA while Jack, a member of the MFA, is

chairman of the Cork Shipping League.



Denis played youth football with St Mary's and later served on the committee.

He then became involved with the Cork Celtic supporters club and acted as

chairman for four years.



In 1966, he was a founder member of Tonyville, played with them and served on

the committee for 14 years.



He joined the AUL in 1974 and has been treasurer, secretary, and chairman

(1988/89).



Jack's first involvement with Shipping League football was back in 1966 with

Olympic (later to become Byrne's). When the club folded, Jack stayed with the

Shipping League as a committee member and is still there. He has been with

the league since 1971 and was elected chairman in 1988.



Both the O'Driscolls have been instrumental in the improvement in Turner's

Cross in recent years but particular credit is due to Jack. He is the

groundsman at the venue and the much praised playing surface is his pride and

joy.

AUL 1997-98

AUL SOCCER ______________________________________________________-




Murphy's Stout Premier League: Greenmount Rangers, Crescent Athletic, Blarney

Utd, Hibernians, Passage, Springfield, Village Utd, Macroom, Coachford, Park

Utd, Togher Rovers, Killumney Utd. (Two to be relegated).



Murphy's Stout Premier "A": Kinsale, Rockville, St John Bosco's, Buttevant,

Ballincollig, Grattan Utd, Albert Rovers, Castle Celtic, North End, Villa Utd,

Kanturk, Leeside. (Two to be promoted, three to be relegated)



Murphy's Stout AUL 1: Ballinhassig, Passage B, Bandon B, Greenmount Rangers

B, Ard-na-Laoi, Grangevale, College Corinthians, Knocknaheeny Celtic, Pearse

Celtic, Hibernians B, Temple Utd, Harp Utd. (One to be promoted, two

relegated).



Murphy's Stout AUL 1A: Hillington, Waterloo, Blarney Street Athletic,

Blackpool Celtic, Blarney Utd B, Ballyvolane, Glenvale, Fairview, Buttevant B,

Doneraile, Northvilla. (One to be promoted, one relegated).



Murphy's Stout AUL 1B: Ballinlough Utd, Bandon, Corinthians Ath., Hill

Celtic, Corkbeg, Mayfield Utd, Churchvilla, Fourth Battalion, Dunbar Celtic,

Leeside B, Cobh Town. (One to be promoted, one relegated).



Murphy's Stout AUL 2: Shandon Celtic, Lough Celtic, Greenwood, Strand Utd,

Everton, Richmond, Coachford B, Killowen, Dripsey Celtic, Douglas Hall

Wanderers, Innishannon, Douglas Celtic. (Two to be promoted, two relegated).



Murphy's Stout AUL 2A: Castleview, Park Utd B, Millstreet Celtic, Glanworth,

Kanturk B, Mallow Celtic, Maymount Celtic, Fairhill Utd, Boher Celtic,

Greenwood Celtic, Brooklodge Utd, Rylane Celtic. (Two to be promoted, two to

be relegated).



Murphy's Stout AUL 2B: St John Bosco's B, Midleton, Glanmire, Barrack Rovers,

West End Utd, Beaumont, Albert Rovers B, Central Rovers, Brooklodge Utd B,

Springfield B, Bohemians, Mahon Utd. (Two to be promoted, two relegated).



Murphy's Stout AUL 3: Macroom B, Villa Utd B, Kinsale B, Lakewood Ath.,

Ballincollig B, Killeady Celtic, Glencairn Celtic, Afton Villa, Ard-na-Laoi

B, Ballinhassig B, Ardmanning Celtic, Ballyphehane Celtic, Bellmount Rovers,

Evergreen. (Two be be automatically promoted).



Murphy's Stout AUL 3A: Grattan Utd B, Donoughmore Ath., Mallow Celtic B,

Castle Celtic B, Churchview Celtic, Newmarket Town, Glen Celtic, Lakelands

Celtic, Hillington B, Rathcoole Rovers, Buttevant C, Ballyclough, Whitethorn,

Glenthorn Celtic. (Two to be automatically promoted).



Murphy's Stout AUL 3B: Lee Rangers, Hill Albion, Passage C, Fourth Battalion

B, Mayfield Utd B, Ballintotis, Glenview, Cobh Celtic, South Cross Ath., UCC,

Dunbar Celtic B, Northvilla B, Corkbeg B, Village Utd B. (Two to be

automatically promoted).



Murphy's Stout Linnane League Cup (eight groups of three):



A - Greenmount Rangers, Rockville, Ballincollig:

B - Crescent Athletic, Kinsale, Grattan Utd;

C - Village Utd, Coachford, Villa Utd;

D - Hibernians, Togher Rovers, Albert Rovers;

E - Macroom, Killumney Utd, North End;

F - Passage, Springfield, St John Bosco's;

G - Park Utd, Castle Celtic, and Leeside;

H - Blarney Utd, Buttevant, Kanturk.

* Winners go through to quarter-finals.



Coca Cola Youths League Cup.



Group A: Maymount Celtic, Ballincollig, Macroom, Coachford, Killumney Utd.

Group B: Richmond, Bandon, Kilreen Celtic, Blarney Utd, Donoughmore Ath.

Group C: Passage, Douglas Hall, Hibernians, Everton, Greenwood.

Group D: Northvilla, Glen Celtic, Hillington, Leeside, Midleton, Leeds.



* Top two in each group will qualify for quarter-finals.



Imperial Hotel Under 17 League CUP:

Group A: Kilreen Celtic, Ballincollig, Clonakilty, Bandon.

Group B: Millstreet Celtic, Boher Celtic, Mallow Celtic, Buttevant.

Group C: Wilton Utd, Casement Celtic, Tramore Ath., Douglas Hall, Everton.

Group D: Temple Utd, Leeds, Rockmount, Mayfield Utd, Midleton.



* Winner of each group qualifies for semi-finals.



Important dates: 10th September - delegate meeting; 18th October - jubilee

dinner.

AUL 1996-97

AUL LEAGUES 1996/97:




Murphy's Stout Premier League: Blarney Utd, Coachford, Crescent Ath.,

Greenmount Rangers, Hibernians, Kinsale, Macroom, Park Utd, Passage,

Rockville, Springfield, and Village Utd.



Murphy's Stout Premier A: Albert Rovers, Ballincollig, Buttevant, Castle

Celtic, Cobh Town, Grattan Utd, Killumney Utd, North End, Northvilla, St John

Bosco's, Temple Utd, and Togher Rovers.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1: Ard-na-Laoi, Ballinhassig, Bandon Town, College

Corinthians, Douglas Hall Wanderers, Grangevale, Greenmount Celtic, Kilreen

Celtic, Knocknaheeny Celtic, Passage Wanderers, Villa Utd and Wilton Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1A: Ballyvolane, Bishopstown Utd, Blackpool Celtic,

Blarney Ath., Blarney Street Athletic, Boher Celtic, Doneraile, Glenvale,

Hillington, Kanturk, and Waterloo.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1B: Ballinlough Utd, Bandon, Brooklodge Utd, Churchvilla,

Corkbeg, Corinthians Ath, Douglas Celtic, Fourth Battalion, Hill Celtic,

Leeside, Mayfield Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2: Ballincollig Ath., Coachford Utd, Dripsey Celtic,

Evergreen, Everton, Greenwood, Harp Utd, Hibernians Ath., Killowen, Lough

Celtic, Pearse Celtic, Richmond, Southend, Strand Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2A: Brogeen Rvrs, Burton Rangers, Buttevant Ath.,

Castleview, Fairview, Glanworth, Mallow Celtic, Millstreet Celtic, Park

Albion, Rathcoole Rovers, Shandon Celtic, Whitethorn, and Wilton Ath.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2B: Albert Utd, Barrack Rovers, Bayside Celtic, Beaumont,

Bohemians, Central Rvrs, Dunbar Celtic, Glanmire, Leeside Utd, Mahon Utd,

Midleton Celtic, St John Bosco's Utd, UCC, and West End Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3: Afton Villa, Ballincollig Utd, Ballinhassig Utd,

Glencairn Utd, Greenwood Celtic, Innishannon, Killeady Celtic, Kinsale Ath.,

Lakewood Ath., Leemount, Macroom Utd, and Villa Ath.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3A: Churchview Celtic, Donoghmore Ath., Fairhill Utd, Glen

Celtic, Grattan, Hillington Utd, Killcastle Celtic, Lakelands Celtic, Mallow

Town, Maymount Celtic, Newmarket Town, and Rylane.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3B: Ballintotis, Brooklodge Ath., Cobh Celtic, Corkbeg

Utd, Fourth Battalion Celtic, Glenview, Hill Albion, Lee Rangers, Mayfield,

Passage Rvrs, South Cross Ath. and Springfield Utd.



Coca Cola Youths League Cup:

Section A - Ballincollig, Maymount Celtic, Donoghmore, Killumney Utd,

Macroom, and Richmond.

Section B - Douglas Hall, Everton, Greenwood, Hibernians, and Kinsale.

Section C - Mayfield Utd, Leeds, Passage, Wilton Utd, and Kilreen Celtic.

Section D - Park Utd, Leeside, Midleton, Grattan Utd, and Blarney Utd.



Winners and runners up go through to quarter-finals.



Imperial Hotel Under 17 League Cup:

Section A - Boher Celtic, Buttevant, and Mayfield Utd.

Section B - Midleton, Carrigtwohill, and Maymount Celtic.

Section C - Bandon, Coachford, and Ballincollig.

Section D - Everton, Hibs, Kilreen Celtic, Leeds, and Hillington.



A, B, and C, are double rounds, D single round. Winners through to semi-

finals.

AUL 1995-96

AUL LEAGUES 1995/96:




Murphy's Stout Premier: Blarney Utd, Buttevant, Coachford, Crescent Ath.,

Greenmount Rangers, Hibernians, Northvilla, Park Utd, Passage, Rockville,

Springfield, and Village Utd.



Murphy's Stout Premier A: Ballincollig, Ballyphehane, Bandon, Blackpool

Celtic, Cobh Town, Grattan Utd, Kinsale, Macroom, North End, St John Bosco's,

Temple Utd, and Wilton Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1: Albert Rovers, Ard-na-Laoi, College Corinthians,

Douglas Hall, Grangevale, Greenmount Celtic, Killowen, Killumney Utd, Kilreen

Celtic, Knocknaheeny Celtic, Passage Wanderers, and Southend.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1A: Ballyvolane, Blarney Street Athletic, Boher Celtic,

Castle Celtic, Doneraile, Glenvale, Hillington, Kanturk, Park Albion, Tramore

Ath., Waterloo, and Whitethorn.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1B: Ballinlough Utd, Brooklodge Utd, Corkbeg, Corinthians

Ath, Dunbar Celtic, Fourth Battalion, Hill Celtic, Leeside, Mayfield Utd,

Togher Rovers, Villa Utd, and West End Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2: Afton Villa, Ballincollig Ath., Ballinhassig, Bandon

Town, Coachford Utd, Dripsey Celtic, Greenwood, Harp Utd, Innishannon, Lough

Celtic, Richmond, Strand Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2A: Albert Utd, Bishopstown, Blarney Utd, Brogeen Rvrs,

Buttevant Ath., Castleview, Fairview, Glanworth, Killavullen, Mallow Celtic,

Millstreet Celtic, Shandon Celtic, UCC, and Waterloo Celtic.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2B: Barrack Rovers, Bayside Celtic, Beaumont Rangers,

Bohemians, Central Rvrs, Churchvilla, Cobh Celtic, Douglas Celtic, Glanmire,

Glenview, Leeside Utd, Mahon Utd, St John Bosco's Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3: Ballincollig Utd, Greenwood Celtic, Hibernians Ath.,

Killeady Celtic, Kenley Celtic, Kilreen, Kinsale Ath., Lakewood Ath.,

Leemount, Macroom Utd, Pearse Celtic, South Cross Ath., and Villa Ath.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3A: Boher Albion, Burton Rangers, Churchview Celtic,

Donoghmore Ath., Glen Celtic, Hillington Utd, Lakelands Celtic, Mallow Town,

Newmarket Town, Rathcoole Rovers, Slackersfield Utd, and Wilton Ath.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3B: Ballintotis, Beaumont Celtic, Brooklodge Ath., Celtic

FC, Corkbeg Utd, Evergreen, Fourth Battalion Celtic, Hill Albion, Lee Rangers,

Mayfield, Midleton Celtic, Springfield Utd.



Coca Cola Youths League Cup:

Section A - Mayfield Utd, Blarney Utd, Kanturk, Buttevant, Grattan Utd, and

Maymount Celtic.



Section B - Leeds, Northvilla, Leeside, Midleton, Park Utd, and South Cross

Ath.



Section C - Wilton Utd, Everton, Greenwood, Passage, Hibernians, and Tramore

Ath.



Section D - Ballincollig, Ballinhassig, Richmond, Coachford, Kilreen Celtic,

and Macroom.



Imperial Hotel Under 17 League Cup:



Section A - Rockmount, Femroy, Mayfield Utd, Midleton, Mogeely, Villa Utd,

Maymount Celtic, and Castleview.



Section B - Tramore Ath., Leeds, City View, Everton, Hibernians, and Wilton

Utd.



AUL Shield:

Section A - Greenmount Rangers, Northvilla, Temple Utd, and Wilton Utd.



Section B - Springfield, Park Utd, Ballincollig, Blackpool Celtic.



Section C - Blarney Utd, Coachford, Grattan Utd, and Cobh Town.



Section D - Passage, Village Utd., St John Bosco's, North End.



Section E - Rockville, Buttevant, Bandon, and Macroom.



Section F - Hibernians, Crescent Ath., Kinsale, and Ballyphehane.

AUL 1994-95

.M:2

AUL LEAGUES 1994/95:



Murphy's Stout Senior Division: Ballincollig, Blarney Utd, Castleview,

Greenmount Rangers, Mayfield Utd, Springfield, Temple Utd, and Wilton Utd.



Murphy's Stout Premier: Ballyvolane, Buttevant, Coachford, Crescent Ath.,

Fourth Battalion, Hibernians, Park Utd, Passage, Rockville, and Village Utd.



Murphy's Stout Premier A: Ballincollig, Ballyphehane, Bandon, Blackpool

Celtic, Dunbar Celtic, Grattan Utd, Kinsale, Northvilla, St John Bosco's,

Temple Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1: Albert Rovers, Ard-na-Laoi, Ballincollig Ath.,

Grangevale, Hillington, Macroom, Killowen, Killumney Utd, Kilreen Celtic,

Knocknaheeny Celtic, Villa Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1A: Blarney Street Athletic, Boher Celtic, Castle Celtic,

Castleview, Doneraile, Glenvale, Mallow Celtic, North End, Southend Utd,

Waterloo, Western Rovers.



Murphy's Stout AUL 1B: Brooklodge Utd, Central Rovers, Cobh Town, Corkbeg,

Corinthians Ath, Hill Celtic, Leeside, Mahon Utd, Mayfield Utd, Togher Rovers,

and West End Utd.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2: Afton Villa, Bandon Town, College Corinthians, Dosco

Villa, Douglas Hall, Dripsey Celtic, Greenwood, Hibernians Ath., Innishannon,

Lakewood Ath., Passage Wanderers, and Strand Utd.



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Murphy's Stout AUL 2A: Albert Utd, Bishopstown, Blarney Utd, Buttevant

Albion, Fairview, Kanturk, Killavullen, Park Albion, Portview, Shandon Celtic,

Tramore Ath., and Whitethorn.



Murphy's Stout AUL 2B: Ballinlough Utd, Ballyvolane Utd, Barrack Rovers,

Beaumont Rangers, Carrigtwohill, Churchvilla, Cobh Celtic, Douglas Celtic,

Glanmire, Greenmount Rangers, St John Bosco's Utd, Villa Ath.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3: Ballincollig Utd, Ballinhassig, Cionn tSaile, Coachford

Utd, Greenwood Utd, Killeady Celtic, Kenley Celtic, Kilreen, Leemount, Lough

Celtic, Macroom Utd, Sunday's Well.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3A: Brogeen Rovers, Burton Rangers, Doneraile Celtic,

Fourth Battalion Celtic, Glanworth Utd, Mallow Town, Millstreet, Newberry

Rovers, Newmarket Town, Park Ath., UCC, and Waterloo Celtic.



Murphy's Stout AUL 3B: Ballintotis, Bayside Celtic, Beaumont Celtic,

Bohemians, Brooklodge Ath., Carey's FC, Corkbeg Utd, Evergreen, Glenview, Hill

Albion, Lee Rangers, Leeside Albion, Mayfield.



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Coca Cola Youths League Cup:

Section A - Mayfield Utd, Everton, Macroom, Ballinhassig, Blarney Utd.



Section B - KIlreen Celtic, Douglas Hall, Bandon, Temple Utd, Leeside, and

South Cross Ath.



Section C - Leeds, Passage, Coachford, Hillington, Mallow Celtic, Northvilla.



Section D - Castleview, Greenwood, Tramore Ath., Boher Celtic, Buttevant.



Imperial Hotel Under 17 League Cup:



Section A - Rockmount, Mayfield Utd, Blarney Utd, Everton, Crosshaven,

Ballincollig, Tramore Ath.



Section B - Leeds, Kilreen Celtic, Castleview, Greenwood, Bayview Utd,

Churchvilla.





AUL Shield:

Section A - Mayfield Utd, Springfield, Dunbar Celtic, Hibernians, Fourth

Battalion, Kinsale, Temple Utd "B".

Section B - Castleview, Blarney Utd, Rockville, Park Utd, Ballyphehane,

Grattan Utd, and Bandon.

Section C - Greenmount Rangers, Wilton Utd, Passage, Buttevant, Ballyvolane,

Village Utd, and Ballincollig "B".

Section D: Temple Utd, Ballincollig, St John Bosco's, Crescent Ath.,

Coachford, Northvilla, Blackpool Celtic.

AUL 1996

APRIL 96:




John O'Sullivan:

John O'Sullivan was the man in the hot seat as the recent FAI

crisis reached its climax. John, after sixteen years continuous

service, is one of the most senior and respected members of the

Senior Council and was given the task of overseeing th vote of no

confidence in the former president Louis Kilcoyne.



O'Sullivan has long been associated with football in Cork and was

founder member of the progressive Tramore athletic club of which

he is Honorary president. He has been a member of the management

committee of the Cork AUL for close on twenty two years, eighteen

of them as treasurer.

AUL 2001

John Barnes was the AUL's first adopted Dubliner and was a leading soccer legislator.




He played with Ballinlough Rovers in his youth. He was with the club when they became one of the AUL's founder members in 1947.



John retired from the league in 1974 after 26 years of dedicated service, 21 of which he led from the chairman's throne.



During his dynamic reign he saw the league grow from just 14 teams to 150 and it would be impossible to chronicle his achievements over those years.



He spearheaded the drive behind the construction of the excellent 10-room pavilion at the league's headquarters in Church Road, a ground whose lease he also secured.



He was a member of the Munster Football Association for a lengthy period and served as the body's chairman during its Golden Jubilee year in 1972 when the famed Borussia Moenchengladbach visited Flower Lodge.



His presence on the FAI junior and youth committees was rewarding for Cork in that many of the players who received international recognition might never have achieved that cherished ambition but for his efforts in promoting Cork soccer.



He was chairman of the FAI junior Council for several seasons.



(by Plunkett Carter)



++++++++++++++++++++++



JOHN BARNES RIP



John Barnes, who died last week, gave twenty-six years of dedicated service to the Cork AUL, twenty-one of them as Chairman.



Before his retirement in 1974, he helped the league expand from under 20 to over 150 teams. He was a driving force in the securing of Church Road and the construction of large pavilion there. A Dubliner, he helped the Cork league and its players achieve a new prominence at national level.



As a youth, he played his football with Ballinlough Rovers and was with them when they became founding members of the AUL in 1947. Soon afterwards, John was to start his magnificent service on the league's management committee.



He was also a member of the Munster Football Association for many years and indeed was chairman from 1972 to 1974. During that term, he helped oversee the Golden Jubilee celebrations. He also worked on the FAI junior and youths councils.



These few words barely scratch the surface of the huge contribution that John Barnes made to football. There was some small acknowledgment of that work when, in 1998, he was a proud recipient of a Distinguished Service Award from the Cork Soccer Honours Committee.

AUL NOV 1994

__________________________________________________________


AUL MANAGER:



Martin Heffernan, the manager of the Cork AUL juniors, has had a

distinguished career as a player since he started as a schoolboy

with St Mary's.



Heffernan returned from a spell in England to join Cork

Hibernians during their glory days at Flower Lodge and was there

from 1970 to 75. He has great memories of that fantastic spell

and of the great players around him. The highlight for Martin

was a trip to Czeckoslovakia to take on Banik Ostrava in the Cup

Winners Cup competition.



He then spent a few months with Wembley before going on to play

for Rockmount, with whom he finished his career last year. He

is now involved in coaching in four local schools, has been

successful in the Preliminary examination and is now waiting on

the result of the Intermediate examination which he took last

August.

AUL DEC 2000

TONY FITZGERALD DEC 2000




Ballyphehane man Tony Fitzgerald is one of the busiest in football: he is chairman of the Cork AUL, chairman of the Munster Football Association, and also chairman of the FAI Youths Council. Though the FAI Youths Council was headed up by Munstermen in the past, Vince Cummins (Cork) and Maurice Cummins (Waterford) are two to have held the honour, Fitzgerald's hat trick of chairs is probably unique.



His FAI appointment, the most recent, came at the first meeting of the council in September but he had been a member of this body for much longer. The highlight in recent years was the EUFA Under 18 Finals triumph in 1998 and Tony was in Cyprus as the boys in green beat Germany in the decider.



Fitzgerald has a high regard for youth coach Brian Kerr: "He is an excellent coach. He is a great man to suss out the opposition and video studies of opposition games are one of his strengths. I have great time for him."



The setting up, over the past twelve months or so, of Regional Directors of Coaching is seen as a big step forward by Fitzgerald though he cautions that it will take some time to bear fruit. Fitzgerald is strongly of the opinion that all managers of underage teams should have coaching qualifications: "This is essential for the proper development of football."



Tony, who has already been in France, the Czech Republic, and Germany, with Kerr's youth teams, since his appointment, would dearly love to see the Irish again qualify for the EUFA finals, preferably before his two year term is up.



It was in Waterford last June that Tony began his two-year term as chairman of the MFA, following in the footsteps of other AUL members including John Barnes, Mossie Linnane, Vince Cummins, Paddy Barry, and John O'Sullivan.



Fitzgerald, not surprisingly, is delighted with the improvements in Turner's Cross over recent years under the aegis of the MFA: "It is a great boost. The development work is ongoing and progress to date has been very good. I look forward to seeing it completed".



Fitzgerald says that the Cross, once completed, will compare with anything in the country and he will be doing his bit to get competitive internationals, more likely at U18 or U21 level, at the venue and not just friendless.



His main ambition is to see facilities improve right across province, while acknowledging the improvements that have taken place over the last decade or so: "The clubs involved are to be congratulated, great credit is due to them," said the chairman as he went on to contrast the scene today with the lack of facilities when he started in the game.



He was elected to the AUL chair back in 1994 and his term here is open-ended. He is happy that teams from the league reached the closing stages of the FAI Youth and U17 Cups in recent seasons and the current inter-league youths side are still going strong in the championship.



Again he praised the clubs, from both city and county, who have developed grounds and facilities in the recent past. He would also like to see an AUL junior side go on and win that elusive FAI Junior Cup. "Even if they get to the semi-finals, they will qualify for the FAI Senior Cup and they should go for it. In recent seasons, junior sides, such as Fairview (Limerick) and St Michael's (Tipperary South) have done the junior ranks proud in open competitions."



No matter which hat he wears, Fitzy is a big supporter of Eircom Park: "Eircom Park is a must as far as I am concerned but I am disappointed by the short-sightedness of some legislators, particularly at National League level, who are looking at short term gain."



Chairman on the treble or not, Fitzgerald was quick to point out the valuable work of committees at all levels of football, men and women who do tremendous work, from schoolboys up, with very little by way of public acknowledgement though the AUL sponsored Cork Soccer Honours are now doing something to honour the voluntary work going on in football.



Tony first took to the football stage as a tiny tot mascot back in the late forties. That initiation came at Turner's Cross when Rock Rangers, of which his late father Thad was secretary, successfully contested the final of the Munster Junior Cup.



Tony went to Sullivan's Quay CBS where hurling and gaelic football were on the

menu. As soccer was more to his taste, he was frequently in trouble with the

Christians Brothers.



His first chance to play organised soccer came in the Ballyphehane Street

Leagues where he captained Upper Connolly Road and then went on to play in the

Schoolboys League with Ballyphehane City despite approaches from Tower Rovers

and Glasheen, the glamour underage teams of the period. As a schoolboy, he

played a few AUL games for the club's junior team.



Ballyphehane City went out of football and he joined a newly formed team

called Blues United. He played minor with them and, making his bow as an

administrator, was on the committee running the schoolboys section and was

Hon. Sec. of that section when one of their players, Timmy Murphy, was capped

at Under 15 level.



Out of football after his minor days, he was approached by Bridewell, then in

the second division of the Munster Junior League. He was delighted to sign

for them. He spent many happy years with Bridewell and was an automatic

choice with the Middle Parish team during the period when they won every

trophy in the Munster Junior League.



Then that Junior League went out of existence, the committee and players

decided to enter a team in the Munster Senior League. Success followed. They

won the Senior Shield, qualified for various cup finals, and qualified for the

1st round of the FAI Senior Cup in 1967.



At that time, just four intermediate teams could qualify for the senior

competition and Bridewell got through by virtue of a stirring win over a great

Cobh Ramblers team in the quarter-finals of the FAI Intermediate Cup.



Bridewell were drawn away to League of Ireland side Drogheda. Fitzy recalls:

"We were very apprehensive about the game. But on the day we excelled and

Drogheda were lucky to get away with a 1 - 1 draw. I remember Ronnie Whelan

(father of Ronnie of Liverpool and Ireland fame), scored the equaliser for

Drogheda".



Fitzy himself was up against the famous Jimmy Hasty, the one armed player well

known to Mardyke regulars. Hasty was a delightful player but Tony marked him so well that Hasty was dropped for the replay.



The replay went Drogheda's way and they advanced on a 3 - 0 scoreline. The game was played in Turner's Cross but so bad were the ground and weather conditions that many thought the game should not have gone ahead.



The Bridewell players had to pay three pounds for that away trip. And

Fitzgerald remembers: "The cost included the return coach journey, B. & B. in

a top class hotel in Lucan, Co. Dublin, and an evening meal on the Sunday

after the game."



Eventually Bridewell folded and he spent two seasons with Wembley in the AUL.

Then, in the late 60s and early 70s, he was secretary of the Ballyphehane

Street Leagues and then secretary of Casement Celtic Schoolboys Club. He was

instrumental in forming Casement juniors and played with them. He continued

as secretary of Casement youths and schoolboys and helped them to many a

success.



He first became involved with the AUL in the mid seventies when the late Christy

McGrath proposed him as a selector of the Oscar Traynor Cup team. Soon he was

co-opted onto the management committee and filled the role of fixtures

secretary for many years.



His administrative skills have long been noted outside the Cork area and in 1994, he played a leading role in helping the FAI stage the European Under 16

Tournament Finals. Tony was chairman of the Munster area organising

committee, a role he filled with distinction.

AUL DEC 2004

TOM Fitzgerald




Brother-in-law Steve O'Donovan tempted Tom Fitzgerald back into football. Tom, out of the game for a few years, relented and so began a 28 year relationship with Fairview that ended a few weeks back when Fitzgerald joined the Management Committee of the Cork AUL.





Fairview was Tom's second club. The first was Southend United where he played from U12 to Minor level under Paddy Gregory, "one of the best managers and motivators in Schoolboys soccer".



Tom then took his break but brother in-law O'Donovan, a founder member of Fairview and its current chairman, wasn't going to take no for an answer. From 1973, Tom played with the 'View, acted as a mentor, and filled various roles on the committee and indeed served twenty five years as club treasurer.



Towards the end of last season, Tom felt he needed a new challenge. He didn't seek re-election at the club's annual general meeting but instead applied to join the Cork AUL. Tom was delighted with the response: "I was honoured to be co-opted in July. My ties with Fairview were not entirely broken fully, as I was awarded honorary Vice-Presidency at their AGM. I am looking forward to the season ahead and hope the experience I have gained at Club level in the past will be of benefit to the Cork AUL. in the future."

AUL DECEMBER 1994

15/11/94


THE FITZIE FILE:



Tony Fitzgerald, the recently appointed chairman of the Cork AUL, first took to the football stage as a tiny tot mascot back in the late forties. That initiation came at Turner's Cross when Rock Rangers, of which his late father Thady was secretary, successfully contested the final of the Munster Junior Cup.



Tony went to Sullivan's Quay CBS where Hurling and Gaelic football were on the menu. As soccer was more to his taste, he was frequently in trouble with the Christian Brothers.



His first chance to play organised soccer came in the Ballyphehane Street

leagues where he captained Upper Connolly Road and then went on to play in the Schoolboys League with Ballyphehane City despite approaches from Tower Rovers and Glasheen, the glamour underage teams of the period. As a schoolboy, he played a few AUL games for the club's junior team.



Ballyphehane City went out of football and he joined a newly formed team

called Blues United. He played minor with them and, making his bow as an

administrator, was on the committee running the schoolboys section and was Hon. Sec. of that section when one of their players, Timmy Murphy, was capped at Under 15 level.



Out of football after his minor days, he was approached by Bridewell, then in the second division of the Munster Junior League. He was delighted to sign for them. He spent many happy years with Bridewell and was an automatic choice with the Middle Parish team during the period when they won every trophy in the Munster Junior League.



Then that Junior League went out of existence, the committee and players

decided to enter a team in the Munster Senior League. Success followed. they won the Senior Shield, qualified for various cup finals, and qualified for the 1st round of the FAI Senior Cup in 1967.



At that time, just four intermediate teams could qualify for the senior

competition and Bridewell got through by virtue of a stirring win over a great Cobh Ramblers team in the quarter-finals of the FAI Intermediate Cup.



Bridewell were drawn away to League of Ireland side Drogheda. Fitzy recalls: " We were very apprehensive about the game. But on the day we excelled and Drogheda were lucky to get away with a 1 - 1 draw. I remember Ronnie Whelan (father of Ronnie of Liverpool and Ireland fame), scored the equaliser for Drogheda".



Fitzy himself was up against the famous Jimmy Hasty, the one armed player well know to Mardyke regulars and mentioned by Charlie O'Leary on the recent Opel FAI Awards night. Hasty was a delightful player but Tony marked him so well that Hasty was dropped for the replay.



But the replay went Drogheda's way and they advanced on a 3 - 0 scoreline. The game was played in Turner's Cross but so bad were the ground and weather conditions that many thought the game should not have gone ahead.



The Bridewell players had to pay three pounds for that away trip. And

Fitzgerald remembers: "The cost included the return coach journey, B. & B. in a top class hotel in Lucan, Co. Dublin, and an evening meal on the Sunday after the game."



Eventually Bridewell folded and he spent two seasons with Wembley in the AUL. Then, in the late 60s and early 70s, he was secretary of the Ballyphehane Street Leagues and then secretary of Casement Celtic Schoolboys Club. He was instrumental in forming Casement juniors and played with them. He continued as secretary of Casement youths and schoolboys and helped them to many a success.



He first became involved with the AUL in the mid seventies when Christy

McGrath proposed him as a selector of the Oscar Traynor Cup team. Soon he was coopted onto the management committee and filled the role of fixtures secretary for many years.



His administrative skills have been noted outside the Cork area and he is

currently a member of various MFA and FAI committees. Earlier this year, he played a leading role in helping the FAI stage the European Under 16

Tournament Finals. Tony was chairman of the Munster area organising

committee, a role he filled with distinction, a distinction that he'll no

doubt bring to his new role in the AUL.

EARLY DAYS of the AUL

AUL EARLY DAYS


THE CORK CITY JUNIOR CHALLENGE CUP (1947/48):



Just three days after the founding meeting of the Cork City and

County Athletic Union Junior League on Wednesday, September 10th

1947, the Munster Football Association advertised for entries, at

ten shillings a time, for the Cork City Junior Challenge Cup.



Eight AUL teams entered and the first round draw was: Morton

Ville v Blackrock; Prospect Rovers v Clapton Celtic;

Grattan Utd v Maymount; and Green Rovers v Ballinlough Rovers.



The first match, on October 19th 1947, saw Morton Ville (who

would be the AUL's first league champions) hammer Blackrock 5 -

1.



A week later, P. Harris scored in the second half to put Clapton

one up against Prospect. They struck back with scores by O'Leary

and Kenny only to see J. Stark equalise. The game ended at 2 - 2

and, in mid December, Prospect won the replay 4 - 2.



The Grattan Utd v Maymount contest on November 2nd was under the

control of Dutch referee Jac. H. Lodenburg who, having recently

registered with the MFA, was making his debut in local football

at this Turner's Cross encounter which goes Maymount's way.



E. Bullman scored all three for Grattan who were outgunned by

Maymount's five supplied by C. Murphy (3), F. Murphy, and E.

Williams.



The Dutchman seems to be followed by goals galore. A week later,

he took charge of the Ballinlough Rovers v Green Rovers tie and

that ended 5 - 4 in favour of Ballinlough.



Ballinlough, who led 2 - 0 at the interval, had their scoring

hero in J. McCarthy who netted four. C. Daly also tallied for

the winners. The Green sharpshooters were J. McCullough (3) and

D. O'Brien.



On November 16th, the clubs of the new AUL league clashed with

clubs from the Munster Junior League in the FAI Junior Cup and,

generally, the MJL clubs come off best.



In an all AUL clash, Clapton Celtic scored their first win of the

season by beating Ballinlough. Early in December, Morton Ville's

unbeaten record is cracked 5 - 2 by Ladyswell Brewery (another

AUL team) in the FAI Junior Cup.



In the third round, J. Fenton gets the Ladyswell winner against

scoreless Brideville and the Brewery follow that up by beating

North End 3 - 2 in the area semi-final.



In the final, Warner puts Ladyswell ahead against Western Rovers

who snatch a late equaliser from a corner awarded after Brewery

keeper Williamson had deflected a penalty shot over the bar. The

replay sees the end of the great run by Ladyswell as Western

advance on a 5 - 2 scoreline.



Meanwhile, another AUL club is making its mark in the Munster

Junior Cup. In a third round tie in April 11th 1948, Maymount

hammer St Paul's, the previous season's runners up, by nine goals

to two. The Maymount marksmen were C. Murphy (3), Kenneally (2),

T. Murphy (2), Jacob, and Cummins.



Maymount's glory was shortlived. In the next round, they were

beaten 4 - 1 by Rock Rangers (the eventual champions).



The first semi-final of the Cork City cup straddled the old and

new years. The first game, on December 28th, between Ballinlough

Rovers and Morton Ville, was "a thrilling encounter, well above

average".



After 15 minutes, Ballinlough went one up through P. Cremin.

Morton were on top in the second half but had to wait until the

80th minute for their equaliser which comes from a low free by

Owen McCarthy. Morton piled forward for the winner but the

'Lough's excellent defence held out.



The hero of ballinlough's 4 - 2 replay win in early January was

keeper S. Burke who, we are told in the Echo, "played a big role.

He was sound all through and, at a crucial period, saved a

penalty". Morton led 2 - 1 at the interval but second half goals

by J. McCarthy, C. Daly, and P. Cremin, gave Ballinlough the

ticket to the first ever AUL final.



Ballinlough's opposition in the April decider was provided by

Prospect Rovers who had disposed of Maymount in the other semi-

final.



Corcoran (off a pass by O'Leary) put Prospect ahead in the second

half of the final. M. Morley saved Ballinlough when he equalised

with a late penalty kick.



The replay was on May 29th 1948 and was a thriller. The

exchanges were fierce, particularly in the second period when

referee Groeger sent off a player from each side. Nevertheless

the tussles were as keen as ever until the final whistle. The

crowd obviously enjoyed the proceedings which proved a far better

duel that the first meeting.



Corcoran, the outside right, scored the only goal of the game in

the very last minute and sent the Prospect supporters home to

Barrack Street in great form.



Prospect just about deserved the victory, being more dangerous in

front of goal where Corcoran and Hardy were best. Flaherty was a

good pivot while fulls, Forde and Lester, were sound. Motherway

gave a sound display of goal-keeping.



We don't have the prospect line-up but the Ballinlough team that

played in the first game was: Sean Burke, Con O'Sullivan, Dave

Dunlea, Charlie Daly, Willie Cremin, Mattie Morley, Nicholas

Murray, Jackie Christie, Pakie Cremin, Billy Morrisson, and Tom

Murray. Morrison, a centre forward, missed the replay because of

injury and was replaced by Tadgh Farnan. The Cremins were

brothers and so too were the Murrays.



There has been something of a long standing confusion as to how

many teams were in the AUL that first season and many say there

were eight and the fact that eight entered the City Cup may have

had something to do with that. But I have always maintained that

there were fourteen teams that first season.



And the source for that is a report of the first Annual General

Meeting of the League which was held on Saturday, June 19th 1948.

In his report, secretary Mr. J. Mullins said that the league had

started with 14 clubs but three of those had dropped out.



A shortage of grounds had inconvenienced the clubs a number of

times but everybody had risen to the occasion. He concluded by

congratulating Morton on winning the league.



MAYMOUNT'S LEAGUE (1948/49):



The AUL league campaign of 1948/49 ended with a thrilling final

between Maymount Rovers (qualifiers from Section "A") and Green

Rovers (winners of Section "B").



The final was played in Turner's Cross in April 1949 and provided

one of the most exciting first halves ever at the venue. But

despite the thrills, there were no goals; they all came after

the break.



Maymount started with the fall of ground and most expected them

to have had a goal or two in the bag before the interval. But

the Green defence rose magnificently to the occasion and centre

half L. Mannix gave J. Kenneally (Maymount's star centre forward)

little chance to display his finishing. Left half P. Flynn and

right full M. Sheedy also played well for the Greens.



But the second half belonged to Maymount. C. Murphy put them

ahead early on and soon Kenneally struck with a hard ground shot

to make it 2 - 0.



Green Rovers, with a weak forward line, were never in the hunt

after this and Maymount had further goals by Murphy and

Kenneally. C. Meade got one back with the score at 3 - 0. The

scorers, along with P. O'Callaghan, R. Harris, and D. O'Donovan,

starred for the 4 - 1 victors.



The cup, not Maymount's last for that fantastic season, was

presented to captain J. Twohig by Mr O'Keeffe, Chairman of the

Athletic Union League.



Maymount's path to April glory was a long and a hard one. The

AUL, in its second season, started with 19 teams, 10 in Section

"A", 9 in "B". A month later, Mallow (who had left the North

Cork and South Tipperary League) joined the AUL where their first

game was against Collins, then undefeated in "B".



By November, Green Rovers were edging ahead of champions Morton

Ville in "A" while Maymount were threatening Collins in "B".

Earlier, Steampacket had replaced St Vincent's in "A".



At the end of the year, Green were confirmed as tops but Collins

and Maymount, both undefeated, were level on points and still had

to play each other.



That match finished at two each and a play-off was necessary.

Admission was a tanner (2.5 pence) to the Cross. It was well

worth it for the Maymount followers who saw their side win 5 - 1.



Final tables 1948/49



Section "A"

team p w d l pts

Green Rovers 9 8 1 0 17

Morton ville 9 7 2 0 16

Celtic 9 7 0 2 14

Ladyswell Brew. 9 4 1 4 9

Fair Villa 9 4 1 4 9

St finbarr's C. 9 3 1 5 7

Lansdowne 9 3 1 5 7

Albert Rvrs 9 2 2 5 6

Blackrock 9 2 1 6 5

Steampacket 9 0 0 0 0



Section "B"

team p w d l pts

Collins 9 7 2 0 16

Maymount Rvrs 9 7 2 0 16

Prospect Rvrs 9 5 3 1 13

Mallow utd 9 5 2 2 12

Beaumont Utd 9 4 2 3 10

Grattan utd 9 3 2 4 8

Magazine Rvrs 9 0 5 4 5

College rvrs 9 2 1 6 5

Dundannion Rgrs 9 1 2 6 4

Mount View 9 0 1 8 1



Top players:

In march 1949, a junior trail, for the benefit of the FAI

selectors, was held at Turner's Cross and the following were

picked to take part. The panels included players from both the

AUL and Munster Junior Leagues.



Blues: T. Healy (Western Rovers); J. N. Jones (do.); L.

McCarthy (Evergreen); O. McCarthy (Morton Ville); P.

O'Callaghan (Maymount); H. O'Neill (Western Rvrs); V. Mannion

(Evergreen); D. O'Mahony (Western Rovers); J. Kenneally

(Western Rovers); D. O'Donovan (do.); and J. Slattery

(Collins).



Reds: J. O'Sullivan (North End), C. Forde (Prospect Rovers); T.

McEnery (Morton Ville); J. Bowe (Collins); D. Woods (Western

Rovers); J. Leahy (College Rovers); P. Higgins (Morton Ville);

S. Rea (Evergreen); M. Broderick (Crusaders): P. Keating

(Evergreen); W. O'Neill (Rock Rangers).



Subs: P. O'Sullivan (Blackrock); P. Mullen (Collins); M.

Downey (St Finbarr's Celtic); M. Creedon (St Christophers); D.

Meaney (Collins); J. Scanlan (Evergreen); W. Moloney

(Crusaders); Daly (Evergreen); Desmond (Beaumont); McCull

(Evergreen); Marshall (North End); D. Collins (Blackrock); and

A. Bradley (Western Rovers).



The trial was a personal triumph for Kenneally who scored all

four goals as the Blues won 3 - 1, three for the Blues in the

first half and one for the Reds in the second (having changed

teams during the break at the request of the selectors).



One of the selectors, Mr. J. Younger, was not over impressed. He

said that P. O'Callaghan was the player that impressed them most

though they did also like Kenneally and the Western Rovers pair

of Jones and keeper Healy.



In the event, Healy and Kenneally were picked to play in the

international against Scotland and so Kenneally became the first

Cork AUL player to be capped for the Republic of Ireland on the

very day that the republic was proclaimed. Scotland didn't help

the celebrations as they beat the Irish 3 - 1.



MAYMOUNT MAGIC (1948/49)

Maymount's AUL league championship win was just one highlight in

a very busy 1948/49 season for the team. They enjoyed great runs

in the FAI Junior Cup, the Munster Junior Cup, and the Cork City

Junior Challenge Cup.



FAI Junior Cup: In the area final of this competition, before

the largest crowd of the season, Maymount took the lead in extra

time but were pipped 4 - 3 by Evergreen in a thriller.



Centre half P. O'Callaghan, fulls D. Fennell and M. Finney, along

with keeper J. Carroll, played well for the losers whose top

forwards were J. Kenneally, D. Harris, and T. Mintern.



In the 18th minute, P. Daly put Evergreen ahead and then V.

Manahan who, with S. Rea and P. Keating, played well for the

winners, made it 2 -.0.



Maymount came back strongly and, in the 55th and 56th minutes,

Harris and J. Kenneally scored and made it 2 - 2. Evergreen's

fulls W. McCarthy and J. Delea kept the Maymount forwards at bay

and, just before the end, Maymount had a defender sent off.



In extra time, a hard shot by Kenneally put Maymount in front but

S. Rea doubled in a high ball to send it to the top of the net

for the Evergreen equaliser and that was followed by P. Keating's

headed winner.



Munster Junior Cup: Maymount came good in this competition,

beating Caledonians of Limerick 2 - 0 in the replayed final at

Turner's Cross. The first game, also at the Cross, ended at 1 -

1, M. Synan netting first for Cals and C. Murphy equalising

within five minutes.



This game drew "one of the biggest crowds for some years" and

proved to be "one fo the hardest fought and most exciting finals

on record". All this, even though the day was hot, without a

puff of wind, the pitch bone dry, like concrete with the action

throwing up "clouds of dust".



In the replay, Maymount got a goal in each half. But this match,

which also drew a bumper crowd (gate œ155), was "not up to the

standard of the drawn game". Young Munster and Irish Rugby

International forward Tom Clifford played with Cals and forced a

penalty which was saved by Horgan, Maymount's excellent keeper.



Horgan was unbeatable and benefitted from the play of M. Buckley

and M. Finney, his two splendid full backs. The winners'

forwards were fast and clever, particularly C. Cronin (left

wing), T. O'Connell (inside right) and the tireless J. Kenneally

in the centre.



Maymount went in front midway through the first half, though they

were playing against the wind and hill. "A pretty passing

movement saw R. Harris place Cronin who made no mistake". In the

second half, D. O'Donovan shot home following a corner.



Maymount: J. Horgan, M. Buckley, M. Finney, J. Twohig (captain),

P. O'Callaghan, D. O'Donovan, C. Murphy, T. O'Connell, J.

Kenneally, R. Harris, and C. Cronin.



By the way, on their way to this triumph, Maymount got a 1 - 0

revenge win over Evergreen (their FAI conquerors), Kenneally

getting the goal with "a class effort".



City Cup: Competition for this cup was divided into two league

sections and Maymount met Prospect Rovers (the holders) in the

final.



But first Maymount had to dispose of Beaumont and that took three

meetings, victory finally going to the Gonkers on a 2 - 1

scoreline. It was 1 - 1 at the interval, with Frank Culligan

scoring for the losers and Kenneally for Maymount. A "smart

header" seven minutes from the end by that man Kenneally put

Maymount through.



Four days later, on Friday June 10th 1949, the thrilling final

ended in a 4 - 3 extra time win for Maymount, Kenneally again

scoring twice, including the winner. Harris also hit two for

Maymount while the Prospect sharpshooters were Murphy (2) and

Ramsell. Prospect led 3 - 2 until three minutes from the end when

Harris equalised in a great rally.



Just two days later, a tired Maymount were beaten by Western

Rovers (scorer D. Woods, a penalty) in the final of the Foley

Cup, a Munster Football Association competition.



From a record thirty entries, Mortonville won the 5th Saxone Cup

by beating Crusaders 3 - 2 in the final. On their way to the

decider, Morton beat busy Maymount 4 - 3 in the quarter-finals.



THE EARLY AUL RECORDS:



1947/48

1st division: Mortonville (Cobh Ramblers);

City Challenge Cup : Prospect Rvrs (Ballinlough Rvrs)

Saxone Cup: Western Rovers

Miniature Cup: Maymount Rvrs

FAI Area Final: Western Rvrs



1948/49

1st division: Maymount Rvrs (Green Rvrs)

City Challenge Cup: Maymount Rvrs (Prospect Rvrs)

Saxone Cup: Mortonville (Crusaders)

MFA Foley Cup: Western Rvrs (Maymount Rvrs)

FAI Area Final: Evergreen (Maymount Rvrs)

Munster Junior Cup: Maymount Rvrs (Caledonians)



end of story

AUL YOUTHS MARCH 01

AUL v MSL, FAI Youths quarter-final, Turner's Cross, Sunday 11.00am.




The MSL youths side, backboned by promising players from Cork City and Cobh Ramblers, will be hot favourites to defeat the AUL in Sunday's quarter-final tie in the Snickers FAI Youths Championship. But Liam McCarthy's underdogs will be no pushovers and an exciting contest is on the cards. Kick off in Turner's Cross is 11.00am.



This is the third home game in a row for the AUL. In round one at Turner's Cross, they defeated Kerry 3 - 2 before beating Clare 3 - 0 in Midleton. Meanwhile, the Donal Buckley managed MSL were on the road and recording hard earned 1 - 0 wins over Waterford and then Limerick.



McCarthy had his charges in action in midweek and they had a satisfactory workout against a MFA Under 17 selection. Goals by the Douglas pair, Paul Rose (2) and Derek Bowen (2), a major contribution from the Kilreen contingent, and a fine display by Bandon full back Niall O'Regan, earned the AUL a 4 - 1.



A repeat of that form and Wexford manager Mick Wallace, who has already tipped the MSL to win, could have surprise opponents in the semi-final. Galway, comfortable winners over Mayo last Sunday, will play either the Eircom League or Dublin AUL in the other semi-final.



The AUL panel is: Kevin Im, Willie Lee, Dave Bennett, Ger Kerins, and Jonathan Kelleher, (all Kilreen Celtic); Paul Rose, Derek Bowen, James O'Leary, Brian Wilkinson (Douglas Hall); Ben Spicer, Mark Murphy (Tramore Ath.); Tommy Dekkers, Killian Lordan (Ballincollig); Trevor Fitzgerald, Ollie Lynch, and Aidan O'Driscoll (Midleton); Niall O'Regan, Danny Lynch (Bandon); Thomas Gettings (Leeside); Michael McBride (Rockmount); and Jamie Cotter (Crosshaven).