Local football round-up

Dromara dent more hopes

Dromara Youth have been causing upsets throughout the season in the Lisburn Junior Invitational League and they dented more hopes on Saturday by holding Shankill Juniors to a 4-4 draw in the under-16 section

Results

UNDER-11: Lisburn Y 1, Ox Sunnyside 3; Carrick 0, Lurgan 3; Lisburn Ath 0, Shankill 3; Windmill 3, Portadown 1; Bertie Peacock 3, Loughgall 2; Hillsborough 3, DSonegal Celtic 2; Lisburn Ladies 1, Moira 3.

UNDER-12: Greenisland 2, Windmill 3; Hillsborough 1, Carrick 6; Lisburn Dist 2, Loughgall 2;; Lisburn Y 6, Willowbank 1; TTBS 1, Ox Sunnyside 0; Lurgan 2, TW Braga 2.

UNDER-13: Hillsborough 6, Loughgall Colts 1; Lisburn Dist 2, Lisburn Y 1.

UNDER-14: Shankill 0, Annagh 6; Carrick 2, Windmill 5; Donegal Celtic 3, Willowbank 3; Greenisland 2, Ballymena 2; Lisburn Dist 6, N. End 0; Lisburn Y 2, Ox Sunnyside 0.

UNDER-15: Banbridge 0, Willowbank 1; Carrick 6, Apex 1; Donegal Celtic 1, Ridgeway 1; Greenisland 0, Ox Sunnyside 2; Newmill 2, Lisburn Rgs 2; Hillsborough 3, Lisburn Y 5; Lisburn Dist 5, Lurgan 2.

UNDER-16: Bloomfield 0, Willowbank 1; Camlough 0, Banbridge 1; Dromara 4, Shankill 4; Ox Sunnyside 0, Greenisland 3; Hillsborough 2, Ridgeway 2; Lower Maze 0, Lurgan 3.

UNDER-17: Lisburn Dist 5, Solway 2; Newry 1, Ox Sunnyside 3; Portadown 3, Donegal Celtic 1; Ridgeway 0, Banbridge 1.

Fixtures

BARBOUR: 9.30, Greenisland Hillsborough u12, Shankill Portadown u13, Lisburn Dist v Ox Sunnyside u17; 11.15, Carrick Lisburn Rgs friendly u12, Lisburn Dist Loughgall Y u13, Ox Sunnyside Lisburn Y u15, Newry Solway u17.

BALLYMACOSS: 9.30, TTBS v Willowbank u12, Willowbank Greenisland u14, Willowbank Lurgan u16; 11.15, Ballymena v TW Braga u12, Willowbank v Carrick u15.

MOIRA: 9.30, Lurgan v Lisburn Dist u12, Lurgan Lisburn Y u13; 11.15, Loughgall Lisburn Y u12, Ox Sunnyside v Moira u13.

HAVELOCK PARK: 9.30, Windmill v Ox Sunnyside u12.

GLENMORE: 9.30, Ox Sunnyside v Lisburn Dist u14, Shankill v Hillsborough u14; 11.15, Hillsborough Loughgall Colts u13, Apex Banbridge u15.

RECREATION CENTRE: 9.00, under-11 nine-a-side; 9.30, N. End Carrick u13, N. End Lisburn Y u14; 11.15, Annagh Carrick u14, Hillsborough Lower Maze u16.

WALLACE PARK: 9.30, Windmnill Ballymena u14, Lurgan Lisburn Rgs u15, Hillsborough v Portadown u17; 11.15, Banbridge Carrick u16, Bloomfield Camlough u16, Donegal Celtic Banbridge u17.

FULLERTON PARK: 9.30, Solway Dromara u16; 11.15, Newmill v Hillsborough u15.

SUFFOLK: 9.30, Ridgeway Greenisland u15; 11.15, Shankill Donegal Celtic u15.

ORANGEFIELD: 9.00, Shankill Greenisland u16; 11.00, Ridgeway v Lisburn Dist u16.

SOUTH ANTRIM LEAGUE

PREMIER DIVISION

Top two win again

The top two teams in the Premier Division of the South Antrim League, Ballymacash YM and Warren YM recorded easy wins.

Ballymacash beat Ballynafeigh YM 12-1 with goals from James Thompson 4, James Campbell 3, Colin Jamison, Michael McClean, Stephen Kidd, Reza Davies and an own goal.

Warren were 5-0 winners over Belvoir FC with David Lewsley, Graham Stitt, Jay Hamilton, Stuart Knight and Matty Patton getting the goals.

In the other Premier game played, Lambeg Rangers were 5-0 winners over Orangefield OB III, Mark Coates and Grant McPherson, who was playing his last game for the club, both scoring twice and Sammy Nixon getting the other one.

DIVISION 1

Stranmillis the only winners

Stranmillis II won the only match played in Division 1, beating Victoria Athletic 3-1 with Gary McLaughlin hitting two and Alan Hall the other one.

DIVISION 2

Clonduff II turn the tables

Clonduff II turned the tables on Warren YM II in Division 2, winning 6-2 after losing to the same opponents a week earlier in the Gordon Hanna Trophy.

They had six different scorers, Stefan Haugh, Graeme Weir, Kyle Rae, Ryan Thompson, Colin Andrews and Owen Moore.

Cahoon scored both Warren goals and they missed a penalty with the score 3-2.

Dillon Maguire scored for Ballymacash YM III in their 1-1 draw with Glenavy III in the other Division 2 game played.

GORDON HANNA TROPHY

Braniel II stun ‘Cash II

Braniel YM II, who play in Division 2 stunned Division 1, Ballymacash YM with a 3-1 win in the first round of the Gordon Hanna Trophy.

Nathan Warnock got all three goals for the winners.

Bloomfield III led 3-0 at half-time before winning 4-2 against First Lisburn, whose goals came inside the last five minutes from Ryan Patterson and Jamie Mudge.

Keith Lunn missed a penalty for First and Aaron Stewart grabbed a double for the winners with Dean Hicks and Phil McConnell completing the scoring.

Gareth Oldroyd and Lee Furfey gave FC Utd Lisburn a two goal lead before Tommy McMichael scored a cracking consolation goal for Lambeg Rangers II.

In the Plate competition Clonduff were leading Moira Albion II 3-0 at half-time before the game was abandoned. John Greer got all three goals.

Braniel YM reached the quarter finals of the County Antrim Junior Shield when they beat Mourne Rovers 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw. Mourne led 1-0 at half-time but Braniel came back to level the score.

South Antrim League fixtures

South Antrim League fixtures for tomorrow (Saturday), kick-off 2.00pm.

Premier Division: Lambeg Rgs v Bloomfield, Ballymacash YM v Glaston, Warren YM v Sandy Row, Ballynafeigh YM v Braniel YM.

Division 1: South Antrim v Belvoir FC II, FC Utd Lisburn v Moira Albion II, Clonduff YM v Victoria Ath, Stranmillis II v 1st Lisburn.

Division 2: Cregagh Wand v Braniel YM II, Ballymacash YM III v FC Utd Lisburn II, Carrowdore YM v Glenavy III, Lisburn Ath v Warren YM II, Newtown Forest III v Clonduff YM II.

Gordon Hanna Trophy, first round: Belvoir FC v Orangefield OB III.

Supplementary Plate: Clarawood YM v Ballymacash YM II.

Lisburn Youth

Under 12’s

The Under 12’s went into Saturdays fixture with a depleted squad through illness and injury with only 12 players and no goalkeeper available.

This meant a bit of a reshuffle from the usual starting 11 however, it was not noticed in the performance.

Youth went 1-0 up after 10 seconds after good work down the right from Nathan Millar who delivered the cross in that was tapped home from Adam Donnelly.

This early goal set the tone for the game with Lisburn dominating from start to finish with attack after attack. David Faulkner up front was in clinical form again. His running off the ball and finishing were excellent and he would go on to bag himself four goals on the day.

Tyler Bain and Nathan Millar were also excellent on the day whilst Adam Donnelly on the wing turned his full back inside out as he also scored four on the day, one of which was a delightful chip from outside the box.

The other goals came from Oisin Barr 2, Bailey McKeown 2, Tyler Bain & Justin Devlin. Thanks to Justin Devlin and Nathan Miller who both volunteered for a half each in goals.

Credit must be given to Willowbank who did try to pass the ball the entire game, play football the proper way and never resorted to knocking long balls.

Under 13’s

This week the Under 13’s took on North End in their second league game of 2014.

An exciting start was necessary for a typically cold winter morning and Lisburn Youth started with the required quick fashion.

With the boys playing some lovely football, a corner provided the breakthrough as Lisburn Youth’s captain Christopher Turtle’s cross was converted by striker Ryan Jackson, who met the ball at the front post to give the boys a one nil lead.

Lisburn Youth really kept the tempo in the game after the first goal. A free kick from outside the box doubled Lisburn Youth’s lead with Christopher Turtle adding to his assist earlier in the game.

North End did well to get a goal back just before half time. After the break Lisburn Youth dealt with the long ball a lot better and with the team able to play their football, it was only a matter of time before Ryan Jackson got his second with a strike simply too high for the North End keeper to get near and Lisburn Youth’s third.

With a disciplined last 10 minutes Lisburn Youth kept their lead and ended up with all three points. The team’s third win in a row since Christmas suggesting a real turn in form. The momentum really seems to be back with the team and are once again showing what they are truly capable of.

Under 14’s

Lisburn Youth lost their 100% league record when they fortunately drew 1-1 with a fired up Windmill side.

Windmill deservedly took the lead in the first half after a bright attack, against a Lisburn side who didn’t get started all day. Credit for this goes to Windmill.

It was thought Lisburn would click into gear when they equalised quickly with a neat piece of control and finish from Conall Smyth, but it wasn’t to be.

Ryan Dowling was kept busy and without him Windmill could have been ahead a number of times.

For all the Windmill dominance, Lisburn probably had the two best chances to win it late on when Ross Hull and Paul Hughes had great chances on the break but it wasn’t to be.

Fair play to Windmill, Lisburn were lucky to get this point that keeps them unbeaten and well within reach of the summit with games in hand on the challengers.

Lisburn started their game against Oxford Sunnyside in horrible conditions, but in a bright fashion, zipping passes and creating chances early.

The opening goal came from a well worked corner. McConnell and McComb combined well with McConnell’s centre being brilliantly finished by Hughes into the top corner past the keeper.

The second came from a crisp drive by McEnhill, seconds after McIlroy failed to hit the target from a penalty. McConnell won the penalty when he was hacked down after going past a couple of defenders. In the heavy rain, his feet were on fire all day.

There were no further goals with Lisburn failing to take the chances they were creating.

Credit also goes to Oxford Sunnyside who never gave up and had some good moments themselves on the break in the second half.

Under 15’s

After last week’s convincing 4-0 victory over Lisburn Rangers, Lisburn Youth U-15’s maintained their steady start to 2014 and kept the pressure on Oxford Sunnyside at the top of the league with a 5-3 win over local derby rivals, Hillsborough Boys.

A great strike from Ruairi Maskey put Lisburn 1-0 up but Hillsborough were able to get on level terms when the referee awarded a penalty which they duly converted.

Further strikes from Regan McCann and Jordan Pegg gave Lisburn a two goal advantage but again Hillsborough hit back to make it 3-2.

The introduction of Nathan McShane and Ben Curran added a bit more pace to the Lisburn attack and with his first touch, McShane made it 4-2.

To their credit Hillsborough never gave up and again reduced the deficit to 1 goal after a fine finish from their striker.

Lisburn had the final say, though, when Curran headed home from a James Thompson free kick. Well done lads.

Bus Times

1st Lisburn Blues supporters club will be running a bus from their Sackville Street clubrooms tonight (Friday).

The bus will go to Linfield’s match at Windsor against Ards.

The Clubrooms open at 6.00pm and the bus leaves at 7.00pm.

Non members welcome.