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Ballymoney United 6 Northend United 2 Saturday 26th October 2013

Northend lost this game in the first ten minutes when Ballymoney hit them for four, but once they settled down, they started to play good football and they could even of scored a few had it not been for some brilliant saves from the young Ballymoney goalkeeper. Stevie Bristow and Lee Turner were linking up well down the left hand side and Jay McKeown in midfield was making great efforts to pull back a goal with some great shots and Ben O'Neill upfront was holding the ball up well. Northend finished the first half well. Half time score 4-0

Northend really came into this game and pulled one back when Ben O'Neill finished of a great move, he then added another goal before Ballymoney scored again, The game then really opened up with the Ballymoney keeper pulling off great saves from Iaasc Wylie, Jay McKeown and Ben O'Neill. Ballymoney then scored again but a great performance from the Northend boys especially the back three of Dara Killough, Keelan Campbell and Lee Turner. Full time score 6-2

Men of the Match: Stevie Bristow, Jay McKeown

Panel: C Wilson, D Killough, K Campbell, L Turner, J McKeown, S Bristow, B O'Neill, I Wylie

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Ballymoney Athletic 3 Northend United 2 Saturday 12th October 2013

The Northend U9 team have been working hard at training and this result showed this as they worked their socks off and could of got a draw if their finishing had of been better. Northend fell behind when their defence pushed up to far and got caught on the counter attack. The response from Northend was instant with Issac Wylie coolly placed his shot into the far corner of the Ballymoney goal from the left wing. The game went from end to end with both teams trying to get infront of the other but it stayed level at half time. Half time score 1-1

The second half started well for Northend with them again pressing the Ballymoney defence but missing chances, with the Ballymoney keeper pulling off some great saves. These missed chances were to cost Northend dearly as they again pushed up and got caught out with Ballymoney as they scored twice. However the goal of the game came from Jay McKeown when he took a corner, but the keeper could not hold the well struck ball and it fell to McKeown again to smash the ball into the top far corner from a tight angle to close the gap. It took Justin Mark in the Northend goal to keep Ballymoney at bay with some good saves, towards the end of the game. Yjis was again another great performance from the U9 team.

Man of the Match: Jay McKeown

Panel: J Mark, B O'Neill, K Campbell, S Bristow, L Turner I Wylie, J McKeown

Carniny Youth 7 Northend United 1 Saturday 28th September 2013

This was a great match, even though Northend lost the game. Carniny had most of the play but every time Northend had the ball they kept the ball on the ground and tried to play football against a bigger Carniny team. Carniny went infront on fourteen minutes when a shot from distance deceived stand in keeper Ben O Neill. Carniny then added two more before Zach Erwin pulled one back for Northend after great work from Jay McKeown in midfield linking well with Erwin allowing him to shoot at the Carniny keeper forcing him spill the ball and he scored the rebound.

In the second half Carniny added three more goals before full time. This U9 team, still very young with two U8 players playing, did themselves great credit and are still learning the game with Alex McPeake and Justin Mark putting in great performances and a debut goal for Zack Erwin. Most of these boys were only playing their second game together and are really gelling and Ben O Neill at left back was outstanding .

Man of the Match: Zach Erwin

Panel: B O'Neill, J Mark, J McKeown, L Turner, Z Erwin, I Wylie, A McPeake, S Bristow

Northend United 0 Coleraine Academy 4 Saturday 21st September 2013

Northend U9s put on a great performance against Coleraine Academy considering they had three U8 players playing due to sickness. The game went from end to end and the defence of Jay McKeown, Alex McPeake and Ben O'Neill were dealing well with the attacking Coleraine frontline. Good link up play from Lee Turner and Ben O'Neill were pushing the Coleraine defence back and with Stevie Bristow and Justin Mark down the right attacking Northend were giving as good as they were getting, and Lewis Devlin in goal was saving some great shots. Coleraine went infront in the thirteen minute and added a late goal before half-time. Half time score 2-0

Northend made some changes at half-time and it took some time for the boys to settle as Coleraine took control of the game and Northend had their backs to the wall for long times but with some great defending from the Northend defence they were able to counterattack through Alex McPeake and Ben O'Neill down the wings, but they just could not find that shot to beat the Coleraine keeper, and Coleraine added two more goals as the Northend team tired. Final Score 4-0

Man of the Match: Alex McPeake

Panel: L Devlin, A McPeake, J McKeown, L Turner, S Bristow, J Mark, B O'Neill, I Wylie