Northend United 2 ACFC Eagles 0 Saturday 18th January 2025
This week 2013 Youth team had a 10am start this morning in Lisburn against ACFC 2013 Eagles.
The coaches were a little unsure of how we would perform today due to the time we had off (6 weeks) before and over the holiday period. Hoping rust hadn't set in but the boys had none of it and from the start played very well, passing and moving the ball with ease.
The Boys really work together in the first half and should have been at least three up. They pressed and pressed on the first half with poor Fionn in goal freezing from having nothing to do!
Northend kept creating chance after chance but the ball still wouldn't drop. We were starting to think it was going to be one of them days again where we would got caught on the break. Half time 0-0
In the second half, the boys continued with a lot of good play and created lots of chances, one of which fell to Michael which he finished nicely to put Northend one up.
ACFC continued with their long balls but were very easily mopped up by Ronan, Caelan, Noah and Jack in defence.
Michael and Alphie we're tearing the ACFC defence apart winning corner after corner. One of which swung in by Conan was met by Conal with a good header which dribbled over the line to put us 2-0 ahead.
A little bit of tiredness crept and towards the end as the boys seemed a little bit flat but was to be expected after all the time we had off. However, they kept it tight and came away with a well-deserved win. Full time 2-0
Player of the Match: Michael Killough - for his hard work, skill displayed and pace down the wings.
United Panel: Alphie Woodhouse, Conal Devlin, Conan Goodall, Caelan Donnelly, Noah McGarry, Fionn McGarry, Jack Curry, Michael Killough, Oisin Walker, Ronan Campbell
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