Match Centre

Premiership
Monday 26 December 2022 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Seaview

Attendance: 3056

Referee: Lee Tavinder

Crusaders home-team
3 FT 0
away-team Cliftonville
  •   Paul Heatley 36'
  •   Jordan Owens 86'
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Celebrations at Seaview ©Stephen Hamilton/PressEye

CRUES CLAIM BOXING DAY BRAGGING RIGHTS

Crusaders swept to a three-goal victory over north Belfast neighbours in the big Boxing Day derby at Seaview.

The Crues might have moved in front with a little over ten minutes on the clock when Adam Lecky saw his rebound crash back off the crossbar after Nathan Gartside had saved his initial effort.

But, with a quarter-of-an-hour gone, they did seize the advantage after a Paul Heatley left-sided corner came off the back of defender Luke Turner whilst under pressure from Philip Lowry.

Cliftonville attempted to draw level through Joe Gormley and then Ronan Hale but both were kept out by some resolute defending.

However, the home side doubled their lead on 36 minutes when Heatley got his name on the scoresheet after connecting with Jarlath O'Rourke's low ball into the box.

The Reds kept chasing the game after the break, threatening through Hale again before Heatley almost inadvertently headed the ball into his own net.

With four minutes remaining, however, Jordan Owens put the issue beyond any doubt with a well executed right foot strike from distance beyond the despairing Gartside.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Burns, Hegarty, Caddell, Robinson, Lowry, Lecky, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Winchester, Heatley subs Murphy, Ebbe, Owens, Steele, McMurray, Boyd, Rafferty

Cliftonville: Gartside, Addis, Gallagher, McDonagh, Lowe, Gormley, Casey, Turner, Ronan Hale, Coates, Moore subs Donnelly, Ives, C. Curran, Rory Hale, R. Curran, Robinson, Doherty

  • FULL TIME
    Crusaders   3 - 0 Cliftonville
  • Jonathan Tuffey

    Crusaders

    90'
  •  Yellow Card

    Billy Joe Burns

    Crusaders

    87'
  •  Yellow Card

    Levi Ives

    Larne

    87'
  • GOAL

    Jordan Owens

    Crusaders

    86'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jude Winchester

    Players

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Owens

    Crusaders

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Gallagher

    Larne

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Curran

    Cliftonville

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Dean Ebbe

    Players

    74'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Declan Caddell

    Players

    74'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Luke Turner

    Players

    64'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Curran

    Players

    64'
  •  Yellow Card

    Adam Lecky

    Crusaders

    54'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie McDonagh

    Portadown

    51'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kris Lowe

    Cliftonville

    51'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Odhran Casey

    Cliftonville

    51'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Levi Ives

    Larne

    51'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Rory Hale

    Cliftonville

    51'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ronan Doherty

    Cliftonville

    51'
  • GOAL

    Paul Heatley

    Carrick Rangers

    36'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jamie McDonagh

    Portadown

    29'
  • OWN GOAL

    Luke Turner

    Players

    15'

Crusaders

  • Jonathan Tuffey
  • Billy Joe Burns 87'
  • Chris Hegarty
  • Joshua Robinson
  • Philip Lowry
  • Adam Lecky 54'
  • Jordan Forsythe
  • Jarlath O'Rourke
  • Jude Winchester red substitution 81'
  • Paul Heatley 36'
  • Declan Caddell red substitution 74'

Substitutes

  • Tom Murphy
  • Dean Ebbe green substitution 74'
  • Jordan Owens green substitution 81' 86'
  • Aidan Steele
  • Jonathan McMurray
  • Jay Boyd
  • Conor Rafferty

Cliftonville

  • Nathan Gartside
  • Jonathan Addis
  • Chris Gallagher red substitution 75'
  • Jamie McDonagh 29' red substitution 51'
  • Kris Lowe red substitution 51'
  • Joe Gormley
  • Odhran Casey red substitution 51'
  • Luke Turner red substitution 64' 15' (OG)
  • Ronan Hale
  • Colin Coates
  • Sean Moore

Substitutes

  • Orann Donnelly
  • Levi Ives 87' green substitution 51'
  • Chris Curran green substitution 64'
  • Rory Hale green substitution 51'
  • Ryan Curran green substitution 75'
  • Jamie Robinson
  • Ronan Doherty green substitution 51'
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