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Ballyfarnan Stadium
Spectators: 6769 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oliver McJon started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Sameer Harkin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Shanavoola's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ballyfarnan Utd the free kick. The supporters of Ballyfarnan Utd booed when Shanavoola was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sameer Harkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Ballyfarnan Utd booed when Shanavoola was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Breffni Tierney didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Shanavoola's Breffni Tierney got a free kick in the 13th minute. If Suibhne Branson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brazil Mullan hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute of the match Reilley McSteven sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Belock MaCollin skillfully saved the ball. In the 22nd minute, Beiti McLaughlin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Shanavoola fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Belock MaCollin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Suibhne Branson in the 25th minute. Beiti McLaughlin took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Barran McSteven. Barran McSteven dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After 41 minutes of play, Shanavoola's Thom McPeter made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Barran McSteven was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46thth minute of the game Beiti McLaughlin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ballyfarnan Utd's Barran McSteven was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thom McPeter was the one to do the kick off. Beiti McLaughlin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barran McSteven having to interfere. Beiti McLaughlin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Barran McSteven made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thom McPeter in the 60th minute of play forced Ballyfarnan Utd's goalkeeper Barran McSteven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Ballyfarnan Utd defense, Brazil Mullan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Barran McSteven. The Ballyfarnan Utd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Barran McSteven should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Beiti McLaughlin got free with Barran McSteven in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Thom McPeter took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Barran McSteven to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Shanavoola's Brazil Mullan got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 86th minute Suibhne Branson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belock MaCollin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Barran McSteven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thom McPeter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brazil Mullan kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, Ballyfarnan Utd's goalkeeper Barran McSteven had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Beiti McLaughlin. 93 minutes into the match, Ballyfarnan Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Thom McPeter came free, but Barran McSteven reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.