Match Centre

Championship
Saturday 31 August 2024 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Holm Park

Referee: Glenn Buchanan

Armagh City home-team
4 FT 1
away-team Ards
  •   Igor Rutkowski 45'
  •   Dermot McCaffrey 50'
  •   Ugochukwu Anny-Nzekwue 84'
  •   Noeem Oladunjoye 90'
  •   Aidan Steele 44'
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Armagh City goalscorers

EAGLES POWER PAST ARDS

Armagh City came from behind to power to a 4-1 defeat of Ards at Holm Park.

The visitors might have moved in front just after the half-hour mark but Zach Barr could only hit the post from close range before turning the rebound over the bar.

But Aidan Steele did give Ards the lead on 44 minutes after knocking home an Eamon Scannell cross, but Igor Rutkowski levelled in first half stoppage time to ensure the sides went in at the break on an equal footing.

Dermot McCaffrey edged the Eagles in front early in the second half from a free-kick, and that was how it stayed until the closing moments when Ugo Anny-Nzekwue fired home a third from a narrow angle.

And Anny-Nzekwue turned provider not long after that for Noeem Oladunjoye to make sure Shea Campbellā€™s side claimed the points.

Armagh City: Byrne, Montgomery, Conway, C. Mullen, Rutkowski, Clarke, McConnell, McCaffrey, Oladunjoye, McCann, B. Mullen subs King, Reilly, Doogan-Ballantine, Anny-Nzekwue, Okaidja, Coogan, Mbuli

Ards: Matthews, Maxwell, Ruddy, E. Scannell, Barr, Dobbin, McCart, Simpson, Steele, C. Scannell, Carson subs Gibbons, McAvoy, Cafolla, Deane, Newell, Tipton, Quinn

  • FULL TIME
    Armagh City   4 - 1 Ards
  • GOAL

    Noeem Oladunjoye

    Armagh City

    90'
  •  Yellow Card

    Zach Barr

    Ards

    86'
  • GOAL

    Ugochukwu Anny-Nzekwue

    Armagh City

    84'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Conor Mullen

    Armagh City

    82'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Mark Mbuli

    Armagh City

    82'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Dale Montgomery

    Armagh City

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Aaron Coogan

    Armagh City

    77'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Conor Scannell

    Ards

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Corai Quinn

    Ards

    77'
  •  Yellow Card

    Anton Reilly

    Armagh City

    74'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shea Conway

    Armagh City

    69'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jack Clarke

    Armagh City

    69'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan King

    Armagh City

    69'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Anton Reilly

    Armagh City

    69'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Mark Carson

    Ards

    63'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Lee Newell

    Ards

    63'
  • GOAL

    Dermot McCaffrey

    Armagh City

    50'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Marc McConnell

    Armagh City

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ugochukwu Anny-Nzekwue

    Armagh City

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ciaran Dobbin

    Ards

    46'
  •  Yellow Card

    Aidan Steele

    Ards

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Patrick Cafolla

    Ards

    46'
  • GOAL

    Igor Rutkowski

    Armagh City

    45'
  • GOAL

    Aidan Steele

    Ards

    44'

Armagh City

  • Conner Byrne
  • Dale Montgomery red substitution 77'
  • Shea Conway red substitution 69'
  • Conor Mullen red substitution 82'
  • Igor Rutkowski 45'
  • Jack Clarke red substitution 69'
  • Marc McConnell red substitution 46'
  • Dermot McCaffrey 50'
  • Noeem Oladunjoye 90'
  • Scott McCann
  • Ben Mullen

Substitutes

  • Ugochukwu Anny-Nzekwue green substitution 46' 84'
  • Jordan King green substitution 69'
  • Anton Reilly 74' green substitution 69'
  • Ethan Doogan-Ballantine
  • Bradley Okaidja
  • Aaron Coogan green substitution 77'
  • Mark Mbuli green substitution 82'

Ards

  • Marc Matthews
  • Connor Maxwell
  • Michael Ruddy
  • Eamon Scannell
  • Zach Barr 86'
  • Ciaran Dobbin red substitution 46'
  • Odhran McCart
  • Ethan Simpson
  • Aidan Steele 46' 44'
  • Conor Scannell red substitution 77'
  • Mark Carson red substitution 63'

Substitutes

  • Darren Gibbons
  • Matthew McAvoy
  • Patrick Cafolla green substitution 46'
  • Bobby Deane
  • Lee Newell green substitution 63'
  • George Tipton
  • Corai Quinn green substitution 77'

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