Ballymena United 3
Ards 1
League (Premier Division)
Ballymena UnitedBallymena United |
3 - 13 - 1 |
ArdsArds |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Phillip Knell (26) Phillip Knell (61) Phillip Knell (86) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Alan Fraser |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Darren Crawford Nigel Boyd John McConnell John McDowell Mark Carlisle Declan McGreevy Paul Muir Jason Allen Peter Murray Ian Bustard Phillip Knell |
Unknown. |
| Bench | |
|
Stephen Stewart John Smyth Neil Candlish |
None. |
| Substitutions | |
|
John Smyth for Peter Murray Neil Candlish for Declan McGreevy (59) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
George McKay (Strabane) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 11th, 1997)
| 1997-1998 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Darren Crawford (GK) | 29 |
|
11 | - | 23 | - |
| John McDowell | 19 |
|
12 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Nigel Boyd | 24 |
|
14 | - | 84 | 4 |
| Declan McGreevy | 30 |
|
15 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
| Paul Muir | 21 |
|
16 | 1 | 92 | 3 |
| John McConnell | 29 |
|
12 | - | 83 | 3 |
| Mark Carlisle | 28 |
|
15 | - | 210 | - |
| Jason Allen | 26 |
|
15 | 1 | 94 | 4 |
| Phillip Knell | 29 |
|
15 | 4 | 30 | 6 |
| Ian Bustard | 33 |
|
10 | - | 50 | 2 |
| Peter Murray | 33 |
|
13 | 1 | 79 | 12 |
| John Smyth (sub) | 27 |
|
9 | 1 | 48 | 4 |
| Neil Candlish (sub) | 29 |
|
3 | 2 | 123 | 46 |
League Table (as at October 11th, 1997)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cliftonville | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 2. | Glenavon | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 3. | BALLYMENA UTD | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4. | Glentoran | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 5. | Linfield | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6. | Portadown | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7. | Crusaders | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8. | Coleraine | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 9. | Omagh Town | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10. | Ards | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |