A large crowd of supporters turned out this morning at the Junior Stadium to watch Dungannon United Youth Under 11’s take on Armagh City in one of the most eagerly awaited matches of the season.

The game started as so many this season with Dungannon United Youth putting the visiting team under pressure right from the start. Armagh City defended well, not allowing some of players to settle on the ball which upset their normal style of football.

Nerves obviously played a factor and an early goal was needed to ease them. It took its time coming but when it did it was worth the wait. Daniel Kerr once again showed his outstanding striking ability with a well taken goal. Although much of the pressure was put on by the Dungannon side, the half time whistle blew with no further goals being scored in that half. The Armagh goalkeeper had a big part to play in this, denying Shea Gordan what looked to be a certain goal with a fantastic save!

The second half started promisingly with Dungannon retaining much of the possession. Shea Gordan extended the lead with a brilliant 20 yard shot which sailed into the top of the net. Although 2 - 0 down, Armagh did not drop their heads and increased the pressure on DUY putting their defenders to the test. Naoise Martin made a critical goal line clearance much to the relief of his team mates. Shortly afterwards the same player made the Armagh keeper pull off one of the saves of the season when he fisted clear a shot destined for the top left hand corner.

Odhran Mallon came on as substitute and scored a controversal third goal (was he or wasn’t he offside? Now that is the question!) The referee stood firm against some strong objections from the Armagh camp and Dungannon went into a 3 - 0 lead with only minutes left on the clock!

Dalaigh Jones led his team by example with one of his best performances of the season. Never shying out of a tackle and chasing every ball! Paul Donaghy was solid in defence with Daniel Kerr and Connor Murtagh also putting in excellent performances.

Man of the Match was awarded to Shea Gordan for another outstanding display of football. Well done Shea!!

The only yellow card of the match was shown to one of the Armagh coaches for dissent.

Keep up the good work DUY for the rest of the season!