New Stand: A new stand has been errected on the Town Park side of the main pitch, this is to provide shelter for home supporters and visiting ones too. This is just another enchanment to our grounds as the club grows.
August 2011:
Kickstart 1 Course: A FAI Kickstart 1 Course will take place in Glebe North FC on Sat 27th Aug 2011 9.00am to 5pm please contact Paul Keogh @ paul.keogh@fai.ie or contact any member of the committee. This course is open to all coaches and managers in Glebe North and any other club.
Schoolboys Teams: Schoolboy squads are excepted to start pre season soon if there is any new players who wish to play with Glebe Northplease see the full list of managers in our contacts list and fell free to contact them to find out about pre season for 11/12 season.
Senior Team: Are travelling to Shannon next week to play 2 matches as part of the pre season Mayfield and Shannon will be the 2 sides facing Liam's squad and it will give the manager the chance to try out some new players to the squad, we wish the lads well on there travels.
July 2011:
FAI Summer Soccer: Today was the last day of this years FAI Summer Camp and what a week of weather they had,although numbers were down on previous years the young schoolboys enjoyed a very enjoyable week and the coaches were very impressed with the standard of football over the course of the week. David brangan was down on the first day and took some team photo's of all the age groups, clickhere for pics.
Senior Team Pre Season: Pre Season has started for all senior teams, training has commenced and there will be some matchs throught the coming weeks as prepration gathers for the start of the season. Some new faces are down at training hopefully some new players will be with the club for next season.
Ladies Senior Team: Congrats to the Ladies team on there victory over Peamount B in the First round of the FAI All Ireland Cup last Monday night, 3-1 the final score on the night.
June 2011:
Senior Players of the Year: The awards were handed out last night and the 3 winners were on the night Chris Pollis 3rd Team, Stephen Richardson 2nd and Podge Barrett 1st Team, well done to the 3 players and all the senior panel on a great season.
AGM: Two new member were elected to the committee following this years agm, we would like to welcome Paul Pollis and Donal Richardson to the Committee both have been involved with the club as schoolboy managers and have taken the step up into the running of the club with the committee.
May 2011:
Chairle Cahill Cup Win: Congrats to Glebe North First Team all the players and management on this fantastic win over Wayside on Sunday at Tolka Pk. Glebe were on the ropes after 12mins as they were 2-0 down but 30mins in Glebe won a pen and the score at HT 2-1. Second half and 3 mins in Glebe get there second peno and 2-2 and this remained till FT. Extra time brought chances to both sides but Glebe looking the stronger and the score remained 2-2 at the end of extra time. Glebe went on to win on pens 4-1 and claim the Chairle Cahill Cup on a historic day for the club.
Chairle Cahill Cup Final: It's 17 Years since glebe got to this final previous so its a great honour for the club to get to this Cup Final. Glebe's run in the cup compitions has been impressive this season with a Semi Final in the Metro Cup against Arklow next Wednesday. The Cahill Cup Final is Glebe North V Wayside Celtic Sunday 8th May 2011 in Tolka Pk K.O 3pm, All Support Welcome
April 2011:
FAI Senior Cup R2: Glebe face Douglas Hall in this second round tie of the FAI Senior Cup at Market Green this Sunday 17th April. Kick Off is at 2.00pm.We wish liam and all the squad the best of luck for Sunday's match.
Twitter: Glebe North have added a Twitter account so if any one wishes to follow please follow the link on the homepage.
Senior Sun Team: After a 2-1 win over Tolka Rovers after extra time Glebe reach the Chairle Cahill Cup Final. We wish Liam and the squad all the best for the final.
Senior Sun Team: Have a Semi Final of the Charlie Cahill Cup againest Tolka Rovers and a Quarter Final match in the Metro Cup, this along with a 2nd round tie in the FAI Senior Cup,so a busy time for Liam and hıs squad, best of luck in all of the cups hopefully we get to a final of them.
March 2011:
Johnney Giles Walk of Dreams: A large selection from the schoolboy teams decended on Dublin city center on Sunday 27th March to take part in this walk, half money raised goes to the foundation and the other half to Glebe North Fc. Well Done to all who took part.
Feburary 2011:
Shared Access: The Shared Access Floodlighting programme is proving to be very popular with clubs the length and breadth of the country, Glebe North been one of those who have signed up.
Shared Access, who are a private, well capitalised Irish company which manages communications infrastructure for wireless operators at major Irish developments such as Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin Port Tunnel and sports stadia such as Thomond Park, Musgrave Park amongst others have been delighted with the response to the programme so far, and have increased the level of investment from €24million initially to a generous €36million.
As well as creating a valuable improvement for Club's facilities, the scheme will also provide an annual income with a significant share of the rental revenue from the site given directly to the Club by Shared Access.
Glebe North have signed a lease with Shared Access and as some of you may notice one of the floodlights has been replaced and the work has taken place on this mast to allow communication infastructure be installed, this has been a welcome boost of funds for the club and will also give us a annual income from this lease.
December 2010:
Xmas Draw: Due to the bad weather the draw which was to take place at the Bingo on 3rd Dec 2010 was cancelled, the draw will take place soon and the winners will be announced soon.
Pitches Off: All games due to take place weekend 3rd to 5th Dec are cancelled due to Bad Weather.
October 2010:
Senior Ladies: Congrats to Michelle Gallagher Manager's Player of the Year and Catherine Reilly Players Player of the Year 2010, both awards were handed out last friday night and the committee would like to congratulate both players on there awards and also the management and players of the Senior Ladies Team on there First season with the club. The Ladies are currently playing in a Futsal League for the winter and we wish them the best of luck with that.
September 2010:
Membership: With the season well under way the committee would like to remind all players that membership for this year is now over due and must be paid ASAP, this income is what the club is run on and the committee must stress that there has been a lack of payment of membership since pre season, there will be a no pay no play rule enforced if payment is not made ASAP.All manager are to remind players of the importance of membership to the club and quick payment of it to ensure the running of the club.
Members Draw: Glebe North Fc are holding a members draw over the next few weeks for 2 x premium level tickets for the Ireland V Russia Match, Tickets are €5 and can be bought from any committee member.
Glebe North Ladies: With the summer comming to a close the Glebe North Ladies have in there first year finshed 3rd in the Inter 1 League, and have a cup final to look forward too on the 12th September againest Bohs.This has been a great addition to the club and we wish Damien,Tommy and the ladies all the best for the cup final.
August 2010:
Leinster Senior League:
Leinster Senior League starts back this weekend with the Senior Sun Squad playing at Home on Friday Night against Bluebell,the Seconds kick off on Saturday away to Beggsboro and our new Third team will play away to Loughshinny on Saturday and away to Swords Celtic on Monday night.Best of luck for the new season and links to all league tables can be found on each of the team pages.
Senior Ladies Team:
Glebe North Ladies Senior Team Manager Damian has asked us to post the following info on the Womans Socerfest Taking place in September in the Pheonix, any ladies wishing to put in a team just turn up on the day: 4/8/10
Sport Against Racism Ireland Soccerfest: Womens soccer tournament 7 a side (10 players max per team) Saturday 11th and Sunday 12 September 12am k.o final on at 5pm approx Pheonix park Garda and camogie grounds No participation fee
New season to start W/e 28th / 29th Aug 10 Fixtures will be posted as soon as known.
July 2010:
FAI Summer Soccer School:
The weather has held off and the Glebe's FAI Summer Soccer Camp which took place this week was in full swing, with over 75 schoolboys and girls taking part they carried out various new skills under the watchfull eye of head coach Paul Keogh and his team of coaches,from age groups U7 up to U12+ they recieved there kit and back pack with ball and enjoyed of full programme each day from 10.30am till 3pm, see photo section for all the pictures 16/7/10.
Vicky's U7+ Group Glebe North Fc FAI Summer Soccer Camp 2010.
Eirtricity 11 V Manchester Utd Tickets:
Tickets can be booked on the FAI website for the upcomming match between Airtricity 11 V Manchester Utd. Match is on the 4th Aug. Click on the following link for tickets...
Senior Teams Pre Season:
Senior Team Pre Season training started back Sunday 4th July, second Team training starts back this sunday the 11th. All Welcome. Liam Kelly and James Keddy will be looking after the Senior teams and First Team, Terry Plamer is looking after the second team and Hugh Reilly and Tom Brady the Third Team. Best of luck for the comming season.8/7/10
June 2010:
Any schoolboy manager who wishes to have any match report, team result or any other info put up on the website,feel free to e-mail all information to info@glebenorthfc.ie and it will be posted. This is the clubs website and if you want to see info on schoolboy teams please contact the e-mail address.
May 2010:
Senior Ladies: Glebe North Fc Senior Ladies kicked off there season away to Santry with a 3-3 Draw, followed by there first win away last monday to North Wall by 3 goals to 1, next monday the 31st will see the senior ladies play there first home match againest Everton, we wish them the best of luck for this match.
Glebe North Fc V Everton 31st May 2010 First Home Game of the season. Final score 2-2
AGM 2010: Notice of Glebe North Fc AGM on Thursday 20th May @ 8.00pm All Senior Managers and Schoolboy Mangers to attend on the night, All are welcome.
Feburary 2010:
2nd Team: Congrats to all players and management on reaching the last 16 of the FAI Junior Cup with a 2-1 win over Lagan Harps last saturday.
January 2010:
Charity Match:
From Clare Mullen. Cervical Cancer Vaccine Fund.
Glebe North F.C. VS Bohemians F.C. Venue: Glebe North Football Club Market Green Balbriggan. (Beside Lidl) Date: Tuesday 2nd Feb 2010. Time: 7.45pm. Admission 10euros (Adults) 5euros (Children and Students) ALL PROCEEDS BEING DONATED TO CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE FUND.
Pitch Developments: Work is in progress on our All Weather warm up area to the Town pk side of the pitch this will allow visiting teams and our own team a warm up area before playing on the main pitch, also it will be used on training nights as an additional all weather training area.
December 2009:
Glebe North Committee would like to wish all Managers, players and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope to see you all after the christmas break for more football action.
Xmas Raffle Winners:
1st Grace Morrison
2nd Joe Mc Gee
3rd Monica Marry
4th Maureen Dennis
5th Patrica Mc Cann
6th David Browne.
Xmas Raffle: Takes place this friday at the Bingo, please ensure all tickets are returned asap before friday.
November 2009:
Christmas Raffle 2009:
1ST PRIZE €500 CASH.
2ND PRIZE XMAS HAMPER.
3RD PRIZE TURKEY&HAM.
4TH PRIZE TURKEY&Blt VODKA
5TH PRIZE HAM
6TH PRIZE HAM
Draw will take place at Bingo in the Community Centre on Friday 4th December 2009
Tickets €2 each or Book of 10 €20
In house raffle on the night.
Glebe North A.F.C would like to thank you for your support and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Sporting Fingal: Congratulations to Sporting Fingal on there Double, FAI Ford Cup Winners and gaining promotion to the League of Ireland Premier Division, Best of luck from all at Glebe North Fc.
Jack Benton RIP: Its with great sadness the club learned of the death of Jack, having been one of the founders of the Adult Dancing which take place in the clubhouse every saturday night,Jack will be missed.Our sincere condolences to Chris and the family on the death of Jack. May he Rest in Peace.
October 2009:
New sponsor for First Team.
New All Weather Area: Work has started on this new all weather area on the town park side of the main pitch,site has been cleared and the drainage is currently been installed,further updates to follow. 7/10/09
Pitch Works: The finishing touches are been applied by Sportworks to the main pitch and the first home match is on Friday 16th October when Glebe Host Broadford Rovers in the first round of the Chairle Cahill Cup, plans are also under way to install a new all weather strip along the town park side of the ground, this will provide a warm up area for home and visiting teams and will also provide a extra all weather surface for training nights. More details will follow on this project. 6/10/09
July 2009:
First Team and Second Team:
Pre Season Training starts back on Monday 13 July for the first team at 7.30pm Pls bring boots and runners, New players welcome...
2nd Team pre season starts back Monday 20th July at 7.00pm New playres also welcome......
June 2009:
Main Pitch: Check out our pitch development 09 page for future pics of the new pitch development over the summer 09
May 2009:
Main Pitch: Spraying has taken place and anyone who has been down on the green will have noticed the grass has started to die off, this will allow the contractors to move in onto the pitch next week, to begin the digging and leveling of the pitch.
Pic Main Pitch Friday 29/5/2009.
First Team: Glebe North First Team finish 5th in there first year back in the top division, with a fine run in to the end of the league, First team manager Liam Kelly is very happy with the whole squad's performance over this season, and is looking forward to a even better performance next season, friday's nights awards for the senior squads will be a time for all players and backroom staff to relax afer a tough season.
First Team / Second Team Awards 09: Awards of 1st and 2nd team player of the year will take place this Friday the 29th May in Balrothery Inn.
Main Pitch Now Closed: Spraying of the main pitch has taken place to kill off the grass surface,drainage and site work will start in June 09, Details of progress and pictures will feature in this news section over the summer.
Under 16 Ken Mc Kay Cup Winners:
Congrats to the schoolboy Under 16 team who won the Ken Mc Kay Cup by beating Ashbourne 4-3 at the Oscar Traynor Centre.
Main Pitch: The main pitch at market green will close from the middle of next week as a plan of major works get's under way, this work will be on going over the summer months,the main pitch is been replaced with new drainage and top surface, the local company Sportsworks will be carrying out the work, this is just part of the main committee's projects of works for the club. With the floodlights been a great asset to the club this new pitch will be even greater.
Planning:Fingal County Council request Additional Information for our planning application, this may slow up our progress with the application but we hope to have resolved all issues with the application over the next few weeks.
April 2009:
The club are currently in another planning application, for construction of a) New spectator stand to southern side of existing playing pitch (area 167 sq.m. - Height 5.5m) b) New turnstile, boundary wall and railings along northern boundary (Height 3m) c) Associated siteworks including removal of existing ditch along northern boundary, new screen planting along wall and surface water connection to mains. We all hope we will be granted planning for the above to enchance our club.
February 2009:
Jack does the honours: With a crowd of 1500+ a great night was had by all, the result did not matter the memory of martin #45 will live in the memory of all players and public on this historic night.
Captain Fantastic................
Official Switching On of Floodlights:
The official turning on of the new floodlights will take place on Wednesday 18 Feburary at 6pm, all members are welcome to attend, Mr Jack Reid the last remaining founder member of the club will carry out the turning on. This will be followed with the Glebe V Bohs match.
January 2009:
Official Launch of Martin Finnegan Charity Match
Brian Kerr officially launched the Charity Benefit Match Night between Glebe North and Bohemians last weekend.
The match between these two top teams will take place on Wednesday February 18th at Glebe North’s Market Green in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Kick off is at 7:30pm. The beneficiary of the event is the Martin Finnegan Benefit Fund. Martin, one of the best motorcyclists ever to come out of Ireland was Irish Motorcycle Road Race Champion.
This event marks a coming together of two completely different disciplines of sport and the only winner on the evening is sport itself. I hope the evening will be a successful and enjoyable evening for all involved” said Shay Whierty, chairman of the Martin Finnegan Supporters Club. “A special word of thanks must go to the players of Glebe North and Bohemians, my own team in the Supporters Club and above all the committee of Glebe North F.C. for making this event happen.”
Tickets for the event are now on sale at a cost of €10 and can be purchased from Glebe North F.C., Lusk United, Xtreme 45, Round Towers GAA, Lusk and Swords Motor Factors and any member of the Supporters Club.
Details of this fantastic event will be published in Fingal Independent, Irish Daily Star and Evening Herald in the run up to the event.
Charity Match for Martin Finnegan Benefit Fund
Glebe North FC verses League of Ireland Champions Bohemians February 18th at 7:30pm Market Green, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Tickets on sale €10 each.
Glebe North are celebrating the official turning on of their brand new flood light Pitch at their home ground with a charity match against League of Ireland Champions Bohemians at 7:30pm on Wednesday February 18th. Founding members of the club along with well know sportsmen and local politicians will be in attendance for the evening.
In partnership with the Martin Finnegan Supporters Club all funds raised on the night will go to the Martin Finnegan Benefit Fund. Players from both teams will be wearing special new kit for the evening with the famous “Finnegan “and “#45” displayed on the jerseys. Martin was well known to many of the players and was considered a sporting hero to many in the club.
This is a true sporting event for all the family to enjoy with Balbriggan and Fingal’s best taking on the best soccer team in Ireland. Refreshments will be served throughout the evening.
Interest in the event is already very high with a full coach of supporters already booked from bohemians. This is also an occasion for all Martin Finnegan supporters to meet up. Further details can be got near February 18th here on www.finn45supportersclub.com or www.glebenorthfc.ie which has a link on our links page.
Tickets go on sale January 20th but can be pre ordered from Glebe North FC, Xtreme 45 or from any member of the Martin Finnegan Supporters Club Committee.
Glebe North Fc Committee: would like to wish all Players,Managers, Schoolboy's, Parents, Ladies Committee and sponsor's of the club a very Happy Christmas and New Year. There will be one more Lotto Draw on Monday 22/12/08, then the next draw is in the new year on Monday 12/1/09.16/12/08
Glebe North Fc has created a new football Forum for all the news and goings on at ground level within the club. This Forum will have an adminstrator to remove any unwanted posts if necessary. Enjoy the forum, the link is on the forum page of the website. 5/12/08
November 2008:
Metro Cup: Glebe North have been drawn at home to local club Skerries Town, we look forward to welcoming Skerries to glebe for a floodlight game on Friday 14 november 08 at 7.30pm.
Glebe North Christmas Raffle 2008, Please support our up comming Raffle all schoolboy managers have been issued with there tickets,and these tickets need to be returned within 2-3 weeks sold or unsold, the draw take place at the Bingo in the Community Centre on Friday 5th December 2008 Tickets are 2 euro each or a book of 10 for 20 euro. Ist prize in the raffle is 500 euro with 5 other prizes too, an in house raffle will also take place at the Bingo, Good luck and pls support this Draw as all proceeds go to the schoolboy section of the club.Tickets will also be on sale around the town over the next few weeks.
October 2008:
Next home game is Friday 31st October 2008 againest Belgrove at 7.30pm Market Green.
September 2008:
Friday nights game was called off due to the weather on thursday night / friday morning, the next home game and hopefully the first under lights will be Wednesday 17/9/08 at 7.30pm, Cherry orchard being the vistors on the night.On other news Glebe's First Team have being drawn at home to Mahahide in the first round of the FAI Inter Cup time and date to be comfirmed. 7/9/08
Friday night football this week, Glebe North first team will play there first game under the new fllodlights this friday night, Tolka Rovers are the lucky vistors and lets hope this is a night to remember.2/9/08
AUGUST 2008:
Late Night Soccer 5a Side:
Please note upcoming late night soccer event taking place in Glebe North, Balbriggan. Your help promoting this event with the relevant age groups would be much appreciated. FAI/Fingal Late Night Soccer Futsal 5-asideVenue - Glebe North FC all-weather pitchTime - 8pm-10pmDate - Every Friday starting 22nd Aug until 26th SeptPlayers can turn up in squads of 7 players or in smaller numbers and we will place on teams.Age Group 16+Cost - Free
First Team Pic: This is the first team which played Glenavon.
JULY 2008
What's Happened on the Green?: Anyone passing our ground will have noticed that our floodlighting masts are erected and friday night football is not far away on the green. The Sls Group have being busy over the past couple of months working on the floodlight project, and with the sports grant approved the final adjustments and testing of the floodlights will take place this week.Lets light up the green.....
Pre Season Match Update: Glebe will play against Glenavon on Sat 2nd Aug the game kicking off at 3pm. Tony Grant and Adrian Harper both started their football careers with us at schoolboy and senior level and Tony has promised that Glebe will give the Glenavon lads a good workout! This will be a good workout for the lads before the kickoff of the new season on 16/17 Aug. Watch this space for news of more pre season matches.....Extra Match Glebe V Monaghan Monday 4/8/08 at 11.00am
Pre Season Training : Training as started for the senior teams, Tue and Thurs at 7.00pm are the two main training nights with additional days been added by the senior management as required, plans are in progress for pre season matches for both senior teams with some dates set, Glebe will play Shelbourne on wednesday 9th of July at Home then another Home match with Sporting Fingal on Saturday 12 July from those two encounters they will travel to play Blarney Utd from the Beamish Senior Premier Division and Mayfield Utd from Div 1 in Cork on the weekend of the 19th of July at Mayfield Grounds in Co.Cork. On the monday of 21st July it will be Dundalk at home. For all details of these up comming fixtures see Results and Fixtures page....
Leinster Senior League : Pat Campbell and Hugh Reilly collected the Senior 1 Cup on Saturday night in Westmanstown at the Leinster Senior League presentation night / dinner dance.
Sports Grant 08: Glebe North Fc will hope to hear good news on this years sports capital grants which are due to be announced in mid june, after been granted planning for the floodlights our next step is the sports capital grant, we will hope the minister will grant the funds necessary for the final phase of the floodlight project.........
FAI Summer Soccer School 2008 : GlebenorthFC will hold their summer camp from 07 July to 11th July 2008 from 10:30 - 15:00 each day. >For more details click here<.
www.GlebenorthFC.ie : As you will see we are busy working on revamping our website and details on its official launch coming soon.
JUNE 2008
Clubhouse Developments: The front section of the clubhouse is nearing compleation,the main hall is finished and a new kitchen has just been installed. During the quite summer months work will contuine on the back section ,Dressing Rooms and Showers will be replaced and all work is due to be complete before the start of the 08/09 season. Please be patient while this work is on going.
Schoolboy/girl Soccer Blitz / Awards 08: Last saturday saw a great turnout for the schoolboy /girl Soccer Blitz and Awards, all teams in the schoolboy section played a soccer blitz from 12.00 till 4.00 and during the day player of the year and most improved player was presented to each team at schoolboy /girl level. "This has been one of the best seasons for Glebe North Fc Schoolboy/girl section" Chairman Anto Byrne said during the award presentions as he congradulated all the teams on there season just gone. Pictures of the day will be uploaded on this site very soon.
Website Udated: During the summer months the website will be developed further in prepration for the 08/09 season, as of today 5 th june 08 the schoolboy/girl news section has been added and further pics of the schoolboy/girl awards and the senior awards night will be posted shortly.............More links added to the links page..........
MAY 2008
FloodLighting : Planning permission for floodlights has been granted, the construction phase for these will commence soon.
