Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 23 March 2024 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Newry Showgrounds

Attendance: 810

Referee: Shane Andrews

Newry City home-team
0 FT 1
away-team Crusaders
  •   Ben Kennedy 75'
football
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KENNEDY STRIKE PROVES ENOUGH FOR CRUES

Ben Kennedy grabbed the only goal of the game as Crusaders defeated bottom of the table Newry City at The Showgrounds.

The Crues enjoyed the majority share of possession throughout the game, but almost fell behind midway through the first half when Kennedy conceded a penalty following a foul on Barney McKeown but Ciaran O'Connor's subsequent spot-kick was comfortably saved by Jonny Tuffey.

Stephen Baxter's side were denied the opener soon after when Jay Boyd's finish was ruled out offside by the officials while, not long after that, Kennedy fired an effort off the crossbar from six yards.

However the visitors eventually found a way through with what turned out to be the winner with 15 minutes remaining after Kennedy rose highest to nod Boyd's cross past keeper Conor Mitchell.

Newry almost hit straight back with the equaliser only for John McGovern's effort to be blocked at the back post by Billy Joe Burns but the Crues held on to secure the points and could have added to their lead with two further attempts from Kennedy.

Newry City: Mitchell, King, Healy, McKeown, O’Connor, Carroll, McGovern, Forde, O’Brien, Scullion, Poynton subs Maguire, Moan, Mooney, McDonagh

Crusaders: Tuffey, Burns, Weir, Lowry, Kennedy, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Larmour, Clarke, Nixon, Boyd subs Kerr, Joshua, McAleenan, Owens, Donnelly, Maguire, Barr

  • FULL TIME
    Newry City   0 - 1 Crusaders
  •  Yellow Card

    Philip Lowry

    Crusaders

    90'
  • GOAL

    Ben Kennedy

    Ballymena United

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    61'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Stewart Nixon

    Crusaders

    61'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Owens

    Crusaders

    61'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Lewis Barr

    Crusaders

    61'
  •  Yellow Card

    Adam Carroll

    Newry City

    60'
  •  Yellow Card

    Lorcan Forde

    Newry City

    43'
  •  Yellow Card

    Georgie Poynton

    Newry City

    27'
  •  Yellow Card

    Daniel Larmour

    Crusaders

    23'

Newry City

  • Conor Mitchell
  • Darren King
  • Noel Healy
  • Barney McKeown (1)
  • Ciaran O'Connor
  • Adam Carroll 60'
  • John McGovern
  • Lorcan Forde 43'
  • Alex O'Brien
  • Donal Scullion
  • Georgie Poynton 27'

Substitutes

  • Steven Maguire
  • Stephen Moan
  • Jordan Mooney
  • Jamie McDonagh

Crusaders

  • Jonathan Tuffey
  • Billy Joe Burns
  • Robbie Weir
  • Philip Lowry 90'
  • Ben Kennedy 75'
  • Jordan Forsythe
  • Jarlath O'Rourke
  • Daniel Larmour 23'
  • Ross Clarke red substitution 61'
  • Stewart Nixon red substitution 61'
  • Jay Boyd

Substitutes

  • Ryan Kerr
  • Kevin Joshua
  • Adam McAleenan
  • Jordan Owens green substitution 61'
  • Ryan Donnelly
  • Bradley Maguire
  • Lewis Barr green substitution 61'
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