The Unsung Heros
Each club in the area has had their unsung heros and without them there would be no "Soccer in the Boro"
Every club on the list on this site has men and women who keep their club going in one form or another when financies were small , people men and women who sold raffle or lotto tickets or even made tes and cakes for the visiting teams all deserve credit ,
Men like Jim Kelly who started with St Kevins and moved on to Glasthule United , Edenville, St Josephs ,Pearse Rovers became a referee before going back to St Josephs a man who lived for football married into the Crawley family and his sons continued on the family tradition of goalkeeping with his sons Danny and Pat.
In the same boat you could name
Jack Corrigan, John "Grayer"Lennon, Joe Coyle of Workman's Club Tommy Tracy, John( Pearse Rovers ) Lennon, Gerry Kelly of Hillside , O Briens of Farm United , Peter O Brien of St Joseph's Glasthule , The Hanny Familyof Glasthule , the Roche and Cannon families of Blackrock , The Forsyth family of Sallynoggin whose sons have all had a part in St Joseph's Boys , Eamon Dignam and Mick Lamkin also St Joseph's Boys,along with Mick Doyle and Paddy Hanlon Paul Kavanagh ,Billy Rooney Hugh and Jem Kenny all of Dun Leary Celtic and I must add my own family from my father Dick and his brothers Tom and Mick ,to my own brothers Liam of the Leinster Senior League and Micheal & Maureen of Rockford Boys whose sons and daughter carry on the tradition
All people to whom soccer was a way of life
Alec Miller
Alec Miller one of the best footballers ever to come out of the 'Boro ,born in the saliors rest home on St Micheals warfhe, Alec learned his football "Down the Gut" started playing with Farm United and moved to Shamrock Rovers from there he went across the water to play for Holyhead Town in the Welsh League ,when he returned he signed for Workmans Club during their glory days in the Leinster Senior League
William (Stickie ) Connor