U17s 10^th Jan 09

18        Portaferry Town                   v                      15        Institute FC

U16s 13^th Dec 08

18        Institute FC                             v                      4          Ballymoney United Youth

U14s 10^th Jan 09

1          Ardoyne YC                            v                      18        Institute FC

U11s 10^th Jan 09

1          Antrim Rovers                        v                      41        Institute FC

Institute U11s suffered their first defeat on Sat. in the NWCDYL by Coleraine.

The first half was very scrappy and Stutes defence was kept busy.Mark Woods

playing in the centre of defence was excellent.His strength and speed kept the

away team from scoring early on.Stutes only chance of the half fell to Matthew Orr

but the Bannsiders keeper proved to good.Coleraine pressed on and two minutes

before the break a defensive error by the Stute gave Coleraine a sloppy goal to leave

it 1.0 at half time.

In the second half,Coleraine proved to good.They dominated the midfield and created chances.After 40mins they scored their second and shortly after a third which was a

well taken goal but again the Stute midfield was out of position.Steven Hamilton scored

a consolation goal for the Stute after great work from Thomas McCorkell.

A Coleraine victory was well deserved.

M.O.M—- Mark Woods

We need to play in the positions that we have been told. If we dont these top teams

will find the gaps and make it tough for us.Our passing was sloppy and our tackles

not strong enough. We need to show 100% in training as this is where we learn.

Team– Gartside,Crawford,Woods,Hume,Lynch,McCloskey,Greer capt. Dougherty,

           Harper,Orr,Adair,Hamilton.Brown,Alford,McClelland.

Ian Harper

The draw was made today for the NIBFA Cup and below are the fixtures:

Under 11: Antrim Rovers V Institute FC

Under 14:     Ardoyne Youth Club V Institute FC

Ties to be played on Saturday 10th January 2009

Institute Under 14’s made it 2 wins on the trot with a comprehensive victory over Moyola Park on Saturday.  Starting very positively with plenty of good passing and closig down all over the pitch it wasn’t long before great work in central midfield by John Kyle and Nicky Morton,the later then played a great through ball to Aaron Tarr who cut in from the left before turning onto his right foot to score a fantastic opening goal. It wasn’t long before we doubled our lead when Gareth Connor and Morton linking well before playing a through pass to Mattthew Pierce who made a great run before slotting past the Moyola keeper to make it 2-0.  Defensively we were solid throughout with good work by Connor Neely, Andrew Stevenson, Reuban Hollywood and Jordan Greer and anything that got in behind them was well dealt with by Malcolm Ross in nets.

Institute began the second half as they finished the first, very sharp and tuned in and another great through ball by Morton to Pierce saw Stute make it 3-0.  Matthew Pierce’s chip over the keeper made it 5 goals it 2 games for the little striker.  After the clincher, Stute came under some pressure from the Moyola forward line but a combined effort by the whole team helped take the sting out of the home attack. Substitute Andrew Pierce was very impressive when introduced on the right wing at half time and the young Stute side had several more good chances which on another day would maybe have gone in.  However with 10 minutes to go striker Lee Olphert scored a deserved forth, collecting the ball on the edge of the box before opening up and shooting, leaving the keeper well beaten to finish another impressive performance by the Under 14’s.

A good hard fought  victorybut there is always room for improvement so keep the hard work going and keep learning but well done again lads!!!!

Man of the Match: Nicky Morton

Under 14 - Moyola Park 1-4 Institute

Under 16 - Institute 2-3 Coleraine

Under 14 - Moyola V Institute

Under 16 - Institute V Coleraine

Institute Under 14’s put the disappointment of the defeat to Bertie Peacock Youth behind them on Saturday with an impressive 9-1 victory away to Draperstown.

Stute started very strong and sharp all over the pitch and things that were worked on and talked about in training showed throughout this game which was positive. Good Passing and movement created early goals for Lee Olphert and Matthew Pierce and from then on Stute were in control of the game. 
From Malcolm Ross in nets to the lads in defence the ball was passed and worked through midfield with great work in particular from Nicky Morton and debutant John Kyle. Going in at half time 4-0 up relaxed our players for the second half and let them express themselves more freely. The wide players Aaron Tarr and Gareth Connor, in particular worked exremely hard and found a lot of joy on the flanks. Several changes were made when the game was beyond Draperstown and the lads who came on helped keep a good high tempo on the game and more goals arrived with Lee Olphert and Matthew Pierce both finishing on a hat trick apiece. As well as the two boys up front, further goals also arrived through Nicky Morton, Curtis Olphert and Aaron Tarr rounding of what was an absolutely super performance from the young Stute team.

Lads, the way we are playing at the moment is down to very good attitute and commitment within the squad and what we are learning at training is being taking onto the field of play. So Well done lads and Lets keep this good work going.

Squad:
M.Ross
C.Neely
A.Stevenson
J.Greer
A.Callen
G.Connor
N.Morton
J.Kyle
A.Tarr
M.Pierce
L.Olphert
K.Kincaid
C.Olphert
K.Hamilton
A.Pierce

Man Of the match J.Greer (capt)

Another home victory for the u11s keeps them in an excellent position in the league.

The early phases of play were scrappy and Coleraine played the offside trap well leaving Stute unable to get their game flowing.However after 20mins Reece Adair put through Dean McCloskey who calmly slotted it home.Matthew Orr had a great chance to make it two but was denied by the Coleraine keeper.

The second half saw Stute dictate the play and a hard working Jeff Greer drove the team forward.Greer cleverly switched play to leave McCloskey in space to whip in a cross for Orr to tap in 2.0 The Bannsiders kept the game alive with a lovely volley from the big striker 2.1

Once again Stute dominated and in the 50th minute Matthew Orr hammered home his second and Stutes third.In the dying minutes skillful play by Thomas McCorkell created space which he attacked and played a weighted pass into the path of Reece Adair who finished in style 4.1

More hard work needed and more accuracy in our passing.But we are bonding as a squad.

Well done Mark Woods (first match)      Keep at it lads!

TEAM– Gartside,Crawford,Waterstone,Hume,Lynch,McCloskey,Greer capt

            Dougherty,Harper,Orr,Adair,McCorkell,Alford,Woods,McClelland,Hamilton

Under 11 - Institute 4-1 Coleraine

Under 14 - Draperstown 1-9 Institute

Under 11 - Institute V Coleraine (10.30am @ YMCA)

Under 14 - Draperstown V Institute

Under 16 - No Game

Under 17 - Institute V Dungiven

All matches kick off at 11am unless stated