Hat-trick of wins for Northend United sides

In a dress rehearsal for the forthcoming BEAYIL Cup Final, the Northend U10s were defeated 2-0 by Barn United in a League match.

The U11 team again gave a master class in finishing when they defeated Ballysillan Youth 7-2, while the under-13s returned to competitive action and in the BEAYIL league match beat Ballyclare Colts 6-0.

Finally the Northend U14 team lost 5-1 to Cliftonville in the NIBFA Cup.

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Northend 7, Ballysillan Youth 2: Northend, with some players missing and others out of position, took some time to settle, but eventually won in a match played under the Showgrounds floodlights in front of a large crowd of parents and spectators.

United took the lead with a good passing move between Zack Herbison and David Kilgore who fed Conor McHugh to shoot past the keeper.

Then Kilgore went on one of his trademark runs, holding off a couple of defenders, before firing in an unstoppable shot from 18 yards. Soon after, McHugh and Kilgore combined to lay on Zack Herbison who gave the keeper no chance.

Northend then switched off and a goal either side of the break brought the score back to 3-2.

The Ballymena side were awarded a penalty when Sam Bennett was pushed over and skipper Zack Herbison made no mistake from the spot.

This settled United and soon after Oliver Boyle raced through the defence to put Northend 5-2 up, followed quickly by Herbison who raced clear from the half way line and blasted it over the advancing keeper for his hat-trick and Northend's sixth.

Northend were awarded another penalty when Eamon Elliott was upended in the box and he picked himself up and dispatched it into the bottom corner. MOM - Conor McHugh

Northend: James Morgan, Robbie Dennison, Jamie Crawford, Philip Maybin, Ryan McKenna, Oliver Boyle, Conor McHugh, Ben Sempey, David Kilgore, Zack Herbison, Sam Bennett, Archie Magill, Eamon Elliott, Ryan Gordon, Rhys O'Mullan.

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Upper Ardoyne 2, Northend 3: After 16 minutes Northend went one up when Joshua King, Calum Johnston, and Jack Dawson played neat one-twos from midfield into Ardoyne's 18 yard box and forced a defender to score past his own keeper after Leo Morgan smartly dummied the ball.

The joy was short lived as Ardoyne went straight up field and scored, but Northend regained the lead when Harry Kilgore caught the ball with a sweet left foot volley high into the Ardoyne net.

Ardoyne again levlled before the interval and as both teams chased the winner, it went to Northend when Harry Morgan was fed the ball and he cut inside and passed to Eoin Mc McCorkindale who some how managed to place the ball into the far corner. MOM - Eoin Campbell

Northend: Anthony O'Neill, Przemyslaw Nowak, Calum Johnston, Michael Carberry, Eoin Campbell, Jack Dawson, Ciaran Neeson, Joshua King, Harry Kilgore, Leo Morgan, Eoin McCorkindale, Aaron Reid, Adrian Dubyna, Ronan Ward, Krystian Yaworski, Conor McCormick, Gracyan Drezewski.

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Northend 6, Ballyclare Colts 0: Northend started off this BEAYIL League match in blistering form and Ryan Gault hit a 30-yard pile driver on three minutes which sailed into the top corner of the net, giving the goalkeeper no chance.

Jamie Brown made a break down the Northend left wing and crossed the ball into the Ballyclare goal mouth, where Michael Laverty was on hand to score Northend's second on ten minutes.

On 25 minutes, Jamie Brown broke through the Ballyclare defence and beat their keeper with a low drive to make the score 3-0 to Northend at the break.

Northend started off the second half again in blistering form and scored the all important goal on two minutes when a high ball was pumped into the Ballyclare goalmouth and Ryan Gault knocked the ball down to Dylan Hamill, who hammered the ball into the net.

Goal of the game was scored on 20 minutes when from a Matthew Mulholland cross, Ryan Gault volleyed the ball into the Ballyclare goal, giving their keeper no chance.

With the Ballyclare heads beginning to drop, Northend capitalised on this and the energetic Matthew Mulholland ran through their defence to score a low drive. MOM - Ryan Gault.

Northend: Niall Shannon, Jordan Donnelly, Caolan Tierney, Jamie Speirs, Niall Swann, Michael Laverty, Ryan Gault, Matthew Mulholland, Jaime Brown, Dylan Hamill, Brendan O'Mullan, Rhys O'Mullan.

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Northend 1, Cliftonville 5: Cliftonville took the lead at Michelin on 15 minutes and added a second five minutes later when the Northend defence were caught napping.

The second half started off at a frantic pace, however Cliftonville scored a killer blow with their third goal from a breakaway, giving Dylan Kerr no chance in the Northend goal.

Northend rallied after this goal and Ryan McIllroy pulled one back for United with a fierce shot.

This goal gave Northend some heart but the much bigger Cliftonville team finished the match strongly adding two more goals in the final ten minutes.

Northend: Dylan Little, Mark Robinson, Emmet Kerr, Ryan Douds, Declan McAfee, Thomas Brady, Sean McCann Simon Cunningham, Ryan McIllroy, Conan Dunne, Aidan Hughes, Brendan Lynas, Ciaran Ferris, Ryan Walsh.