SCORELESS AT THE SHOWGROUNDS
Ballymena United welcomed Newry City to The Showgrounds but neither side could find the net in what turned out to be a scoreless draw.
Despite some early promise there were little scoring opportunities in the first half, although Thomas Lockhart did come close with a long range effort straight at United keeper Sean O'Neill.
Play opened up somewhat after the break, with Steven McCullough sending a free-kick just wide while Donal Rocks later headed a Jordan Gibson corner off the line.
And Rocks himself might have snatched a late winner for the visitors only for his curling shot to be tipped over by O'Neill.
Ballymena United: O’Neill, Nelson, Wilson, Whiteside, McDaid, McCullough, Henderson, McGrory, Gibson, Graham, Place subs Williamson, Redman, Kelly, Waide, Kane, McVarnock, Farquhar
Newry City: Maguire, N. Healy, McGivern, Hughes, Lockhart, Teelan, McGovern, Martin, Moan, Scullion, Montgomery subs Brady, Carville, B. Healy, Donnelly, Rocks, Lusty, Sloan
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