2013 – YEAR IN REVIEW

2013 started very poorly for the Albion with a 3-0 home defeat at Eli Lilly to Waterloo in the league. A 2-1 away defeat in the County Cup was followed by a 4-1 away defeat in the Corinthian Cup to Ballinhassig on Feb 17^th. The following week Albion were visited by promotion rivals Donoughmore Athletic where Albion pulled out the performance of the season to win 3-2. An away 3-1 win over Macroom saw Albion record back to back wins for the first time in 4 months. Mixed results were to follow with a 2-2 away draw to Donoughmore, 1-0 away defeat to Ballincollig, 3-1 home win over Blackpool & 2-2 away draw to Banteer. Promotion hopes had been dashed at this stage as Donoughmore, Waterloo & Strand had gone 7-8pts clear with only 2 games to go. An understrength side went to Waterloo where they lost 5-1 before a no-show from Killowen handed Albion a 3-0 win on the last day of the season. Finishing 4^th on 29 points, it was an end to a mixed season with more lows than ups. Albion did, however, remain in Division 2 finishing one place higher than the season previous. A lack of cup runs was the disappointment. Tim Harrington ended as Top Scorer on 25 goals & also Player of the Season with some 57 games in 36 starts. Dan Galvin ended as Young Player of the Year.

2013/2014 saw the best start to a season from an Albion side for quite some time with 6 wins from their opening 7 games. A 4-2 win over Newmarket was followed by a 4-2 loss to Rylane in Rylane. Then a 4-3 win over Afton Villa, 6-0 win over Banteer, 3-1 win over Macroom, 2-1 win over Glenvale & 5-0 win over Carrigaline saw Albion win 5 straight for the first time in the current managements regime. Albions run finally came to an end in the first round of the Saxone Cup where they drew 2-2 with Grangevale who went on to win the shootout. The following week Albion travelled to Newmarket where they were just 2 minutes from a win. A penalty in the last minute saw the game finish 2-2. Two defeats followed, 3-1 at home in Lilly to Blackpool & a very controversial 4-3 away defeat to Afton Villa. The year ended with a fantastic away win over Banteer where a solitary goal from Rob Daly was the difference.

Albion have impressed this season, Tim, Rob & Ben have found their scoring boots once again, while all the regulars have put up some huge performances – Deccy and Japs come to mind. Gally & Darren have picked up where they left off last season and the re-signing of Conan has been a boost to the club! With funding still part of the plans, the clubs goal will be to finish the current season successfully!