Match Centre

Womens Premiership
Wednesday 30 August 2023 (kick off: 7.45 PM)

Venue: Ballymena Showgrounds

Attendance: 132

Referee: Paul Costello

Ballymena United Women home-team
2 FT 4
away-team Derry City Women
  •   Shelley Stothers 23'
  •   Chelsea Millar 90+4'
  •   Laura Connolly 12'
  •   Ellie Redden 37'
  •   Clarah Quigg 54'
  •   Hannah Hopkins 76'
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BIG WIN FOR THE CANDYSTRIPES

Derry City Women picked up their first win of the season with an important bottom of the table defeat of Ballymena United Women at The Showgrounds.

The visitors were quickest out of the blocks, putting Ballymena United under early pressure, and they found the break through on 12 minutes. A corner from Kayleigh Carlin perfectly picked out Laura Connolly in the box to send a bullet header past keeper Lucy Winton.

The Sky Blues came more into the game with Ellen McClure going close before a long throw from Kerry Eddis wasn't cleared, falling eventually to Zoe McDowell who pulled the ball back for Shelley Stothers to strike the ball high and hard into the net.

Derry regained the advantage before the break after Ellie Redden was afforded too much time and space on the edge of the box and her excellent shot flew into the net.

The Candystripes extended their lead nine minutes after the interval courtesy of a superbly executed Claragh Quigg set piece.

Derry sealed the points with around a quarter-of-an-hour remaining when Bria McGilloway broke down the right, picking out substitute Hannah Hopkins in the box who duly took the ball past a defender and beyond Winton.

The Sky Blues did, however, grab a stoppage time consolation when Chelsea Millar scrambled home a Hannah Firth corner.

Ballymena United Women: Winton, Millar, Bamford, Kirgan, McDowell, Stothers, Henry, McClure, Eddis, Burns, Firth subs Manson, Wallace, McDowell, McKendry, Winter, Hill

Derry City Women: Barr, Temple, Toland, Connolly, Coyle, Donaghey, Redden, Quigg, McGilloway, Carlin, Dunne subs Hannigan, Orla Doherty, Olivia Doherty, Hargan, Hopkins, C. Doherty

  • FULL TIME
    Ballymena United Women   2 - 4 Derry City Women
  • GOAL

    Chelsea Millar

    Ballymena United Women

    90+4'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shelley Stothers

    Ballymena United Women

    78'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Lauren Hill

    Ballymena United Women

    78'
  • GOAL

    Hannah Hopkins

    Derry City Women

    76'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Megan Henry

    Ballymena United Women

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ella McDowell

    Ballymena United Women

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Clarah Quigg

    Derry City Women

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Bria McGilloway

    Derry City Women

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Katie Hargan

    Derry City Women

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Caitlin Doherty

    Derry City Women

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kayleigh Carlin

    Derry City Women

    70'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Hannah Hopkins

    Derry City Women

    70'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Lucy Kirgan

    Ballymena United Women

    54'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Danielle Winter

    Lisburn Ladies

    54'
  • GOAL

    Clarah Quigg

    Derry City Women

    54'
  •  Yellow Card

    Nicole Burns

    Ballymena United Women

    52'
  •  Yellow Card

    Kayleigh Carlin

    Derry City Women

    48'
  • GOAL

    Ellie Redden

    Derry City Women

    37'
  •  Yellow Card

    Bria McGilloway

    Derry City Women

    28'
  • GOAL

    Shelley Stothers

    Ballymena United Women

    23'
  • GOAL

    Laura Connolly

    Derry City Women

    12'

Ballymena United Women

  • Lucy Winton
  • Natasha Bamford
  • Lucy Kirgan red substitution 54'
  • Zoe McDowell
  • Shelley Stothers red substitution 78' 23'
  • Chelsea Millar 90+4'
  • Megan Henry red substitution 75'
  • Ellen McClure
  • Kerry Eddis
  • Nicole Burns 52'
  • Hannah Firth

Substitutes

  • Chloe Manson
  • Katie Wallace
  • Ella McDowell green substitution 75'
  • Nikki McKendry
  • Danielle Winter green substitution 54'
  • Lauren Hill green substitution 78'

Derry City Women

  • Naomh Barr
  • Shantell Temple
  • Cate Toland
  • Laura Connolly 12'
  • Erin Coyle
  • Grace Donaghey
  • Ellie Redden 37'
  • Clarah Quigg red substitution 75' 54'
  • Bria McGilloway 28' red substitution 75'
  • Kayleigh Carlin 48' red substitution 70'
  • Shannon Dunne

Substitutes

  • Tiana Hannigan
  • Orla Doherty
  • Olivia Doherty
  • Katie Hargan green substitution 75'
  • Hannah Hopkins green substitution 70' 76'
  • Caitlin Doherty green substitution 75'

Ballymena United Women

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Derry City Women

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