North Down travelled to Newry on Saturday to fulfil a Premier league fixture against the locals. In a competitive game the home side just about shaded it although had North Down taken their early opportunities the scoreline would have been very different. North Down opened the stronger putting Newry some early pressure. After10 minutes a…
A proper senior game of hockey took place in the 4pm slot at Enler Park with the robust Antrim seconds in town looking to bully their way to 3 points. A pre-match team-talk explaining the importance of keeping calm, not talking back to the umpire and not lowering standards set the fifths up for the…
The first, not for those faint of heart or short of attention, sentence of the 3s match report reports that the eventually 10 man 3s staggered to a 2-2 thrashing of an in the autumn bordering on mild early winter of their careers Garvey 4s despite the mild mannered Clarke Kent-like Aaron Saunders suffering a…
North Down entertained Annadale in their final Kirk Cup game at Comber Leisure Centre and were unlucky to lose by two goals to one. North Down matched Annadale in all aspects of their play and must be very pleased that they restricted goal scoring opportunities to efforts from short corners. Both teams shared 12 penalty…
North Down fifths crashed out of the league cup at Strathearn last Saturday at the hands of a strong Annadale fourths team. Well, that’s what the match card said. Yet again a sluggish start from the Comber men gifted the home side a two goal advantage in the first quarter. Not any individual fault just…
North Down fifths travelled the short distance to play CIYMS seconds in the 4pm graveyard slot last Saturday. The fifths started the brighter of the sides with some solid work down the right by Angus Johnson and James Stewart, James burst into the circle riding some rough challenges from the CI defence and slotted home at…
Mens seconds not exactly smash but more deep sports massage the notorious social grenades that are Bangor seconds into submission with an innovative Willis stoke inducing two-right-no-left-midfield formation – brainchild of the extravagantly relaxed and expensive looking Robbie Sinclair who, wielding a frankly confused looking Harry McKeown as his instrument of shape-rogering miscommunication, still found…
North Down made the long trip to Donegal last Saturday to play Raphoe in a Kirk Cup group game. Despite controlling the game for long periods, North Down were unable to break down a resolute home defence in which their keeper was in tremendous form making a number of outstanding saves. North Down opened at…
North Down seconds defeated their Mossley counterparts 6-2 at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday in the Junior One League Cup with the local highlight being a hattrick of drag flick short corner goals from Chris Speers. North Down dominated the first 2 quarters missing a host of chances but were still able to go in…
North Down thirds hosted Cookstown thirds at Comber Leisure Centre last Saturday in glorious sunshine. After the previous week’s heavy defeat, the home side was hoping for an all round better performance. The hosts started the brighter and controlled the game but that final pass high up the pitch limited their scoring opportunities. Cookstown held…