Match Centre

Womens Premiership
Wednesday 26 April 2023 (kick off: 7.45 PM)

Venue: Ballymena Showgrounds

Attendance: 107

Referee: Arleen Campbell

Ballymena United Women home-team
0 FT 6
away-team Sion Swifts Ladies
  •   Chloe McGlade 1'
  •   Cora Chambers 5'
  •   Teegan Lynch 18'
  •   Lauren Haynes 84'
  •   Saoirse Healey 85'
  •   Kerry Brown 90'
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©Brendan Esler

SION HIT SKY BLUES FOR SIX

Sion Swifts Ladies swept to a comprehensive six goal victory over newly promoted Ballymena United Women at The Showgrounds.

The visitors burst straight out of the blocks when, in the opening minute, Chloe McGlade ran onto a great through ball to send an excellent strike past Lucy Winton.

Swifts pressed forward relentlessly and were twice beaten by the offside flag before they doubled their advantage just four minutes later. Caoirse Doherty’s strong run down the right resulted in an inch perfect cross across the face of goal for Cora Chambers to slot home.

The Ballymena defence struggled to settle and a mix up at the back led to a Swifts corner on 18 minutes. Kerryanne Brown’s delivery was met by Teegan Lynch, whose powerful header made it 3-0.

The visitors should have had a fourth from another corner before half time, but Aimee Neal sent her header wide and Winton made a number of great saves to keep the score down.

The Sky Blues were much improved in the second half, better organised and more resilient defensively, with substitute Ellen McClure giving them more strength to hold up the ball in the middle of the park.

Swifts had a glorious opportunity to extend their lead on 50 minutes but Kelly Crompton’s fine strike from outside the box struck the underside of the bar and bounced out for Ballymena to clear.

Winton two more fantastic saves to deny Brown and Neal before Swifts finally added to their tally in the 84th minute when another Brown corner was met by the head of Lauren Haynes.

United’s resilience crumbled in the final minutes and substitute Saoirse Healey scored with an excellent curling strike from outside the box before, right at the end, Brown got her deserved goal with a cleanly struck volley.

Ballymena United Women: Winton, Millar, McCartney, Bamford, Stothers, Hunter, Z. McDowell, Doherty, Henry, Campbell, Firth subs McClure, E. McDowell, Rainey, King, Mitchell, Manson

Sion Swifts Ladies: Coyne, Neal, Donnan, Haynes, McCarter, Crompton, Brown, Chambers, Lynch, McGlade, Doherty subs Brennan, Healey, Long, Sheerin, O'Connor-Farren, McFarland, O'Neill

  • FULL TIME
    Ballymena United Women   0 - 6 Sion Swifts Ladies
  • Anais Coyne

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    90'
  • GOAL

    Kerry Brown

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kylie Doherty

    Ballymena United Women

    85'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Sarah Louise King

    Ballymena United Women

    85'
  • GOAL

    Saoirse Healey

    Derry City Women

    85'
  • GOAL

    Lauren Haynes

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    84'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Chloe McGlade

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Teegan Lynch

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Saoirse Healey

    Derry City Women

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Caoirse Doherty

    Derry City Women

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ellie Long

    Derry City Women

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chelsea Sheerin

    Derry City Women

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kelly Crompton

    Glentoran Women

    70'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Aoibhe O'Neill

    Cliftonville Ladies

    70'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Cora Chambers

    Linfield Women

    66'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Tara O'Connor-Farren

    Derry City Women

    66'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kara McCartney

    Ballymena United Women

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shelley Stothers

    Ballymena United Women

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ellen McClure

    Ballymena United Women

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ella McDowell

    Ballymena United Women

    46'
  • GOAL

    Teegan Lynch

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    18'
  • GOAL

    Cora Chambers

    Linfield Women

    5'
  • GOAL

    Chloe McGlade

    Sion Swifts Ladies

    1'

Ballymena United Women

  • Lucy Winton
  • Chelsea Millar
  • Kara McCartney red substitution 46'
  • Natasha Bamford
  • Shelley Stothers red substitution 46'
  • Beth Hunter
  • Zoe McDowell
  • Kylie Doherty red substitution 85'
  • Megan Henry
  • Tamzen Campbell
  • Hannah Firth

Substitutes

  • Ellen McClure green substitution 46'
  • Ella McDowell green substitution 46'
  • Nicole Rainey
  • Sarah Louise King green substitution 85'
  • Caitlyn Mitchell
  • Chloe Manson

Sion Swifts Ladies

  • Anais Coyne
  • Aimee Neal
  • Chloe McGlade red substitution 80' 1'
  • Naomi Donnan
  • Cora Chambers red substitution 66' 5'
  • Teegan Lynch red substitution 80' 18'
  • Tasmin McCarter
  • Lauren Haynes 84'
  • Kelly Crompton red substitution 70'
  • Kerry Brown 90'
  • Caoirse Doherty red substitution 80'

Substitutes

  • Saoirse Healey green substitution 80' 85'
  • Caoimhe Brennan
  • Ellie Long green substitution 80'
  • Chelsea Sheerin green substitution 80'
  • Tara O'Connor-Farren green substitution 66'
  • Amy McFarland
  • Aoibhe O'Neill green substitution 70'

Ballymena United Women

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Sion Swifts Ladies

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