Saturday 6
September 2.30pm Kick off at Riada Stadium
Ballymoney United 6 - 1 Dunaghy
The
much anticipated local derby got of to a flying start when Gareth
McLaughlin intercepted a poor back pass in the Dunaghy defence to
open the scoring in the first minute.
Dunaghy settled after this early setback and tried to unsettle
United but Ballymoney kept their heads and played possession
football however in the eighth minute Blair broke down the right and
fired in a great cross for Nicholl to head into the Ballymoney goal
for the equaliser.
Ballymoney quickly regained their composure and immediately brought
a great save from McVicker in the visitor’s goal pushing a Surgenor
shot on to the crossbar and again McVicker saved from Burnside who
should have scored from the rebound.
In the twenty second minute Gillan overlapped and put a great cross
in to McLaughlin who deftly flicked the ball over Gault and calmly
side footed past McVicker for his and Ballymoney's second.
Both teams had periods of possession with Christie working hard in
midfield for Dunaghy but again it was Ballymoney who created the
chances when in the thirty fifth minute O’Kane brought a good save
out of McVicker. Burnside squandered an easy chance just before half
time.
Ballymoney started the second half as they had
started the first with McLaughlin completing his hat trick with a
twenty yard screamer on forty seven minutes. It was all Ballymoney
at this stage and McKinney rattled the post on forty nine minutes
with McVicker well beaten.
It was backs against the wall for the Dunaghy defence with McDowell,
Gault and Small all having very good games keeping Ballymoney at
bay.
On the hour Brady missed an easy chance hitting the ball straight
into the keeper’s arms. Hogg broke down the right rounded Elder and
unselfishly passed to McQuitty whose shot was saved by McVicker and
crossed by McQuitty from the rebound to McLaughlin who made no
mistake for his and Ballymoney's fourth goal on seventy minutes.
There was no stopping the in form McLaughlin when on eighty minutes
he unleashed a fierce shot from twenty five yards into the roof of
the net giving McVicker no chance for his fifth goal of the game.
Ballymoney continued to attack and Brady scored Ballymoney's sixth
from a twenty yard free kick on eighty five minutes.
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