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U-11 Match Summaries

U11 Manager - Stevie Nutt

We started off the second half in the way that we finished the first with a good goal coming from Carter Livingstone to put us into a 3-0 lead.We then made a couple of substitutions before going on to play some fantasic football. On 55 minutes Nathan Kerr scored our fourth, three minutes later Matty Gibson made it 5-0. We continued tp play good passing football with plenty of movement before Joel scored our sixth and final goal on 59 minutes.

A good start and on behalf of myself, Tim and all the staff involved at Lisburn Distillery - "well done boys"

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net

The Under 11s travelled to Bangor to play Bryansburn at their ground and started off brightly only to fall behind to a goal that had a hint of offside about it.

After that the young Whites struggled to get the ball out of their own half and then a mistake by the keeper saw them slip two behind with a third to follow shortly before the break.

Second half the young Whites tried to get back into the game but couldn't finish the chances they created and soon they were 4-0 down, but a goal eventually came from Carter Livingstone who finished following a neat pass from Matthew Hunter so in the end it finished 4-1. All credit goes to every boy on the pitch for trying hard as this is only our second match at eleven aside and we are all still very much on a learning curve.. so well done to all the lads.

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Lisburn Distillery's Under 11s played host to Ballywalter at West Winds in Newtownards on Saturday.With a towering opposition and no keeper, any other team would have been thrown into disarray - but not Lisburn Distillery's under 11s.Simon Kalla left his centre back position to pull on the keeper's shirt without a word of complaint and proved to be his team's saviour.

Ballywalter started the game off strongly with a few wide attempts anda couple of testing shots for Simon Kalla in the first fifteen minutes. Not without their chances, Lisburn Distillery broke the pattern of the game with some creative play from midfielder Curtis Ritchie, who placed a great ball to the left side of the box which winger Justin McCadden picked up on and chipped up over the Ballywalter keeper's reach in theseventeenth minute.

Having secured a goal, Lisburn Distillery's confidence grew as Ballywalter struggled with their frustration in not being able to score the equaliser despite a number of attempts. Lisburn Distillery kept their heads with a strong defence and several more shots at goal, but above all it was stand-in keeper Simon Kalla, who continued to keep Ballywalter at bay. A hard fought, but well-deserved victory for the Whites.

Paul Howard

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt


After a good win over Ballywalter in the cup last week, we came up against a very different Ballywalter side in the league.

The game started off with most of the play in the midfield area and despite all the efforts of Scott Branigan and Matty Gibson, Ballywalter broke through to score in the tenth minute. The play still continued in our half and Ballywalter were then awarded an indirect free-kick which they scored from in the twentieth minute.

In the second-half we saw more excellent defending from Matty Gibson but back came Ballywalter again and they got a third goal with five minutes left to play.The Whites had chances and good work from Justin McCadden on the left saw him lay the ball back across the eighteen yard box but Matthew Hunter's rising shot unfortunately went straight to the Ballywalter keeper. The game got scrappy at this stage and Ballywalter squeezed in a late goal to make the full-time score 4-0.

Team - S Kalla, M Hunter, M Gibson, S Branigan, J McCadden, C Maxwell, L Beattie, C Veitch, M Scott, M Scott, B Sullivan - all subs used

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net

The Whites came out playing well after beating Holywood 5-2 in the cup a few weeks ago but it wasn't to be the same in the league.

With most of the play coming from Lisburn Distillery, Holywood broke through and grabbed a goal.Not long after though the Whites came back on the attack and made it 1-1 with a great goal from Michael Scott, who was assisted by Craig Veitch. Although the Whites were on the attack for most of the game we could not find the back of the net - we hit nearly every part of the post that we could have,f but never found the net and with about five minutes to go Holywood broke through the defence again and made it 2-1. We tried everything we could to get back but it didn't happen in what was great game

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

The Whites started off on a high going 1-0 up with a goal from Mikey Crawford but we then started to slip away.Castle Juniors came back very strongly and started scoring. We did our best to hold them off but we were unable to do that and although Mikey Crawford scored again, we were well beaten 6-2 .

Team - S Kalla, M Scott, M Crawford, C Livingstone, M Hunter, C Ritchie (c) , C Veitch , M Gibson, I Beattie, J McCadden , S Branigan Subs (all used) B Sullivan

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

The Whites U11s team came out today hoping to bounce back after recent defeats but not long into the game the defence fell asleep and conceded a goal . But we then came back with a goal from Mikey Crawford and then started to play some good football.Despite plenty of chances, we could not however get that important goal - it just wasn't our day. Our defence did a great job and our stand in keeper, Ben Sullivan, had a fantastic game that helped us to a final score of 1-1
Well done lads


Team- B Sullivan, M Hunter,M Gibson,S Branigan,C Veitch,J McCadden,C.Ritchie,C Livingstone,S Kalla,M Scott. M Crawford, Subs (all used ) C Maxwell, L Beattie

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

There's not a lot to say this week other than that we were poor in a number of areas. We were last to everything and we suffered the consequences, losing 2-0 on the day. East Belfast deserved to win the game, they played well on the day .

Team - B Sullivan, M Scott, M Crawford, C Livingstone, C Veitch, M Hunter, S Kalla, L Beattie, S Branigan, M Gibson, J McCadden (no subs)

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

Well after last week's defeat, what a performance the young Whites' team put in today. We never let Ards get many touches of the ball. we changed our formation, moved a lot of players in to different positions and it paid off for us with 5 fantastic goals.

These came from, M Scott, M Crawford , C Livingstone and two from B Sullivan. Our defence was hard to get past for most of the game but Ards Rangers were fortunate to grab a goal making the final score 5-1. Well done to all the kids today for an excellent performance.


Team- A Laverty, C Veitch , M Hunter, L Beattie, S Kalla , C Ritchie, S Brannigan, M Gibson , J McCadden, M Scott, M Crawford - Subs C Livingstone (35) B sullivan (35) and C Maxwell (38) - all used

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

After losing to Castle Juniors in our last meeting, we went into Saturday's game hoping to get a win over them this time out. We had to rotate a few players as our keeper fell ill and we put Ben Sullivan into nets after he had scored two goals in our last match. He was doing a good job until Castle Juniors attacked in the 22nd minute and he was unfortunate that as he was making the save the ball went in off the post to put them one up.

In the second half, we made a couple of changes, Matthew Hunter coming on for Curtis Maxwell (34 mins) and Michael Scott on for Mikey Crawford (38mins ).Just after making the changes we again came under pressure from Castle Juniors and they scored their second goal on 39 minutes. We then started to play some nice football with some lovely moves from the young Whites team, sending a lot of balls down the right wing and Carter Livingstone put their keeper under a lot of pressure. Then on 55 minutes we got a break-through with Scott Branigan fouled but the referee played advantage and he then passed to Carter on the right wing who then passed the ball to Matty Gibson and he put it in the back of the net to make it 2-1. We then had a lot of chances in the last five minutes but we just could not find the back of the net.

Team - B Sullivan,L Beattie, C Maxwell,(34),S Kalla,C Veitch,C Ritchie,S Branigan(c),M Gibson,JMcCadden,C Livingstone,M Crawford (38) Subs M Hunter (34), M Scott (39).

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

After previously having lost to East Belfast, the young Whites came into this game all guns blazing and it was no surprise when they took an early lead thanks to a well taken strike from Carter Livingstone. Lisburn Distillery continued to control the game playing some neat football and shortly after they found themselves being awarded a penalty after Mikey Crawford had been up-ended in the penalty area. Up stepped young Matty Gibson but regrettably he missed out and with East Belfast growing in confidence after that the first half finished 1-1.

Second half however the Whites produced a great showing with the first half penalty miss villain Matty Gibson emerging from the game as a hero netting three wonderful goals. Indeed the score could have been a lot more had the young East Belfast keeper not produced a strong of fine stops.

Team- B Sullivan, M Hunter , L Beattie, S Kalla(c) ,C Veitch , C Ritchie, S Brannigan, J McAdden, M Gibson, M Crawford, C Livingstone (45) subs: C Maxwell (45)
Man of the Match.. Matty Gibson

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

The young Whites came good on Saturday in the quarter finals of the league cup against Ards Youth. With the team all up for this match it started off well but just six minutes in the Ards scored a goa. But we stepped up our game a bit more and 16 mins in to the game Scott Branigan scored a lovely goal assisted by Carter Livingstone. We then continued to play some nice football and just before half-time we had got a goal disallowed.

Then with the sceond-half only eight minutes old an Ards' player handled in their box and were awarded a penalty, Scott Branigan netted from the spot. At 2-1 we then brought Simon Kalla on for Lee Beattie and it didn't take him long to find the back of the net thank to an an assist from Matty Gibson.Four minutes later Matty scored following the work done by Matthew Hunter. We won 4-1 on the day 4-1 and that means that Lisburn Distillery go into the semi finals of the League Cup against Holywood Boys on the 23/2/08 at Dairy Hall pitches

Team - B.Sullivan, C Ritchie, M Hunter,M Scott, C Veitch,J McCcadden,M Gibson,S Brannigan,C Livingstone,M Crawford, L Beattie (S Kalla 35)

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Steven Nutt

The young Whites started off well but despite having the most of the play there no goals at the break.

Things then went wrong in the second half - a clearance by our keeper unfortunately hit a Bryansburn player who was able to net the opening goal. We did have a couple of chances after that but couldn't convert and then Bryansburn scored again after our keeper had made the initial save but once more the ball fell kindly for the opposition. It just wasn't to be the young Whites day and that was summed up whenever a clearance from a defender took yet another deflection and ended up in the net making it a cruel day for the boys.

A big thank you to Simon for standing in for our keeper who has been ill in recent weeks.

Team - S Kalla, C Ritchie, C Veitch, S Brannigan, M Scott, M Gibson, M Crawford, M Hunter, L Beattie, C Livingstone, J McCadden

Steven Nutt - U-11 manager

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Lisburn Distillery's Under 11s faced Holywood in the semi-finals of the cup on Saturday down at Londonderry Park in Newtownards. Having been a few months since seeing the boys play, the game gave me a good excuse to catch up on their form and hopefully witness them winning their place in the final.

The boys made a stunning start, with some precision passing along the right wing, to culminate in winger Carter Livingstone's cross finding striker Mikey Crawford in the box and he put the Whites one up some thirty seconds into the game. With hardly a moment to settle down, the boys were then back on the attack working their way across the front of Holywood's box until right-back Creage Parkinson-Vietch moved up to belt in the Whites' second in the second minute!

Left reeling, Holywood, after having just saved striker Simon Kalla's shot, finally worked their way along the wing to win their first corner. With a good clearance from centre-back Scott Brannigan, it wasn't long before Lisburn Distillery were back driving forward winning a corner from which midfielder Lee Beattie struck so that the Holywood keeper couldn't hold - twelve minutes gone and Holywood found themselves three goals down.

They had a brief moment in the Whites' half, but were ruled off-side, before Holywood found themselves on the defensive again as Mikey saw his shot run wide. The Lisburn Distillery boys continued to dominate the last few minutes of the half, with any sign of a threat from Holywood being snuffed out confidently by centre-back Curtis Ritchie and left-back Matthew Hunter.

There was no let up in the second half, as the Whites piled on the pressure with some great breaks along the left wing from Justin McCadden and some explosive runs from mid-fielder Matty Gibson. With several substitutions being made, the fresh legs continued the energetic pace with winger Nathan Kerr coming close with a searing shot across the goal front. Building from a corner in the forty-third minute another one of the younger subs - Ryan McCrory - capitalised on the Holywood keepers' mishandling to bump the score up to 4 - 0.

For a brief moment Holywood picked up to counter attack, but Whites' keeper Ben Sullivan had an easy save to make. But the balance of play turned once more, with Nathan's strike unlucky and Matty's veering wide, until - forty-five minutes in - young sub Sam Howard set up a great ball for striker Michael Scott to see home with a quality finish to make it 5 - 0.

Tthe momentum continued as Matty shot over the cross-bar after a great run and then Michael bagged his second good goal, this one on the rebound in the forty-eighth minute to take the score-line up to 6 - 0. With a fine display of passing between the midfielders, Matty shot over again. Just as the game came to it's final stages midfielder Thomas Seaton and the rest of the young subs rounded off the sixty minutes with Michael bagging his hat-trick, taking the victorious Whites through to the final.

A resounding, assured performance from the Whites which will boost their confidence no end. Guaranteed to be a tough final against Ballywalter next month,
judging by their relentless form here, the Lisburn Distillery boys' place is well deserved. It will be a momentous experience for them and one that, if they play anything like they did here, will hopefully see them pick up some silverware, Congratulations to all the boys for a job well done.

Let's see everyone down for the final to give the boys our full support - you will be in for a treat.

Lisburn Distillery scorers - Mikey Crawford (1) Creage Parkinson-Veitch (2) Lee Beattie (12) Ryan McCrory (43) Michael Scott (45, 48, 60)

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Lisburn Distillery's Under 10's travelled to Larne for their first match in the George Best League on Saturday.

The boys dominated Larne Youth from the outset in what went on to become a festival of Lisburn Distillery goals.Ryan McCrory scored two goals early in the first-half but these were just for starters. Nathan Kerr ended the half with a stunning lob from the half-way line over the Larne keeper.

The second half continued at the same relentless pace, becoming a showcase for the boys' skills. At one point it was hard to keep track as the goals followed one after the other. It really ended as a tale of two keepers - Larne's kept permanently on his toes ( and, despite the result, making some fine saves to his credit) and Lisburn Distillery's who was probably glad to have worn his woolly hat.

Paul Howard

Lisburn Distillery scorers - Ryan McCrory (7), Ollie McGowan (2), Nathan Kerr (2), Luke Adamson (2), Jamie Kidd, Andrew Girvin, Chris Finn

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Lisburn Distillery's under 10's played their second game in the George Best League on Saturday against a determined Scirocco Youth side at Carryduff.

The game started slowly with both sides creating some chances. Then on sixteen minutes Jamie Kidd got the first of his two goals after plenty of hard work and determination, then on nineteen minutes Thomas Seaton played a lovely through ball which Oliver McGowan finished with a fantastic shot on goal.On twenty three minutes Ryan McCrory beat the keeper with a great lob from a Thomas Seaton corner.

The boys started the second half very sharp and on thirty nine minutes Nathan Kerr scored his first of the three goals he would score on the day with a great shot from just outside the box. Then on fifty eight minutes Nathan scored his second after a lovely through ball from Joel McIlroy. In the last two minutes Jamie Kidd and Nathan Kerr finished the match with two more well worked goals.

Lisburn Distillery - Molloy,Ferguson,Girvan,Walker,Mcilroy,McCrory,Kerr,Seaton,Martin,Kidd,McGowan,Adamson,Finn,McBride.

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Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

After their first defeat of the season last week Lisburn Distillery's U10's were eager to turn their fortunes around with
a full squad against Shorts at the Billy Neill pitches in Dundonald on Saturday.

Taking the first five minutes to ease into the game the boys then started to take a hold with several chances
from Thomas Seaton and Ryan McCrory. Lisburn Distillery's chances were finally rewarded after twenty minutes when Ryan
finished off a great piece of passing through the midfield with his first goal of the match. A couple of minutes later
he scored a fabulous goal from Thomas's corner, which was unfortunately disallowed due to the debatable position the kick was taken from.Undeterred, the corner was taken again only to see Jamie Kidd go down under heavy
tackle. A penalty was awarded, which Jamie struck confidently to make it 2 - 0.

Five minutes later saw the first real piece of threatening play from Shorts who had so often been dashed by some great clearances
from right-back Sam Howard and some positive tackling from Thomas Seaton. Back on the break Ryan picked up on a good ball
from centre-back Alexander Walker to score another quality goal from the right side of the box to take us to 3 - 0 at the end
of the first half.

Unfortunately for Shorts the game continued to be dominated by Lisburn Distillery throughout the second half with Ryan McCrory ramming home another
goal two minutes in, who then went on to capitalise on the Shorts' keeper's handling error to pop another one in.
To add to the poor keeper's misery Jamie Kidd, in the same minute, secured his second goal whilst he was down, making
it 6 - 0. Shorts' misfortune peaked just after, when they faced more difficulty in their own goal mouth, ad they conceded an own goal.

Playing alongside Jamie Kidd - who was having an awesome game - Ollie McGowan came on for Lisburn Distillery and continued the flow of the game by securing the eighth goal, beating the keeper after he had came out of his goal.

He then went on to score another great goal in the 68th minute after Shorts had made a comeback enabling them to have their their first shot at goal, which was just steered right of the net. Captain Nathan Kerr hit the cross-bar in the last five minutes to sign-off what had become a great confidence boosting performance for the boys. Well done to all the boys (and Katie) who played.

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Facing Lisburn Youth, with the club's reputation and current unbeaten form, was always going to be a challenge for Lisburn Distillery's Under 10s on Saturday at Lough Moss. But, the Whites proved they were not quite the push-overs that their opponents were expecting.

The game started off well for the Lisburn Distillery boys with a good amount of time spent around Lisburn Youth's box and an early shot from Ryan McCrory was just wide of the goal. But things were not to remain that way as Lisburn Youth decided to push things up a gear and made an attack that saw Lisburn Distillery's keeper Jake McDowell make two great saves and defender Alexander Walker clear the ball from the goal line. After eighteen minutes Lisburn Youth were awarded a corner, from which was deflected in to give Lisburn the lead . After another couple of shots wide, the Whites came back into the game with some great determined runs from Jamie Kidd, but Lisburn Youth continued to test McDowell's goal-keeping skills with several more shots before half-time.

One nil down, the Lisburn Distillery boys started the second half positively, gaining corners and keeping Lisburn Youth contained in their own half. Left back Joel McIlroy shot wide and then a passing move ended when the Lisburn keeper made a good save from Kidd's strike. Lisburn Youth then broke through up the line where the Whites held them until Kidd had another fine strike saved again. What could have been the turning point in the game was not to be and five minutes later Lisburn Youth's Brad Ferguson ran in from the right of the box and scored. Within a minute he was back again, like an action replay, leaving the Whites looking bemused at the speed of events.

The remainder of the half saw Lisburn Youth hold the majority of possession as they created a couple more chances, finally slipping in a goal off the inside post in the dying seconds of the game. Through simply following previous games' results Lisburn Youth probably expected the score-line to be much higher as they continue unbeaten, but, it's Distillery who will have taken some valuable lessons away from the game on which they will build. Well done to all the boys.

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Banbridge Youth came to Lough Moss on Saturday to play against Lisburn Distillery's Under 10s in what turned out to be a very entertaining game of football.

With both teams having put in a few chances - Banbridge were constantly foiled by the Whites' left back Joel McIlroy and centre-back Alexander Walker's early header out - it wasn't until the nineteenth minute that we saw captain Nathan Kerr beat the keeper after a great through ball from Ryan McCrory, to put Lisburn Distillery 1 - 0 ,ahead. This goal lifted the pace of the game with plenty of action at both ends of the pitch. Great defensive blocks and clearances from midfielder Thomas Seaton and centre back Andrew Girvin were balanced out with Michael Ferguson's runs up the wing and some great attacking play from Nathan Kerr and Ryan McCrory.

The second half began with a Banbridge effort being foiled by some relentless tackling from right-back Sam Howard. Three minutes in, after
a build up of pressure and a scramble in front of the Banbridge goal, Ollie McGowan poked in Lisburn Distillery's second of the match. This was swiftly followed two minutes later by Banbridge's Joel Copes grabbing one back to make it 2 - 1.

Boosted by their goal Banbridge came back again but were continually knocked back by Sam Howard's tackles.Then good runs by Jamie Kidd
and Ollie McGowan gave the Whites a corner. The Banbridge keeper fumbled and the ball crossed the line, making it 3 - 1 and Thomas Seaton celebrated the goal.

The game was peppered with free-kicks, hand-balls and off-sides but one thing that was a one-off came in the 48th minute. Banbridge took a corner
and we were treated to a superb header from Brian Johnston, who brought the score up to 3 - 2. Within the following minute the Banbridge boys
ran through the centre of the pitch and Aaron Thompson scored to bring the score level at 3 - 3.

The Whites applied the pressure for the remainder of the game. They came close to restoring their lead when Ollie McGowan's shot was blocked in the box by a what appeared to have been a hand-ball. Undeterred they kept in the Banbridge half, with some good play from winger Chris Finn, until, in the last minute of the game, Banbridge then broke through and shot at goal. The whistle blew just as Lisburn Distillery's keeper Jake Molloy held the ball tightly with both hands and a huge smile spread across his face as he was delighted to have prevented a late winner for Banbridge.

Congratulations to both teams for a thoroughly enjoyable match.

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

The first soggy Saturday of the season saw Lisburn Distillery's Under 10s travel to meet Dungoyne at the Billy Neill pitches. Aware of the Dungoyne team's current strength the Whites knew they would have their work cut out for them.

Dungoyne were quick to take the game forward but were repeatedly blocked by the Whites' defence. Alexander Walker put in some strong tackles and Sam Howard laid on some great clearances up the wing to Chris Finn. In the ninth minute, however, Dungoyne's Carl Bradford broke through to hit the back of the net. Undeterred the Lisburn Distillery boys fought back with more determination keeping the majority of play around the centre of the pitch. Both teams put in a few good efforts - left-back Joel McIlroy foiling Dungoyne and winger Chris Finn shooting just wide in the seventeenth minute.

With Lisburn Distillery putting the pressure on in their half, Dungoyne slowly worked their way up the right wing until Thomas Seaton won the ball with a great tackle to pass it over to Jamie Kidd who blasted the ball so hard that the Dungoyne keeper couldn't keep hold of it. Seconds later Jamie, still on the run, capitalized on the error to ensure the goal. Twenty-five minutes in and the scores were level at 1-1.

Lisburn Distillery kept the attacking play going with some fine passing. The last few minutes of the half saw Jamie Kidd strike wide of the net, Ryan McCrory had his shot saved and, for me, we had the most sub-lime piece of passing that went from right-back Sam Howard along the wing to the top of Ryan' NcCrory's boot before landing to land at Jamie Kidd's feet. Unfortunately Jamie's shot was saved, but this wonderful piece of play received applause from both sets of supporters.

Spoilt by the quality of the Whites' first half performance the majority of the second half paled in comparison. Two minutes into the half, despite some good defensive work from Andrew Girvan, Carl Bradford broke through again to put Dungoyne ahead.

Jake Molloy, the Whites' keeper, was then tested further, putting in a couple of great saves until Dungoyne's Sam Piggott managed to put one in off the inside of the post in the thirty-seventh minute. After Jamie Kidd was brought down at the edge of the box, Dungoyne dug in around Lisburn Distillery's box, putting in a number of shots. Twenty minutes into the second half Lisburn Distillery broke through into Dungoyne's half with a good run from captain Nathan Kerr, but Dungoyne managed to work their way back up along the wing. Keeper Jake Molloy then treated us to a couple of fantastic saves, the second being a one on one.

Inspired by their keeper the Whites then made a return to their blistering first-half form with Nathan and Jamie returning to the Dungoyne box only to have
Jamie brought down again - this time by the keeper. Awarded a penalty, which was saved, then dropped, Nathan ran in to finish the job in the fifty-sixth minute. Keeping the momentum going until the final whistle, the Whites probably wished they could' have gone on to get the equaliser that they deserved.

Another enjoyable game, despite the final score, the Lisburn Distillery boys surprised their opponents with their strong defence and determined attack. The game could really have gone either way. The boys played an exceptional standard of football in the first half and they should be proud of themselves and their keeper Jake Molloy, Well done boys.

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Hungry for a good win after the last few weeks' tight results, Lisburn Distillery's Under 10s travelled to Ballywooley to face Bryansburn Rangers on Saturday.

The game started off with some early attacking play from the Whites. Bryansburn's attempts at breaking through beyond the half way line were continually cleared by Andrew Girvan and Lee Blaney. Then in the tenth minute Thomas Seaton took his fourth and most precise corner to give Jamie Kidd the first goal. Despite some positive play, Bryansburn were not able to break the flow of end to end passing from captain Nathan Kerr to Ollie McGowan that landed perfectly at Jamie's feet and he netted his second of the match, twelve minutes in.

Bryansburn came back again with their first effort which hit the side-netting, but they were quickly held down again with the Lisburn Distillery boys hitting the post,
shooting over and having shots saved. Credit here to the Bryansburn keeper, James Hamilton, who went on saving several more powerful shots until midfielder Thomas Sseaton released the ball to winger Ryan McCrory and he chipped it over Hamilton's head to make it 0 - 3 in the twenty-eighth minute. Seconds later, after a finely finished, but unfortunately disallowed goal by Ryan, Nathan took a free-kick which Jamie put home to make it 0 - 4 at the close of the first half.

Early into the second half Bryansburn came back with some good positive football, pulling a goal back from a corner two minutes into the half. Whites' keeper Jake Molloy then had some more action as he came out to make a good save. Lisburn Distillery then took over with some great football, applying plenty of pressure around the Bryansburn box, this finally resulted in Ollie's running pass to Jamie, who guided the ball over the goal line in the forty-fourth minute.
Chris Finn on the left wing put in some great tackles, Joel McIlroy and Alexander Walker were also tested over the next while, but Bryansburn just couldn't contain Lisburn Distillery's forwards as Ryan and Jamie both fired in two more goals within a minute of each other, making it 1 - 7.

Ollie McGowan was unlucky with all his shots being saved, but he remained instrumental to the great passing play that led to the final five minutes which saw three more Lisburn Distillery goals a minute apart - Ryan received a great ball from Sam Howard (playing centre midfield for the injured Thomas Sseaton) which he put into an open net; Nathan crossed a super ball to give Jamie his double hat-trick and Ryan came in again in the fifty-eighth minute to land his fourth goal of the match.

A great confidence booster and a good, comfortable win for the boys. Unlike the start of the season they will appreciate now that games like this don't come along every week. Hopefully, their hunger for a good win satisfied, their morale will be boosted enough to take on other top teams and know they are always good enough to come home with all the points. Well done to all the boys for their great efforts.

Lisburn Distillery scorers: Jamie Kidd (10, 12, 29, 44, 49, 90) Ryan McCrory (28, 48, 89, 90)

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Lisburn Distillery's Under-10s welcomed unbeaten league leaders Ridgeway Rovers to Lough Moss on Saturday for what turned out to be an eye-opening game for both sides. Starting off sharp, Ridgeway found themselves ahead after four minutes as Matthew Tomelson found a gap in the Whites' defence to make it 0 - 1.
But this familiar comfortable scene for Ridgeway was soon to be smashed.

The following few minutes proved to be a belated fireworks display as the Lisburn Distillery boys broke through to win Thomas Seaton's first corner, which came in the sixth minute, enabled striker Jamie Kidd to put the ball into the top corner, making the score one each. The next minute the boys made good ground again and saw Jamie connecting with a great ball from right-back Sam Howard to give Lisburn Distillery the lead. Then within the next minute winger Ryan McCrory crossed a super ball to Jamie who rolled the ball into the back of the net, taking us to 3 - 1 within the first ten minutes of the match! This spectacular display from the Whites left the spectators speechless and had taken Ridgeway by complete surprise.

The next period saw the game settle into a more evenly paced match - Ridgeway having a near miss, just right of the post, Ollie McGowan and Jamie having their shots saved and great blocking and clearances from Alexander Walker, Andrew Girvan and Sam. Ridgeway were constantly thwarted by the Whites' defence which stayed tight throughout the game.

Remembering the identical half-time lead they had in their game against Banbridge the other week, the boys were determined not to make the same mistakes this time round and concede any second -half goals. Ridgeway obviously wanted to pull goals back but were on the back foot following a stream of fluid passing through the midfield and Ollie's second attempt was saved. Looking to stay in the Lisburn Distillery half, Ridgeway were again blocked. by left-back Joel McIlroy until the Whites came back through again to win another corner from which Ollie, put in with a high lob over the keepers head. Ollie's well-deserved goal in the thirty-second minute put the score at 4 - 1.

Ridgeway then put the pressure on, but it just wasn't happening for them. Jake Molloy made a couple of great saves and the Lisburn Distillery defence continued to frustrate Ridgeway who sat deep in the Lisburn Distillery half for most of the remainder of the game. When they did break however,captain Nathan Kerr was unlucky with his effort and winger Chris Finn was instrumental in other chances for Jamie and for Lee Blaney who had come on for Ollie. With a final shot from Ridgeway streaking across the front of Jake's goal, the match ended with both sides taking away valuable lessons.

Whilst Ridgeway had to come to terms with their first defeat of the season, Lisburn Distillery had picked up on past mistakes and learnt from them. They dug in well when they needed to and made the most of their chances. The five minute display at the start was the absolute highlight from one of the boys' best team performances of the season. Lisburn Distillery maintained their confidence throughout and are discovering the ability to believe in themselves. Congratulations to all of the boys. It was a great game.

Lisburn Distillery scorers - Jamie Kidd (6, 8, 9) Ollie McGowan (32)

Paul Howard

Sponsor of Lisburn Distillery Youth Academy

Match summary (reproduced with permission and thanks) Copyright Lisburn Distillery.net and Paul Howard

Lisburn Distillery's Under 10s travelled to a wind-ravaged Antiville in Larne on Saturday to meet Larne Acadamy. With three games in hand and
an unbeaten start to their season Larne's boys were not going to be taken lightly. Lisburn Distillery were keen to keep their own unbeaten run going, and so
this physically challenging game between the teams and the elements began.

Larne Academy started out with an early attack, but were continually halted by our centre-backs', Alexander Walker and Andrew Girvan, strong defensive blocking. Lisburn Distillery pushed back gaining good ground and forcing Larne's keeper his first save in the first five minutes courtesy of Jamie Kidd. After some good covering by right-back Sam Howard and Larne's corner being cleared by Joel McIlroy, the Whites moved out of their half through Chris Finn on the wing to pile on the pressure, which culminated in a Lisburn Distillery corner. Jamie laid on the perfect ball for Ollie McGowan's header to give the Whites the lead in the thirteenth minute.