🟢 4-1
McCullough scores 🟢 3-1
🟢 3-0
Chamber misses 🔴
🟢 2-0
Carville misses 🔴
🟢 1-0

Rathfriland to shoot first

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110+1 FULLTIME

We head to penalties for the 3rd game in a row against Rathfriland!

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109’ 🟨 Craughwell is booked for mouthing at the referee.

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107’ Fearon hits a tame effort straight at the goalkeeper.

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105’ Rossiter has a shot saved. Rathfriland break away and Craughwell does well to palm behind a header. Its end to end now!

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104’ Carville hits the post from a Jack Chambers free kick but it is called offside.

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101’ Craughwell pulls off a great save from Jack Smith who was clean through

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101’ Rossiter replaces Newell

HT EXTRA TIME

Rathfriland 1 Newry City 1

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98’ Rathfriland clear the ball off the line after a great corner in from Poynton

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97’ Free kick for Rathfriland on the edge of the box is hit straight at the wall

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91’ Ryan Fearon replaces Dalton

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FULL TIME

Rathfriland 1 Newry City 1

10 minutes each way of extra time to be played.

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ADDED TIME

Ref says 3 minutes

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89’ Carville replaces Forbes

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83’ A good volley by Forbes but it’s straight into the keepers arms.

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77’ Still no word of any subs from Stuart King. The lads have run themselves hard today. Fresh legs are needed.

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73’ 🟥 Stephen McCavitt is sent off after catching Andy Martin with a high boot. Another controversial decision.

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69’ 🟨 Holloway is booked for bringing down Newell who was breaking away.

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65’ DISALLOWED

We are lucky not to be 2-1 behind after a dodgy offside decision is given our way. I suppose that makes up for the dodgy red card!

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60’ An hour gone and you wouldn’t know we are a man down. Playing some good football and fighting for everything. A great effort so far.

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58’ Back to back corners for Rathfriland come to nothing.

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54’ Kilmartin replaces Hayes for Rathfriland

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52’ Dalton forces the first corner of the half which is headed clear.

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49’ Poynton has the first shot of the second half which sails over the bar.

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HALFTIME

Rathfriland 1 Newry City 1

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45+1 GOAL

Stephen McCavitt volley’s home an equaliser in stoppage time. A real sucker punch after playing really well after going a goal down.

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42’ 🟨 Jack Barbour is booked for a foul.

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39’ 🟨 Newell picks up a booking for barging into a defender.

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32’ Good work down the left by Dalton gives us the first corner of the game which is cleared away.

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29’ It has been a great response since going a man down. Newell has come close again but his header was tame and straight at the keeper.

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23’ 𝙂𝙊𝘼𝙇 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙍𝙔! NEWELLLLLL!

Lee Newell puts the 10 men in front with a good right footed finish into the far corner after good approach play from Cormac McNally

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18’ 🟥 RED CARD

Jordan King is shown a straight red for denial of a goalscoring opportunity. Very contentious as the ball was always running through to Craughwell.

Stuart King is going mad on the touchline.

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16’ Newell gets a couple of efforts in on goal, the first rebounds back out to him and the second is a tame effort straight into the keepers hands.

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9’ Good closing down by Dalton nearly forces a mistake from the goalkeeper who slices it out for a throw.

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3’ POST! Rathfriland should take the lead but their striker manages to hit the upright when it looked easier to score!

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14:01 Newry kick us off

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13:46 RATHFRILAND

1 Ben McCauley
2 Jack Barbour (C)
3 Eoin Lundy
5 Joshua Cahoon
6 Jordan Hayes
9 Stephen McCavitt
10 Jack Smith
11 Eoin Rooney
13 Matthew Holloway
16 Jake Corbett
17 Jake Willis

Substitutions
19 Ryan Dalzell (GK)
8 Andrew Kilmartin
12 Josh Cooper
18 Callum Mills

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13:44 LINEUP

1 Jason Craughwell (C)
3 Jordan King
4 Matthew Rendina
5 Andrew Martin
7 Jack Chambers
9 Brian Lee Newell
11 Shane Forbes
17 Cormac McNally
19 Keith Dalton
20 Scott McCullough
26 Georgie Poynton

Subs

21 Reece McKeown (GK)
8 Declan Carville
14 Kane Rossiter
27 Ryan Fearon
40 Jack Kelly

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13:42 TEAM NEWS

It has emerged this morning that Captain Tommy Lockhart has ‘walked away’ citing that he isn’t enjoying his football. A huge blow for us!