Match Centre

Premiership
Tuesday 22 August 2023 (kick off: 7.45 PM)

Venue: Seaview

Attendance: 1138

Referee: Ben McMaster

Crusaders home-team
9 FT 0
away-team Carrick Rangers
  •   Paul Heatley 11'
  •   Ben Kennedy 21' 25' (pen) 28' 40'
  •   Philip Lowry 46'
  •   Billy Joe Burns 54'
  •   Jimmy Callacher 63'
  •   James Teelan 79'
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Ben Kennedy bagged four first half goals for Crusaders ©Pacemaker Press

IRRESISTIBLE CRUES HIT NINE PAST CARRICK

Ben Kennedy grabbed four first half goals as an unstoppable Crusaders hit a remarkable nine past Carrick Rangers at Seaview.

Despite the eventual outcome it almost fell to Rangers to open the scoring when, after five minutes, Danny Purkis lofted the ball over keeper Jonny Tuffey only to be denied by a header off the line by Jarlath O'Rourke.

The Crues knocked home their first of the evening on 11 minutes when former Carrick striker Paul Heatley ran onto a Billy Joe Burns ball over the top to take the ball past Ross Glendinning and into the unguarded net.

Burns and Heatley combined again soon after for the latter to find the net only for the goal to be ruled out offside, just a few minutes before he then rolled an effort just wide of the far post.

But the floodgates well and truly opened on 21 minutes when Kennedy opened his account with an assured finish beyond Glendinning.

Kennedy doubled up on 25 minutes with a confident finish from the spot awarded after he had been impeded by Kyle Cherry in attempt to connect with a Heatley ball into the box - and to make matters worse for the visitors Cherry was subsequently dismissed by referee Ben McMaster for the challenge.

Amazingly, Kennedy struck again three minutes after that to complete his hat-trick with a stunning strike from outside the area before adding his fourth later in the first half with a strong finish into the roof of the net after O'Rourke had rolled the ball into his path.

There was no respite for the beleagured visitors within two minutes of the interval when Philip Lowry got in on the act after an Adam Lecky flick broke for him before, on 54 minutes, Burns made it 7-0 with a header at the back post from a Kennedy cross.

The scoring continued just after the hour with Jimmy Callacher becoming the latest to get his name on the scoresheet when he nodded home a Ross Clarke corner.

And James Teelan then added number nine with just over ten minutes to go when he steered home another Clarke set piece.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Burns, Callacher, Lowry, Kennedy, Lecky, Forsythe, O'Rourke, Larmour, Heatley, McKeown subs Williamson, Weir, Teelan, Owens, Winchester, Clarke, Anderson

Carrick Rangers: Ross Glendinning, Forsythe, Stewart, Surgenor, Cushley, Allen, Crowe, Cherry, Reece Glendinning, Purkis, Tilney subs McCauley, McGuckin, Maciulaitis, Buchanan-Rolleston, Montgomery, Andrews, Withers

  • FULL TIME
    Crusaders   9 - 0 Carrick Rangers
  •  Yellow Card

    Joshua Andrews

    Carrick Rangers

    86'
  • GOAL

    James Teelan

    Crusaders

    79'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    74'
  •  Yellow Card

    Joe Crowe

    Carrick Rangers

    68'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Mark Surgenor

    Carrick Rangers

    67'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jack Montgomery

    Players

    67'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Paul Heatley

    Carrick Rangers

    64'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    James Teelan

    Crusaders

    64'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Cameron Stewart

    Carrick Rangers

    64'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Benjamin Buchanan-Rolleston

    Carrick Rangers

    64'
  • GOAL

    Jimmy Callacher

    Crusaders

    63'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Kennedy

    Ballymena United

    59'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Philip Lowry

    Crusaders

    59'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Forsythe

    Crusaders

    59'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Robbie Weir

    Crusaders

    59'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jude Winchester

    Players

    59'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Lloyd Anderson

    Crusaders

    59'
  • GOAL

    Billy Joe Burns

    Crusaders

    54'
  • GOAL

    Philip Lowry

    Crusaders

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Rory McKeown

    Players

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    David Cushley

    Carrick Rangers

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Curtis Allen

    Carrick Rangers

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Daniel Gibson

    Carrick Rangers

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Emmett McGuckin

    Carrick Rangers

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Nedas Maciulaitis

    Carrick Rangers

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Joshua Andrews

    Carrick Rangers

    46'
  • GOAL

    Ben Kennedy

    Ballymena United

    40'
  • GOAL

    Ben Kennedy

    Ballymena United

    28'
  • PENALTY SCORED

    Ben Kennedy

    Ballymena United

    25'
  •  Red Card

    Kyle Cherry

    Carrick Rangers

    24'
  • GOAL

    Ben Kennedy

    Ballymena United

    21'
  • GOAL

    Paul Heatley

    Carrick Rangers

    11'

Crusaders

  • Jonathan Tuffey
  • Paul Heatley red substitution 64' 11'
  • Ben Kennedy red substitution 59' 21' 25' 28' 40'
  • Philip Lowry red substitution 59' 46'
  • Adam Lecky
  • Jordan Forsythe red substitution 59'
  • Billy Joe Burns 54'
  • Jarlath O'Rourke
  • Jimmy Callacher 63'
  • Daniel Larmour
  • Rory McKeown red substitution 46'

Substitutes

  • Jordan Williamson
  • Robbie Weir green substitution 59'
  • James Teelan green substitution 64' 79'
  • Jordan Owens
  • Jude Winchester green substitution 59'
  • Ross Clarke 74' green substitution 46'
  • Lloyd Anderson green substitution 59'

Carrick Rangers

  • Ross Glendinning
  • Kurtis Forsythe
  • Cameron Stewart red substitution 64'
  • Mark Surgenor red substitution 67'
  • David Cushley red substitution 46'
  • Curtis Allen red substitution 46'
  • Joe Crowe 68'
  • Kyle Cherry 24'
  • Reece Glendinning
  • Daniel Gibson red substitution 46'
  • Ben Tilney

Substitutes

  • Ben McCauley
  • Emmett McGuckin green substitution 46'
  • Nedas Maciulaitis green substitution 46'
  • Benjamin Buchanan-Rolleston green substitution 64'
  • Jack Montgomery green substitution 67'
  • Joshua Andrews 86' green substitution 46'
  • Jaydyn Withers
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