Match Reports 2006/07 - second team

League

Leeds City OB III 1 Trinity II 3

Eamonn O'Hanrahan, playing in an uncustomary forward position, scored his first ever goal for Trinity as they beat Leeds City OB III 3-1.  Richard Lambert and Jim Mullowney added the other goals as Trinity II ended their season with a victory.

In a bid to unsettle Leeds City's tactical plans, or just for a 'bit of a laugh',  Trinity manager Jimmy Yates made his players pick their positions from a hat before the start of the game.  As a result winger/forward Greg Turner was forced to play centre back, no-nonsense centre back Eamonn O'Hanrahan was forced to play centre forward and midfield creator Dean Holloway was forced to play at left back.  Forwards Mullowney and O'Hanrahan were sent out with the orders to find the back of the net.  However this appeared to be unlikely as representatives from the Leeds City team claimed before the kick off that their manager had 'gone AWOL', which meant there were no nets.  Furthermore no appearance by the referee meant Jimmy Yates was asked to referee the game.  Armed with a mobile phone to act as the official timepiece and a borrowed whistle for the referee on the adjacent pitch he was about to begin the match.  All of a sudden someone appeared with a set of nets and the official match referee arrived.  Game on!

After the pre-match soap opera Trinity were quicker to settle.  Mullowney nearly gave Trinity the lead with a rasping long-range shot that thudded off the bar.  O'Hanrahan did give Trinity the lead, coolly tucking the ball under the keeper after being played through by Mullowney.  1-0, which is how the first-half ended.

Early in the second half Trinity's lead was doubled.  Neil Higgins' cross from the left found Richard Lambert, who volleyed home from close range to make it 2-0.  Later O'Hanrahan returned the earlier favour by squaring the ball to Mullowney.  After sidestepping the keeper he fired the ball home to make it 3-0.  Trinity didn't have it all their own way as goalkeeper Lee Field was upon to make some excellent saves throughout the game.  Leeds City finally grabbed a consolation goal with ten minutes remaining.  A free kick on the left was headed in at the far post to make it 3-1.  Despite tiring in the hot sun Trinity managed to hold onto their lead, securing a win to finish off their season 

Team:  Field; Jordan, Bygrave, Turner, Holloway, Lambert, Buckle, Martin, Higgins, O'Hanrahan, Mullowney  

Subs: Yates (for Higgins)

League

Modernians II 0 Trinity II 4

John Hobbs opened the scoring for Trinity with a goal from close range to give Trinity an early 1-0 lead.  In the second half further goals were added by Dean Holloway, Matt Jordan and Stevie Travers as Trinity coasted to a 4-0 victory.

Team:  Field; Bygrave, O'Hanrahan, Clubbs, Mullowney, Holloway, Jordan, Higgins, Turner, Kissane, Hobbs  

Subs: Travers (for Kissane), Cavell (for Turner), Curran (for Holloway)

League

Modernians III 1 Trinity II 5

First half goals by Richard Lambert, John Hobbs, Neil Higgins (penalty) and Dean Holloway put Trinity 4-0 up.  Modernians reduced the deficit with a goal to make the half-time score 4-1.  In the second half Eamonn Kissane stepped off the bench to seal a comfortable victory for Trinity with the fifth goal.  5-1 to Trinity the final score. 

Team:  Smith; Connolly, O'Hanrahan, Buckle, Martin, Higgins, Lambert, Holloway, Turner, Bygrave, Hobbs  

Subs: Kissane (for Bygrave)

League

Trinity II 1 Almondburions 2

Richard Lambert scored a first half goal for Trinity to make it 1-0.  But two goals in the second half meant Almondburions took the three points.  Trinity were particularly disappointed as Almondburions only had ten players. 

Team:  Field; Connolly, O'Hanrahan, Buckle, Martin, Williams, Higgins, Lambert, Holloway, Yates, Hobbs  

Subs: Bygrave (for Williams), Russell (for Hobbs)

League

Trinity II 1 Wheelwright 4

Greg Turner's goal gave Trinity a first half lead, but Wheelwright equalised before half-time.  Fifteen minutes into the second half  the visitors scored again to make it 2-1.  As Trinity were chasing the game Wheelwright added two late goals to finish the game as 4-1 victors. 

Team:  Field; Barton, Clubbs, Connolly, Martin, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Turner, Yates, Hobbs  

Subs: 

League

Carlton Athletic 1 Trinity II 3

Trinity II got back to winning ways with a convincing 3-1 victory away at Carlton Athletic.  A Neil Higgins penalty meant that Trinity had a 1-0 lead at half-time.   Colin Buckle scored a second for Trinity to make it 2-0, before Kevin Burke reduced the deficit for Carlton Athletic to make it 2-1.  However John Hobbs ensured the three points went to Trinity as he scored to make the final score 3-1.

Team:  Field; O'Hanrahan, Martin, Bygrave, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Maynard, Turner, Buckle, Hobbs  

Subs: Williams (for Maynard), Barton (for Buckle)

League

Trinity II 1 Wortley II 3

Jimmy Yates' unbeaten run as a manger finally came to an end, as Trinity II were beaten 3-1 by top of the table Wortley II.  John Hobbs scored Trinity's consolation goal. 

Team:  Yates; Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Connolly, Martin, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Turner, Hobbs, Maynard 

Subs: McIntyre (Connolly), Bygrave (for Maynard), Barton (for Turner)

League

Trinity II 2 Leeds City OB III 2

Despite taking a two goal lead Trinity II could only draw 2-2 with third from bottom Leeds City OB III.  Jimmy Yates scored the first goal for Trinity to make it 1-0.  Then Greg Turner made it 2-0 when he scored Trinity's second.  Leeds City narrowed the deficit before half-time, making it 2-1.  With Trinity cruising but not adding to the scoreline there was always a chance of Leeds City gaining an equaliser.  They managed to draw level with five minutes to go to take the share of the points.  Final score 2-2.  

Team:  Field; Bygrave, Connolly, Buckle, Martin, Williams, Holloway, Lambert, Turner, Hobbs, Yates 

Subs: Higgins (for Williams), Barton (for Turner), O'Hanrahan (for Bygrave)

League

Wheelwright 2 Trinity II 2

Big Phil Bygrave scored two goals as Trinity II drew 2-2 with third placed Wheelwright.  The draw means Trinity II are now ten games unbeaten under the management of Jimmy Yates.

Team:  Field; McIntyre, Connolly, Buckle, Martin, Williams, Holloway, Lambert, Hobbs, Turner, Bygrave 

Subs: Yates (for Bygrave)

League

Gildersome Spurs II 1 Trinity II 1

Angus Martin scored a second half equaliser as Trinity II drew with unbeaten second placed side Gildersome Spurs II, to preserve their unbeaten record under the management of Jimmy Yates.

Team:  Thompson; McIntyre, O'Hanrahan, Buckle, Martin, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Turner, Yates, Hobbs 

Subs: Williams (for Turner), Connolly (for Yates), Bygrave (for McIntyre)

League

Trinity II 2 Centralians II 1

First half goals from Nathaniel Stapleton and Dean Holloway, with his fourth in three games, proved to be be enough as Trinity II beat Centralians II 2-1.  Despite conceding a second half penalty Trinity held on to secure another three points to extend their unbeaten run to eight games. 

Trinity turned up today with five first team players unavailable but it wouldn't have been known by the professional performance today as they triumphed 2-1 against a good Centralians' team. with the absentees, this meant starts for Barton at left back, and Kissane up front, with Martin moving from left back to left midfield and Turner from left midfield to centre forward. 

Trinity started strong, having more of the ball than their opponents. It was the first real chance of the game after around the 15 minute mark, with some great work from Turner on the left, which saw a beautiful cross and found Holloway with his 4th in 3 games. Shortly after, Trinity were forced into making a substitution as Kissane was suffering with pain in the hamstring. Disappointment for Kissane as he was looking to perform well and keep a starting place. He was replaced by Stapleton, with his 2nd appearance for Trinity. He didn't take long to get involved in the game as his first touch was impressive. His ability to hold the ball up also gave Trinity an extra strength. It didn't take long for him to put his name on the score sheet after again some great work from Turner, this time down the right played a low ball across goal for Stapleton to hit the roof of the net from a yard. 2-0 to Trinity and even though it wasn't their best performance, Trinity were still comfortable. 

Half Time 2-0.

The second half saw another change, Stapleton was feeling a bit sick, so new signing Roberts took his place. Midway through the 2nd half saw Centralians awarded a penalty even though it was so clear Holloway was fouled and not the other way round. But you ain't going to change the referee's mind. Centralians' centre half Clough took responsibility and blasted it past Thompson to make it 2-1. That was really the only shot on goal Centralians had. Trinity had one more good chance before the end as some great two touch passing eventually found Martin at the edge of the box and his first time shot just went the wrong side of the post. Eight unbeaten now with a difficult away game against title challengers Gildersome Spurs. Trinity are now fifth in the league, and with ten games to go, are 12 points behind the top two. A fantastic turnaround from the boys in green.

Team:  Thompson; O'Hanrahan, Connolly, Buckle, Barton, Holloway, Williams, Lambert, Martin, Turner, Kissane 

Subs: Stapleton (for Kissane), Roberts (for Stapleton)

League

Leeds Independent 2 Trinity II 2

This game brought together two in form teams as both teams since they last met were unbeaten. This game had all the prospects to be a beauty. Trinity players were looking rather good as they turned up to pitch in their new Trinity jackets. It's a good job there were no women present or there might have been a problem. 

The match started end to end with both defences being worked but with no clear cut chances from either team. The first breakthrough fell to Trinity as a scramble in the box fell to Yates who crossed the ball from the left and found an unmarked Holloway to head the ball into an open goal. That goal seemed to upset the Independent crowd as they started swearing at everyone, even their linesman/substitute decided to come on the pitch and threaten Holloway. Then the referee decided to have a word with the Independent manager as all he wanted to do was shout a load of rubbish at everyone. we don't know what the ref said, but their manager wasn't amused and decided to tell everyone that he's killed for less. The poor referee had his life at stake now. 

Independent managed to equalise shortly after all this as some poor defending left a couple of players spare in the box and a low cross from the left found forward Kwame Westerman who calmly passed the ball passed Thompson to make it 1-1. Minutes after, Trinity made it 2-1, as the ball fell to Holloway at the edge of the box and mis-hit his shot but somehow went out of reach of the keeper and into the top corner. It looks like Holloway has found the scoring touch and if he would've hit a shot like that two week ago, that would not have gone in. Holloway wasn't complaining and neither were any of the Trinity players or supporters. 

Half Time 2-1. 

The second half began with a controversial penalty given to Independent when Williams was alleged to have hand balled it, surprisingly, the ref gave it but had managed to miss some more blatant hand balls in the first half. But there was no need to panic as Trinity keepers have a good record at saving penalties, and Thompson didn't disappoint with a fantastic save to his right and Trinity remained ahead. It was worked out after the game now, six of the last eight penalties have been saved now. Independent put Trinity under a bit of pressure after but nothing that the back four couldn't handle. It was going to be something special or some sort of fluke that was going to break down the back four, and indeed it was. As the Independent striker was through, Bygrave made a great tackle, but kicked the ball onto the striker's shin and past Thompson to equalise. Nobody was to blame for the goal, it was one of those things, as Buckle and especially Bygrave on his first start, impressed and Bygrave walked the man of the match award. 

Trinity had two chances to win the game as Yates scuffed a chance when maybe he had time to take a touch first. And the best chance fell to substitute Kissane, as he was one-on-one with the keeper.  With the defender catching him up, Kissane's legs gave way and fell over. Yet disappointed, at the end of the game we saw the funny side of it although it maybe cost us all three points. All in all, a good performance all round, all thirteen players who took part today did their job, and Trinity now go seven games unbeaten under the management of Jimmy Yates.  

Team:  Thompson; Williams, Bygrave, Buckle, Martin, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Turner, Yates, Hobbs 

Subs: Kissane (for Holloway), Barton (for Williams)

League

Trinity II 4 Agnes Stewart 1

Trinity Seconds managed their 3^rd win under new manager Yates.  Having defeated Agnes Stewart 4-0 on the opening day of the season Trinity went into the game as favourites.  From Kick off Trinity attacked and started brightly trying to get the games opening goal.  When it came it was well worth waiting for with manager Yates picking the ball up 25 yards from goal and little seemed on however his early excellent early shot found the top corner.  1-0.  Trinity continued to press and from an Agnes Stewart corner Hobbs picked the ball up before playing it through to Lambert who ran through one on one to coolly show Hobbs how to finish and make the score 2-0.

Half Time 2-0

The second half started and Trinity seemed to think they had done the hard work and could just sit back and let Agnes Stewart attack them however this led to them coming more and more into the game and there big striker was causing Trinity a few problems at the back.  However somewhat against the run of play Trinity won a free kick which was excellently delivered to Lambert to the back post where Turner headed back across the keeper from an unlikely angle and found the other corner – 3-0.  Agnes Stewart started to attack again and created a couple of chances hitting the bar at one point however the excellent O’Hanrahan kept them at bay and prevented too many clear cut opportunities.  That is until Martin kicked their big striker up into the air conceding a penalty, which despite Thompson's fingertips found its way into the net.  3-1.

Trinity then realised that they needed to start playing again and started to push forward and play a bit more football.  This was rewarded when Lambert's shot was blocked by the keeper for Holloway to lob back into the empty net for his first of the season. 4-1. 

This was how the game finished with Trinity comfortable winners although the score line may not have done justice to a reasonably good Agnes Stewart side but Trinity took there chances on the day.  Although the football on the day was somewhat ruined by the wind sources of amusement for the crowd, including the ever eloquent Lee Field, included Lambert being nutmegged by possibly the fattest player in the league and Neil Higgins' rant at his team-mates for lack of communication, which saw him jumping up and down on the spot after being tackled on his blind side.

Team:  Thompson; Martin, O'Hanrahan, Buckle, Curran, Higgins, Lambert, Holloway, Turner, Yates, Hobbs 

Subs:  Bygrave (for Buckle), Williams (for Curran), Kissane (for Turner)

League

Almondburians 0 Trinity II 1

Eamonn Kissane scored the winner in the last five minutes of the game, following a John Hobbs cross, as Trinity II beat Almondburions 1-0. 

Trinity went into the new year against a team having a similar season as ourselves. After the very long trip and the very small changing rooms, Trinity had at most five minutes to prepare for the game. 

Manager Yates decided to play 4-4-2 on a day where the slope and the wind looked like they were going to take control of the game. The first half got underway with the Denby Dale side playing downhill with the wind dominating most of the play but Trinity's back four being solid, and when called upon, Field was there to make three top saves. Trinity had chances also, but by half time, Trinity were the happier side by keeping the score goalless. 

The second half started slowly, not many chances for either team, as Trinity failed to take advantage of the wind and slope advantage. A couple of chances fell to Trinity but weren't going trouble the keeper. Almondburians had a chance when their winger tried curling a low and hard shot round Field but he was at full stretch to tip the ball round the post. After that it was all Trinity with a chance falling to Yates after a bad pass back in which the keeper saved and with the goal as empty as it could ever be, Hobbs managed to do the impossible and put it wide. Injuries started to haunt Trinity then as Buckle was taken off with cramp and Phil Bygrave came on to play centre back for the first time in Trinity colours, and Field also went down after colliding with an attacker in a one-on-one incident. This resulted in Barton entering the field of play and Yates putting on the gloves. 

With the game drawing to a conclusion, Trinity finally broke the deadlock, as Hobbs was through on goal, and a more confident Hobbs would've probably gone alone, instead played a perfect ball across the face of goal for Kissane to score his first goal for Trinity reserves with a simple tap in. Barton had a chance with a header which was inches wide and also nearly got to a rebound which he was beaten to by the defender. A solid performance by Trinity who deserved the three points and the turnaround continues with their second clean sheet on the spin. 

Team:  Field; Curran, O'Hanrahan, Buckle, Martin, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Turner, Yates, Hobbs

Subs:  Bygrave (for Turner), Kissane (for Buckle), Barton (for Field)

League

Trinity II 2 Modernians III 2

Neil Higgins and John Hobbs were both on target as Trinity II drew 2-2 at bottom of the table Modernians III.  Neil Carr gave Modernians the lead. Neil Higgins equalised for Trinity with a penalty.  Then John Hobbs put Trinity 2-1 ahead.  However Carr scored his second to equalise for Modernians.  No further goals were added in the second half so the game finished 2-2.

Team:  Thompson; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, Martin, Curran, Higgins, Lambert, Holloway, Turner, Hobbs

Subs:  Yates (for Turner), O'Hanrahan (for Williams), McKeown (for Curran)

League

Centralians II 2 Trinity II 3

Jimmy Yates scored the final third goal, as Trinity II won for the first time under his management.  Greg Turner and John Hobbs both scored first half goals with Dan Wiseman replying for Centralians, as Trinity went into the interval 2-1 in front.  Yates banged in a second half goal to make it 3-1.  Then Owen Neary responded for Centralians to make it a tight finish.  However Trinity hung on to secure a 3-2 victory.  

Team:  Field; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, Martin, Curran, Holloway, Higgins, Turner, Hobbs, Yates

Subs:  McKeown (for Curran), O'Hanrahan (for Connolly), Barton (for Yates)

League

Wortley II 1 Trinity II 1 

New Trinity II manger Jimmy Yates celebrated his first match in charge with a well earned point against top of the table Wortley II.   Ashley Crowther opened the scoring for Wortley, striking a low free-kick into the bottom right hand corner of the net to make it 1-0. However Trinity fought back.  Dean Holloway who was scoring for fun last season thought he had opened his account for Trinity with a great twenty-five yard drive that hit the cross bar.  Trinity's equaliser came in the second half after fine play and a shot from Eamonn Kissane that hit the post.  John Hobbs was first to the rebound and pounced to score, to make it 1-1.

Team:  Yates; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, Martin, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Cavell, Hobbs, Kissane

Subs:  Stapleton (for Kissane)

League

Trinity II 1 Leeds Independent 3

Trinity II fell to their fifth defeat in a row, losing 3-1 to Leeds Independent.  Richard Lambert's late free-kick proved to be Trinity's only consolation.  Daniel Bell, Richard Nolan and Damien Jenkinson scored the goals for Leeds Independent.

Team:  Ackroyd; Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Williams, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, McKeown, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Curran (for Williams), Martin (for Turner), O'Donnell (for Higgins)

League

Trinity II 1 Commonside 5

Despite taking an early lead through a Neil Higgins penalty Trinity went down 5-1 at home to Commonside.  Goals from James Goodall (two), Carlton Whiteley, John McNamara and Barry Worthington earned Commonside their victory.

Team:  Smith; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Barton, Higgins, Holloway, McKeown, Yates, Turner

Subs:  Bygrave (for Barton)

Hancock Cup

Trinity II 0 Wortley II 2

A goal in each half saw Trinity II knocked out of the Hancock Cup.  Though they had their chances Trinity couldn't penetrate the Wortley defence as they went down 2-0.

Team:  Smith; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Curran, Higgins, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Holloway (for Higgins), Yates (for Martin), Barton (for Curran)

League

Trinity II 2 Carlton Athletic 3

Colin Buckle rifled in an excellent free-kick but Trinity II lost at home to Carlton Athletic.  Richard Lambert scored Trinity's other goal in the 3-2 defeat.

Trinity took an early lead from a free-kick just outside the Carlton area.  Lambert laid the ball on for Buckle who smashed the ball into the roof of the net to make it 1-0.  Carlton equalised before half-time through Craig Hewitt. He beat three defenders before placing the ball past Trinity keeper Smith, to make it 1-1. 

In the second half Carlton took the lead, when Hewitt grabbed his second to make it 2-1.  Lambert levelled the score for Trinity.  His superb strike from the edge of the area made it 2-2. With twenty minutes to go Carlton were awarded a penalty.  Up stepped Hewitt to complete his hat trick and make the score 3-2.  For the rest of the game Trinity tried to probe their way through the Carlton defence but they held on to secure a 3-2 victory.

Team:  Smith; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Curran, Higgins, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Holloway (for Curran), McKeown (for Martin), Barton (for Buckle)

Leeds & District Cup

Trinity II 3 East Leeds Trinity 4 (after extra time)

A last minute winner in extra time was the difference between the two Trinity teams.  Unfortunately it was East Leeds Trinity that scored it to win a fantastic cup tie 4-3, to progress into the next round of the Leeds & District Cup.

Greg Turner opened the scoring for Trinity in the first half, with the aid of a slight deflection to make the score 1-0.  John Hobbs increased Trinity's lead, turning in the area before shooting low past the keeper to make it 2-0.  East Leeds Trinity cut their deficit before half-time.  A corner was volleyed in by the unmarked Pete Bradley, to make it 2-1.

With ten minutes of the second half remaining East Leeds Trinity grabbed an equaliser.   A Rob Smith clearance struck the backside of Colin Buckle and went into the path of forward Kean Varley, who had the simple chance of putting the ball into the unguarded net.  2-2 at the end of normal time.

A lob from Varley put East Leeds Trinity 3-2 up in extra time.  Trinity equalised through Neil Higgins.  His finish following a goal mouth scramble made the score 3-3.  With the minute of extra time to go East Leeds Trinity grabbed their winner through Varley.  He broke through the Trinity defence, clipping the ball over Smith to get his hat-trick and more importantly the winning goal.  4-3 to East Leeds Trinity and heartbreak for Trinity II.

Team:  Smith; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, McIntyre, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Curran (for Holloway), Yates (for Martin), Barton (for Buckle)

Hancock Cup

Trinity II 4 Heckmondwike II 1

Greg Turner grabbed two goals as Trinity II progressed to the next round of the Hancock Cup with a 4-1 victory over Heckmondwike II.  John Hobbs and Richard Lambert added the other two goals as Trinity made it to the next round.   Full match report to follow.

Team:  Yates; McIntyre, Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Williams, Higgins, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Curran (for Williams), Holloway (for Higgins), Barton (for Turner)

League

Commonside 3 Trinity II 1

Neil Higgins scored a consolation penalty as Trinity II went down 3-1 to Commonside.  Full match report to follow.

Team:  Smith; Williams, Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Holloway, Higgins, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Jones (for Holloway), Kissane (for Martin)

League

Trinity II 2 Gildersome Spurs II 2

Greg Turner scored a first half goal to give Trinity a 1-0 lead.  Top of the table Gildersome equalised before half-time and then scored early in the second half to make it 2-1.  Richard Lambert equalised to make the score 2-2 .  Full match report to follow.

Team:  Smith; McIntyre, Connolly, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Curran, Williams, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Kissane (for Curran)

League

Agnes Stewart 0 Trinity II 4

Trinity started their season with an emphatic 4-0 destruction of Agnes Stewart.   If they had been looking a bit sluggish in pre-season that wasn’t evident here as they came flying out of the blocks and did not give their opponents a second to settle.  In the first ten minutes alone Trinity II could have been three up with only a combination of good goalkeeping and bad luck keeping them out.  

Fifteen minutes into the game and the inevitable happened.  A throwing from the left reached Greg Turner, who laid the ball off for Richard Lambert.  Lambert found John Hobbs on the penalty spot unmarked.  He turned and directed the ball into the bottom with a skilfully executed finish to make it 1-0 Trinity.  Trinity II regained possession straight from the kick off and continued their bombardment of the Agnes Stewart defence.  Man of the match Gareth Curran was terrorising the opposition and it seemed like only a matter of time before Trinity II would score again. The goal was not long in coming.  Turner broke through on the left wing and on entering the area he drilled a hard low ball across the goal where Curran was running in.  Curran composed himself well to slot home from a tight angle to make it 2-0.  After the restart Agnes Stewart enjoyed their first bit of possession in Trinity’s half.  However, they never really looked liked breaking down a strong Trinity II defence and Field in goal never looked troubled.  It was from an Agnes Stewart attack that Trinity II scored their third.  An attacking move was broken down and a quick Trinity II break put the ball through a disorganised defence.  Turner took advantage of the mix up running clean through with ample time to pick his spot and put the game beyond any serious doubt.  Just before half time Williams replaced Connolly who had picked up a strain.  

The second half started with Agnes Stewart putting Trinity II under pressure.  However, this was short lived when Trinity II picked up the ball in their own half and tore the Agnes Stewart defence apart with a sweeping move which involved nearly every player of the midfield and attack.  The move was finished off sweetly with Lambert heading home a glorious cross from Martin.  Yates replaced Turner soon after and Trinity II continued to dominate the game.  Agnes Stewart did come close once, but Field made an outstanding save, diving and turning a long range effort around the post.  Yates almost managed to grab one for himself near the end after forcing his way through, but his well driven shot went agonisingly wide.   This was a great start to the new campaign for Trinity II, though it is unlikely that they will meet a team as weak as Agnes Stewart again this season.

Team:  Field; Connolly, Clubbs, Buckle, O'Hanrahan, Curran, Higgins, Lambert, Martin, Hobbs, Turner

Subs:  Williams (for Connolly), Yates (for Turner)

Pre-season Friendlies

Gildersome II 2 Trinity II 1
Trinity II 4 Leeds City II 2
Trinity II 1 Grangefield 1
Trinity 5 Trinity II 0

Richard Lambert scored the only goal as Trinity II lost 2-1 to Gildersome II in their first pre-season friendly.  He also scored in the 4-2 victory over Leeds City II that followed.  John Hobbs, with two, and Neil Higgins grabbed the other goals in that game.  Honours were shared with Division Three side Grangefield in the next game.  Jamie Connolly scored the only goal in a 1-1 draw.  Then in their last pre-season game they were defeated 5-0 by the Trinity first team.