BILLY ALLEN SHIELD         GREENWELL STAR F.C  5  V  0  HOLLYWOOD REC   Greenwell eased into the second round of the Billy Allen Shield after a great display against Hollywood Rec. with Daniel Orr claiming a hat-trick. The young centre forward who has started the season in fine form had his name on the scoresheet after 15 minutes when his strike partner Derek Watson set him up. Holywoods defence was finding the Greenwell forwards hard to mark and especially Orrs pace as he glided past them to put the home team two goals up at the half time break. Garth Daly then set up Watson early in the second half as he beat the offside trap and superbly put the ball over the keepers head as he came rushing out. Daly then scored his first of the season and the best of the game after neat play involving Stewarty Beattie and Dee McCullough as Daly blasted the ball into the top corner.  Scotty Crawford was then fouled in the box and the referee awarded a penalty and Daniel Orr calmy slotted the ball home for his 14th goal of the season. Manager Warren Patton was delighted for his young striker claiming a hat-trick and praised Garth Daly after a great performance.      

    First and foremost can I take this opportunity to say how much of an honour it was for me to both play and manage Greenwell Star FC.   At the start of the 2006/2007 season everyone knew there was a good feeling within the club but no one including myself was prepared or even dare to think what we were about to achieve.    From the first match of the season when Greenwell brushed aside Moat Park Rangers with an astounding 6-0 win in Londonderry Park, The result put the first team top of the league and that is where we remained for the duration of the footballing year.   That result on the 19th of August was the catalyst that in fact fired the east end Ards club to a record breaking season.. With 17 straight wins under our belt Greenwell suffered the first league defeat of the season to the old enemy Portavogie Rangers away from home. 3-1 Was the final score and although we could not manage the league program undefeated nothing was to deter us from league glory.    Greenwell clinched the league trophy on the 21st of April 2007 with an astonishing 15-0 victory away to 82nd old boys. We finished the season with stats of PL 26, W 21, D 2, L 3, Goals for 117  against 30.    While everyone within the club were celebrating my own attention turned to the Cup and Shield where both myself  and my assistant Marty Orr knew we were now capable of achieving something special.    In both finals we again were paired with Portavogie Rangers. First up was the Billy Allen Shield final and we came out on top with a narrow 2-1 win with goals from Jonny Heron and Steven McCormick. A week to the day later and this time it was the Sittlington Cup final. The boys were comfortable winners  Greenwell 4 Portavogie 1. This time the goal haul was, Heron 2, McCormick and Derek Watson.    The record was set and as Greenwell Star became the first Newtownards side to do The Treble a set of remarkable statistics were  as follows   in all competitions.            Played 36,  Won 31, Drawn  2, lost 3   Goals for 164  Goals against 38                                            Appearences                     GoalsCraig Robson                              19                                  1Redmond O'Neil                         24                                  2James Sproule                             28                                 17Ricky MIlligan                             22                                  1John Banford                               22                                  2Marty Orr                                    20                                  0Ryan Shaw                                   26                                  3Gareth Anderson                          23                                  8Daniel Ferguson                            26                                 11Steven McCormick                       29                                 32Jonny Heron                                  27                                 51Derek Watson                               23                                 28Marty Curry                                  18                                   2Kyle Anderson                              14                                   3Scott Crawford                             10                                    1   Anthony Cafolla                              9                                   1 Greenwell Star remain close to my heart and its the first result I look for on a Saturday.  YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF GREENWELL BUT YOU CANT TAKE GREENWELL OUT OF THE MAN.                             Peter Rainey