Post by jnr88 on May 24, 2011 7:42:50 GMT
Another season over and what an eventful season it has been for Saints and hopefully it can be a season we learn from and build on for the future!!
August saw us win all 5 games including making it into the 2nd round of the ARKMEDIA Cup with a victory over Clough Rangers, highlight of the month was a great comeback 2-1 victory away to Glenarm Rovers.
September started off with a superb 3-0 victory over the Homers to make it into the Top Four Final. September also saw us progress to the quarter final of the ARKMEDIA Cup with a 5-1 victory against Templepatrick, and in the League a late equaliser from Abbeyview saw us drop our first points.
October saw us dump out Valley Rangers with a 5-0 win in the Junior Shield, but this was to be as far as we went in the competition as Kircubbin sent us packing in Round 2. we got back to winning ways in the league beating Ballykeel 3-0 before dropping further points to Carnlough in a dour 0-0 draw!! we then made it into the last four of the ARKMEDIA Cup with a convincing 5-1 win over Waveney!!
Three wins from three in November in three different competitions saw us make it to the ARKMEDIA Cup Final at the expense of Connor and remain undefeated in the League with a 1-0 derby victory over Broadway, but ultimately November saw the highlight of our season as we lifted the Top Four Cup against Carniny at the beginning of the month thanks to 2 goals from Liam Cassley!!
December was supposed to see us play in the final of the ARKMEDIA Cup, but due to the weather this was postponed as was all our games in this month!!
January was to prove a crucial month in our season despite only playing 2 games the piviotal points came off the puitch as January saw us lose 2 players in Chick and Owen O'Kane who had been mainstays of the team in the opening part of the season!! We kept up our title challenge with a 4-2 win over Ahoghill Rovers, before we fell to a 1-0 victory over Homers in the ARKMEDIA Cup Final!!
February started with a thumping 5-0 victory over Connor in the League as we put the disappointment of the Fina defeat behind us, but the next week we were defeated in the League for the first time as Champions Carniny beat us 4-2!! we then dropped further points the next week to Moylena as we drew 1-1 before Homers dumped us out of the Rainey Cup again beating us 1-0!! February also saw us lose another player in the form of Chris Smiley who moved to Broadway!!
The three games in March saw us pick up four league points thanks to a 5-0 win against Northend and a 2-2 draw with Glenarm Rovers, but sanwiched in between these was a 2-1 defeat to Carnlough which saw us kncocked out of the Ace Cup!!
April started with a derby against Broadway and this game was marked by two of the best goals you will see all year as the sides shared the points in a 1-1 draw!! Convincing wins against Connor and Ahoghill Rovers kept up our slim title hopes before Homers snatched all three points from us at the Showgrounds to make the League a two horse race!! a 3-3 draw away to Ballykeel and then a dire 3-1 defeat to Carnlough left us struggling to finsih in the Top Four, but the team dug in and earned to hard fought 1-0 victories away to Sky Blues in Abbeyview to get us back on track!!
May saw us seal third spot with a last minute winner against Clough in a 3-2 victory, before we played Champions Carniny and with seconds left on the clock we looked to be inflicting their first league defeat of the season on them but they struck to steal a point in a 2-2 draw!! A great team performance saw us defeat Moylena 4-1 before we ended the season with another defeat to Homers!!
I think everyone at Saints will look back on this season and say "What If" as after a superb start we lost our way a bit and never really mounted a sustained league challenege,but all in all it was a good season as we imrpobed on last years fourth spot and points total and added a bit of silverware to the table in the form of the Top Four!! Lets just hope we can kick on from this season and bring more success to the club next season!!
Cmon the Saints!!
August saw us win all 5 games including making it into the 2nd round of the ARKMEDIA Cup with a victory over Clough Rangers, highlight of the month was a great comeback 2-1 victory away to Glenarm Rovers.
September started off with a superb 3-0 victory over the Homers to make it into the Top Four Final. September also saw us progress to the quarter final of the ARKMEDIA Cup with a 5-1 victory against Templepatrick, and in the League a late equaliser from Abbeyview saw us drop our first points.
October saw us dump out Valley Rangers with a 5-0 win in the Junior Shield, but this was to be as far as we went in the competition as Kircubbin sent us packing in Round 2. we got back to winning ways in the league beating Ballykeel 3-0 before dropping further points to Carnlough in a dour 0-0 draw!! we then made it into the last four of the ARKMEDIA Cup with a convincing 5-1 win over Waveney!!
Three wins from three in November in three different competitions saw us make it to the ARKMEDIA Cup Final at the expense of Connor and remain undefeated in the League with a 1-0 derby victory over Broadway, but ultimately November saw the highlight of our season as we lifted the Top Four Cup against Carniny at the beginning of the month thanks to 2 goals from Liam Cassley!!
December was supposed to see us play in the final of the ARKMEDIA Cup, but due to the weather this was postponed as was all our games in this month!!
January was to prove a crucial month in our season despite only playing 2 games the piviotal points came off the puitch as January saw us lose 2 players in Chick and Owen O'Kane who had been mainstays of the team in the opening part of the season!! We kept up our title challenge with a 4-2 win over Ahoghill Rovers, before we fell to a 1-0 victory over Homers in the ARKMEDIA Cup Final!!
February started with a thumping 5-0 victory over Connor in the League as we put the disappointment of the Fina defeat behind us, but the next week we were defeated in the League for the first time as Champions Carniny beat us 4-2!! we then dropped further points the next week to Moylena as we drew 1-1 before Homers dumped us out of the Rainey Cup again beating us 1-0!! February also saw us lose another player in the form of Chris Smiley who moved to Broadway!!
The three games in March saw us pick up four league points thanks to a 5-0 win against Northend and a 2-2 draw with Glenarm Rovers, but sanwiched in between these was a 2-1 defeat to Carnlough which saw us kncocked out of the Ace Cup!!
April started with a derby against Broadway and this game was marked by two of the best goals you will see all year as the sides shared the points in a 1-1 draw!! Convincing wins against Connor and Ahoghill Rovers kept up our slim title hopes before Homers snatched all three points from us at the Showgrounds to make the League a two horse race!! a 3-3 draw away to Ballykeel and then a dire 3-1 defeat to Carnlough left us struggling to finsih in the Top Four, but the team dug in and earned to hard fought 1-0 victories away to Sky Blues in Abbeyview to get us back on track!!
May saw us seal third spot with a last minute winner against Clough in a 3-2 victory, before we played Champions Carniny and with seconds left on the clock we looked to be inflicting their first league defeat of the season on them but they struck to steal a point in a 2-2 draw!! A great team performance saw us defeat Moylena 4-1 before we ended the season with another defeat to Homers!!
I think everyone at Saints will look back on this season and say "What If" as after a superb start we lost our way a bit and never really mounted a sustained league challenege,but all in all it was a good season as we imrpobed on last years fourth spot and points total and added a bit of silverware to the table in the form of the Top Four!! Lets just hope we can kick on from this season and bring more success to the club next season!!
Cmon the Saints!!
