Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 25 January 2025 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Seaview

Attendance: 1322

Referee: Ben McMaster

Crusaders home-team
3 FT 2
away-team Portadown
  •   Harry Franklin 2'
  •   Jordan Forsythe 56'
  •   Harry Jewitt-White 69'
  •   Josh Ukek 30'
  •   Lee Chapman 90+1'
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CRUES HOLD ON FOR THE WIN

Crusaders defeated Portadown by the odd goal in five at Seaview despite a spirited finish from the visitors.

The Crues needed just two minutes to move in front after Stewart Nixon did well down the right before crossing for Harry Franklin to tap home at the back post.

Portadown twice came close to levelling through Ryan Mayse before, on the half-hour mark, Josh Ukek did equalise after being played through by Tabu Rabby Minzamba to sweep the ball into the top left corner.

And Ukek turned provider to tee Mayse up to come close again just before the break only for the ball to finish just past the left post.

However the home side regained the lead on 56 minutes courtesy of skipper Jordan Forsythe's header from Jarlath O'Rourke's right-sided corner.

Then, on 69 minutes, Harry Jewitt-White added a third with a bundled finish from another Nixon delivery from the right.

The visitors pushed hard to salvage something from the game in the closing stages and did pull one back in stoppage time after Lee Chapman scrambled the ball home but it wasn't enough to deny Declan Caddell's side the win.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Jewitt-White, Blaney, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Larmour, Smith, O’Connor, Clarke, Nixon, Franklin subs Brown, Callacher, Williamson, Owens, Barr, Bond, Downey

Portadown: McCarey, Altintop, MacKinnon, Chapman, Mayse, McCullough, Ukek, Teelan, Minzamba, McCartan, Thompson subs Williamson, Wilson, McElroy, Fyfe, Wylie, Traynor, Obhakhan

  • FULL TIME
    Crusaders   3 - 2 Portadown
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Josh O'Connor

    Crusaders

    90+2'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Brandon Downey

    Crusaders

    90+2'
  • GOAL

    Lee Chapman

    Portadown

    90+1'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Baris Altintop

    Portadown

    84'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shay McCartan

    Portadown

    84'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Douglas Wilson

    Portadown

    84'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Eamon Fyfe

    Portadown

    84'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jarlath O'Rourke

    Crusaders

    78'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Harry Franklin

    Crusaders

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Owens

    Crusaders

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Josh Williamson

    Crusaders

    71'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Mayse

    Portadown

    71'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    James Teelan

    Portadown

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Wylie

    Portadown

    71'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ahu Obhakhan

    Portadown

    71'
  • GOAL

    Harry Jewitt-White

    Crusaders

    69'
  •  Yellow Card

    Josh Ukek

    Portadown

    65'
  • GOAL

    Jordan Forsythe

    Crusaders

    56'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    48'
  •  Yellow Card

    Baris Altintop

    Portadown

    40'
  • GOAL

    Josh Ukek

    Portadown

    30'
  • GOAL

    Harry Franklin

    Crusaders

    2'

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