ARMAGH   CITY   YOUTH 

A tremendous weekend for Armagh City Youth with three out of the four teams  that

played registering wins and the fourth team, the U-11 side, staging  a remarkable

comeback from three- one down to take a point and  they even threatened to go on and

win the game! There was enormous commitment and spirit shown by the young TMET

sponsored team. However it was the  U-13 squad who really made it a red letter day for Armagh City Youth, and indeed made  club history, when they became the first City side to claim a Northern Ireland Youth League title after their win in Magherafelt. One down early on the U-13s  displayed considerable skill and poise to maintain their self belief  and once they equalized  went on to dominate the game and take all three points.   Remarkably the local side have only conceded that single goal in the last seven League games. The team are in an unassailable position some eleven points ahead of their nearest challengers  and  secure in first place and in their promotion to the higher division . Congratulations to all connected with the squad  and well done  to all the squad. 

Elsewhere the Homecare sponsored Armagh City Youth U-18 team maintained their

unbeaten League run with a home win over Lurgan Town. A rotation of players meant

that the team took a while to settle but  as the game progressed  City  continued to

improve and secured the points with five goals without reply. 

The U-12 game at Ardmore  was a marvellous advert for under-age football with both sides  involved in a match which could have gone to either side and had attacking    

football and  heroic defending in great measure. An own goal put Armagh ahead but

Cookstown pressure brought  an equalizing goal from a corner and as the game swung

to and fro City it  was who scored  the winner with full time imminent. 

                      Results  :   Saturday  28^th   January

U-11 :    Armagh City   3   v   Cookstown  3

U-12 :    Armagh City   2   v   Cookstown 1

U-13 :    Armagh  City   4  v   Magherafelt  1

U-18 :    Armagh City   5   v   Lurgan Town  0

Five City Youth sides are scheduled to travel  this  the first  Saturday in February .

Pick of the games is probably the league encounter between the two Mid Ulster Juvenile

League sides who have made the semi-finals of the Harry Cavan Youth  Cup. Lurgan

Celtic will have home advantage.

Elsewhere the U-11  team travel to play Portadown Youth, the U-12’s meet Windmill

Stars in Newry and the U-15 squad make the long haul to Derry to play Maiden City.

League winners, City Youth’s U-13  side,  play their last home League game against

Carniny at the Mill Field whilst the U-16  squad  hope to play their first game in some 

weeks when they face Magherafelt in a vital Mid Ulster Youth  League game.

                            Fixtures  :  Saturday  4^th   February

U-11 :    Armagh  City    v   Portadown Youth (  10.30am .  Away  )

U-12 :    Armagh  City   v   Windmill Stars  ( 10.30am . Newry  )

U-13 :    Armagh  City   v   Carniny  ( 11.00am .  Mill Field  )

U- 14 :   Armagh  City   v   Kesh  ( 10.30 am.   Away  )

U-15 :    Armagh  City   v   Maiden City  ( 11.00 am  .   Away )

U-16 :    Armagh  City   v   Magherafelt   (  10.30am @ Ardmore  )

U-18  :   Armagh  City   v   Lurgan Celtic  ( 10.00am .  Lurgan  )

                  ***   ALL  MATCHES  ARE  SUBJECT  TO  CHANGE   ***

City Ladies and Girls Youth Teams are now training Monday Nights at

Ardmore 6 -7 pm. We Welcome new players.

City Ladies would like to Congratulate U-13 Boys and their management on winning their league. Well Done.