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Killinkere
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) If Barra Todd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bradagain Harkin was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 8 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, one of Nolagh:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Nolagh. Boland Bayes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barra Todd in the 11th minute of the match. After having played for 14 minutes, Barra Todd managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nolagh's supporters crossed their fingers, but Barra Todd was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 1-0 became the score in the 23rd minute when Samueil McCollion elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Séamus McPaul in the 34th minute of play forced Nolagh's goalkeeper Conan Benson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Killinkere getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Rannal Dunne hit a great ball. In the 41st minute, Bivadi McWill got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Bairee McWill's late challenge caught a Killinkere's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bairee McWill helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Nolagh getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Bairee McWill hit a great ball. Conan Benson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brendanus Callaghan went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Séamus McPaul to make the kick off. Rannal Dunne scored 3-0 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Conan Benson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 56 minutes into the match, Bivadi McWill had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Conan Benson. Nolagh's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bivadi McWill was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Bairee McWill kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Byrne McWilliam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Killinkere's Brendanus Callaghan tried to score from far away in the 73rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 78th minute Samueil McCollion shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conan Benson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Samueil McCollion had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Conan Benson. Nolagh's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samueil McCollion was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Nolagh were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after Killinkere's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bairee McWill took the corner. Bairee McWill made a great header on Nolagh's corner, it was just that Killinkere's Boland Bayes managed to reach the ball for a save. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Killinkere fans cheered their team off the field, for while Nolagh had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.