Pre Game Suspension: Flipin Flops (GD) on for the suspended Shaun Batty at MF.
Golden Dragons                            Lisburn City
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK John McKay                30  8  p     GK Andy McDonald             23 10  n
DF Steve Banks               22  7  p     SW John Heron                22  8  n
DF Danny Davies              16  8  p     DF Glyn Pardoe               26  9  n
DF Martin Buchan             14  9  p     DF Nicolăs Otamendi         25  9  n
DF Frank McCallum            12 10  p     DF Tommy Booth               14  7  n
MF Mikel Arteta              28  5  p     MF Damien Kelly              22 10  n
MF Reiss Nelson              19  5  p     MF Jamsie Irwin              13  8  n
MF Sergi Roberto             13 10  p     WG Aaron Cochrane            25 10  n
MF Flipin Flops              10 10  p     WG Jeremy Doku               24 10  n
FW Bukayo Saka               33  8  p     FW Johnny Crossan            25  9  n
FW Findlay Curtis            20 10  p     FW Phil McDonagh             21  8  n

Min 0: Dragons opens up with a 4-4-2 S while the Distillers will play a 4-2-4 E.
Min 0: Today's referee is Mike McCurry (STRONG/LOOSE).
Min 1: Age 0 player out of position: Martin Buchan...
        ...Martin Buchan(GD) is forced to reposition to SW (Age 0 player).
Min 1: Johnny Crossan (LBC) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Tommy Booth but it evades him...
        ...Martin Buchan (GD) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 2: Bukayo Saka (GD) and Findlay Curtis break for Dragons...
        ...Findlay Curtis looks to have found space into which to recieve Bukayo Saka's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Tommy Booth (LBC) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 2: Distillers build down the left...
        ...Johnny Crossan sends a cross to the middle...
        ...Jeremy Doku beats Steve Banks to the ball...
        ...and hooks a brilliant left-footer past John McKay for the goal.  GOAL!...
        ...it's a lead that Carl Oakes's side deserve - can they add to it before the break?...
        ...score now: GD 0 - LBC 1
Min 3: Steve Banks hits a short back-pass...
        ...and Jeremy Doku (LBC) latches on...
        ...but he can't beat an alert John McKay.
Min 6: Jeremy Doku (LBC) hooks the ball away from Steve Banks...
        ...and Aaron Cochrane dives in...
        ...and heads down but John McKay was there for the save!
Min 11: One pass too many from Dragons and Lisburn soon get a cross in...
        ...Tommy Booth (LBC) gets his head to it...
        ...but John McKay is untroubled by that one.
Min 15: Johnny Crossan (LBC) finds Aaron Cochrane steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Steve Banks (GD) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 19: Damien Kelly (LBC) seizes on a horrible clearance from the American keeper...
        ...finds Phil McDonagh busting into the box...
        ...who shoots...
        ...saved by John McKay!
Min 29: Jeremy Doku (LBC) hacks down Bukayo Saka and is rightly booked.
Min 45: Nico OReilly on for Tommy Booth(DF)...
        ...Nico OReilly will play DF.
Min 45: Bernardo Silva on for Jamsie Irwin(MF)...
        ...Bernardo Silva will play MF.
Min 45: Shaun Goater on for Phil McDonagh(FW)...
        ...Shaun Goater will play FW.


HALFTIME SCORE: Dragons 0 - Lisburn 1

Min 50: Mikel Arteta (GD) swings a ball in to the Lisburn box...
        ...but the presence of Nicolăs Otamendi (LBC) means it is easily cleared.
Min 51: Steve Banks heads away...
        ...Johnny Crossan (LBC) knocks it back in with a header...
        ...and Jeremy Doku drills it on goal but its saved by John McKay.
Min 56: Shaun Goater (LBC) surges forward with a weaving run...
        ...but Danny Davies (GD) brings it to an end with a well-timed tackle on the edge of the box.
Min 57: Jeremy Doku (LBC) finds Damien Kelly steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Martin Buchan (GD) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 58: Aaron Cochrane (LBC) collects the ball from Shaun Goater on the corner of the penalty area...
        ...shrugs off a challenge...
        ...and fires in a bending shot that hits the bar and caroms out of danger.
Min 59: Findlay Curtis (GD) escapes the offside flag...
        ...as a ball is played up to him...
        ...but John Heron (LBC) muscles out the big striker before he can control.
Min 60: Johnny Crossan (LBC) and Damien Kelly break for Lisburn...
        ...Damien Kelly looks to have found space into which to recieve Johnny Crossan's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Steve Banks (GD) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 61: The ball comes in to the area from Damien Kelly...
        ...he rattles it off John McKay...
        ...Shaun Goater (LBC) pauses and shoots but John McKay recovers to make the save.
Min 66: Damien Kelly (LBC) crosses after some neat tricks inside the area...
        ...and Shaun Goater heads in from close range...
        ...but John McKay was there to save that one.
Min 73: Shaun Goater (LBC) rides a challenge in midfield...
        ...flicks the ball through the Dragons defense to Johnny Crossan...
        ...who races towards goal...
        ...John McKay rushes off his line and Johnny Crossan slots the ball around him...
        ...off the post and back into the hands of John McKay!
Min 78: Bernardo Silva (LBC) picks up a long clearance...
        ...he heads toward the byline and flicks it into Aaron Cochrane...
        ...whose shot elevates over the goal.
Min 79: Bukayo Saka (GD) with an elbow to the jaw of Damien Kelly...
        ...the grounds crew will have to collect the teeth after the match!...
        ...That's a yellow card.?


FINAL SCORE: Dragons 0 - Lisburn 1


Man Of The Match: John McKay (GD)

Golden Dragons
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK John McKay                30 30 30 13  3  p  0  8  0  0 90  8
SW Martin Buchan             14 10 10  9  4  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Frank McCallum            12  9  9  9  5  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Danny Davies              16 12 12 12  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Steve Banks               22 16 16 17  2  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Sergi Roberto             13  9  9 13  5  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Mikel Arteta              28 21 21 25  0  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Flipin Flops              10  7  7  9  5  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Reiss Nelson              19 11 11 17  0  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
FW Findlay Curtis            20 15 15 20  5  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Bukayo Saka               33 24 24 33  3  p  4  0  0  0 90  6

Lisburn City
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Andy McDonald             23 23 23 10  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
SW John Heron                22 22 22 15  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Nicolăs Otamendi         25 25 25 20  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Glyn Pardoe               26 26 26 20  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Tommy Booth               14 14 14 11  4  n  0  0  0  1 45  6
DF Nico OReilly              22 22 22 22  4  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Jamsie Irwin              13 13 13 11  5  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Damien Kelly              22 22 22 19  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Bernardo Silva            16 16 16 16  5  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
WG Jeremy Doku               24 24 24 21  4  n  4  0  1  3 90  6
WG Aaron Cochrane            25 25 25 22  4  n  0  0  0  3 90  6
FW Johnny Crossan            25 25 25 25  3  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Phil McDonagh             21 21 21 21  5  n  0  0  0  1 45  6
FW Shaun Goater              25 25 25 25  5  n  0  0  0  2 45  6

Statistics        GD LBC
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Halftime           0   1
Fulltime           0   1
Shots On Target    0   9
Shots              0  11
Saves              8   0
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   1
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      54  65
Revenue          111 111

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1   GD  S  21.00 113.56  65.56 
  1  LBC  E  54.50 109.52 172.97 
 46  LBC  E  58.50 119.02 180.47 

 Trainer's Report
Andy McDonald (LBC) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Shaun Goater (LBC) played 45 minutes and earned a CP.
Tommy Booth (LBC) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.
Nico OReilly (LBC) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.