Melview Football Club

Everyone involved with Melview Football Club would like to offer our deepest condolences to the Sharkey family and friends after the untimely passing of Damien Sharkey.

Damien’s brother Gary is a very popular and much loved coach with our club and Damiens nephews Harry and Noah are both part of our Kickers Academy.

May he rest in peace 💙🖤

Former multi award winning Melview Football Club player David Johnathan played a full 90 minutes for Sligo Rovers Fc against Premier League Everton FC last night at the Showgrounds in Sligo.

David has been a regular first team squad member this season at the tender age of 17, An incredible achievement in itself.

Congratulations David ..

We’re re all delighted for you ..

Dream … Believe .. Achieve ..

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Congratulations to one of our own, Aodh Dervin who sealed a move to Premier Division club Dundalk Fc ..

Wishing Aodh the best of luck for the remainder of the season and beyond.

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Another new arrival at Oriel.

🏁 We are delighted to announce the signing of midfielder Aodh Dervin from Galway United.

bit.ly/aodh-dervin

Well done Edward , Patrick and everyone involved..

Fantastic effort 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Pictured during the Longford League summer camp this morning was Melview Football Club coach Bryan Nolan alongside a large contingent of Melview players who are attending this weeks camp who were presented a cheque for €854 from Tesco Ireland as part of their community fund.

Massive thanks to Ian Donohue, Paul Connell (Community Champion) and Karina McKieran Duty Manager ) of Tesco Longford.

Also massive thanks of course to all the people of Longford who chose Melview Fc to receive their tokens over the last 12 weeks, we very much appreciate the ongoing support of the people of Longford .

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Longford Town Legend Zack Hackett sporting he’s Melview Football Club gear at the recent Legends match Vs Manchester United in Flancare Park.

A fantastic ambassador for both Longford Town based Clubs 💙🖤

📸 Clare Frances

FAIreland Safeguarding Awareness Campaign launched to highlight standards expected and how to call out any unacceptable behaviours within Irish football.

More Info 👉 https://www.fai.ie/latest/fai-launches-safeguarding-awareness-campaign/

Play It Right ✅

An excellent post by Seanflannerypt recounting his experience of coaching at Melview Football Club and the benefits it brought him in later life.

What’s possibly missed , mainly as it’s not the focus of the piece. Is the impact Sean and the rest of the Coaches/Mentors have had on of young boys and girls who have worn the black and blue and who went on to become successful young adults in their own right, Some in the world of sports , but also in a wide variety of careers.

Thanks to Sean and all the coaches and volunteers who have been part of our history, hopefully Sean’s story will encourage more young adults to volunteer at their local club.

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TT to one of my first-ever coaching roles, if you could even call it that.

I was 16 or 17 in my LC year, helping out with an underage team that went on to be very successful at that time.

Muddy pitches, freezing cold evenings, planning and setting up sessions on the back of school hardback notebooks (shows what I thought about geography ) and trying to help out anyway I could while trying not to say the wrong thing.

Back then, I had no idea what I wanted to do in my LC year or for a few years afterward. I remember feeling very lost, lacking direction and confused about what to do next.

Football was all I knew and wanted to do. Being in that environment at a young age provided a great stepping stone although I didn’t realize it at the time for my transition into a full-time fitness and nutrition coach.

One lesson that stands out for me from this experience reflecting on it today , that is time is never completely wasted.

You may think it’s insignificant at the time doing things behind the scenes, getting up early when you could stay in bed, or putting yourself into new situations in hope but those moments can sometimes open doors in the future you may not have considered possible before.

Trust in the process and do the very best you can.

“Omne trium perfectum”

(Latin for the rule of three)

In the case of Melview Football Club star dual sportstar Andrew Fitzpatrick this old Latin proverb absolutely rings true.

Last weekend Andrew won a hatrick of Gold Medals 🥇 🥇🥇 whilst representing Longford AC in the All Ireland Athletics Championships in Tullamore.

Andrew amazingly added three medals in the U12 Shot Put / Turbo Javelin and High Jump to the 3 titles he won with Melview Fc U11 Premier Division, U12 Premier Division and U13 David Flaherty Cup.

Congratulations Andrew on a fantastic year all round 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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A trip down Melview Football Club memory lane :

Pictured after winning the 2014 Under 16 league cup are Ryan O’Keefe with Captain Lukas Kumutaitis , Jack McNiven, Martynas Kalinauskas, Iyaz Chiemeka, Peter Hanley, and goalkeeper Dylan Mcgoey.

A very successful group of players who won many titles for the club and who were managed by Melview Fc founding member and current Longford Town Chairman Jim Hanley.

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Congratulations to Melview Football Club players Charlie Nolan, Dillon Walsh , Tommy McDonagh , Paul Aigobun, El Nathan Okoh and Oisin McGuinness who’ve been selected to take part in the upcoming Midlands Regional Centre of excellence summer block as part of the 2012 Fai Emerging Talent Programme.

All 6 boys also represent the Longford League as part of the Longford Emerging Talent Programme.

Well done boys 👏👏👏

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Congratulations to Fionn McCormack Crowe who has been selected to represent the FAI National Academy Squad in the upcoming Galway Cup.

Fionn who joined Melview Football Club in January after a very successful spell with his hometown club Gaels United, Incredibly finished the season as top goalscorer in our U13 Lions squad who finished runners up in the Major Division and winners of the David Flaherty Cup Final, which Fionn also won the player of the match award.

Fionn was also an integral part of Zack Hacketts U14 squad who won the Major Division title and finished runners up in the Shane Brennan Cup.

A fantastic way to cap off a great season ..

Well done Fionn 💙🖤

How It Started ……. Vs …….. How It’s Going

Former Melview Football Club man James Abankwah played a full 90 mins for Jim Crawfords Republic of Ireland U21s this evening, defeating Croatia 3-2 in a five goal thriller in Zagreb.

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The recently finished 2023/24 season will enter the record books as the most successful season in Melview Football Club history.

Not only on the pitch where we won 7 different competitions but more importantly off the pitch where we’ve seen record numbers of children playing for our club , meaning record numbers of teams entered by the club in the Longford League including two girls teams which has become the fastest growing section of our club.

None of this would be possible without the support of firstly our coaches who all volunteer their time freely and are hugely dedicated.

Along with our sponsors, parents, and of course the Longford League who currently allow us to use their fantastic facilities at Abbeycartron as our home ground.

Massive thanks to all the stakeholders, without whom none of this would be possible.

Melview FC - “Pride of Longford “ 💙🖤

💙🖤 Player Appreciation Post 💙🖤

Melview Football Club player Sarah Connolly has now won an astonishing 7 league and cup titles in the last 2 seasons.

Incredible Achievement 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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LDSSL U13 David Flaherty Cup Final

UCL Harps 0 - 5 Melview Football Club

Charlie Maguire ⚽️

Paul Aigobun ⚽️

Fionn McCormack Crowe ⚽️⚽️

Tommy McDonagh ⚽️

Our U13 Lions crowned a record breaking season for our club with a comprehensive victory over a spirited, well organised UCL Harps team.

Charlie Maguire opened the scoring after 10 minutes heading home powerfully from a delightful corner kick from John Fitzpatrick.

Our second came on the 15 minute mark a fine solo run from from El Nathan Okoh saw him pick out Paul Aigobun at the back post on the left winger made no mistake from 10 yards out.

Our third came on the 20 minute mark after a delightful through ball saw Fionn McCormack Crowe beat the offside trap and expertly finish past the out rushing goalkeeper to make it 3-0 at half time.

The second half was more nip and tuck than the first with both teams having spells of possession before Ife Adeniyi made a fantastic save 15 mins into the second half to maintain Melview’s advantage.

Player of the match award winner Fionn McCormack Crowe put the tie beyond doubt on the 20 minute mark racing clear before lifting an exquisite lob over the advancing Ucl keeper to make it 4-0.

Tommy McDonagh was brought down in the box after a fine solo run with 3 minutes remaining with the same player dusting himself off before tucking home the resulting spot kick to make the final scoreline 5-0.

Thanks to coaches John Fitzpatrick and Ollie Kelly for all their hard work and all the players and their parents for their continued support.
Fantastic to see so many players from our other teams coming out to support their club mates .

We done everyone involved 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Our U13 Lions will take part in the very last game of the Longford League season tomorrow evening (Monday) when they face UCL Harps in the David Flaherty Cup Final.

7pm Ko in Abbeycartron.

All support greatly appreciated 💙🖤

U14 Shane Brennan Cup Final

Kenagh Utd 1-1 Melview Football Club

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Kenagh Utd won (2-1 AET )

Heartbreak for our U14 Lions yesterday losing out to a last minute of extra time goal from Kenagh Utd in the Brennan Cup Final.

Ben Trappe opened the scoring for Melview in the first half only for Kenagh to equalise soon after from the penalty spot.

Both teams went in search of a winner but it was to be Kenaghs day as they grabbed it very late on just as everyone was expecting the game to go to penalties.

A fantastic season for Zack & Gavin’s young squad who no doubt are already looking forward to next season.

Hard luck boys

📷Stock Photo

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Great excitement after today’s Tynan Cup final as the players got to meet former Melview Football Club and current Longford Town Football Club star player Emmanuel James, Fresh from his last gasp equaliser against Athlone Town in the Midlands El Classico at the weekend.

Emmanuel’s brother Daniel played a pivotal role for our U12 Lions this season as they completed a League and Cup Double.

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LDSSL U12 Tynan Cup Final

Melview Football Club 3 - 0 Ballyboro Fc

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Paul Aigobun ⚽️

Our Melview Lions completed a League and Cup double this afternoon in the league headquarters at Abbeycartron.

Dillon Walsh opened the scoring in the first half latching on to a great through ball to finish from close range .

Paul Aigobun doubled Melviews lead 10 minutes into the second half after the Ballyboro goalkeeper parried a shot from El Nathan.

Dillon Walsh got his second and Melviews third to cap off a great season for Chris Walsh and Niall Grays young Lions .

Sarah Connolly Captained the team today and collected the Tynan Cup as well as the Player Of The Match award from John Tynan.

Well done everyone involved 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Melview Football Club involved in another two finals tomorrow Sunday.

Both our U14’s and U12’s look to complete a historic League and Cup double in the Longford League headquarters in Abbeycartron.

Please come and support our players in their quest for the Double/Double 💙🖤

U14 Final vs Kenagh Utd 1pm ko

U12 Final vs Balyboro Fc 2.30pm ko

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Best of luck to Stephen Kelly and he’s U13 LDSSL Boys team and their coaches playing in the SFAI Inter League Shield Final tomorrow Saturday in Kilkenny.

In particular wishing Melview Football Club players Setanta Smith , Fionn McCormack Crowe , Charlie Maguire , Thomas Duffy and Leon Zielinski the very best of luck , doing themselves, their families and our club proud.

KO is at 11:00am

The game can be watched live on SFAI Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtutfAt79qU

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LDSSL U12 Major Division Final

Inter Newtown 0- 3 Melview Football Club

Alexander Swiadek ⚽️

Paul Aigobun ⚽️⚽️

Our U12 Lions this evening lifted the Martin Devlin LDSSL Major Division title with a hard fought victory over a well drilled Newtown side.

The first half was a tight affair with Melview having lots of possession without creating a lot and Newtown creating a couple of good chances from set pieces keeping the Melview defenders on their toes.

The game turned in Melviews favour midway through the second half when the ball broke to Alexander Swiadek and the makeshift striker poked home from 8 yards and a scramble in the box to make it 1-0.

Melview’s second was a cracker , ElNathan Okoh whipped in a perfect delivery from the corner and the onrushing Paul Aigobun delivered a thumping header beyond the Newtown goalkeeper.

Aigobun got he’s second and Melviews third finishing from close range after a good team move to seal the victory.

Congratulations to Melview coaches Chris Walsh and Niall Gray who look forward to Sunday where they face Balyboro in the Tynan cup final with a chance of completing a historic double.

Well done everyone involved 👏🏻👏🏻

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