Match Centre

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

Venue: Stangmore Park

Attendance: 370

Referee: Declan Hassan

Dungannon Swifts home-team
2 FT 0
away-team Newry City
  •   Ethan McGee 29'
  •   James Knowles 67'
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Ethan McGee opened the scoring for the Swifts ©Stephen Hamilton/INPHO

SWIFTS BAG VITAL THREE POINTS

Dungannon Swifts picked up a vital three points with a Boxing Day victory over Newry City at Stangmore Park.

Dean Shiels' side got off to a great start, hitting the woodwork twice during the opening moments of the game through Rhyss Campbell and Michael O'Connor.

At the other end Daniel Hughes hesitated in front of goal to allow the Swifts to clear, but the home side continued to look the more likely to find a way through when first Joe McCready and then O'Connor tested the City defence.

Dungannon eventually found a way through just before the half-hour mark courtesy of Ethan McGee's low driven finish into the far corner past Steven Maguire.

McCready might have doubled Dungannon's lead around the hour mark but was thwarted by a Stephen Moan goalline clearance but Newry could have levelled not long after that when Hughes volleyed an effort against the crossbar after doing well to control the ball.

However the game was effectively settled as a contest midway through the second half thanks to James Knowles' stunning and unstoppable 25-yard free-kick beyond Maguire's reach into the top corner.

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, J. Scott, Breen, Knowles, McCready, O’Connor, Campbell, Walsh, McGee, Animasahun, Bruna subs Nelson, Mayse, Gallagher, McGinty, Cushnie, Smith, S. Scott

Newry City: Maguire, N. Healy, McGivern, Hughes, Lockhart, McGovern, Martin, Moan, Forde, Rocks, Clarke subs Brady, Carville, Teelan, B. Healy, Donnelly, McCaul, Montgomery

  • FULL TIME
    Dungannon Swifts   2 - 0 Newry City
  • Declan Dunne

    Dungannon Swifts

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe McCready

    Limavady United

    86'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Rhyss Campbell

    Coleraine

    86'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Gallagher

    Players

    86'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Corey Smith

    Coleraine

    86'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Marc Walsh

    Dergview

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Gerardo Bruna

    Players

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Cushnie

    Bangor

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Steven Scott

    Dungannon Swifts

    81'
  •  Yellow Card

    John Scott

    Dungannon Swifts

    77'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Daniel Hughes

    Players

    71'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie Clarke

    Players

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Declan Carville

    Banbridge Town

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Brian Healy

    Ballyclare Comrades

    71'
  • GOAL

    James Knowles

    Dungannon Swifts

    67'
  •  Yellow Card

    Stephen Moan

    Newry City

    66'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Michael O'Connor

    Glenavon

    63'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Mayse

    Portadown

    63'
  •  Yellow Card

    Donal Rocks

    Ballymena United

    61'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Thomas Lockhart

    Newry City

    57'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    James Teelan

    Players

    57'
  •  Yellow Card

    Lorcan Forde

    Newry City

    51'
  • GOAL

    Ethan McGee

    Linfield

    29'

Dungannon Swifts

  • Declan Dunne
  • John Scott 77'
  • Garry Breen
  • Joe McCready red substitution 86'
  • Michael O'Connor red substitution 63'
  • Rhyss Campbell red substitution 86'
  • Marc Walsh red substitution 81'
  • Ethan McGee 29'
  • James Knowles 67'
  • Mayowa Animasahun
  • Gerardo Bruna red substitution 81'

Substitutes

  • Dwayne Nelson
  • Ryan Mayse green substitution 63'
  • Ben Gallagher green substitution 86'
  • Cahal McGinty
  • Ben Cushnie green substitution 81'
  • Corey Smith green substitution 86'
  • Steven Scott green substitution 81'

Newry City

  • Steven Maguire
  • Noel Healy
  • Ryan McGivern
  • Daniel Hughes red substitution 71'
  • Thomas Lockhart red substitution 57'
  • John McGovern
  • Andrew Martin
  • Stephen Moan 66'
  • Lorcan Forde 51'
  • Donal Rocks 61'
  • Jamie Clarke red substitution 71'

Substitutes

  • Niall Brady
  • Declan Carville green substitution 71'
  • James Teelan green substitution 57'
  • Brian Healy green substitution 71'
  • Philip Donnelly
  • Sean McCaul
  • Dale Montgomery

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Newry City

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