[...Southend Football Club recently held their Fifth Annual Boys and Girls evening on July 17 ,An evening comprising of soccer matches for the Boys and Girls and Penalty taking. Over 200 attended it seemed like more and it was great see the enjoyment and the pleaseure experience by all who attended including myself.This is their story.Video:Southend AFC History: Southend Football Club was formed in 1969 and was the first football club to play out of Southill, Limerick City .Some of the foundin]
Southend Football Club recently held their Fifth Annual Boys and Girls evening on July 17 ,An evening comprising of soccer matches for the Boys and Girls and Penalty taking. Over 200 attended it seemed like more and it was great see the enjoyment and the pleaseure experience by all who attended including myself.This is their story.
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Southend AFC
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Southend Football Club was formed in 1969 and was the first football club to play out of Southill, Limerick City .Some of the founding members included Seamas Houlihan, Paddy McQuirk (R.I.P), Bernie Boland (R.I.P), Cecil Healey, Paddy Paul Byrne (R.I.P), Nobby Grant (R.I.P) and the legendary goalkeeper Billy Power. Power’s input and experience was invaluable as he had plied his trade with almost every club in Limerick. These were special times in a tightly knit community and players to the fore at that time included Liam Fitzpatrick, Cecil and Pa Healey,Jerry Kirwin (R.I.P) Later a Southend Manager, Liam Constable and of course the much traveled Power. They plugged away but success was hard to come by .This eventually arrived in 1979 /80 Season when Southend won the Second Division Title on a Good Friday Night.
Committee Members included Paddy Byrne,Nobby Grant,Ber Boland,Ed Hannon.Players to the fore included prolific goal scorer Richie Boland, Robert Hennessy,Mike O Neill,Ger Coel,Frank Kavanagh and the Smith brothers Mike and Ger.Southend decided to put a second string together in 1982 and what a success they proved to be .In their first year they won the Fourth Division Double and the following year they became the first team in Limerick Junior level in modern times to win a League Division Three unbeaten ,winning every game.
Committee and Management, Mike O Neill, Philip O Connor, Junior Gavin, Sean O Neill, Harry Barry. Players Jim “Buller” Welsh, Ger Boland, Cyril Boland, Brendan McNamara, and the boot of Tan Moynihan were to the fore.
That historic team lined out as follows Ger
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