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Damhliag Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Seosamh Palmer made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Damhliag getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ryan Dimson hit a great ball. Leon McBrand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eamonn Ryan in the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th match minute, Ardlona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Binean Crowe to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Gilian Mullan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Damhliag's supporters rose to their feet, but Gilian Mullan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bartley Dunne breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Damhliag's Braddon Rutherford in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ardlona's goalie prevented a goal. If Braddon Rutherford had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Damhliag's Braddon Rutherford got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Gilian Mullan came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Damhliag 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 Gilian Mullan couldn't finish the play. Gilian Mullan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bartley Dunne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braddon Rutherford in the 31st minute of the match. Gilian Mullan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Damhliag getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Braddon Prunty hit a great ball. 35 minutes into the match, Ardlona's Garrett McJohnny sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leon McBrand narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bera Savic during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 42nd minute Seosamh Palmer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leon McBrand saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The wind increased when Braddon Rutherford made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Ardlona defense, Gilian Mullan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bartley Dunne. The Ardlona fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bartley Dunne should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Damhliag getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Joseph Horgan hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ardlona's Garrett McJohnny got a free kick in the 60th minute. Bartley Dunne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilian Mullan in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 64th match minute, Damhliag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Braddon Rutherford to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Eamonn Ryan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ardlona's supporters rose to their feet, but Eamonn Ryan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leon McBrand breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 72nd minute, Gilian Mullan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Damhliag fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Bartley Dunne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilian Mullan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Joseph Horgan made a precise shot to the right of Bartley Dunne. Ardlona's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Seosamh Palmer hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. If Donal Mulvihill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Damhliag's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.