Match Reports
Catch up on earlier St Agnes GAC and Belfast Saints match reports.
Previous Reports
U14 Championship · Saturday 3 October 2026
St Agnes 5-7
St Paul’s 5-10
A championship thriller and a performance full of heart. The lads battled to the final whistle and showed their phenomenal improvement throughout the season.
U12 Boys Football · Saturday 3 October 2026
A superb team performance with excellent teamwork and score-taking. Daniel McCormick was named Man of the Match after helping spark the team into life in the second half.
Score not supplied.
U8 Boys Go Games · Saturday 3 October 2026 · Lisburn
The boys finished the year with brilliant wins over St Brigid’s and St Pat’s, displaying great skill, teamwork and enthusiasm.
U14 Boys Football League · Wednesday 23 September 2026 · Woodlands
St Agnes U14 boys were narrowly defeated by Pearse’s in the league. The lads now turn their full focus to their next Championship outing.
Score not supplied.
McDermott Cup Semi-Final · Thursday 10 September 2026 · Davitt Park
Davitts 2-19
St Agnes 4-11
They say the past is another country, but in that other country several long-serving Aggies are doing very nicely, thank you very much.
The years rolled away on Thursday night as Neil “Fred” Gillespie and Conor McLean produced performances that had me wondering if they had found a time machine and brought the 2006 versions of themselves back to Davitt Park.
Fred intercepted passes with a reliability that the Royal Mail could only envy, but the star of the show was Big Slim, who plundered 3-3 from play and still found enough generosity in his heart to leave the same again behind him!
In a fabulous end-to-end match that swayed one way and then the other, we lost by two points after a tremendous second-half burst brought us from seven points down to lead by one. Alas, time caught up with tired legs and a younger Davitts team prevailed in a tight finish.
Oisín McKenna gave his best performance yet in the old black and white, while Briondan McLarnon was like the Scarlet Pimpernel—here, there and everywhere. He even occasionally showed up at full-back, where he had been selected to play.
Conor McGoran and Barry McCrea also showed strongly. While Declan McLarnon, coming on as a second-half substitute, did nothing to lower the average age of the team, he raised its IQ by more than a few points.
A great end to the year for South Antrim. Roll on 2027!
On a personal note, thanks to Hal and Briondan for keeping the show on the road during my occasional holidays.
Naomh Úna Abú 🐑
U16 Girls’ Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026
St Agnes / Éire Óg 2-3
St Enda’s 4-15
A tough outing for our U16 girls today as they came up against a very strong St Enda’s team.
Although the result did not go our way, the girls can be extremely proud of their performance. Every player gave her absolute best from start to finish, showing great determination, teamwork and a fantastic attitude.
They battled for every ball and never gave up, even as St Enda’s kept the scoreboard ticking over. There were plenty of positive moments throughout the game, and the girls showed just how much they have developed as a team.
Well done to every single player who fought right to the end and was rewarded with some late consolation scores. 👏
We may not have got the result we wanted, but the effort, commitment and team spirit were outstanding. Keep your heads up, girls—there is plenty more to come! 💪
Good luck to St Enda’s in the rest of the championship.
Naomh Úna Abú 🐑
Girls’ Go Games · Saturday 12 September 2026 · Lámh Dhearg
Our U8 and U10 girls took part in today’s Go Games at Lámh Dhearg.
The U8s won every game against Lámh Dhearg, St Enda’s and Éire Óg, and they were fantastic throughout. They displayed all the skills they have been practising in training.
The girls moving up this year made sure the newer and younger players were fully involved and felt part of every game.
Our U10s also came through some very physical games against Lámh Dhearg, Davitts and Éire Óg. Fourteen girls played, with several others missing, which shows the unbelievable numbers and strength within this group.
At times it felt more like WWE than Go Games and the girls could easily have been awarded frees every couple of minutes! Despite that, they showed tremendous maturity, never complained and produced dominant performances against every team. 💪
We are incredibly proud of all the girls. Well done! 🖤🤍
Naomh Úna Abú 🐑
U12 Boys Football League
A great win for our U12 footballers on Friday night in the league at the Cricky.
A brilliant goal proved to be the clincher of the game. Well done, lads!
Full-time score:
Ciceam Ard Eoin 2-1
Naomh Úna / Éire Óg 1-7
Naomh Úna Abú 🐑
South Antrim U14 Football League
Well done to the Aggies U14s, who played out a brilliant game against St John’s at Corrigan Park on Monday night.
Despite a narrow defeat, they have shown such resilience this year and have laid the foundations for years to come. The year is not over for the lads, and they will continue to progress through further training and matches.
Naomh Úna Abú 🐑
Junior Hurling Championship · Belfast Saints 1-13 Ardoyne Kickhams 7-19
Read the full report from Belfast Saints’ Junior Hurling Championship game against Ardoyne Kickhams on The Saffron Gael.
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Belfast Saints v Lámh Dhearg
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St Agnes GAC v St James’ Aldergrove
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