Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 28 January 2023 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Solitude

Attendance: 1715

Referee: Jamie Robinson

Cliftonville home-team
4 FT 0
away-team Ballymena United
  •   Joe Gormley 30' 44' (pen)
  •   Ronan Hale 74'
  •   Sean Moore 77'
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Ronan Hale celebrates scoring Cliftonville's third goal ©Stephen Hamilton/PressEye

REDS SWEEP PAST SKY BLUES

Leaders Cliftonville swept to a comprehensive four goal defeat of Ballymena United at Solitude.

Joe Gormley opened the scoring after half-an-hour with a great finish from an acute angle after Rory Hale played the ball back into his path to slot beyond Sean O'Neill.

He made it 2-0 just before the break from a spot-kick fired straight down the middle awarded after Steven McCullough was adjudged to have brought down Sean Moore on the edge of the area.

The visitors might have pulled one back around the hour mark through Robbie McVarnock but his effort from outside the area struck the top of the crossbar.

But Cliftonville extended their advantage with two goals in three minutes midway through the second half.

Ronan Hale added a third on 74 minutes after combining with brother Rory to ease past the defence to beat O'Neill.

Then, not long after that, Sean Moore completed the scoring with a low finish after the ball fell into his path from a Levi Ives attempt.

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

Ballymena United: O’Neill, Redman, Wilson, Whiteside, McDaid, Kelly, McCullough, Henderson, McVarnock, Graham, Place subs Williamson, Nelson, Waide, Kane, McGrory, Gibson, Farquhar

  • FULL TIME
    Cliftonville   4 - 0 Ballymena United
  • Nathan Gartside

    Loughgall

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kris Lowe

    Cliftonville

    85'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ronan Hale

    Players

    85'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie McDonagh

    Portadown

    85'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Odhran Casey

    Cliftonville

    85'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Levi Ives

    Larne

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe Gormley

    Cliftonville

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Colin Coates

    Ballymena United

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Curran

    Players

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie Robinson

    H&W Welders

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Aaron Traynor

    Portadown

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Robert McVarnock

    Players

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Mikey Place

    Ballymena United

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Waide

    Loughgall

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Andrew McGrory

    Ballymacash Rangers

    81'
  • GOAL

    Sean Moore

    Players

    77'
  • GOAL

    Ronan Hale

    Players

    74'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Douglas Wilson

    Portadown

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Gibson

    Loughgall

    71'
  •  Yellow Card

    Kris Lowe

    Cliftonville

    47'
  • PENALTY SCORED

    Joe Gormley

    Cliftonville

    44'
  •  Yellow Card

    Steven McCullough

    Portadown

    43'
  • GOAL

    Joe Gormley

    Cliftonville

    30'

Cliftonville

  • Nathan Gartside
  • Levi Ives red substitution 81'
  • Jonathan Addis
  • Chris Gallagher
  • Rory Hale
  • Kris Lowe 47' red substitution 85'
  • Ronan Doherty
  • Joe Gormley red substitution 81' 30' 44'
  • Ronan Hale red substitution 85' 74'
  • Colin Coates red substitution 81'
  • Sean Moore 77'

Substitutes

  • Gerard Doherty
  • Chris Curran green substitution 81'
  • Ryan Curran
  • Jamie McDonagh green substitution 85'
  • Jamie Robinson green substitution 81'
  • Aaron Traynor green substitution 81'
  • Odhran Casey green substitution 85'

Ballymena United

  • Sean O'Neill
  • Ross Redman
  • Douglas Wilson red substitution 71'
  • Scot Whiteside
  • David McDaid
  • Joshua Kelly
  • Steven McCullough 43'
  • Jack Henderson
  • Robert McVarnock red substitution 81'
  • Sean Graham
  • Mikey Place red substitution 81'

Substitutes

  • Jordan Williamson
  • Kym Nelson
  • Ryan Waide green substitution 81'
  • Kenneth Kane
  • Andrew McGrory green substitution 81'
  • Jordan Gibson green substitution 71'
  • Craig Farquhar
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