Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 17 February 2024 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Taylors Avenue

Attendance: 345

Referee: Declan Hassan

Carrick Rangers home-team
2 FT 1
away-team Dungannon Swifts
  •   Daniel Gibson 45'
  •   David Cushley 61' (pen)
  •   Gaël Bigirimana 70'
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Danny Gibson opened the scoring in first half stoppage time

CARRICK EDGE OUT THE SWIFTS

Carrick Rangers kept up their push for a top six finish with victory over Dungannon Swifts at the Loughview Leisure Arena.

The visitors created the first real effort of note with just over ten minutes on the clock when John Scott latched onto a loose ball but Ross Glendinning did well to produce a great save.

Glendinning was called into action again later in the first half to thwart the unmarked Kealan Dillon after he got onto the end of a Thomas Maguire pass.

But the deadlock was broken in favour of the home side in first half stoppage time when James Teelan found Danny Gibson with a clever through ball to finish confidently past Declan Dunne.

Gibson tried to repay the favour after the break, but Teelan could only look on as his effort flew across the face of goal while, at the other end, Glendinning made another save to keep out a Thomas Maguire attempt.

Carrick doubled their advantage just after the hour, however, when David Cushley fired home from a spot-kick awarded after Gibson had been upended by Dunne.

Dungannon responded positively, and pulled a goal back on 70 minutes through Gael Bigirimana's low strike into the bottom corner.

Rangers were then reduced to ten men following Kurtis Forsythe's dismissal for a foul on Leo Alves, but they held on to secure what could prove to be a vital three points.

Carrick Rangers: Glendinning, Forsythe, Stewart, Watson, Cushley, Mitchell, Maciulaitis, Buchanan-Rolleston, Crowe, Gibson, Teelan subs McCauley, McGuckin, Allen, MacKinnon, Graham, Cherry, Arnold

Dungannon Swifts: Dunne, J. Scott, Curry, C. Hegarty, Dillon, S. Scott, Glenny, McGinty, Maguire, Mitchell, Bigirimana subs Henderson, Knowles, Moore, Hutchinson, Alves, Taggert, A. Hegarty

  • FULL TIME
    Carrick Rangers   2 - 1 Dungannon Swifts
  •  Yellow Card

    Tommy Taggert

    Dungannon Swifts

    85'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Hegarty

    Players

    84'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Tommy Taggert

    Dungannon Swifts

    84'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    James Teelan

    Crusaders

    83'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Lewis MacKinnon

    Portadown

    83'
  •  Red Card

    Kurtis Forsythe

    Carrick Rangers

    82'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Nedas Maciulaitis

    Carrick Rangers

    78'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Emmett McGuckin

    Carrick Rangers

    78'
  • GOAL

    Gaël Bigirimana

    Dungannon Swifts

    70'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kealan Dillon

    Dungannon Swifts

    69'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Thomas Maguire

    Dungannon Swifts

    69'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Leo Alves

    Dungannon Swifts

    69'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Aidan Hegarty

    Dungannon Swifts

    69'
  •  Yellow Card

    Kyle Cherry

    Carrick Rangers

    63'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    David Cushley

    Carrick Rangers

    62'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Kyle Cherry

    Carrick Rangers

    62'
  • PENALTY SCORED

    David Cushley

    Carrick Rangers

    61'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    John Scott

    Dungannon Swifts

    61'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Joseph Moore

    Ballymena United

    61'
  •  Yellow Card

    Declan Dunne

    Dungannon Swifts

    60'
  •  Yellow Card

    John Scott

    Dungannon Swifts

    47'
  • GOAL

    Daniel Gibson

    Carrick Rangers

    45'
  •  Yellow Card

    Chris Hegarty

    Players

    45'
  •  Yellow Card

    David Cushley

    Carrick Rangers

    44'

Carrick Rangers

  • Ross Glendinning
  • Kurtis Forsythe 82'
  • Cameron Stewart
  • Daniel Gibson 45'
  • Albert Watson
  • David Cushley 44' red substitution 62' 61'
  • Andy Mitchell
  • Nedas Maciulaitis red substitution 78'
  • Benjamin Buchanan-Rolleston
  • Joe Crowe
  • James Teelan red substitution 83'

Substitutes

  • Ben McCauley
  • Emmett McGuckin green substitution 78'
  • Curtis Allen
  • Lewis MacKinnon green substitution 83'
  • Scott Graham
  • Kyle Cherry 63' green substitution 62'
  • William Arnold

Dungannon Swifts

  • Declan Dunne 60'
  • John Scott 47' red substitution 61'
  • Dean Curry
  • Chris Hegarty 45' red substitution 84'
  • Kealan Dillon red substitution 69'
  • Steven Scott
  • Adam Glenny
  • Cahal McGinty
  • Thomas Maguire red substitution 69'
  • Andrew Mitchell
  • Gaël Bigirimana 70'

Substitutes

  • Alex Henderson
  • James Knowles
  • Joseph Moore green substitution 61'
  • Grant Hutchinson
  • Leo Alves green substitution 69'
  • Tommy Taggert 85' green substitution 84'
  • Aidan Hegarty green substitution 69'

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