BALLYMENA UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB || NORTHERN IRELAND

Date: Monday, 26th December, 2011; Competition: Carling IFA Premiership 22; Attendance: 2,368

COLERAINE	[0]	2
BALLYMENA UNITED	[0]	0

Venue: Coleraine Showgrounds (Coleraine); Kick-Off: 3.00pm; Referee: Arnold Hunter

Goals:

[1-0] LOWRY, Stephen (55 mins);
[2-0] ALLEN, Curtis (74 mins)

COLERAINE continued their dominance of Ballymena United with this clinical festive defeat of the Sky Blues at The Showgrounds.

The Bannsiders started the brighter with Ryan McIlmoyle firing straight at Wayne Drummond early on from a Curtis Allen ball over the top.

Allen later might have done better himself from the edge of the area only to produce a poor finish from a Gareth Tommons pass.

At the other end Gary McCutcheon caused an anxious moment on 27 minutes with a curling drive just past the far post.

But United suffered a blow eight minutes later when Mark Surgenor was shown a straight red card following a two-footed challenge on Ciaran Clarke.

The deadlock was broken on 55 minutes following a horrendous error by David Munster which allowed Shane Jennings to dispossess him and flick the ball back for Stephen Lowry to delicately finish beyond Drummond.

Coleraine doubled ther advantage on 74 minutes following an Aaron Canning ball which allowed Allen to finish with a solo effort.

Report from the Official Carling IFA Premiership website (www.ifapremiership.com)

Teams:

Coleraine: Gavin Cullen, Howard Beverland, David Ogilby, Stephen Lowry (sub Daibhibd McIvor 87), Curits Allen, Ryan McIlmoyle, Aaron Canning, Johnny Watt, Shane Jennings (sub Joel Bradley 73), Gareth Tommons, Ciaran Clarke (sub David Scullion 61). Subs (not used): Damien McNulty, Darren McCauley.

Ballymena United: Wayne Drummond, Tony Kane, Richard Vauls, Aaron Stewart, Gavin Taggart, Gary McCutcheon, Allan Jenkins (sub Curtis Woods 79), Rory Carson (sub Jordan Baker 60), Mark Surgenor, Conor Downey (sub Neil Lowry 73), David Munster. Subs (not used): James Costello, Chris Rodgers.