Match Centre

Championship
Saturday 21 January 2023 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Blanchflower Stadium

Referee: Ryan Hanna

H&W Welders home-team
5 FT 1
away-team Ballyclare Comrades
  •   Michael McLellan 8' 70'
  •   Matthew Ferguson 42' 59'
  •   James McClay 90+2'
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Matthew Ferguson and Michael McLellan scored two goals apiece for the Welders ©Paul Harvey

FIVE STAR WELDERS THUMP BALLYCLARE

HW Welders turned in a five-star performance to sweep to victory over Ballyclare Comrades at the Blanchflower Stadium.

Michael McLellan opened the scoring after just eight minutes with a free-kick that deflected past keeper Declan Breen.

Matthew Ferguson added a second three minutes before half-time with an unmarked header at the back post from a McLellan cross.

The visitors pulled a goal back early in the second half after a Calvin McCurry ball into the box came off Welders defender James McCarthy.

Ferguson restored the Welders' two-goal advantage just before the hour from close range after another McLellan cross, before McLellan himself bagged his second of the afternoon with a crisp finish from just inside the box.

Daniel McClay then completed the scoring in stoppage time into the corner of the net from just outside the box.

HW Welders: Argyrides, Patterson, McCarthy, Byers, Owens, Kinner, McClay, Harris, Ferguson, McLellan, Frazer subs Toman, Akassou, McMurray, Grattan, Kee, Rainey, Ayari

Ballyclare Comrades: Breen, McGuinness, McConville, Hassin, McCurry, Roohi, Fletcher, Higgins, McMurtry, Adair, Farren subs Mather, Ramsey, Tully, Wylie, Gray, Leetch, Donnelly

  • FULL TIME
    H&W Welders   5 - 1 Ballyclare Comrades
  •  Yellow Card

    Harry Adair

    Players

    90+3'
  • GOAL

    James McClay

    Institute

    90+2'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Calvin McCurry

    Ballymena United

    84'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Michael Leetch

    Ballyclare Comrades

    84'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Bobby Higgins

    Knockbreda

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Harry Wylie

    Players

    77'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Lewis Patterson

    H&W Welders

    72'
  •  Yellow Card

    Michael McLellan

    Dundela

    72'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Michael McLellan

    Dundela

    72'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Liam Toman

    Ballymacash Rangers

    72'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Harry Rainey

    H&W Welders

    72'
  • GOAL

    Michael McLellan

    Dundela

    70'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Alan McMurtry

    Ballyclare Comrades

    68'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe Tully

    Lisburn Distillery

    68'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jack Kinner

    Lisburn Distillery

    59'
  • GOAL

    Matthew Ferguson

    Bangor

    59'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Justin Grattan

    Lisburn Distillery

    59'
  •  Yellow Card

    Lewis Patterson

    H&W Welders

    53'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jonathan Frazer

    Dundela

    50'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Joshua Kee

    H&W Welders

    50'
  • OWN GOAL

    James McCarthy

    H&W Welders

    48'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Darius Roohi

    Ballyclare Comrades

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Gary Donnelly

    Ards

    46'
  •  Yellow Card

    Craig Harris

    H&W Welders

    45'
  • GOAL

    Matthew Ferguson

    Bangor

    42'
  •  Yellow Card

    Liam Hassin

    Ballyclare Comrades

    12'
  • GOAL

    Michael McLellan

    Dundela

    8'
  •  Yellow Card

    Caomhan McGuinness

    Bangor

    7'

H&W Welders

  • Michael Argyrides
  • Lewis Patterson 53' red substitution 72'
  • James McCarthy 48' (OG)
  • Callum Byers
  • Kyle Owens
  • Jack Kinner red substitution 59'
  • Craig Harris 45'
  • Michael McLellan 72' red substitution 72' 8' 70'
  • Matthew Ferguson 42' 59'
  • Jonathan Frazer red substitution 50'
  • James McClay 90+2'

Substitutes

  • Liam Toman green substitution 72'
  • Eric Akassou
  • Daniel McMurray
  • Justin Grattan green substitution 59'
  • Joshua Kee green substitution 50'
  • Harry Rainey green substitution 72'
  • Mohamed Ayari

Ballyclare Comrades

  • Declan Breen
  • Caomhan McGuinness 7'
  • Owen McConville
  • Ian Fletcher
  • Liam Hassin 12'
  • Calvin McCurry red substitution 84'
  • Darius Roohi red substitution 46'
  • Bobby Higgins red substitution 77'
  • Alan McMurtry red substitution 68'
  • Harry Adair 90+3'
  • Cathal Farren

Substitutes

  • Robbie Mather
  • Chris Ramsey
  • Joe Tully green substitution 68'
  • Harry Wylie green substitution 77'
  • Jack Gray
  • Michael Leetch green substitution 84'
  • Gary Donnelly green substitution 46'

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