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Northend United 1 Tristar Boys 0 Saturday 8th April

Northend U10s were involved in their first 9-a-side match this week against Maiden City side Tristar Boys. This was a cracking match between two sides who played passing football from start to finish, played before Irish FA Grassroots coach, Joe Doherty. Joe Doc was full of praise for the Ballymena boys as they really enjoyed their first foray into 9-s-a-side football.

The Baby Blues kept their shape throughout the match and got behind the ball when Tristar were in possession. Charlie McIlhatton got the goals for Northend in this match with two well taken goals.

Manager Alex McDonald was also full of praise for his young team as they rose to their new challenge.

Panel: D Glass, D Higgins, R Crooks, C McNally, C McIlhatton, C Maguire, M Campbell, L McDonald, C Termonia

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Northend Youth 1 Carniny Amateurs 0 Saturday 8th April 2017

It was a beautiful sunny morning for 07 Youths game against Carniny Amateurs at Coleraine. The game started brightly with both teams creating some early chances. The Baby Blues made the breakthrough when Luke Campbell got on the end of a good through ball from Jack Stewart to go one up. Good work involving Joseph McKay and Feargal McKay set Seth Park up to score from the edge of the box. A rare mix up at the back gave Carniny a chance to pull one back, but almost instantly Luke Campbell out muscled 2 defenders to score low in the corner.

The second half started well with Joeseph McKay scoring a superb free kick. Persistent pressure saw Feargal McKay slot home from the edge of the area to make it 5. With all subs getting valuable game time Jackson broke free from defence skipped past 4 defenders to score a fine individual goal. Just to show it was no stroke of luck a good clearance from Garron Donnelly set Jackson on his way again to score another fine effort. A late consolation goal from Carniny didn't take the shine off another great performance.

Panel: P Murphy, J McKay, G Donnelly, F McKay, J Stewart, S Park, L Campbell, J Gregg, S Smyth, C Watt, J Kaczmarek

Northend United 6 Portrush 0 Saturday 1st April 2017

Another top display from the young Northend team. A fluent display of passing football out from the defence, resulted in a good performance, with a number of goals scored. Improvements coming from training sessions were evident with Daire Higgins getting his head to two well worked corners. Other scorers on the day included Charlie McIlhatton (2), Lewis McDonald and an OG

Panel: D Glass, D Higgins, C Maguire, C McIlhatton, M Campbell, C Termonia, L McDonald

Northend Pumas vrs Star United Saturday 1st April 2017

On Saturday morning Northend had several players missing due to illness and were only able to field 6 players in the SSG, held at the Showgrounds The boys put in a great performance against Star United with goals coming from Alfie Mc Kee (3), Eryk Hejno (2) and Caelyn Clarke. Nicholas Aghew and Noah Kelly were brilliant in defence and Max Diamond was outstanding in the Northend goal. The boys are playing a great brand of football with some of the play that led to the goals absolutely brilliant.

Panel: M Diamond, A McKee, E Hejno, C Clarke, N Agnew, N Kelly

Northend Colts vrs Carniny Girls Saturday 1st April 2017

Another improving display from U10 development team, saw them come out on top against Carniny Girls, in a match made even more impressive considering, due to illness, Northend could field only 6 players for the entire match.

The first half finished even, thanks largely to a fantastic display from the Carniny goalkeeper, with the Northend goal coming from 2009 player Daniel Cooke!

In the second half Northend started to control the game, with Michael O'Donnell scoring from midfield and Matthew Wade in defence very solid in giving nothing away. Also impressive was Callum Connolly in goals and making his debut Caolan Laverty.

Man of the Match: Cameron Cooke, with a superb second half hat-trick, after having missed a number of chances in the first half.

Panel: C Connolly, M Wade, C Laverty, M O'Donnell, D Cooke, C Cooke.

Northend Youth vrs Bertie Peacocks Colts Saturday 25th March 2017

The U10 Youths were back in action at Coleraine University against Bertie Peacocks Colts. It was a cracking spring morning and the game certainly proved to be entertaining for the spectators. Despite a good start and some nice football, Northend found themselves 1 down after 10 mins. Still dominating in midfield Seb Smyth created a chance for Luke Campbell who slotted home the equaliser. A lucky break following confusion in the Bertie' s defence saw Northend take the lead with an OG. We pressed hard and good football from Jack Stewart, Callum Watt and Luke Campbell, set up Jack Stewart to slide home from close range. Alan made it 4 just before the half time whistle. Half time 4-0

The second half saw theNorthend boys continue to play a high tempo game and pushed forward at every opportunity. Goals from Callum Watt, Seb Smyth (2) and Seth Park saw Northend run out easy winners. Joe McKay and Garron Donnelly were solid in defence, Callum Watt played his best game for the Baby Blues ably supported by Seb Smyth, Seth Park, Jack Stewart and Alan Nowak. Special mention to Jakub who made his debut in goals and pulled of some fine saves. Full time 8-1

Panel: Jakub Kaczmarek, Joseph McKay, Callum Watt, Sebastian Smyth, Jack Stewart, Seth Park, Luke Campbell, Alan Nowak, Garron Donnelly

Northend Pumas Vrs Carniny Amateurs Saturday 18th March 2017

This really was a cracker of a game with both teams passing the ball around well and after Northend went in front when Caelyn Clarke finished of a great move but Carniny responded straight away with a equally good goal. The game went from end to end and Northend were guilty of missing several good chances to extend their lead. Just before half time Caelyn Clarke shot from distance flew into the bottom corner of the carniny net to put them infront at the interval.

Northend became more dominate in the second half and had it not been for the great defending from the Carniny player's and goalkeeper, Northend would of been further infront. Alfie McKee and Thomas Mc Laughlin both hit the crossbar and post before Caelyn Clarke got his hat-trick, then Thomas Mc Laughlin scored with Nicholas Agnew and Callum Connolly adding to the scoreline before Carniny added another goal through a penalty. The Northend team are improving every week and the Carniny team have really improved from the start of the season and are a credit to their coach Colin Turtle.

Panel: Max Diamond, Nicholas Agnew, Callum Connolly, Alfie Mc Kee, Caelyn Clarke, Michael O'Donnell, Thomas McLaughlin

Northend United 2 Magherafelt Sky Blues 1 Saturday 11th March 2017

The U10s recent good form continued Saturday against a much more physically developed Magherafelt Sky Blues side. The Ballymena boys were minus regulars Daire Higgins and Lewis McDonald, due to sickness.

However, this didn't deter the young Blues and they continued to battle hard against their bigger opponents and continued to play their fluent passing football.

The Blues won the match with two goals from Calvin Termonia and Robert Crooks

Panel: D Glass, M Campbell, C McNally, R Crooks, C McIlhatton, C Termonia, C Maguire

Northend Youth vrs Coleraine Alexandra and Portrush Colts Saturday 11th march 2017

The U10 Youth team played as part of a 3 way fixture against Coleraine Academy Alexander and Portrush Colts.

The opening game against Coleraine was a close encounter with some good football from both sides. The baby blues missing 3 regulars conceded early but got a grip on the game to lead 3-1 with goals from Luke Campbell (2) and Seth Park. Coleraine scored two late goals to earn a draw. Full time 3-3

The Portrush game was played at a frantic pace with the baby blues playing some great football. Feargal McKay was on top form in midfield driving forward to set up Luke Campbell to score the opening goal. Feargal and Jackson combined well to set Luke up for a second goal. Portrush pulled 2 goals back from set pieces but the baby blues found another gear. Good work from Seb Smyth set Feargal McKay off on another surging run down the right his perfect pass found Seth on the edge of the box his first time shot rattled the roof of the net. The boys were to dominate the remainder of the game and Jackson scored a fine goal to round off a nice move involving Seb, Feargal and Luke. Paddy was excellent in goals, Seb, Alan and Jakob were solid in defence, Seth, Jackson and Feargal worked tirelessly all day and Luke rediscovered his scoring form bagging 4 over the 2 games. Full time 4-2

Panel: Paddy Murphy, Sebastian Smyth, Alan Nowak, Feargal McKay, Jackson Greer, Seth Park, Luke Campbell, Jakub Kaczmarek