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Joey Dunlop Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Connor Ashton kicked off to start the match. When Sid Legg fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ballymoney Athletic's protests and gave Sid Legg a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ballymoney Athletic's Sid Legg got a free kick in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Ballymoney Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz came free, but Frankie Cardwell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 8th minute, Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frankie Cardwell was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in Ballymoney Athletic's zone, Reinaldo Varela stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frankie Cardwell came out of the goal and Reinaldo Varela tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 13 minutes into the match, Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ballymoney Athletic's Frankie Cardwell. Frankie Cardwell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Richard Herlin succeeded in the game's 18th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. Frankie Cardwell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz in the 22nd minute of the match. Rawdon FC were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Ballymoney Athletic's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Peter Smith took the corner. Peter Smith made a great header on Rawdon FC's corner, it was just that Ballymoney Athletic's Frankie Cardwell managed to reach the ball for a save. Reinaldo Varela recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Frankie Cardwell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reinaldo Varela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Rawdon FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Connor Ashton in the 34th minute of play forced Rawdon FC's goalkeeper 吴平银 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Richard Herlin sped through Ballymoney Athletic's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Frankie Cardwell. After 40 minutes of play, Rawdon FC's Richard Herlin made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frankie Cardwell was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Rawdon FC's 吴平银 got control of the ball when Rich Pennant tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sly MacDonnell kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The Ballymoney Athletic players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Rawdon FC were winning 0-6.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz made a kick off. Frankie Cardwell didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Richard Herlin went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Frankie Cardwell was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Richard Herlin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Richard Herlin really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 57thth minute tested the skills of Frankie Cardwell when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to Ballymoney Athletic getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Stephen Stubbs hit a great ball. In the 59th minute of the match Peter Smith shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Frankie Cardwell showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 60 minutes, Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. Ballymoney Athletic's Frankie Cardwell tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ballymoney Athletic's Frankie Cardwell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Varela in the 64th minute of play. Frankie Cardwell was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Reinaldo Varela showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-10 in the 66 minute of play. In the 70th minute, Rawdon FC's Richard Herlin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Frankie Cardwell. Frankie Cardwell yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-11. With an all-out effort, Rawdon FC's Frankie Cardwell threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bobby Prutton, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The crowd rose to their feet as Tobiasz Karaszkiewicz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Frankie Cardwell. That made the score 0-12 in the 80 minute of play. Frankie Cardwell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Richard Herlin's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute, Bernard Ginn made a precise shot to the right of Frankie Cardwell. Ballymoney Athletic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-13. 90 minutes into the game, Bernard Ginn cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-14. Frankie Cardwell was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Richard Herlin took a quick shot and it went in 0-15 without a chance for Frankie Cardwell to make any attempt to save it. When the final whistle sounded Rawdon FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ballymoney Athletic.