Northend boys to the 'four'

Pride of place goes to the U10 team who, in the prestigious George Best Youth League, finally kick-started their season with a superb 3-2 win away to Dromore Amateurs.

In the Belfast and East Antrim Youth League the U11s and U14s both won their matches against Carnmoney Colts and Barn United respectively.

In the South Belfast Youth League, the U15 team continued their excellent form of late, winning 3-1 at Saint Oliver Plunkett's.

UNDER-10

Dromore Amateurs 2, Northend 3: Northend started the stronger side and deservedly went ahead with a Conor McGarry goal after some great work from Ruairi Campbell.

Against the run of play, Dromore equalised ten minutes later.

Northend went ahead again just before half-time with the goal of the game. Conor McGarry flicked on a Mathew Willighan throw-in to Stuart Lecky on the edge of the box and he half-volleyed the ball over the keeper into the top corner of the net.

Dromore equalised early in the second half but Ruairi Campbell scrambled home his team's third goal after some good work from Aiden Graffin and Scott Sempey. MOM - Conor McGarry and Blaine Scott

Northend: L McAfee, O Connolly, M Willighan, B Scott, C Meneely, S Lecky, R Lennon, A Graffin, C McGarry, R Campbell, S Sempey, K Campbell, P Kyle, T McAuley.

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Carnmoney Colts 2, Northend 3: Carnmoney went in front when a shot from their striker slipped from the Northend's keeper's hands and the other striker had the simple task of tapping the ball over the line.

Carnmoney went further in front when the ball was played across the Northend goal and the left winger ran in at the back post to put Carnmoney two up.

United did get one back just before half time and what a goal it was, James Hayburn won the ball on the left wing and played a perfect pass to Daniel Bell who from 25 yards curled it into the top corner.

Northend drew level when Daniel Bell made a great run down the left wing and skipped past four defenders and placed the ball into the bottom corner of the net, past the keeper.

Northend made a few substitutions and it was one of these who got the winner when the ball was played into the back post and Stephen Williams hit it first time into the bottom corner to give Northend all three points. MOM - Jordan Stock and Daniel Bell

Northend: R Lennon, J O’Loughlin, J Hayburn, A Campbell, J Stock, R Hartnett J Stevenson, A Shaw, J Adams, D Bell, M Kirk, M Erwin, R Gordon, K Babuszewski, C Thompson, S Williams.

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Northend 9, Barn United 2: Northend started in dominant mood and raced into a 1-0 lead when Jamie Speirs opened the scoring with a low drive from the edge of the box, on five minutes.

With the Northend midfield running riot with their fluent passing play, Dylan Hamill was on hand to score Northend’s second goal.

Stephen Hare added Northend’s third goal before Jamie Speirs scored his second and Northend’s fourth with a 20 yard piledriver.

David Bradley scored Northend’s fifth in their best footballing display of the season before Ryan Gault scored the sixth from a corner kick when he volleyed into the net to give the keeper no chance.

Barn pulled a goal back when their striker bent the ball around the wall and beat the Northend keeper, Ross Swan.

David Bradley scored his second just before half time leaving the half time score 7-1 to Northend.

Northend started off the second half in a similar fashion to the first. Aidan O’Donnell, who was having a good game, scored a goal after five minutes of the restart.

It was super-sub Jordan Donnelly who made his mark on the game when he went on to score four goals in a blistering second half performance.

Stephen Hare added a second goal to his total before Barn United scored their second goal after a Northend defensive mix-up.

In a final flurry, David Bradley and Jamie Speirs completed their hat-tricks and Thomas Brady and Anthony McAvoy also got on the score sheet. MOM - David Bradley

Northend: R Swan, C McCambridge, M Laverty, T Brady, N Swann, J Speirs, D Hamill, R Gault, S Hare, D Bradley, A O’Donnell, J Donnelly, C Tierney, P Greer, A McAvoy.

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Northend 3, SOPFC 1: Northend had a few chances to take the lead but had to wait until 20 minutes when Brendan Lynas picked up a pass in his own half. He turned his defender, glided past two other defenders before racing clear of the Plunkett defence and slotting the ball beyond the reach of the keeper to make the score 1-0 to Northend.

Northend extended their lead after 15 minutes of the second half when after some good exchange play between Rory Kinney and Conan Dunne; Ciaran Ferris was on hand to beat the keeper with a rasping shot.

Lee Kirk scored his first goal for Northend when he picked up a pass on Northend’s left wing, cut inside of his marker and looped the ball over the keeper’s head before the Belfast side scored a consolation goal with virtually the last kick of the game. MOM - Declan McAfee.

Northend: D Little, D McAfee, M Kirk, G Williams, M Bell, B Lynas, S Cunningham, R Douds, L Kirk, C Dunne, C Ferris, M Robinson, R Kinney, A Hughes, R Kennedy, D Freeburn.

MINI SOCCER ACADEMY

The Northend United Mini Soccer Academy continues on Wednesday 20th October at Ballymena North Centre, 6.45pm to 8.15pm. Contact John Devlin for further details.

GOALKEEPER TRAINING

Specialised goalkeeper training commences on Wednesday 20th October at Showgrounds Pitch 3 from 5.30pm to 7.00pm. All Northend goalkeepers are requested to attend.

IFA LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE

Northend are hosting An IFA Level 1 Coaching Course on 14th, 21st and 28th November, at the Michelin Club from 9.30pm to 4.30pm each day.

With a small number of places still available, please contact John Devlin on 0791 9056834 for further details.