Welcome to Gambler&#039;s End - the home of Sporting Lisburn

The Press' View

Irish Cup 3rd Round Draw

Sporting Lisburn (NI2) vs Fivemiletown

Robert_296 · March 22, 2008

Didn't play

DodgeeD · March 22, 2008

Got plenty of game time despite starting on the bench

Only got a rating of 6

Held my nerve in the shootout

Glad we made it to the next round

wisla_krakow · March 22, 2008

Sporting Lisburn thrash Dergview in easy victory

Northern Irish 2nd Division - 30.10.07

The Press' View

Robert_296 · March 22, 2008

Got a start but got a 5 and was subbed after 68 mins

DodgeeD · March 22, 2008

A goal and a rating of 8 Great stuff!

Any interest being shown in any of our players yet?

wisla_krakow · March 22, 2008

There isn't, mainly because everyone's reputation is 50!

BenArsenal · March 22, 2008

Excellent.

birdy123 · March 23, 2008

Hattrick and MoM against Dergview

Blackcats · March 23, 2008

Got sent off in the first match sorry lads.

DodgeeD · April 9, 2008

Is this still going? I was enjoying this one.

wisla_krakow · April 9, 2008

It is, it's just finding the time right now in hindsight I chose a bad time to start the sign-up with exams coming up.

DodgeeD · April 9, 2008

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wisla_krakow:

It is, it's just finding the time right now in hindsight I chose a bad time to start the sign-up with exams coming up. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good to hear. Good luck with the exams!

minisav · April 9, 2008

Yeah good luck. Thanks for telling us.

I know how it feels. 7 different subjects with at least 2 exams for each in the next 2 weeks for me

aaberdeenn · April 9, 2008

No problem mate, I've exams in 6 weeks.

Good luck with them.

wisla_krakow · May 19, 2008

I have not forgotten about this, updates SHALL return in a few weeks at least just hoping there will be enough around that are still following it, I've not exactly run this very well.

aaberdeenn · May 19, 2008

No upto your usual standards but what you've done has been good anyway.

Good to see it's going to be back.

Linfield Fc · May 19, 2008

theres already a team called Sporting Lisburn they're in the Mid Ulster 4th division i think

5ergio · May 19, 2008

I'm here too wisla. Still interested.

birdy123 · May 19, 2008

We're always around, mate...

Blackcats · May 19, 2008

I'm still interested

DodgeeD · May 20, 2008

Me too!

coldkohmew · May 20, 2008

I am Around...

NeoAC · May 20, 2008

It's better run then my signup was, mate.

I'm still watching.

wisla_krakow · May 21, 2008

Heh, didn't realise anyone had responded until today, good to see that the updates will be read I know my bad-start timing has ruined the sign-ups smooth running-ness (if that's a word?), but hopefully it can get up to much better standards again in a few weeks time.

wisla_krakow · May 21, 2008

Updates have returned .

Match Updates

Lisburn seal deserved cup victory with de Goal goal

Intermediate Cup 1st Round - 3.11.07

A good result for Lisburn, but the game was marred by Tom Healy being stretchered off with a serious looking injury. Sporting got the win late into the 2nd half, Ryan de Goal using his pace to get to the ball first, and slot home into the bottom right hand corner from the edge of the box.

Kinky kicks Ballymoney off the pitch

Northern Irish 2nd Division - 7.11.07

A deserved win for Sporting Lisburn, with Kinky Kingston going grabbing both. He twice dispossessed defenders and the keepr to slide home two goals.

Fivemiletown face long trip home after Lisburn cruise to win

Irish Cup 3rd Round - 10.11.07

An easy home win for Sporting Lisburn in yet another cup game, Robert Boyle starting it by scoring a 30-yard free-kick, before Joshua Tyler and Stuart Saville both headed home from corners.

Bleak prospect for Lisburn according to the media

Injury Report

3rd Nov '07: Tom Healy unfortunately broke his leg in Sporting's 1-0 win over Wellington Rec, and will be out for between 5 and 6 months.

Cup Draws

Intermediate Cup 2nd Round

Newcastle (NIR) vs Sporting Lisburn

wisla_krakow · May 22, 2008

Intermediate League Cup Final Build-Up

If you cast your minds back a few months, Sporting Lisburn defeated Ballyclare 4-1 in the Intermediate League Cup (not to be confused with the Intermediate Cup!) Semi-Final, and today they face 1st Division Ards in the final, a game in which Sporting are being written off as likely losers. The game takes place at Ballyclare's Dixon Park, which will host 4000 standing fans (and around 200 seated in the nice corporate area). It will be a fantastic day for Sporting Lisburn in their debut season in the Northern Irish 2nd Division, by playing in their first cup final in their history, and hopefully there will be many more to come.

Sporting miss two players for the game, with Bloodhound away on international duty, and Healy out with a broken leg.

Tough odds for Sporting

However, it will still be a historic day for the fans regardless of the result

Other News

Irish Cup 4th Round Draw

Sporting Lisburn vs Strabrane

International Call-Ups

Bertie Bloodhound has again been included in the Northern Irish U19 squad, this time to face their Danish and Spanish counterparts.

coldkohmew · May 22, 2008

Go Sporting Lisburn !!!

wisla_krakow · May 22, 2008

The Intermediate League Cup Final

Andrews the hero as Lisburn seal shoot-out victory

Intermediate League Cup Final - 14.11.07

Just less than 4000 fans crowded into Dixon Park this Wednesday evening, and as Gary Sharratt sent his penalty over the bar, over 2000 fans went into raptures and streamed onto the pitch. Why? Because his miss had given the Intermediate League Cup to Sporting Lisburn for the very first time, and their win was in no small part thanks to the contributions of their defence, mainly Ryan Andrews and Alex Drew.

The game began with Sporting in the ascendancy, with Drew heading over several chances from corners, and Kingston poking a few shots wide. But, the break came on 20 minutes, Ards failed to clear a corner which Drew slipped into Bennitto in the left corner of the pitch, and his low search cross looked to be finished by Kingston, but in fact it was Ards striker Ricky Billing who had got there first, and converted into his own net. Ards immediately fought back and enjoyed the majority of the highlights (despite what the stats say...), and they got an equaliser on the stroke of half-time, a looping ball being controlled by Billing between two defenders, and slotting home well.

The second half was a story of brilliant defending by the Lions of Lisburn, with Ryan Andrews making 2 top-class saves, and Alex Drew winning every header and tackle that came at him. Lisburn also had their chances, but noteable Birdy Dos Santos fired over. The 90 minutes were ended, and after a non-event extra-time, the game went to penalties.

Lisburn went into the penalties with 90% of their players having '1' for Penalty Taking, but they got a break as McBride fired high and wide. Drew, with the highest penalty taking stat of '13', stood up to try and put Lisburn ahead, but his tame penalty was saved. The Sporting Fans feared the worse as Newberry stood up to take the penalty, but Andrews pulled off a fantastic save low to his left. James Knowles calmly took the next penalty, and scored the first of the game low into the bottom right hand corner to make it 1-0. However, Ards immediately levelled it with Wilson putting the ball in a similar area. Pablo Gonzalez reinstated the lead, sneaking the ball just inside the left hand post. McKee looked confident to make it 2-2, but Ryan Andrews made another crucial save, meaning Birdy dos Santos could win the shootout for Lisburn. Unfortunately he blasted his penalty over the bar. Now, it was down to Sharratt of Ards to keep them in the shootout, but he fired over, sending the Lisburn players on a mad sprint towards their fans, and they celebrated their first cup victory long into the night, Andrews hailed the hero of the shoot-out.

"Ards penalised on penalties by Lisburn"

MASSIVE prize money

Manager Murphy hailed "the best around"

Board delight at cup win

It's about me, but always nice to get praise from other managers

There goes all the prize money

Whoopy D · May 22, 2008

Great to see this going again, sometimes Loic Philippens plays, sometimes he's captain, sometimes he doesn't play.

Gutted to miss the final

Great win for Sporting Lisburn

wisla_krakow · May 22, 2008

Match Updates

Sporting sweep Chimney away in efficient display

Northern Irish 2nd Division - 17.11.07

A strong display saw Sporting Lisburn brush past Chimney Corner today, with help to a MoM performance from Sneaky Ninja. Stuart Saville gave the Lions the lead with a headed corner, before Ninja lactched onto Burrow's long kick-out to fire home. He trickled in his 2nd and Sporting's 3rd on 53 mins which the keeper just couldn't reach in time, before Bobinho da Silva rose highest at the near post for a wide free-kick to head home a 4th.

Lisburn battle for tricky away win

Northern Irish 2nd Division - 21.11.07

With Ballinamallard Utd seeming to be the main contenders for promotion along with Sporting Lisburn, a victory on their own turf is vital, and that's exactly what the Lions did tonight. Birdy dos Santos had his shooting boots back on today, grabbing a double. He opened the scoring with a far post header after Ballinamallard failed to clear a corner, and Diego Polo added to the score with a 25-yarder into the top left corner. However, the home side looked threatening and got a goal back at the start of the second half, but dos Santos killed the game off with a good goal after latching onto a cross from Marinelli. The home team got a late consolation, but it changed nothing.

League table After 9 games

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| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts |

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| 1st | | Sporting Lisburn | | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 25 |

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| 2nd | | Ballinamallard Utd | | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 18 |

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| 3rd | | Chimney Corner | | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 14 |

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| 4th | | Dergview | | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 13 |

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| 5th | | Moyola Park | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 |

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| 6th | | QUB | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 12 |

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| 7th | | PSNI | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 12 |

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| 8th | | Wakehurst | | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 12 |

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| 9th | | Ballymoney Utd | | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 |

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| 10th | | Oxford Utd Stars | | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 8 |

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| 11th | | Annagh Utd | | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 7 |

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| 12th | | Brantwood | | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 3 |

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International News

Bertie Bloodhound recieved a booking as he played the whole 90 minutes in N. Ireland U19's 3-0 defeat to Spain U19s. He got a 6.

minisav · May 22, 2008

\o/ Its back

I scored!

Corner bug?

wisla_krakow · May 22, 2008

What? You've never seen a centre back score before!

I'm attempting to use the corner bug but it doesn't work as well for me as some people have suggested, but we should get a few goals from it.

minisav · May 22, 2008

I play patchless so they normally get disallowed

wisla_krakow · May 22, 2008

Match Updates

Lisburn furious at referee after penalty not given in shock Cup defeat

Intermediate Cup 2nd Round - 24.11.07

Sporting Lisburn were left astounded and angered after a 2-1 away defeat to non-leaguers Newcastle (NIR), and they claim that the referee's decision not to give a penalty for a blatent foul on Robert Boyle changed the game. A furious Connor Murphy spoke to SLtv tonight, telling us "I'm not at all happy with today's preceedings. Robert was clearly obstructed, the referee is 5 yards away, how did he not notice? Booking Robert aswell was just another stupid decision, but it was in keeping with his performance that game - the referee gave us nothing, I felt it was extremely harsh to send off Ryan de Goal (who recieved a red card for simulation), but these things happen, we didn't do anything after that until the game was already lost. I guess it's better luck next year for us". Murphy's complaints have been widely ignored by the FA, which increases weight to the belief that the referee had made the wrong decision.

So after a penalty appeal was turned down and de Goal sent off for diving, Newcastle dominated into a 2 goal lead, before Ninja hit back late on, racing clear from a long Da Silva ball to slide in from just outside the area.

FA Silent over Murphy criticism

Sporting easy to victory over poor Wakehurst

Northern Irish 2nd Division - 28.11.07

Sporting Lisburn cruised to an easy home victory, but if their finishing had been better they could have scored several more. After a half of pressure, Stuart Saville nodded them into the lead from close range (and a keeper error), with Birdy dos Santos sealing the result late on, clipping a shot over the keeper into the right corner.