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Clontoe
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Keely Martyn started the match with the kick off. Alan McFrank's late challenge caught a Drumnasade AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan McFrank helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th match minute, Clontoe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan McFrank to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes into the match, Toren Hamilton had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bow McPhil. Clontoe's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Toren Hamilton was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Bow McPhil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toren Hamilton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Toren Hamilton took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bow McPhil. Bow McPhil 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. Bow McPhil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis McOliver in the 16th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Clontoe's goal looked a bit too open when Toren Hamilton came free, but Bow McPhil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Drumnasade AFC's zone, Keely Martyn stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brefni Deans came out of the goal and Keely Martyn tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Bellaghy McIan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Drumnasade AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bellaghy McIan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bow McPhil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Drumnasade AFC's Bellaghy McIan got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 39 minutes of play, Drumnasade AFC's Toren Hamilton made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bow McPhil was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 44 minutes of play, Drumnasade AFC's Bellaghy McIan made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bow McPhil was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bellaghy McIan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bow McPhil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toren Hamilton, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Clontoe's Bow McPhil proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Clontoe from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Clontoe's Barney Martyn got a free kick in the 54th minute. If Bellaghy McIan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd minute, Toren Hamilton made a precise shot to the right of Bow McPhil. Clontoe's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. With 70 minutes on the clock, Bryan Crowe commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 71 played minutes Clontoe got a freekick which was hit by Bryan Crowe. In the 75th minute of the match, Bellaghy McIan tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Bow McPhil saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 76 minutes into the game, Toren Hamilton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Bow McPhil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 81st minute of the game Brecc Rutherford made a throw-in which Bellaghy McIan played forward. Drumnasade AFC's Bellaghy McIan got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Bow McPhil managed to avoid a goal in the 90thth minute, when Drumnasade AFC's Toren Hamilton fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Toren Hamilton's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Bow McPhil firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 93rd match minute, Drumnasade AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rylee Gallagher to maneuver through the defense. In the 97th minute Bellaghy McIan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bow McPhil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.