Match Centre

VBET Women's Premiership League Cup
Wednesday 21 June 2023 (kick off: 7.45 PM)

Venue: Mid Ulster Sports Arena

Referee: Stephen Logan

Derry City Women home-team
0 FT 4
away-team Crusaders Strikers
  •   Darcie McNeill 41'
  •   Lisa Armour 48'
  •   Rachel McLaren 61'
  •   Amy McGivern 72'
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CONVINCING CRUES MAKE LAST FOUR

Crusaders Strikers are through to the League Cup semi-finals after a convincing second half performance against a Derry City team playing their home fixture at the Mid-Ulster Sports Arena due to the unavailability of their home ground.

The opening period of the match was well contested by both sides and it took Crusaders ten minutes to get their first strike on goal, when Amy McGivern hit the Derry post with a long range effort. Two minutes later, she would head just wide from a corner.

On 23 minutes, Faith Johnston had her powerful volley tipped over the net by Naomh Barr in the Derry Goal.

The deadlock was broken on 41 mins as Darcie McNeill side stepped three challenges on the edge of the box before firing low under Barr. Barr would once again brilliantly deny Johnston on 43 mins.

The second half started with Crusaders in control. The vocal Lisa Armour led by example on 48 minutes with a great header at the near post to put Crusaders two in front.

The game was over as a contest just past the hour when Rachel McLaren scored with a superb free kick from 35 yards before, on 72 minutes, Amy McGivern added a fourth soon after to seal the victory.

Derry City Women: Barr, Temple, Doherty, Connolly, Coyle, Alexander, Redden, Harkin, Friel, Hargan, Carlin subs Deery, Curran

Crusaders Strikers: Harvey-Clifford, Hamilton, McGivern, McNeill, Johnston, Redmond, Armour, Otter, Chalmers, McLaren, Rea subs Morrison, McCann, McNeill, Beggs, McVarnock, Peachey, Mann

  • FULL TIME
    Derry City Women   0 - 4 Crusaders Strikers
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Beth Chalmers

    Crusaders Strikers

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Erin Morrison

    Crusaders Strikers

    80'
  • GOAL

    Amy McGivern

    Crusaders Strikers

    72'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shantell Temple

    Derry City Women

    66'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Holly Curran

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    66'
  •  Yellow Card

    Kaci Deery

    Derry City Women

    62'
  • GOAL

    Rachel McLaren

    Crusaders Strikers

    61'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Abigail Redmond

    Crusaders Strikers

    58'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jessica Rea

    Crusaders Strikers

    58'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Mairead McCann

    Crusaders Strikers

    58'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Rebecca Mann

    Crusaders Strikers

    58'
  • GOAL

    Lisa Armour

    Crusaders Strikers

    48'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Katie Hargan

    Derry City Women

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Kaci Deery

    Derry City Women

    46'
  •  Yellow Card

    Darcie McNeill

    Crusaders Strikers

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Faith Johnston

    Crusaders Strikers

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Holly Otter

    Larne Women

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Morganne Beggs

    Crusaders Strikers

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Leontia McVarnock

    Crusaders Strikers

    46'
  • GOAL

    Darcie McNeill

    Crusaders Strikers

    41'

Derry City Women

  • Naomh Barr
  • Shantell Temple red substitution 66'
  • Orla Doherty
  • Laura Connolly
  • Erin Coyle
  • Abby Alexander
  • Ellie Redden
  • Louise Harkin
  • Rachael Friel
  • Katie Hargan red substitution 46'
  • Ellie Carlin

Substitutes

  • Kaci Deery 62' green substitution 46'
  • Holly Curran green substitution 66'

Crusaders Strikers

  • Maddy Harvey-Clifford
  • Caitlyn Hamilton
  • Darcie McNeill 46' 41'
  • Faith Johnston red substitution 46'
  • Abigail Redmond red substitution 58'
  • Lisa Armour 48'
  • Holly Otter red substitution 46'
  • Beth Chalmers red substitution 80'
  • Rachel McLaren 61'
  • Jessica Rea red substitution 58'
  • Amy McGivern 72'

Substitutes

  • Erin Morrison green substitution 80'
  • Mairead McCann green substitution 58'
  • Aimee McNeill
  • Morganne Beggs green substitution 46'
  • Leontia McVarnock green substitution 46'
  • Aimee-Lee Peachey
  • Rebecca Mann green substitution 58'

Derry City Women

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Crusaders Strikers

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