COMRADES STORM TO OPENING DAY VICTORY
Ballyclare Comrades bounced back from going behind to record a comprehensive opening day defeat of Ballinamallard United at Dixon Park in the Lough 41 Championship.
Darragh Byrne opened the scoring for the Mallards with just over a quarter-of-an-hour on the clock when he cut inside on the right and fired into the bottom corner.
However, Ballyclare responded immediately through Adam Gray with a finish from just inside the box before, three minutes after that, Joe Tully edged the home side into the lead with a six-yard header from Liam McKenna's corner.
McKenna delivered the set piece again a couple of minutes after the break for Ciaran Dobbin to extend Ballyclare's lead.
And Dobbin struck again on 54 minutes for his second of the afternoon, a strong strike from 20 yards.
Substitute Andrew Mooney completed the scoring with 20 minutes remaining with a tap in moments after coming off the bench.
Ballyclare Comrades: Purcell, Woods, McKenna, Ramsey, Hassin, McDermott, Tully, Dobbin, Heggarty, McKim, Gray subs Ferguson (not used), Crawford (replaced McDermott 78), McGreevy (replaced Tully 85), O'Neill (not used), Mooney (replaced Heggarty 69), Donnelly (replaced Ramsey 78), Devine (replaced Hassin 85)
Ballinamallard United: Connolly, Morris, McCann, McLaughlin, Clarke, Arkinson, Banda, McIlwaine, Grace, D. Byrne, R. Byrne subs Ray (not used), McManus (replaced Banda 77), Kelly (replaced D. Byrne 56), Edgar (replaced McCann 68), Warnock (not used), Morrow (replaced R. Byrne 68), Holder (replaced Clarke 56)
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