Ballymoney Seconds lose narrowly to Armagh Seconds

Unlucky for some, and unfortunately for the Toon on this occasion being unlucky for the Ballymoney side with Armagh stealing a 1-0 win.

Ballymoney having previously beaten Armagh at the start of the season in a very tight 3-2 win were not expecting this to be an easy match, and this proved to be the case. Armagh started out the stronger of the two teams in the first five minutes, putting pressure on the Ballymoney defence, but the Ballymoney girls remained strong, dealing with the Armagh pressure.

However the break came for Armagh through an own goal deflection by a Ballymoney defender, going through goalkeeper Kate McKane’s legs on the 15 minute mark.

Ballymoney lifted their game from this point and the remainder of the second half seen both teams having numerous attacking opportunities, with everyone working hard on and off the ball.

The second half saw Ballymoney come out the stronger of the two teams, with 80% of the play in the Armagh half.

Armagh’s defence held strong throughout and denied Ballymoney of a few scoring opportunities.