Sat 15 Jan : Lower Maze 2 Newhill 1 ( Tariq Berry 2 )

Lower Maze took the honours in a hard fought match against Newhill at the Bog Rd . Not much has seperated these two sides in the previous meetings this season and that was again to prove the story . Maze took the lead with a ferious shot by Tariq Berry early on and maintained most of the possesion with the wind behind them in the first half . The second half saw Newhill challenge Maze more and they got there equalizer, Both teams had chances with Mazes Pierce Hughes just shooting wide and also coming close with a near post header. With about 5 minutes to play Adam Crooks quick footed the Newhill defence with a back heel to be brought down for a penalty . As in the shield final Tariq Berry kept his cool and slotted home from the spot . this could prove to be an important result  come the end of the season .

Sat 01 Jan : Lisburn Shield Final : Newhill 2 Lower Maze 4 ( Tariq Berry 3, Adam Crooks )

New years day 2011 will be remembered as the day Lower Maze junior FC collected their first trophy. It was a fitting end to the day which had started with a minutes silence in memory of Dylan Livingstone who as a player of this very side passed away recently,always in our thoughts this one is for you big Dylan.

Maze came up against a Newhill side that where currently undeafeted this season , a very strong and physical Newhill team that took the game to Maze from the start and had the better possesion in the first half without creating much in way of chances , down to an excellent centre back pairing of jack snoddy and ryan scorer , with Owen Bradford also putting in arguably his best performance in a Maze Shirt. Mid way through the first half Maze began to keep the ball and play the way they can and it was Tariq Berry in a fine bout of form that broke the deadlock, recieving the ball with his back to goal , holding off the Newhill defenders before spining to fire off his shot into the corner of the goal.  half time 1-0

Maze started the second half poorly when straight from kick off Newhill broke down the left and what seemed like a harmless cross was misjudged to be going wide by Rhys Clougherty in the Maze goal slipped in . The game went end to end at this point with both defences playing well but it was Maze who regained the lead when Newhill gave away a needless penalty . With Jamie Kidd breaking into the Penalty area but the ball running aimlessly to the goalkeeper only for the Newhill defender to push Kidd over . Tariq Berry firing home from the spot.

Tariq Berry sealed his hat trick and his 24th goal of the season with Lower Mazes third as a through ball from the hard working Jamie Kidd , Tariq then beat two Newhill defenders before firing the ball home .

With only minutes left Newhill pulled a goal back which they then built upon that initiative, with the referee then adding on 7 minutes due to substiutions etc the pressure was on . Newhill even managed to hit the post before the loose ball was then cleared by Ryan Scorer. As Maze broke it was Adam Crooks who finally put the game beyond Newhill . Well done to all the boys it was a great team effort from a squad not just a starting eleven that can hopefully build on this achievement .

Sat 11 Dec : shield semi final  Lower Maze 6 Shankill 3 (Tariq Berry 3, Jamie Kidd, Lee Parker, Josh Gibson )

Lower Maze under 13s qualified for their first ever final in their short time as a club after a competetive and at times heated match against shankill at the bog rd last weekend . Shankill seemed the more up for this match in the first half and had most of the early chances , however against the run of play Maze took the lead when Jamie Kidd latched on to a through ball and calmly rounded the keeper to pass the ball into the net . Maze extended their lead when a cross by Adam Crooks was headed in by Tariq Berry. Instead of taking control of the game at this stage a penalty was to get shankill back into the match , and storming back they came , with maze heads dropping shankill equalized and then took the lead with an outstanding free kick that  the Maze keeper could do nothing about. Half time couldnt come quick enough for Lower Maze and this was definetly to be a game of two halves . Tariq Berry equalised for Maze with his second goal of the game and this put Lower Maze in the driving seat , Jamie Kidd who had an excellent performance in the Maze midfield beat 3 shankill defenders and fired a cross the box for Tariq Berry to complete his hat trick with a tap in . Tackles where flying in from both teams and at times the pressure of the occassion was showing on both sides ,but the referee had a good hold of the game and let things flow. A Jake McKee cross was struck home by Lee Parker as maze made it 5-3. Jamie Kidd continued to make darting runs and as challenges came in ,probably should have had a penalty if he had gone down but he kept on his feet and squared for Crooks to get a shot . Josh Gibson completed the scoring for Lower Maze as his shot from out on the left went in off the post. A great match by both teams , hard fought and passionate.   Lower Mazes joy was to be short lived with the sad news of young Dylan Livingstone , The Commitee and players are saddened by the news that Dylan who played for the under 13 team has passed away after a battle with cancer . Our thoughts and prayers are with Dylans family at this sad time.

Sat 20 Nov : Banbridge 1 Lower Maze 1 ( Tariq Berry )

Sat 13 Nov : Ballymena 2 Lower Maze 4 _{( Lee Parker 2, Jack Snoddy , Josh Gibson )}

Sat 6 Nov : Ballymena 2 Lower Maze 2 ( maze win 3-2 aet ) ( Tariq berry 2, Adam Crooks )

Sat 2 Oct : Lower Maze 0 Lurgan 2

Sat 25 Sept : Lower Maze 14  Lower Maze Youth 1 : ( Jake Mckee 3, Adam Crooks 3, Josh Gibson 3, Andrew Crooks 2, Tariq Berry 2, Pierce Hughes )

Wed 22 Sept : Lower Maze 2 Hillsborough Boys 1 ( Tariq Berry 2 )

Sat 18 Sept : Lower Maze 3 Sunnyside 0 : ( Lee Parker 2 , Tariq Berry ) 

Wed 15 Sept : Lower Maze 4 Glentoran 1 ( Pierce Hughes 2, Adam Crooks, Lee Parker )

 A busy week with 2 matches and 2 good wins seen Lower Maze move to pole position in the lisburn junior invitational u13 league, although having played a game more . First up saw Glentoran come to the Bog Rd on Wednesday night . Lower Maze had most of the possesion in a flowing first half and towards the end of the half seen an onslaught onto the Glentoran goal with chance after chance being created . Josh Gibson , Pierce Hughes both having chances and Tariq berry forcing a great save out of the Glentoran keeper before Pierce finally broke the deadlock after being put through by Tariq Berry to calmly place the ball past the outcoming goalkeeper . In the second half Maze resumed where they left off with Pierce Hughes scoring his second of the game, and Adam crooks firing home from outside the box. Glentoran managed to pull a goal back only to see Lower Maze kill the match off with Lee Parker scoring almost immeadiately.

Saturday seen an almost identical type of game as Lower Maze swept aside Sunnyside at a rain swept Moira. The tone of the match was set right from kick off with Jake McKee breaking through only to see his effort go over the bar. Lower Maze passing was as good as has been in any match and the chances kept being created. finally the break through Maze required with Lee Parker scoring from otside the box. Sunnyside kept trying and played some good football themselves but with out causing ryan scorer, scott magill, owen bradford and jack snoddy many problems in the Maze defence. The second half and again Lower Maze continued to create and as a great pass found Pierce Hughes out on the left and he drilled a cross through the box for Tariq Berry to force home with his chest . A further long range effort from Lee Parker , his fifth of the season secured the win .

Sat 11 Sept : Lower Maze 7 Loughgall 3 ( Josh Gibson 2, Pierce Hughes, Lee Parker, Matthew Dick, Adam Crooks 2 ) : report unavailable

Sept : Dromara 0 Lower Maze 5 ( Josh Gibson, Jake McKee, Adam Crooks, Lee Parker, Tariq Berry ) : report unavailable

Sat 3 Sept : Newhill 3 Lower Maze 2  ( Pierce Hughes, Jake McKee )

  The Lisburn Junior Invitational league kicked off last Saturday , With Lower Maze FC taking on league new comers Newhill. Lower Maze ,hoping to continue on the good form that seen them finish third in the league last year , knew they would be in for a tough game having previously played the West Belfast team in the recent Valley Cup 7 a sides .

Despite having most of the early possesion and creating some good chances Lower Maze failed to make it count , with chances coming close from Josh Gibson , Adam Crooks and Pierce Hughes. Newhill worked hard and after a mistake in the Maze defence allowed the Newhill striker to break quickly down the right and fire home from the edge of the box . Maze continued to press and and a looping ball into the box saw Pierce Hughes pull away from the defender to score a rare header. Owen Bradford came close  to giving Maze the lead when a short corner was controlled and then struck the post.

Both teams played good football and Lower Maze took the lead when Jake McKee latched onto a through ball and drilled home a fatastic shot from outside the box . Lower Maze joy was to be short lived as Newhill equalised when awarded a free kick from all of 30 yards and it was hit superbly into the top corner of the Maze goal . With 7 minutes remaining Newhill snatched victory with another well taken goal . Lower Maze battled to the end and could have had an equaliser when Jack Snoddy hit the post . A great game of football for the Lisburn League , a good result for Newhill and Lower Maze left to rue chances missed.

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