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Match Centre

Championship
Tuesday 14 March 2023 (kick off: 7.45 PM)

Venue: Solitude

Referee: Louise Thompson

Newington home-team
2 FT 2
away-team Ards
  •   Conal Burns 25'
  •   Darren Stuart 72'
  •   Eamon Scannell 11'
  •   TJ Murray 89'
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Eamon Scannell opened the scoring ©Andrew McCarroll/Pacemaker Press

HONOURS EVEN AT SOLITUDE

Newington and Ards shared the lead - but ultimately the spoils - in a re-arranged clash at Solitude.

The visitors moved in front after 11 minutes when Eamon Scannell was on hand to beat keeper Padraig Linton but Newington levelled midway through the first half courtesy of Conall Burns' finish.

And the Swans, fighting a battle to avoid being dragged into the play-off at the bottom, looked to have done enough to secure a much needed win when Darren Stuart popped up with just over a quarter-of-an-hour to go to give them the lead.

But Ards, themselves tussling for a top six place, recovered with around 60 seconds to go to salvage a point through skipper TJ Murray.

Newington: Linton, Brennan, Bradley, Gowdy, Burns, Stuart, Downey, Rice, Hughes, Reilly, Donnelly subs Gorman, Warwick, McNicholl, Morgan, Slane, Beta, Diver

Ards: Moore, Young, E. Scannell, Cafolla, Jallow, Taggart, Murray, Steele, Hamill, Salley, McDonald subs Shields, Taylor, Arthurs, McAllister, Hunter, Reynolds, C. Scannell

  • FULL TIME
    Newington   2 - 2 Ards
  • GOAL

    TJ Murray

    Ards

    89'
  • GOAL

    Darren Stuart

    Newington

    72'
  • GOAL

    Conal Burns

    Newington

    25'
  • GOAL

    Eamon Scannell

    Ards

    11'

Newington

  • Padraig Linton
  • Francis Brennan
  • Kevin Bradley
  • Richard Gowdy
  • Conal Burns 25'
  • Darren Stuart 72'
  • Patrick Downey
  • Francis Rice
  • Eamonn Hughes
  • Jack Reilly
  • Paul Donnelly

Substitutes

  • Matthew Gorman
  • Gary Warwick
  • Tiarnan McNicholl
  • Michael Morgan
  • Pádraig Slane
  • Nick Beta
  • Joshua Diver

Ards

  • Alex Moore
  • Conall Young
  • Eamon Scannell 11'
  • Patrick Cafolla
  • Salou Jallow
  • Ethan Taggart
  • TJ Murray 89'
  • Aidan Steele
  • Karl Hamill
  • Adam Salley
  • Christopher McDonald

Substitutes

  • Neil Shields
  • Johnny Taylor
  • Ross Arthurs
  • David McAllister
  • Ross Hunter
  • Daniel Reynolds
  • Conor Scannell

Newington

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