Local football round-up

A good day for Lisburn Youth

It was a good day for Lisburn Youth on Saturday when all five teams won in the Lisburn Junior Invitational League.

A win for the 13s saw them return to the top and the under-14s scored three times in the last 15 minutes to beat Windmill Youth 6-2.

The 15s stayed top with a 5-0 success over Oxford Sunnyside Boys and the 16s moved to third spot with a 3-2 win over Ridgeway Rovers.

Results

UNDER-13: Greenisland 3, Chimney Corner 0; Hillsborough 6, Carrick 3; Lisburn Dist 2, Ballymena 2; Lisburn Rgs 3, Windmill 3; Lisburn Y 6, Willowbank 1; Lurgan 0, Warrenpoint 0; N. End 0, TW Braga 1.

UNDER-14: Downpatrick 6, Bloomfield 0; Hillsborough 4, Warrenpoint 3; Lisburn Dist 6, Armagh 3; Lisburn Y 6, Windmill 2; Ox Sunnyside Colts 0, Shankill 4; Lurgan 0, Portadown 6; N. End 3, Ox Sunnyside 4.

UNDER-15: Greenisland 1, Donegal Celtic 3; Hillsborough 1, Carrick 5; Lisburn Dist 6, Ballyclare 0; Lisburn Y 5, Ox Sunnyside 0; Mallusk 3, N. End 3; Newry 1, Windmill 5.

UNDER-16: Hillsborough 2, Greenisland 1; Lisburn Rgs 1, Banbridge 3; Lisburn Y 3, Ridgeway 2; Lurgan 1, N. End 2; Midway 0, N. Belfast 3.

UNDER-17: Carrick 2, Camlough 1; Dromara 0, Bloomfield 4; Hillsborough 1, Banbridge 1; Knockbreda 5, Newry 3; Lisburn Dist 4, Lurgan 1; Lower Maze 1, Willowbank 4.

Fixtures

BARBOUR: 9.30, Ballymena v Lisburn Rgs u13, Windmill v Greenisland u15, Ridgeway v Lurgan u16; 11.15, Warrenpoint v N. End u13, Bloomfield v Hillsborough u14, Portadown v N. End u14.

DRUMBO: 9.30, Greenisland v Carrick u13; 11.15, Carrick v Lisburn Dist u15.

WALLACE PARK: 9.30, Willowbank v Hillsborough u13, Willowbank v Hillsborough u16, Willowbank v Carrick u17; 11.15, N. End v Newry u15, N. End v Midway u16, Chimney Corner v Hillsborough u13.

BALLYMACOSS: 9.30, TW Braga v TTBS u13, Shankill v Lurgan u14, Banbridge v Knockbreda u17; 11.15, Downpatrick v Windmill u14, Downpatrick v Lisburn Rgs u16, Newry v Lisburn Dist u17.

MOIRA: 9.30, Windmill v Lisburn Y u13, Armagh v Lisburn Y u14; 11.15, Ox Sunnyside v Ox Sunnyside Colts u14, Ox Sunnyside v Mallusk u15.

FULLERTON PARK: 9.30, Donegal Celtic v Hillsborough u15; 11.15, Warrenpoint v Lisburn Dist u14.

SUFFOLK: 9.30, Ballyclare v Lisburn Y u15; 11.15, N. Belfast v Newry u16.

CHENEY PARK: 11.15, Banbridge v Lisburn Y u16.

ORANGEFIELD: 9.00, Bloomfield v Hillsborough u17; 11.00, Greenisland v Lisburn Dist u16.

HAVELOCK PARK: 9.30, Camlough v Dromara u17.

LURGAN: 9.30, Lurgan v Lower Maze u17.

SOUTH ANTRIM LEAGUE

PREMIER DIVISION

Braniel drop first points

Braniel YM lost their 100 per cent record in the Premier Division when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Ballymacash YM, whose scorer was Chris Richmond.

Glaston took advantage of these two sharing the spoils, but they only just got past Belvoir FC 4-3 with goals from Chris McIlhennon, Paul McCann, Alan McDonald and Gary Nelson.

South Antrim kept the pressure on at the top with a 5-3 win over Lambeg Rangers. Ronan Maguire got a hat-trick and the other goals came from Shane Matthews and Stephen Thompson. Lambeg scorers were Stevie Keag 2 and Ryan Nixon.

Warren YM are still thereabouts after beating FC Utd Lisburn 3-2 with Willy Hull, Graham Stitt and Neil Donaghy getting their goals. FC replied through Jason Hamilton and Ross Phillips.

Jonathan Shields got three second-half goals to give Sandy Row a 3-0 win over 1st Lisburn.

DIVISION 1

Simon’s hat-trick a winner

Simon Hall hit a hat-trick and Stephen Tierney got the other two when Ballymacash YM II beat Cregagh Wanderers 5-3 in Division 1 and all the Cregagh goals came from Graham Montgomery.

Alan Dougan scored three and Darren Scott got the other two in Village Rec’s 5-1 win over Victoria Athletic.

Colin Valley III twice came back from behind to draw 2-2 with Braniel YM II, whose goalscorers were Lewis Robinson and William Samsun.

FC Utd Lisburn II had a good 3-1 win over Bloomfield III with Andrew Eagleson 2 and Willie Roy getting the goals.

IRONSIDE CUP

Three down Glenavy come back to win

Trailing 0-3 against Ballymacash Rangers III in Division 2 Glenavy III came bach to win 4-3 in a thrilling game.

James Lyness hit a hat-trick a week earlier but went one better this time with four goals for Warren YM II and strikes from Sammy Phillips and Glen Davidson gave their team a 6-3 win over 1st Lisburn II, with Shaun Bremner hitting two and Scott Parker scoring a penalty.

South Antrim II and Ballymacash YM III shared six goals with Gareth Johnston 2 and Jamie McAdams scoring for South and Colin Jamison 2 and Ryan Parker replying.

Clonduff YM III had a hard earned 3-2 win over Moira Albion II and Newtown Forest III drew 2-2 with Lambeg Rangers II, though an injury to a Lambeg player meant an early stoppage though the result should stand.

SOUTH ANTRIM LEAGUE RESULTS AT A GLANCE

98 goals were scored in the 16 South Antrim League matches on Saturday.

PREMIER DIVISION

Braniel YM 1 Ballymacash YM 1

Glaston 4 Belvoir FC 3

Lambeg Rgs 3 South Antrim 5

FC Utd Lisburn 2 Warren YM 3

1st Lisburn 0 Sandy Row 3

DIVISION 1

Village Rec 5 Victoria Ath 1

Ballymacash YM II 5 Cregagh Wand 3

Braniel YM II 2 Colin Valley III 2

Bloomfield III 1 FC Utd Lisburn II 3

DIVISION 2

Glenavy III 4 Ballymacash Rgs III 3

Warren YM II 6 1st Lisburn II 3

South Antrim II 3 Ballymacash YM III 3

Clonduff YM III 3 oira Albion II 2

Newtown Forest III 2 Lambeg Rgs II 2

IRONSIDE CUP, FIRST ROUND

Clonduff YM 12 Carrowdore YM 0

SECOND ROUND

Belvoir FC II 3 Clonduff YM II 5

South Antrim league fixtures

The games for tomorrow (Saturday) in the South Antrim League, 2pm kick-off.

PREMIER DIVISION: Warren YM v 1st Lisburn, Sandy Row v Glaston, South Antrim v Braniel YM.

DIVISION 1: Orangefield OB III v Ballymacash YM II, Cregagh Wanderers v Braniel YM II, Clonduff YM II v Village Rec, Colin Valley III v Bloomfield III.

DIVISION 2: Clonduff YM III v Warren YM II, Glenavy III v South Antrim II, 1st Lisburn II v Ballymacash Rangers III, Ballymacash YM III v Lambeg Rangers II, Carrowdore YM v Moira Albion II.

IRONSIDE CUP, second round: Belvoir FC v Ballymacash YM, Lambeg Rangers v Clonduff YM, FC Utd Lisburn v Newtown Forest III.

Blues Bus

1st Lisburn Blues supporters club will be running a bus from their Sackville Street clubrooms tomorrow (Saturday) for Linfield’s clash against Cliftonville.

Old Blues pic

Last week we featured an old photo of a Linfield team from the 1940s. We’ve had some new information about the photo from a reader, who says: “The photo shows the Linfield team from 1949/50, the year Linfield won the League, Irish Cup, City Cup and Gold Cup – although it’s way before my time so I’m not sure which is which and, as a Ballymena United fan, I still wouldn’t know a trophy if it tackled me sliding down the new tiles on Bow Street! The information came from the Linfield 100 Years book, written by the sadly missed Malcolm Brodie, so I’d be as certain as possible the information is correct.”

Wee Whites

Lisburn Distillery Under 10’s played St Pat’s last Saturday. It was a great game with plenty of good football. There was a fantastic goal from Jay Hawthorne which was nicely set up from a corner by Scott Taggart, showing that the boys play as a team. There was a solid performance by Ben Bona, Kieran Baxter and Reece Taggart.

The Under 9’s played Shankill. The Wee Whites went into the game on the back of their best performance of the season the week before. It was a brilliant game and again everyone in the squad played their part. Goals were scored by Dee Dee Rafferty, Chris Cowan and Michael Rocks. Again there was an excellent performance by Reece McKeown in nets.

Lisburn Youth

Ross Hull’s hat-trick inspired a Lisburn Youth Under 14 victory at Ballymacoss on Saturday. However, the young lions didn’t have it all their own way and had to work hard to get the win to keep their 100% record going against Oxford Sunnyside.

Lisburn had a lot of possession but the only chances they really created were shots from distance by Ryan Jackson that didn’t trouble the Sunnyside keeper and a good move down the left with full back Cory Mann getting to the bye line and sending a dangerous cross but nobody anticipated where the ball would go and the defence were able to clear.

Ross Hull finally broke the deadlock when he received the ball from Jackson on the right hand side of the 18 yard line, his shot took a slight deflection and it spun past the keepers hands into the net. That was as good as it got for Lisburn in the first half.

The second half saw Lisburn play with more purpose. Hull was getting more and more involved and his pass in behind the defence put Chris Singleton through on goal and he nicked the ball past the onrushing keeper to make it 2 nil.

Substitute Ub Ottong finished off the move of the match to make it 3 nil – it began with a throw in on the left but some quick two touch football between Hull, Mann, Conall Smyth, Rhys Kelly and Caoelain Young freed up Harry Wilson on the the overlap down the right, his cross was headed into the net by Ottong.

Hull then made it four when he controlled Smyth’s perfectly weighted pass and finished across the keeper into his bottom right hand corner. Hull then completed the scoring and his hat-trick when his goal bound shot was deflected into the net.

Another good win for Lisburn as they continue to sit proudly at the top of the table but will need to play a lot more like they did in the last 10 minutes of this game and less like the previous 50.

SOUTH ANTRIM LEAGUE TABLES

PREMIER DIVISION P W D L PTS

Braniel YM 5 4 1 0 13

Glaston 5 4 0 1 12

South Antrim 6 3 1 2 10

Warren YM 5 2 2 1 8

FC Utd Lisburn 6 2 0 4 6

Sandy Row 3 2 0 1 6

Clonduff YM 4 1 2 1 5

Ballymacash YM 4 1 2 1 5

1st Lisburn 5 1 1 3 4

Lambeg Rgs 4 1 0 3 3

Belvoir FC 5 0 1 4 1

DIVISION 1 P W D L PTS

Orangefield OB III 4 3 0 1 9

Village Rec 4 3 0 1 9

FC Utd Lisburn II 5 3 0 2 9

Colin Valley III 4 2 1 1 7

Braniel YM II 4 2 1 1 7

Bloomfield III 5 2 0 3 6

Belvoir FC II 3 2 0 1 6

Clonduff II 3 2 0 1 6

Ballymacash YM II 4 2 0 2 6

Victoria Ath 5 0 0 5 0

Cregagh Wand 3 0 0 3 0

DIVISION 2 P W D L PTS

Glenavy III 5 4 0 1 12

Warren YM II 5 3 1 1 10

Carrowdore YM 3 3 0 0 9

1st Lisburn II 5 2 1 2 7

South Antrim II 5 1 3 1 6

Ballymacash YM III 5 1 1 3 4

Newtown Forest III 5 1 1 3 4

Ballymacash Rgs III 2 1 0 1 3

Moira Alb II 4 1 0 3 3

Lambeg Rgs II 4 0 3 1 3

Clonduff III 3 1 0 2 3