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guide me through. That is going to be vital for this set of young lads because the senior players are going to be so important. “And I have to say they’ve been fantastic so far.

“These are young lads who have come through the ranks of this club and love the club.

“Look at Zane on Saturday. He’s 16 and was a bit nervous given some of the names in that Crewe team but he settled in, scored one and had another disallowed and they struggled to handle him.

“We’re getting great numbers in training and there seems to be a different buzz about the club at the minute.

“It’s not the club I left but we know it’s going to be a process and if we all pull together we will get there.

“On Saturday we were 2-1 at halftime and scored a quick goal and then had one disallowed to go 3-3.

“They just pulled away in the end which you would probably expect given their quality.

“But it was a very encouraging performance by our young lads who did really well again.

“Our objective is simply to do as well as we possibly can this season and then keep trying to build and build.” THE title of game of the day in Mid-ulster on Saturday comes down to a straight fight between two nine-goal thrillers.

At Seagoe, the hosts made Rectory Rangers battle with every ounce of strength they had – a Cunningham hat-trick and goals by Elliott and Diven eventually seeing them over the line by five goals to four.

That was the same scoreline in Fivemiletown as the home side progressed to the second round of the Premier Cup.

Windmill Stars pushed them all the way, of course, but two by Davy Fulton, one by Mark Mulligan, another by Davy Masterson and a final decisive effort by Davy Little sent Town through to meet Hanover in round two.

YOUNG GUNSTwo of Rovers’ up-and-coming stars Daniel Mccallen and Ryan Faulkner (left) TEENAGE KICKS 16-year-old Zane Brown closes down Crewe United opponent Ronan Brannigan RAY OF LIGHT Tandragee Rovers’ Raymond Harper and Crewe’s Matthew Robinson battle for the ball HILL STREET led the way on what was, generally speaking, a good day in the Junior Cup for Mid-ulster sides on Saturday.Strikes by Gardiner and Harrison helped Street past Newtownbreda at the Junior High.Ballyoran joined them in round two after they won 6-4 at Islandmagee Reserves while Goodyear won at Ballybogey, Hillsborough Boys thrashed Craigavon City Reserves 10-1 and Scarva, Gilford Crues and Derryhirk also progressed.In the Marshall Cup, Ballymacash Rangers beat Camlough 2-0 in Lisburn while Bourneview Mill won by the same margin at home to Armagh Rovers.