Liffeys boss Pullen eyeing success on all frontsLiffeys Pearse made their debut in style as topflight LSL football returned to Dublin 4 on Friday on a night when Tolka Rovers shipped three goals.“There was pressure on us last season because while we got out of 1A straight away we’d been stuck in Senior 1 for three seasons” explained manager Shay Pullen. “Of course there’s always the danger that you might go up too soon, too fast. In fairness I think we have a mature group of players here at our club, we don’t do superstars. “The attitude is superb and also we don’t have any players from outside the catchment area. It’s a community club” Not since Sandymount-based Railway Union vied with LSL elite and Markievicz Celtic in AUL Premier A has the junior football been in such rude health, locally. Pullen and two of his current players, Gerry Doyle and Alan O’Connor, starred for the Celtic team which made the FAI Junior Cup quarter-finals. After a meteoric rise through the first two tiers of the Intermediate grade, Liffeys found themselves bogged down in Senior 1, that was until January. “The strange thing is about a lot of the teams who came down to Irishtown was they played with only one man upfront and played for a draw. They put everyone behind the ball. A decent start last August played a part too, but it wasn’t all plain sailing for Liffeys. “Now our priority is the league, but we want to get back to doing well in the various cups. “It’s not that long since we brought Belgrove to an FAI Intermediate replay either” Source: The Star Target, Tuesday August 25, 2009 22 October 2009 - Children Beware 08 September 2009 - Liffeys boys on cloud nine 25 August 2009 - Liffeys boss Pullen eyeing success on all fronts 24 August 2009 - Liffeys announce arrival by rumbling Rovers 24 June 2009 - Newsletter Issue 1 |
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