Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 30 November 2024 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Windsor Park

Referee: Ross Dunlop

Linfield home-team
2 FT 1
away-team Portadown
  •   Chris McKee 46' 48'
  •   Paul McElroy 84'
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Linfield’s Christopher Mckee celebrates after scoring ©©INPHO/Jonathan Porter

QUICKFIRE McKEE DOUBLE TAKES LINFIELD EIGHT CLEAR

Chris McKee made an immediate impact from the substitute's bench to seal another important win for Linfield against Portadown.

An even first half at Windsor Park failed to produce any goals as in-form Portadown put the hosts under pressure from a number of dangerous set plays, but failed to make anything count.

Linfield manager David Healy moved to add some more firepower into his side at the interval, introducing forward Chris McKee, and with his first touch McKee received the ball from Kirk Millar and fired the Blues into a lead a minute after the restart.

Within two minutes McKee struck again, this time assisted by Fitzpatrick to put Linfield two goals ahead with his first two touches of the ball from the super-sub!

Portadown made their own impact substitute as Paul McElroy reacted quickest to a loose ball which had been saved from a free-kick by David Walsh, and reduced the lead with six minutes remaining.

Home captain Jamie Mulgrew was substituted on 76 minutes, but found himself on the receiving end of a second yellow card after he had left the pitch from referee Ross Dunlop.

Linfield held out for the victory, which extended their lead at the top of the Sports Direct Premiership to eight points.

 

Linfield: Walsh, East, Whiteside, Shields, Millar, Cooper, Ballantyne, Mulgrew, McGee, Fitzpatrick, Orr subs Johns (not used), Hall (not used), McKee (replaced Ballantyne 46), Fallon (replaced Mulgrew 77), McCullough (replaced Cooper 90+1), McKay (not used), Thompson (not used)

Portadown: McCarey, Altintop, Wilson, MacKinnon, McCawl, Mayse, McCullough, Fyfe, Wylie, Ukek, Obhakhan subs Ray (not used), McElroy (replaced Ukek 77), Henderson (replaced McCawl 59), Traynor (not used), Riley (replaced Wilson 46), Mullan (replaced Mayse 77), McDonagh (not used)

  • FULL TIME
    Linfield   2 - 1 Portadown
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Joel Cooper

    Linfield

    90+1'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Dane McCullough

    Linfield

    90+1'
  •  Yellow Card

    Matthew Fitzpatrick

    Linfield

    89'
  • GOAL

    Paul McElroy

    Portadown

    84'
  •  Red Card

    Jamie Mulgrew

    Linfield

    78'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie Mulgrew

    Linfield

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Stephen Fallon

    Linfield

    77'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Mayse

    Portadown

    77'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Josh Ukek

    Portadown

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Paul McElroy

    Portadown

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Liam Mullan

    Portadown

    77'
  •  Yellow Card

    Aaron McCarey

    Portadown

    73'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jack Henderson

    Portadown

    73'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ryan Mayse

    Portadown

    64'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jamie Mulgrew

    Linfield

    60'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ben Wylie

    Portadown

    60'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Eoghan McCawl

    Portadown

    59'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jack Henderson

    Portadown

    59'
  •  Yellow Card

    Lewis MacKinnon

    Portadown

    55'
  •  Yellow Card

    Steven McCullough

    Portadown

    53'
  • GOAL

    Chris McKee

    Linfield

    48'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Cameron Ballantyne

    Linfield

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris McKee

    Linfield

    46'
  • GOAL

    Chris McKee

    Linfield

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Douglas Wilson

    Portadown

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jay Riley

    Portadown

    46'
  •  Yellow Card

    Douglas Wilson

    Portadown

    37'

Linfield

  • David Walsh
  • Euan East
  • Scot Whiteside
  • Chris Shields
  • Kirk Millar
  • Joel Cooper red substitution 90+1'
  • Cameron Ballantyne red substitution 46'
  • Jamie Mulgrew 60' 78' red substitution 77'
  • Ethan McGee
  • Matthew Fitzpatrick 89'
  • Matthew Orr

Substitutes

  • Chris Johns
  • Ben Hall
  • Chris McKee green substitution 46' 46' 48'
  • Stephen Fallon green substitution 77'
  • Dane McCullough green substitution 90+1'
  • Ryan McKay
  • Kalum Thompson

Portadown

  • Aaron McCarey 73'
  • Baris Altintop
  • Douglas Wilson 37' red substitution 46'
  • Lewis MacKinnon 55'
  • Eoghan McCawl red substitution 59'
  • Ryan Mayse 64' red substitution 77'
  • Steven McCullough 53'
  • Eamon Fyfe
  • Ben Wylie 60'
  • Josh Ukek red substitution 77'
  • Ahu Obhakhan

Substitutes

  • Jamie Ray
  • Paul McElroy green substitution 77' 84'
  • Jack Henderson 73' green substitution 59'
  • Aaron Traynor
  • Jay Riley green substitution 46'
  • Liam Mullan green substitution 77'
  • Jamie McDonagh
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