After a frantic Saturday morning if trying to find another player and an umpire North Down ladies thirds were finally on their way to Priorians seconds. North Down got off to a strong start and used the width of the pitch to their advantage and spent the start of the first half in the attacking…
Last Friday evening North Down seconds travelled to play Ulster Elks 3rds in a top of the table clash. North Down had pass back and in the second minute Ali Millar started a move which led to Julie Fisher scoring at the second attempt past the Elks keeper. Three minutes later North Down went 2-0…
North Down ladies 1sts faced Ballyclare on Saturday at Comber looking to bounce back from their narrow 2-1 defeat to fellow promotion challengers Armagh. With 3 regular starters unavailable and Ballyclare having become somewhat of a bogey team for North Down in the last few seasons, the Comber girls knew that this would be no…
This week North Down ladies thirds travelled to play Coleraine thirds in the first round of the Junior Cup. Having never played the team before North Down were wary of the opposition but the rain stopped, the sun came out and North Down had pass back. The team started strongly and applied good pressure to…
North Down entertained PSNI in a league fixture at Comber Leisure Centre on Saturday and dominated the game from start to finish with home keeper Gareth McBride failing to touch the ball in the entire 70 minutes. North Down finally ran out convincing winners by 10 goals to nil. PSNI were happy to put players…
North Down thirds travelled to play Cookstown fourths, the only other unbeaten team in the league, on Saturday. The home team started the stronger with a number of good chances and only some last ditch defending kept them out. The depleted North Down team settled to the task in hand and went one up after…
Earlier this week North Down made their way to the top of the league table and wanted to keep it like this so the girls where determined to get a win against Grosvenor. North Down have always had to put a fight up against the Belfast team so they knew this wasn’t going to be…
North Down opened their league programme with a difficult fixture away to Portadown and were unsettled by losing Keith Conway and Melvyn Nicholls just prior to the start of the game. North Down were slow out of the blocks and Portadown piled on the pressure straight from the off. They forced North Down to give…
North Down seconds entertained Lisnagarvey fourths last Saturday at Comber Leisure Centre hoping to keep up their winning spell. They started out on the front foot immediately putting pressure on Garvey’s defence and soon scored from a great ball in from Ali Campbell which reached Julie Fisher on the post. North Down kept the pressure…
On Saturday North Down thirds travelled to Belfast to play Knock 2nds. With the majority of the team having never played them before North Down were wary of their opposition as they had been relegated from the league above last year. Having won the toss North Down took first pass back just as the rain…