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Uploaded Monday, 26th Dec, 2022 at 18:33
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Date: Monday, 26th December, 2022; Competition: Danske Bank Premiership; Attendance: 3747;
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Coleraine
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Ballymena United
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Venue: Coleraine Showgrounds; Kick-Off: 15:00;
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Referee: Jamie Robinson; Assistant 1: Adam Jeffrey; Assistant 2: Ken Ross; 4th Official: Ross Dunlop;
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Goals:
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[1-0] SHEVLIN, Matthew (23 mins), [2-0] SHEVLIN, Matthew (35 mins)
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BALLYMENA United fell to a 2-0 defeat on Boxing Day as Matthew Shevlin scored a brace for the home side.
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After Conor Keeley suffered an injury before the game, Sean Graham was promoted from the bench into the starting 11, with Caolan Loughran drafted into the subs.
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The opening 15 minutes was spent with both teams testing each other out and trying to take control of the game, Coleraine sending the ball into the box from a corner and Steven McCullough firing a free-kick directly at Gareth Deane.
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It was the home side who would grab the upper hand when, on 23 minutes, Conor McKendry sent in a cross, Matthew Shevlin getting onto the end of it to fire the Bannsiders ahead.
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With just under half an hour gone, McCullough was injured, leading to him being replace by Jack Henderson.
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Five minutes later and Coleraine were 2-0 ahead, Glackin setting up Shevlin to send the ball home and double his tally for the day.
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Stephen O'Donnell hit the crossbar just before the half-time break.
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Less than 10 minutes into the second half, the cards started coming, first Henderson was booked then Dean Jarvis seen yellow.
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David Jeffrey MBE decided it was time to shake things up a bit, bringing on Ryan Waide and Jordan Gibson to replace Paul McElroy and Ross Redman. It wasn't long before United had a good chance, Deane stopping a David McDaid chance.
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It was back to yellow cards for the visitors, Douglas Wilson, Michael Place, Kym Nelson and David McDaid all cautioned by referee Jamie Robinson.
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O'Neill had to be alert in the 72nd minute to prevent a 3rd Coleraine goal and, in the final act of the game, Ryan Waide hit the crossbar from a tight angle but it wasn't to be for the Sky Blues.
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Ballymena United host Glentoran in the Danske Bank Premiership on Monday 2nd January, kicking off at 3:00pm.
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Match Report by Paul Irwin
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Ballymena United Team:
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Sean O'Neill, Kym Nelson ( 73), Ross Redman (  Jordan Gibson 57), Douglas Wilson ( 60), Scot Whiteside ( 38), David McDaid ( 86), Joshua Kelly, Paul McElroy ( Ryan Waide 57), Steven McCullough ( Jack Henderson 29 53), Sean Graham, Michael Place ( 62).
Subs not used: Jordan Williamson, Kenneth Kane, Andrew McGrory, Caolan Loughran.
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