North Down thirds started their Junior Two League campaign in Comber last Saturday hosting Portadown seconds and looking to build on last year’s strong finish and go one further with the objective of promotion to the top Junior League. The squad looked strong on paper with the Comber club in their 125th Anniversary season bolstered…
Feeling confident after a strong pre season, North Down fifths hosted Owls thirds last Saturday at Regent House School. The confidence looked to have been misplaced though as they made little headway against their visitors in the first quarter and the second wasn’t any better as the game petered to a 0-0 halt at half…
North Down seconds recorded a Junior League One double over a strong Lisnagarvey third string at Hillsborough last Saturday with a 5-3 victory. Both teams struggled in the first quarter on the heavily watered pitch and defences were on top on the bouncy surface. It was 5 minutes into the second quarter when North Down…
The league winning Lisnagarvey fifths polished off their perfect season with a very tight 3-1 victory at Hillsborough last Friday evening. North Down were forced into a formation change and played the game as a 3-4-3 all match, the key to the change was the discipline of the defence. Paul Revill playing his comeback match…
North Down thirds hosted Portadown seconds at Comber last Saturday and from the off it was all North Down moving the ball quickly and keeping possession. It wasn’t long before the deadlock was broken. Tom Donnan collected the ball inside his own half and side stepping player after player found himself approaching the circle and smashing it…
North Downs Disappointing Run Continues North Down entertained South Antrim in a Premier League game at Comber Leisure Centre on a wet and chilly Saturday. The home side were without skipper Ross Linter who underwent surgery on Thursday and as a result had to reorganise their defence. South got the perfect start and put the…
North Down travelled to windswept Upper Malone on Saturday to play Queens in a Premier League game. Having dominated possession for most of the game the visitors were disappointed that they were unable to turn this into goals and had to settle for a 1-1 draw. North Down put pressure on the Queens circle but…
North Down thirds made the short trip to Stormont to take on a depleted Civil Service thirds side last Saturday in a Junior Two league game. From the off North Down attacked the circle and were awarded a penalty stroke when the ball was cleared off the line by the leg of a defender. Sam…
After recent weeks of being on the receiving end of some suspiciously strong teams, North Down fifths travelled to the Antrim Forum to meet Antrim seconds and were lucky to miss out on the worst of the weekend weather from the latest named Met Office source. The game started with Antrim surprisingly attempting to play…
North Down travelled to Shaws Bridge on Tuesday evening to play Inst in a rearranged Premier league game. North Down were without Jonny Moore, Michael Black, Jonny Linter and Ross Blair but this cannot be used as an excuse for an inept performance which saw the home side romp to an 11 nil victory. This…