Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 20 March 2021 (kick off: 5.30 PM)

Venue: Milltown

Attendance: BCD

Referee: Tim Marshall

Warrenpoint Town home-team
2 FT 2
away-team Ballymena United
  •   Adam Carroll 32'
  •   Brandon Doyle 85'
  •   Shay McCartan 55'
  •   Ryan Waide 87'
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Ryan Waide's late goal earned a point for Ballymena ©Declan Roughan/PressEye

WARRENPOINT AND BALLYMENA INSEPARABLE AT MILLTOWN

For the second time this week Warrenpoint Town and Ballymena United couldn't be separated at Milltown.

Following a draw between the sides on Tuesday night they repeated the feat in the Saturday evening streamed game.

Ballymena might have moved in front midway through the first half through Conor Keeley who was presented with a chance inside the six yard box but his effort took a slight deflection before going wide.

And David Jeffrey's men squandered a gilt-edged opportunity just after the half-hour mark. Jude Winchester won a penalty after Ben Mullen was adjudged to have impeded him in the box but Paul McElroy could only look on as his tame spot-kick was comfortably saved by Gabriel Sava.

The 'Point keeper then immediately initiated a counter-attack which saw the ball eventually fall for Adam Carroll in front of goal and the Linfield loanee duly fired his side into the lead.

Indeed, Carroll might have doubled Warrenpoint's advantage on a couple of occasions after that but Ballymena had a chance to level just before the break but Sava saved well from McElroy.

However, the visitors did equalise ten minutes into the second half. McElroy did well to run and cross down the left flank for Ryan Waide but his fluffed touch fell for Shay McCartan who wasted no time in firing into the roof of the net.

Warrenpoint thought they had secured the win with just five minutes to go when substitute Brandon Doyle got the better of both Ross Redman and Keeley to beat Jordan Williamson.

But, just a couple of minutes after that, Waide struck to ensure an equal share of the spoils for Ballymena with his first goal for the club.

Warrenpoint Town: Sava, Ball, Dillon, O'Connor, O'Sullivan, McCaffrey, Gallagher, Carroll, Mullen, Wallace, Evans subs Coleman (not used), McVeigh (replaced Evans 71), Swan (not used), Cowan (not used), Hutchinson (not used), Doyle (replaced O'Connor 59), Forsythe (replaced O'Sullivan 84)
 
Ballymena United: Williamson, Redman, Winchester, McElroy, McCartan, Waide, Hume, Keeley, Kelly, Graham, Wylie subs Glendinning (not used), T. Kane (not used), McKeown (not used), Harpur (not used), Ervin (replaced Graham 27), Beattie (not used), McCready (replaced Wylie 88)

  • FULL TIME
    Warrenpoint Town   2 - 2 Ballymena United
  •  Yellow Card

    Kealan Dillon

    Dungannon Swifts

    89'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Wylie

    Portadown

    88'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe McCready

    Limavady United

    88'
  • GOAL

    Ryan Waide

    Loughgall

    87'
  • GOAL

    Brandon Doyle

    H&W Welders

    85'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Alan O'Sullivan

    Players

    84'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    David Forsythe

    Players

    84'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jude Winchester

    Players

    72'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Adam Evans

    Players

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Dermot McVeigh

    Players

    71'
  •  Yellow Card

    Francis McCaffrey

    Newry City

    67'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jake O'Connor

    Players

    59'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Brandon Doyle

    H&W Welders

    59'
  • GOAL

    Shay McCartan

    Portadown

    55'
  • GOAL

    Adam Carroll

    Newry City

    32'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Sean Graham

    Larne

    27'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jim Ervin

    Players

    27'

Warrenpoint Town

  • Gabriel Sava
  • Steven Ball
  • Kealan Dillon 89'
  • Jake O'Connor red substitution 59'
  • Alan O'Sullivan red substitution 84'
  • Francis McCaffrey 67'
  • Luke Gallagher
  • Adam Carroll 32'
  • Ben Mullen
  • Danny Wallace
  • Adam Evans red substitution 71'

Substitutes

  • Andy Coleman
  • Dermot McVeigh green substitution 71'
  • Ryan Swan
  • Kris Cowan
  • Stuart Hutchinson
  • Brandon Doyle green substitution 59' 85'
  • David Forsythe green substitution 84'

Ballymena United

  • Jordan Williamson
  • Ross Redman
  • Jude Winchester 72'
  • Paul McElroy
  • Shay McCartan 55'
  • Ryan Waide 87'
  • Trai Hume
  • Conor Keeley
  • Joshua Kelly
  • Sean Graham red substitution 27'
  • Ben Wylie red substitution 88'

Substitutes

  • Ross Glendinning
  • Tony Kane
  • Owen McKeown
  • Ryan Harpur
  • Jim Ervin green substitution 27'
  • Spencer Beattie
  • Joe McCready green substitution 88'

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Ballymena United

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