Local football round-up

Rangers and Youth in top battle

Lisburn Rangers Youth and Lisburn Youth are two of the teams battling it out at the top of the under-13 section of the Lisburn Junior Invitational League.

Youth lead Rangers by a point after both won 6-2 on Saturday, but there are four other teams still in the fight at the top

Results

UNDER-13: Ballymena 2, TTBS 3; Carrick 0, N. End 4; Chimney Corner 0, Lurgan 3; Greenisland 2, Lisburn Y 6; Hillsborough 2, Lisburn Rgs 6; Willowbank 3, Lisburn Dist 3; Windmill 1, TW Braga 3.

UNDER-14: Lisburn Dist 4, Downpatrick 1; Warrenpoint 1, Lisburn Y 4.

UNDER-15: Ballyclare 1, Ox Sunnyside 3; Carrick 5, N. End 1; Donegal Celtic 6, Newry 0; Hillsborough 0, Lisburn Y 4; Windmill 3, Lisburn Dist .

UNDER-16: Banbridge 3, N. Belfast 1; Downpatrick 6, Newry 0; Hillsborough 3, Lurgan 2; Lisburn Dist 4, Lisburn Y 1; Ridgeway 4, N. End 2; Willowbank 5, Lisburn Rgs 0.

UNDER-17: Camlough 0, Lower Maze 2; Newry 1, Dromara 0.

Fixtures

GLENMORE: 9.30, Lisburn Rgs v Lisburn Dist u13, Shankill v Hillsborough u14; 11.15, Lisburn Y v Hillsborough u13, TTBS v Carrick u13.

MOIRA: 9.30, Lurgan v Greenisland u13, Lurgan v Lisburn Dist u16; 11.15, Lurgan v Downpatrick u14, Portadown v Windmill u14.

BARBOUR: 9.30, Willowbank v Windmill u13, Ridgeway v SWillowbank u16, Willowbank v Banbridge u17; 11.15, N. End v Chimney Corner u13, N. End v Bloomfield u14, Lisburn Y v Lisburn Dist u15.

WALLACE PARK: 9.30, TW Braga v Ballymena u13, Ox Sunnyside v Carrick u15, Windmill v Ballyclare u15; 11.15, N. End v Donegal Celtic u15, N. End v Banbridge u16, Lurgan v Camlough u17.

FULLERTON PARK: 9.30, Lisburn Y v Lisburn Rgs u16; 11.15, Lisburn Y v Lisburn Dist u14.

HAVELOCK PARK: 9.30, Ox Sunnyside v Armagh u14; 11.15, ox Sunnyside Colts v Warrenpoint u14.

BALLYMACOSS: 9.30, Newry v Greenisland u15, u16, Newry v Bloomfield u17; 11.15, N. Belfast v Downpatrick u16, Knockbreda v Hillsborough u17, Lower Maze v Carrick u17.

SUFFOLK: 9.30, Midway v Hillsborough u16; 11.15, Lisburn Dist v Dromara u17.

South Antrim League round-up

PREMIER DIVISION

Glaston fall at home

Glaston’s miserable form continued in the Premier Division on Saturday when they 4-2 at home to Clonduff YM.

David Wilton got three of the Clonduff goals and Colin Archer scored the other one.

Belvoir FC fell again when they lost 2-1 to FC Utd Lisburn.

DIVISION 1

Braniel II continue to dictate

Braniel YM II continue to dictate terms at the top of Division 1 following an 8-2 success over Victoria Athletic.

Alan Miller hit a hat-trick, Ryan Stevenson got two and the others came from Glen Morton, Stephen Murphy and Lewis Robinson. Corbett and Downes replied for Athletic.

Ballymacash YM II continued their good run with a 3-1 win over Clonduff YM II and Colin Valley III won by the same margin against Belvoir FC II.

FC Utd Lisburn II beat Orangefield OB III 2-1.

DIVISION 2

Rangers beat Young Men

It may not have been the top two teams at the clubs but there was fierce rivalry when Ballymacash Rangers III beat Ballymacash YM III 4-2 in Division 2.

Lee Gourley, Jordan Frazer, Jonny Campbell and an own goal gave Rangers the first blood in the battle between the two.

Carrowdore YM continued their winning ways with a 5-1 victory over Lambeg Rangers II, Greg Lynn 2, Glen Johnston, Willie Truesdale penalty and an own goal made up the success.

Warren YM II remain top of the table following a 6-1 win away to Clonduff YM III. James Lyness added another four goals and the others came from Jordan Cairns and David English.

Glenavy III were 5-1 winners at home to Newtown Forest III. Irwin Cunninghan helped himself to a hat-trick and the other scorers were Les Stewart and Ricky McClenaghan.

South Antrim II won 3-1 away to Moira Albion II with goals from Stephen Thompson, Ryan Gregor and Gareth Johnston.

IRONSIDE CUP

Warren and Ballymacash in semi-finals

Warren YM and Ballymacash YM reached the semi-finals of the Ironside Cup with wins on Saturday.

Chris Hull got the only goal for victory over South Antrim and Ballymacash were 4-0 winners against Sandy Row.

Braniel YM reached the quarter final stage with a 4-0 win over 1st Lisburn.

SOUTH ANTRIM LEAGUE RESULTS AT A GLANCE

PREMIER DIVISION

Glaston 2 Clonduff YM 4

Belvoir FC 1 FC Utd Lisburn 2

DIVISION 1

Ballymacash YM II 3 Clonduff YM II 1

Colin Valley III 3 Belvoir FC II 1

Braniel YM II 8 Victoria Ath 2

FC Utd Lisburn II 2 Orangefield OB III 1

DIVISION 2

Ballymacash Rgs III 4 Ballymacash YM III 2

Lambeg Rgs II 1 Carrowdore YM 5

Clonduff YM III 1 Warren YM II 6

Moira Albion II 1 South Antrim II 3

Glenavy III 5 Newtown Forest III 1

IRONSIDE CUP, THIRD ROUND

Braniel YM 4 1st Lisburn 0

QUARTER FINAL

Warren YM 1 South Antrim 0

Sandy Row 0 Ballymacash YM 4

South Antrim league fixtures

South Antrim League fixtures for tomorrow (Saturday), 2pm

PREMIER DIVISION: Ballymacash YM v Warren YM, Lambeg Rgs v Glaston, 1st Lisburn v FC Utd Lisburn, Sandy Row v Belvoir FC, South Antrim v Clonduff YM.

DIVISION 1: Cregagh Wand v Bloomfield III, Clonduff YM II v Belvoir FC II, Village Rec v FC Utd Lisburn II, Orangefield OB III v Victoria Ath.

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

South Antrim’s top scorers take note

Scott Boyde is running a competition for the top goal scrorer on the site and on December 20 whoever is top will win a trophy and a £25 voucher.

He will also offer prizes for the people that add the stats on the site, which is:

http://www.nifootball.co.uk/news/article/top-goal-scorer-competition/58139

FC United Lisburn are updating already here http:www.nifootball.co.uk/forums/viewforum/37/ and if Scott can get enough from any particular league he will try and run a league only competition as well.

SOUTH ANTRIM LEAGUE TABLES UP TO NOVEMBER 22

PREMIER DIVISION P W D L PTS

Warren YM 8 4 2 1 17

Braniel YM 7 5 1 0 13

South Antrim 9 4 1 4 13

Sandy Row 5 3 0 1 9

1st Lisburn 8 2 2 3 8

Glaston 8 4 0 3 6

FC Utd Lisburn 8 3 0 4 6

Ballymacash YM 4 1 1 1 5

Lambeg Rgs 6 1 0 5 3

Clonduff YM 5 2 1 0 1

Belvoir FC 8 0 1 7 _3

DIVISION 1 P W D L PTS

Braniel YM II 8 6 1 1 19

FC Utd Lisburn II 9 5 0 4 15

Ballymacash YM II 7 5 0 2 15

Colin Valley III 9 4 1 4 13

Village Rec 9 4 0 5 12

Clonduff YM II 7 5 0 2 12

Orangefield OB III 9 3 1 5 10

Bloomfield III 7 3 0 4 9

Cregagh Wand 8 2 1 5 7

Belvoir FC II 7 3 0 3 6

Victoria Ath 8 1 0 6 3

DIVISION 2 P W D L PTS

Warren YM II 9 7 1 1 22

Carrowdore YM 8 6 2 0 20

Glenavy III 10 6 1 3 19

Ballymacash Rgs III 6 4 1 1 13

South Antrim II 8 3 4 0 13

Ballymacash YM III 9 3 1 5 10

Moira Albion II 9 2 1 6 7

Newtown Forest III 10 1 2 7 5

Clonduff YM III 6 3 0 3 3

Lambeg Rgs II 9 0 3 6 3

1st Lisburn II 8 1 1 4 _2

Blues Bus

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

Lisburn Rangers

A wake up call for the Youth Team, that’s what was needed in a hard fought game against Hillsborough.

The boys had a poor start with Hillsborough taking the lead after some sloppy play at the back.

Hillsborough took advantage of a Youth team that just hadn’t started and added a second, Lisburn were on the ropes and Hillsborough knew it but couldn’t add to their lead, the Youth Team were fortunate to be only two down at half time.

Coaches Colin and Brian Hamill sent the boys out with a different mindset and it was clear to see with a goal almost coming in the first minute.

The feeling was that this game could still be saved, it would only take a goal to change things and what a goal from Thomas Burns slamming an over head kick in to the back of the net with perfect technique.

The flood gates opened up with goals from Kurtis Gillespie and Josh McMaster, within ten minutes the boys took the lead, Hillsborough were deflated and never looked like coming back against an unrecognisable Youth Team.

Callum Parker added a fourth and two more from Lee Hutton and this game was over.

It was a great come back but the boys must learn from the first half performance if they want to progress as a team and as a last thought we may have seen the goal of the season.

Lisburn Panthers

LRFC Panthers played Castle Colts on Sunday November 23 at Aurora Leisure Centre, Bangor.

As so often, the Lisburn Panthers were not fully awake during the first half of the match.

Within five minutes of playing the Panthers were two goals down.

It took almost 20 minutes before the Panthers put together some nice combinations through the midfield, witch put Noah Perry in the position to score the first goal for the Panthers.

But the lack of concentration left the goal wide open for the Colts to score the third goal just a minute later.

The second half started with another early goal for the Colts after a free kick.

The hard working Conal Cunningham on the left forward position tried his best to get the ball in front of the goal.

This happened half way through the second half and Jack Bonar was there to pick up the great assist and scored the second goal for the Panthers.

But only a minute later a defender lost the ball in front of his own goal and invited the Colts to score for the fifth time.

A penalty kick for the Panthers, kicked by Dillan Duff, at the end of the match turned the result to 5-3 for the Colts.

A disappointing result for the Panthers, as they had some very hard working players and good ideas.

Wee Whites

The Under 9’s played one of their best matches in their final match before the winter break last weekend.

Goals came from Brandon Wright and a screamer from 30 yards from Reece Taggart. Sunday was also a silent sideline day and the boys received no help from their parents or coaches from the sideline and proved how far they have come as a group from the start of the development programme. Coach Ryan Menary would like to thank all boys and parents for the their support.