The Star ended the season in style with a comfortable 3-0 victory over West Belfast side Ford in Twinbrooke on Thursday. With a few key players missing such as Devenny, O'Reilly, Nellis, Sean and Paul Brown and also manager Hawkins who was away on holiday to Portugal it was left up to his assistant Sean Brown to take the reigns. Eager to keep their winning streak intact the Star started the brighter and took the lead as early as the 5th minute when Barry McKervy broke clear of the Ford defence and fired the ball past the keeper to give the Star super start. Both sides tried to keep the ball on the deck but it was the Star who looked more dangerous and the most likely to score and that they did when Braniff put McKervy through to round the keeper and slot the ball home to double the Star's lead. Any attack that Ford tried to put together was well snuffed out by the Star's defence with Burns marshaling his troops brilliantly infact for the first time in years the Star have the best defencive record in the Amateur league only conceding 19 goals in 22 games. Just before the break Micky Keenan put the game well beyond the home side when he rose highest from a McKervy free to nod the ball home to make it 3-0.

H/T 3-0

The home side started the brighter in the opening stages of the second half and put the Star on the back foot. Thompson in goal was forced into an outstanding one handed save when the ball took a wicked deflection from a free-kick at the edge of the area with the always alert McAlea quickest to the rebound to send the ball out for a corner. Just as the Star started to impose themselves on the game again a torrential rain and hail storm made the game imposable to play so the referee blew the game up with 25 minute still to play as both sides didn't mind seeing there was nothing really to play for.

Team: Thompson, McCoey, Keenan, Burns, McAlea, Cairns, Reid, Braniff, McConnall, Mooney, McKervy

Subs: McNally, Hamilton

The Crumlin Star football committee would like to congratulate Paul Brown on making the Amateur League select side to face a Scottish select team in Edinburgh. After a super season with 44 goals to his name it was great to see him rewarded for his outstanding effort.