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Sirocco Youths U10s 2 Northend United U10s 2 Saturday 28th April 2012

Similar to midweek, Northend travelled to the Grove pitches on Saturday to play Sirocco Youth in their last game of the season. The game started with both teams taking the game to each other with Sirocco bringing the best out on Sean Higgins, in the Northend net. Northend kept pressing looking for a goal, and got their reward through Rian Lennon with the keeper dropping the ball and Rian was on hand to score. There was good flowing football from both sides and Sirocco got their reward making it 1-1 just before half time.

The Wee Blues went looking for a winner on the second half, but the Sirocco keeper kept the Northend strikers at bay. Sirocco pressed forward and got their reward making it 2-1. The Wee Blues kept fighting and got their break with Aidan Graffin making it 2-2 after a good move from Northend.

The young Northend team pressed forward looking for a winner, with good play from Aidan Griffin going round the keeper, and for Jude Scullion to tap it into the net making it 3-2, only for the referee to rule it out for offside. Full time result 2-2.

Men of the Match: Oliver Hampshire, Jude Scullion

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, A Griffin, O Connelly, O Hampshire (C), R Lennon, J Scullion, M Stewart, D Kyle (c), E Fisher, C Forsythe, J Givens

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Hillsborough Boys U10s 2 Northend United U10s 0 Wednesday 25th April 2012

Northend travelled to the Grove pitches in North Belfast on Wednesday night to play Hillsborough Boys. Both teams got off to a good start with chances at both ends. Hillsborough took their chances and made it 2-0 at halftime.

Second half started with Northend pressing looking for goals, but could not get any rewards, leaving the final score 2-0 to Hillsborough

Man of the Match: Sean Higgins.

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, A Griffin, O Connelly (c), R Lennon, J Scullion, M Stewart, E Fisher, D Kyle, J Givens, F Andrews

Northend United U10s 0 Shankill Youths U10s 5 Saturday 21st April 2012

Northend entertained their opponents Shankill Juniors, to Dunfane Park on Saturday. The game began with both teams searching for a goal. Shankill Juniors were rewarded a corner and made it 1-0 on the sixth minute. Northend pressed forward looking for a reply but didn't get any rewards. Shankill Juniors pushed forward and as the result they were rewarded with a second corner, and made it 2-0 on the sixteenth minute. The Wee Blues came more into the game and they had numerous chances to draw level in this match but didn't have any luck, leaving the half-time score 2-0 to Shankill

The second half started with Northend again pushing forward, but still couldn't put their chances away. Play flowed from end to end and it was Shankill who punished the Wee Blues when they scored their third goal against the run of play. The match resumed with Northend still going about their play looking for a goal. The young team didn't give up in anyway, still pressing and pressing but still couldn't get any reply. On the fifty-fifth minute, Shankill Juniors added to their score, when from a corner not being cleared properly, their striker made it 4-0. With The Wee Blues still looking for at least one goal, Shankill scored almost on full time and made it 5-0.

Man of the Match: Oisin Connelly

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, A Griffin (c), O Connelly, O Hampshire, R Lennon, J Scullion, M Stewart, E Fisher, D Kyle, C Forsythe, J Givens

Northend United U10s 2 Crusaders U10s 1 Saturday 14th April 2012

Northend welcomed Irish league Academy side Crusaders to their Dunfane Park base on Saturday, which was a lovely morning for football. Play began with nice football skills from both teams in the opening minutes. However, as the Wee Blues defence was sleeping, the Crues striker nipped in and made it 1-0 in the fifth minute. Northend then centred the ball and started to settle down and play some good flowing football. However the Crues kept pressing forward as well and the Northend keeper, Sean Higgins, made some great saves to keep the Belfast team at bay.

After some great play from the Northend Blues, they were awarded a corner kick, and as Aidan Graffin swung the ball in to the Crues penalty box, their defender hand balled it giving Northend a spot kick. Oisin Connelly stepped up to take the kick and gave the keeper no chance, levelling the score at 1-1.

Just before half time some excellent play for the Blues resulted in Aidan Graffin seeing his shot cannon off the Crues post. With no further scoring, the half-time score remained 1-1.

The second half started with Northend on all-out attack for their second goal, but the Crues defence was keeping them at bay. Northend had chances at the Crues end through Rian Lennon, Josh Coates and company, but they just couldn't get the second goal their play deserved. Crues then pressed forward with Sean Higgins keeping them out with some more good saves.

However Northend began to stamp their authority on the game and got their just reward when Aidan Graffin scored the second, making it 2-1. The Wee Blues dominated the rest of the game with some good football skills for their wining result. This was an excellent footballing performance from all the team.

Man of the Match: Sean Higgins, Oisin Connelly

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, A Graffin, O Connelly, O Hampshire, R Lennon (c), J Scullion, M Stewart, E Fisher, D Kyle, C Forsythe

Dromore Amateurs U10s 2 Northend United U10s 6 Saturday 31st March 2012

Northend United travelled to Cairnshill to take on Dromore Amateurs on Saturday. Both teams started of the match reasonable well within just two mins of the game Dromore were one nil up.

With Northend starting to shape they should have been on level terms but just couldn't convert one of a host of chances. This came back to haunt the Wee blues when Dromore broke away once again to make it 2-0 with only three minutes of the first half remaining. Half time score 2-0 to Dromore

The second half started with Northend looking the stronger side and more hungry for a goal. A good throughball from Oliver Hampshire to Rian Lennon lead to the same player beating the Dromore keeper to pull one goal back for Northend.

This goal lifted Northend and with the Wee Blues still pressing forward Aidan Graffin nipped in to make it 2-2.

The Blues were now in dominant form, playing some great football and kept pressing forward and got their just reward again with Rian Lennon scoring his second and Northend's third, making it 3-2.

At this time Northend had hold of the game, and when Aidan Graffin broke through, the keeper could only parry the shot and Rian Lennon was on hand again to slot home the rebound to make the score 4-2 to the Wee Blues.

Jude Scullion was next to score for Northend and on 58 minutes, Rian Lennon capped off a fine individual performance, when he scored his fourth and Northend's sixth off the day.

This was a good team performance and a well deserved result from a team who seems to be reserving their best performances for the end of the season.

Men of the Match: Jason Givens, Oisin Connelly

Panel: J Givens, M Stewart, O Hampshire, O Connelly, F Andrews, C Forsythe, A Graffin, D Kyle, J Coates, J Scullion, R Lennon

Crusaders U10s 5 Northend United U10s 5 Saturday 24th March 2012

The Wee Blues turned in a great performance at the Grove pitches on Saturday to earn a credible draw with Irish League Team Crusaders. Rian Lennon and Aidan Graffin each bagged a brace of goals for the Blues with Jude Scullion weighing in with the other goal.

Man of the Match: Oliver Hampshire

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, A Griffin, O Connelly, O Hampshire (C), R Lennon, J Scullion, M Stewart, F Andrews, E Fisher, C Forsythe, T Murdock, J Givens

Shankill Juniors U10s 5 Northend United U10s 0 Saturday 10th March 2012

Northend travelled to the Grove once again to play Shankill Juniors. Play kicked off with the wind playing a big part in the game Shankill juniors had the wind behind them in the first half. Shankill took the lead from a corner kick with an over head goal making it 1-0 early on in the match. Northend got the ball to start to play some football but on the eleventh minute a mistake in the Blues defence allowed Shankill to increase the score to 2-0. Within seventeen minutes it was 3-0. Northend broke and had a chance to score but failed to do so. Shankill kept pressing forward looking for more goals when they were rewarded on the twenty-fifth minute making it 4-0.

Second half started with Northend starting to play football on the second half, they kept pressing but could not find the net.

Northend kept pressing on to score but did not get any reply. Shankill broke through and were rewarded on the forty-third minute, when their captain stepped up to slot the ball home making it 5-0.

Man of the Match: Oisin Connelly

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, R Lennon, O Hampshire, M Stewart, J Scullion, A Graffin(c), O Connelly, C Forsythe, F Andrews, D Kyle, E Fischer

Northend United U10s 2 Shankill Juniors U10s 3 Saturday 3rd March 2012

Northend travelled to the Grove pitches in North Belfast to play Shankill Juniors. Northend got off to a flying start in the fourth minute with a nice through ball from Oliver Hampshire to Oisin Connelly to slot the ball past the Shankill Juniors keeper to make it 1-0.

As the game progressed, the two teams kept each other at bay making the halftime score 1-0 to the Northend Babies.

The second half started with Shankill Juniors pushing forward, on the forty-first minute they got their reward with an equaliser, making the score 1-1. Northend then settled down to play their usual football, with some chances going at bay, then on the forty-seventh minute, Shankill Juniors pushed through to make it 2-1.

Play continued on with Northend getting their just reward with a penalty on the forty-ninth minute. Oisin Connelly stepped up to slot it home, making the score 2-2.

The game carried on with Northend still missing chances to seal the game. With two minutes remaining on the clock, Shankill broke through to make it 3-2 with a hint of offside.

Man of the Match: Oliver Hampshire

Panel: S Higgins, J Coates, A Griffin, O Connelly(c), O Hampshire, R Lennon, J Scullion, M Stewart, E Fisher, D Kyle, C Forsythe, T Murdock