26/08/2026
Darndale FC Junior has very bad news to relay to you all. Over the past few months we have been in talks with the FAI looking for help to get our club into a league for our children. We have been going for 50 years and have had our teams in the NDSL league but they have now merged with the NERL League. We met with the new league and parents and decided we would be willing to travel so as the kids would have a league, we were told we were welcome to join and we were making plans to start BUT the league informed us that they had a meeting and they would NOT travel pass exit 5 on the motorway to us. We also spoke to the DDSL league but they refused us entry as we only have 2 teams and they only take 5 teams or more.The FAI have done nothing to help so much for grassroots football they could not care less. So for this year the club is taking a break and will come back again fighting for the kids in this community to play again even stronger than we were.
We would like to thank everyone for their continued support over the years , Coaches, managers, parents, committee and most of all the children. THE FIGHT GOES ON WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON THIS CLUB.
UP THE DALES.
Our U13s presentation last week what a sad day for these kids been playing together for years.