Cliftonville v Portadown

Official Matchday Magazine of Ireland’s Oldest Football Club
Volume 40 / Issue 8 / Online
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Cliftonville v Portadown
Danske Bank Premiership
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Solitude, Belfast, 3pm

Solitude, Cliftonville Street
Belfast, BT14 6LP
Founded September 20, 1879
Official Website: www.cliftonvillefc.net
Telephone: (028) 9075 4628
Fax: (028) 3844 1583
PERSONNEL
President: Sean McClean
Hon Life President: Brendan Rafferty
Chairman: Gerard Lawlor
Football Operations:
Facilities Director: Adrian Keenan
Fundraising & Supporter Liaison: Joanne
McMullan
Marketing & Communications: Paul
McKeown
Finance Director: Christopher McArdle
Chief Operating Officer: David
Begley
Club Patron: Jim Boyce
General Manager: George Walsh
Club Chaplain: Rev Dario Leal
Supporters Liaison: Michael
Hegney
Matchday Magazine: Conor
McLaughlin. Paul Treanor and Kevin
Herron
Portadown
wins
(156)
Cliftonville
wins
(85)
Draws
(60)
The entire history of competitive fixtures between
Cliftonville and Portadown...
COACHING STAFF
Manager: Paddy McLaughlin
Assistant: Brian Donaghey
First Team Coach: Declan O’Hara
Goalkeeping Coach: Conleth
McCrudden
Club Doctor: Dr John Campbell
Physio: Chris McKenna
Kit Manager: Brian Campbell
Cliftonville Olympic Manager:
Brendan Lynch
Head of Youth Development:
Marc Smyth
Elite Player Development:
Mickey Donnelly
Cliftonville Strollers Manager:
Brendan Lynch
Cliftonville Ladies Manager:
Seamus McCorry
Head of Ladies Academy:
Marissa Callaghan
Disability Access: John Rogan
HONOURS
Irish League: 1906 (with Distillery),
1910, 1998, 2013, 2014
Irish Cup: 1883, 1888, 1897,
1900, 1901, 1907, 1909, 1979
League Cup: 2003, 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016
County Antrim Shield: 1892, 1894,
1898, 1926, 1979, 1997, 2007, 2008,
2011, 2015, 2020
Gold Cup: 1923, 1933, 1980
Belfast Charities Cup: 1884, 1886,
1997, 1888, 1889, 1897, 1906, 1908,
1909, 1924
Alhambra Cup: 1922
Floodlit Cup: 1996
Soccer Sixes: 1995
Charity Shield: 1998, 2014
Steel & Sons Cup: 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908,
1914, 1922
Intermediate Cup: 1896, 1900, 1902
‘B’ Division: 1954, 1981
Reserve League: 2001, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016
George Wilson Cup: 1999, 2007, 2013, 2016,
2017
Irish Junior Cup: 1893
Irish Alliance First Division: 1899, 1900
IFA Youth League: 1993, 1994, 2003, 2010
IFA Youth Cup: 2001
IFA Youth League Cup: 2001, 2003
Bob Larmour Memorial Cup: 2006, 2007,
2008 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
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Almost seven years have
passed since the Ports’
last win at Solitude
on January 18, 2014
Today’s game is
the 38th Premiership
encounter between
the sides at
Solitude
This is the
302nd time
that Cliftonville
have faced
Portadown
Amount of
consecutive wins
without conceding
a goal Cliftonville
have recorded
against
Portadown
Tuesday was the first time
since the 2014 Charity
Shield that the Reds had
failed to score against
Ballymena at Solitude
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1885
Cliftonville drew 2-2 with Clarence in a
home friendly.
1936
The Reds suffered a 7-1 defeat to
Newry Town at The Showgrounds.

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COVER STORY
Mark McKee skips away from
Ballymena’s Leroy Millar during
Tuesday’s game
RICH REWARDS
Brush says Reds must hit
back in the right manner
this afternoon
THE AWAY END
Ports are raring to go again
after unexpected spell on
the sidelines
FIXTURES & FITTINGS
Key dates for your diary
throughout the season
IN THE PICTURE
Action from the midweek
reverse against the Sky Blues
SQUAD GOALS
All the facts, figures and
stats behind tonight’s
home line-up
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I
THINK it would be fair to
say that nobody saw Tuesday
night’s performance
and result coming.
As disappointed as we were to
lose to such a late goal at Larne
last weekend, we were able to
take positives from the workrate
and intensity of our play
against such a strong team.
The plan was to carry that into
the Ballymena game and, if we
could also add in the creation of
a bit more in the final third, we
would set ourselves up to come
away with a win.
Unfortunately, none of that
happened.
Nothing that we had planned to
bring into the game was there
and it ended up being a comprehensive
win for Ballymena.
We’ve taken a lot of criticism
since then and rightly so and,
while the players’ confidence has
obviously taken a hit due to the
run we find ourselves on, we
have to snap out of it quickly.
It’s my job to get their heads up
and get them enjoying themselves
again. We seem to be
playing with a lot of burden on
our shoulders but whatever it
takes to get the best out of each
individual player - whether it be
an arm round the shoulder or a
kick up the backside - that’s
what we’ll do.
We can’t feel sorry for ourselves,
“
It’s only by rallying together as a group
that we can get back to the levels we want to
be at.
”
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nor do we welcome pity from
outside. We have to work hard
and play our way out of things
ourselves. It’s only by rallying
together as a group that we can
get back to the levels we want to
be at.
We haven’t created enough opportunities
for our forward players
and when you don’t do that,
you’re always going to find
things difficult, so you can rest
assured that serious work will go
into that.
I know it’s been difficult for our
fans recently too because
nobody likes to see their
team keep getting beat. It’s a
harsh lesson for all of us at the
minute but I believe we can come
out of it stronger
and benefit from
those lessons in the
long run.
First and foremost,
we just have to
put an end to the
losing run - starting
today.
Our results over
the last few
weeks will have
Porta-
confi-
that
can
here
get
given
down
dence
they
come
and
something
and we must
be wary of
the threat
posed by
their young
squad but I
have faith
that we can
get the result
that will get
our season
back on
track.

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Cat fight: Ryan
O’Reilly battles
with Cathair
Friel
On foot: Ryan
Curran attempts
to keep an
attack alive
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020 ::: Danske Bank Premiership ::: Cliftonville 0-4 Ballymena United Pictures: Kieran Hinds
On the Ron:
Ronan
Doherty
gets away
from Leroy
Millar
Forward motion: Michael McCrudden drives
on and (left) Ryan Curran is beaten in the air
by Josh Kelly
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R
ICHARD Brush says
Cliftonville can have no
excuses for Tuesday
night’s defeat to Ballymena
United and insists they
have no choice but to respond
this afternoon.
The Reds entered the midweek
game on the back of successive
away defeats to Dungannon
Swifts and Larne but their bid to
get back on track on
home turf
was dealt a
hammer
blow
when the
Sky Blues took
an early lead which
they extended by a further
three unanswered goals
after the break on an evening
when the hosts simply failed to
get started.
Goalkeeper Brush - beaten by
two deflected strikes and a penalty
in that rout - says that, while
Cliftonville have had to contend
with a crippling injury list all
season long, there is no justification
for such a lamentable
display.
“I thought the second-half in
Dungannon, our performance
might have saw us nick something,”
says the 36-year-old. “On
Saturday, Larne had lots of possession
of the ball but as a unit
we looked solid. It was tough to
lose in the final minutes but
Tuesday was an opportunity to
put it to bed. We didn’t play well
in any shape or form.
“If you want to put a positive
spin on it, the only way is up - if
you look at it, can it get worse
than it already is?
“Without making excuses, injuries
have taken their toll and
we’ve had to shuffle and change
and bits and pieces - which is no
excuse for the performance on
Tuesday evening.”
Ahead of this afternoon’s Danske
Bank Premiership encounter with
Portadown - who come into the
game on the back of a heavy loss
of their own, albeit two-and-ahalf
weeks have passed since
they shipped four goals to Carrick
Rangers - Brush admits he
isn’t concerned by the manner of
Cliftonville’s performance and
insists the priority must simply
be to collect three points to stop
the rot.
“We’ve got nothing to lose at the
minute and we’ve got to go give
it a rattle, whether that’s getting
behind the ball and getting at it
or playing football,” adds the
Birmingham-born stopper.
“Either way, we’ve got to do
something and respond with a
positive reaction.”
Adding to the Reds’ challenge
today will, of course, be the fact
that they will have no supporters
here to cheer them on.
Covid-19 restrictions imposed by
the Stormont Executive mean all
football will be played behind
closed doors for the next fortnight
and, though he acknowledges
it’s an unusual situation,
Brush admits it isn’t entirely
alien to him or his team-mates.
“It’s been a strange preparation
to the season, we came back for
the semi-final of the Irish Cup
and then we were out for a while
and we didn’t know what was
going on,” he recalls.
“The lads had been preparing
and kept themselves in great
nick. It was a strange one and
there have been matches called
off in the last couple of weeks. It
wasn’t hard to prepare but there
is a certainly a bit of unknown.
It’s like that for every Club and
we can’t be making excuses for
our performances in the last few
games. We’re just glad to be
back at it.”
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On the chase: Ryan Curran
keeps track of Fuad Sule, while
(below) Conor McDermott gets
there ahead of Luke Wade-Slater
and (inset) Ronan Doherty is
fouled by Davy McDaid

Saturday, November 21, 2020 ::: Danske Bank Premiership ::: Larne 1-0 Cliftonville
Herr style: Conor
McMenamin
battles with John
Herron and
(below) Larne’s
Martin Donnelly
goes close under
pressure
Shooting match:
Ryan Curran’s
snapshot is straight
at goalkeeper
Conor Devlin
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A
FTER an 18-day break,
Portadown return to
action this afternoon
bidding to earn their
second win since resuming their
place in the Danske Bank Premiership.
Relegated at the end of the
2016/17 season, the Shamrock
Park faithful endured a testing
few years before finally confirming
their promotion from the
Bluefin Sport Championship - a
process which was elongated
when football’s Covid-enforced
shutdown threatened to render
their table-topping status potentially
irrelevant.
Six points clear of Ballinamallard
United when a halt was called in
March, Matthew Tipton’s men
had to wait until as recently as
October 14 to have their elevation
to the top-flight formally
ratified with the presentation of
the Championship trophy.
Just three days later, they commenced
their Premiership programme
with a mesmerising
defeat of Mid-Ulster Derby opponents
Glenavon.
In front after just seven minutes
thanks to Stephen Murray, the
former Mourneview Park favourite
doubled the Ports’ advantage
just past the half-hour and,
though the hosts would find the
net either side of Lee Bonis’
finish, a last-gasp finish from
Aaron Burns ensured a 4-2 victory
and three points to toast his
Club’s return to the big time.
They would fall back to Earth
with a substantial bump courtesy
of a 3-0 home defeat by Coleraine
the following week, but
the mitigating circumstances of
red cards for both Tipton and
Bonis perhaps encapsulated
their fortunes on a bad day at
the office.
They would respond with a point
against Warrenpoint Town -
where Murray was once again on
target against a former employer
- before running Linfield close
at Shamrock Park; Bonis’ finish
putting his side on track for a
battling point only for the Blues
to edge out a 2-1 success in the
aftermath of a dismissal for
former Cliftonville defender
Christopher Crane.
Though there were evident positives
to take from that display
against the Champions, Portadown
will have been particularly
concerned about their subsequent
trip to the Belfast Loughshore
Hotel Arena where, despite
taking a ninth minute lead
through Chris Lavery, they succumbed
to four goals as Carrick
Rangers registered their own
first victory of the campaign.
In such circumstances, an opportunity
to exorcise the demons of
a chastening loss like that is
often welcomed at a team’s
earliest convenience but, unfortunately
for Tipton’s men, fate
has contrived to keep them on
the sidelines for the two-and-ahalf
weeks since.
That experience could, of course,
go one of two ways for them,
with players either suffering a hit
to their match sharpness or
enjoying a timely rest in the
aftermath of a night they would
sooner forget.
Similarly, the unexpectedly
lengthy break may have afforded
Tipton’s charges the chance to
psychologically move on from
that setback without necessarily
having stewed over it during
their impromptu hiatus.
Regardless, there is no question
that Portadown will arrive today
hungry to hit the ground running
again and, buoyed by what they
have produced so far this term,
they will relish the challenge in
store.
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Your walk through the
Cliftonville squad
Including 2020/21
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Now into his third season at Cliftonville,
Brush has established himself as a firm
favourite at Solitude.
The much-travelled Englishman, who
joined from Ballinamallard following a
lengthy career in the League of Ireland,
became just the second Reds keeper in
history to keep clean sheets in back-toback
European fixtures last summer.
HOME: Jude Meighan
AWAY: Michael Young Jr
RICHARD
BRUSH
DATE OF BIRTH
November 26, 1984
DEBUT
August 4, 2018
v Glentoran
Appearances: 85 Goals: 0
Paddy McLaughlin’s first signing saw
him raid hometown Club Derry City for
full-back McDermott on a loan deal,
which became permanent in January.
After scorer on his home debut when
the Reds overcame Barry Town United,
Conor made his 50th appearance in
Tuesday night’s miserable defeat at the
hands of Ballymena United.
HOME: John Mulholland
AWAY: Michael Young Sr
CONOR
McDERMOTT
DATE OF BIRTH
September 18, 1997
DEBUT
June 27, 2019
v Barry Town United
Appearances: 50 Goals: 2
Signed in October 2015, Ives made his
150th appearance for the Club towards
the end of the 2018/19 season.
Last term was, however, a frustrating
one for the former Torquay man, with a
metatarsal injury keeping him sidelined
for long stretches, which he will be
hoping is not repeated after undergoing
surgery on Wednesday past.
HOME: Aidan Tobin
AWAY: John Doran
LEVI
IVES
DATE OF BIRTH
July 28, 1997
DEBUT
October 17, 2015
v Portadown
Appearances: 180 Goals: 11
Signed from Portadown on a precontract
agreement in January 2017,
Breen quickly established himself as a
key member of Cliftonville’s backline.
The Kilkenny man, who started his
career with Manchester City, caught the
eye with a sensational long-range freekick
against Dungannon Swifts earlier
this month.
HOME: Cathal Mervyn
AWAY: David McDowell
GARRY
BREEN
DATE OF BIRTH
April 13, 1989
DEBUT
August 12, 2017
v Ards
Appearances: 114 Goals: 6
One of an ever-expanding contingent of
former Ballinamallard United players on
the books, central defender O’Reilly was
signed from the Ferney Park outfit
during the summer.
After sitting out his new Club’s first two
County Antrim Shield games, he has
enjoyed impressive displays since
making his debut.
HOME: John Doran
AWAY: Joanne McMullan
RYAN
O’REILLY
DATE OF BIRTH
July 7, 1995
DEBUT
October 17, 2020
v Glentoran
Appearances: 8 Goals: 0
Plumbridge man Harney began his
career with Maiden City Academy before
signing for West Ham United.
A loan move to Colchester United
resulted in a permanent deal ahead of
the former Northern Ireland Under 21
international joining the Reds in 2017,
but he is another likely to be ruled out
with injury this evening.
HOME: Niall Devlin
AWAY: Jack Ferrin
JAMIE
HARNEY
DATE OF BIRTH
March 4, 1996
DEBUT
August 12, 2017
v Ards
Appearances: 115 Goals: 8
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A member of the Ballinamallard side
which impressed during their debut
Premiership season, the ex-Manchester
United youngster’s signature was
secured in the summer of 2013.
An able performer on both the right
flank and middle of the park, the skipper
scored twice in last month’s 7-2
defeat of Dundela.
HOME: Nolan Devlin
AWAY: Ronan Begley
CHRIS
CURRAN
DATE OF BIRTH
January 5, 1991
DEBUT
July 23, 2013
v Celtic
Appearances: 287 Goals: 33
Cliftonville’s most recent recruit,
O’Connor signed up at Solitude just over
a fortnight ago following an impressive
spell with Cork City.
Previously on the books of UCD, the 23-
year-old former Republic of Ireland
underage star can operate on either
flank and promises to add a new creative
edge to the Reds’ attacking options.
HOME: Mike and Marie (Cork)
AWAY: Mike and Marie (Cork)
DAIRE
O’CONNOR
DATE OF BIRTH
April 15, 1997
DEBUT
October 23, 2020
v Crusaders
Appearances: 6 Goals: 0
Despite being part of a Ballinamallard
squad relegated in May 2018, there was
no shortage of suitors for Curran’s
services, with Cliftonville beating a
string of others keen to snap him up.
The 27-year-old, who boasts a string of
vital goals to his name, is closing in on
making his 100th appearance for the
Club.
HOME: David McDowell
AWAY: Cathal Mervyn
RYAN
CURRAN
DATE OF BIRTH
October 13, 1993
DEBUT
July 12, 2018
v Nordsjælland
Appearances: 98 Goals: 29
DATE OF BIRTH
July 31, 1991
DEBUT
January 13, 2020
v Linfield
A January recruit, McCrudden moved to
the Club following an injury-plagued
spell with Derry City.
The 29-year-old striker, a proven
Premiership goalscorer during two
spells with Institute either side of a stint
with Ballinamallard, registered his first
Solitude strike in last month’s defeat of
Knockbreda.
HOME: Anthony Marley
AWAY: Denis Hasson
MICHAEL
McCRUDDEN
Appearances: 19 Goals: 2
McMenamin was on Cliftonville’s Football
Development Centre’s books as a
youngster before making the move to
Linfield.
The former Glentoran and Warrenpoint
Town man has established a reputation
as a reliable goalscorer and opened his
account for the season against Carrick
Rangers recently.
HOME: Ryan Heffron
AWAY: American Bar
CONOR
McMENAMIN
DATE OF BIRTH
August 24, 1995
DEBUT
July 12, 2018
v Nordsjælland
Appearances: 77 Goals: 25
Signed on a pre-contract deal from
Warrenpoint Town in January 2019,
Seanna has previously spent time on
the books of Sheffield Wednesday,
Linfield and Carrick Rangers.
An athletic full-back with a desire to get
forward and support the attack, Foster
has proven a reliable option on the right
-hand side.
HOME: Denis Hasson
AWAY: Paul McKeown
SEANNA
FOSTER
DATE OF BIRTH
January 29, 1997
DEBUT
August 27, 2019
v Moyola Park
Appearances: 22 Goals: 0
Having excelled both centrally and on
the left side of Cliftonville’s defence,
the 20-year-old has further demonstrating
his adaptability with stirring
displays in the middle of the park in
recent weeks but could be set for a spell
on the sidelines with his return from
injury lasting a mere 12 minutes of the
game against Larne last weekend.
HOME: Orchard Taxis
AWAY: Paul O’Connor
AARON
DONNELLY
DATE OF BIRTH
March 22, 2000
DEBUT
October 1, 2016
v Annagh United
Appearances: 69 Goals: 1
Back at the Club following a brief spell
with Warrenpoint Town in the latter part
of last season, the 21-year-old midfielder
- who was part of the Cliftonville
Academy from 2012-2015 - spent four
years at English League Two side
Stevenage, for whom he made 33
appearances following his professional
debut in April 2017.
HOME:
AWAY:
MARK
McKEE
DATE OF BIRTH
December 1, 1998
DEBUT
October 19, 2019
v Institute
Appearances: 6 Goals: 1
A tough-tackling central midfielder with
an incredible work ethic, Bagnall captained
Warrenpoint Town to the Championship
title in 2016/17.
Formerly on the books of Glenavon,
Sunderland and Darlington, the 28-year
-old has been in superb form so far this
season, but is another sidelined by
injury of late.
HOME: Nicola Gorman
AWAY: Paul Ferrin
LIAM
BAGNALL
DATE OF BIRTH
May 17, 1992
DEBUT
August 12, 2017
v Ards
Appearances: 110 Goals: 2
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A player who was chased by a host of
Clubs in the summer of 2019, Ronan is
one of an increasing band of Derry
natives at Solitude.
After stepping from the Ulster Senior
League with Cockhill Celtic into the
Premiership with Institute, ‘Olly’ made
his 50th appearance in the recent loss
at Dungannon.
HOME: Donna Doherty
AWAY: David Doherty
RONAN
DOHERTY
DATE OF BIRTH
January 10, 1996
DEBUT
June 27, 2019
v Barry Town United
Appearances: 52 Goals: 2
DATE OF BIRTH
July 13, 2000
DEBUT
April 23, 2019
v Linfield
Another player who has made the step
up from Cliftonville Olympic, Donal
made his first two senior appearances
for the Club at the end of the 2018/19
campaign.
He had enjoyed more game time in the
latter stages of last season but a
cruciate injury has forced the 20-yearold
out of contention for now.
HOME:
AWAY: Colin Simpson
DONAL
ROCKS
Appearances: 10 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
November 26, 1989
DEBUT
June 30, 2011
v The New Saints
The greatest goalscorer in Cliftonville’s
history surpassed Kevin McGarry’s longstanding
record of 170 strikes in October
2018.
A double title-winner with the Reds
prior to a move to Peterborough United,
the man known simply as ‘The Goal’
netted four times against Dundela last
month.
HOME: Ciaran O’Neill
AWAY: John Campbell
JOE
GORMLEY
Appearances: 335 Goals: 218
DATE OF BIRTH
March 31, 2000
DEBUT
April 28, 2018
v Linfield
An upcoming talent, Dunne was a
regular fixture on the Reds’ bench
during the 2017/18 season and made
his debut in a Premiership win over
Linfield at Windsor Park.
The towering goalkeeper, who spent
the 2018/19 term on loan at Portadown,
made his first appearance of the
season in the defeat of Dundela.
HOME: Colin Simpson
AWAY: Kenny Murdock
DECLAN
DUNNE
Appearances: 5 Goals: 0
A player who made history last season
when he became the quickest ever
player to score on his Cliftonville debut
when he netted just seconds after
emerging from the bench in a County
Antrim Shield clash with Knockbreda.
Currently sidelined with a cruciate
injury, the young striker is very highly
rated by boss Paddy McLaughlin.
HOME:
AWAY:
CALVIN
McCURRY
DATE OF BIRTH
December 26, 2001
DEBUT
September 10, 2019
v Knockbreda
Appearances: 5 Goals: 1
DATE OF BIRTH
April 9, 2002
DEBUT
January 26, 2019
v Glenavon
Handed his debut by Caretaker Manager
Michael Press during a Danske Bank
Premiership encounter with Glenavon in
January 2019, Casey is a midfield talent
with huge potential.
The 18-year-old, impressive against
Knockbreda and Dundela last month, is
another Northern Ireland Schoolboy
International.
HOME: David Casey
AWAY:
ODHRÁN
CASEY
Appearances: 6 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
September 9, 1999
DEBUT
August 4, 2018
v Glentoran
Recruited in the summer of 2018,
attacking talent Maguire returned home
following two productive years with
Rotherham United’s Academy.
A pacey wide man with an eye for a
trick, Thomas banked the 96th minute
equaliser against Ballymena United in
January’s County Antrim Shield Final
before teeing up Ryan Curran’s winner.
HOME: American Bar
AWAY: Nolan Devlin
THOMAS
MAGUIRE
Appearances: 62 Goals: 6
DATE OF BIRTH
February 8, 2001
DEBUT
October 20, 2020
v Dundela
A striker recruited from Premier Intermediate
League outfit Newington on
Transfer Deadline Day last month,
Devine is an imposing frontman with a
keen eye for goal and adds to Cliftonville’s
healthy list of hungry young
players chomping at the bit to put
pressure on some of the more experienced
names in the squad.
HOME: Colm Cullen
AWAY: Colm Cullen
ETHAN
DEVINE
Appearances: 1 Goals: 0
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Apr 3
Apr 6
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May 1
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SUB3^
Gormley
Devine
Harney
Harney
O’Connor
Maguire
O’Connor
Gormley
Foster
SUB2+
Casey
O’Brien
Maguire
O’Connor
R Curran
R Curran
Casey
O’Connor
O’Connor
McCrudden
SUB1*
R Curran
McGuinness
Foster
McCrudden
C Curran
Doherty
Gormley
Foster
Donnelly^
O’Connor
R
2-1
7-2
1-0
0-1
3-0
0-1
3-0
1-2
0-1
0-4
OPPOSITION
Knockbreda (h)
Dundela (h)
Glentoran (h)
Crusaders (a)
Carrick Rgers (h)
Glentoran (h)
Warrenpoint (h)
Dungannon Sw (a)
Larne (a)
Ballymena Utd (h)
Portadown (h)
Linfield (a)
Glenavon (a)
Coleraine (h)
Crusaders (h)
Glentoran (a)
Dungannon Sw (a)
Doherty
McKee
Donnelly+
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly*
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Ives
Maguire
Ives
Ives*
Maguire
McDermott
Maguire
McDermott
Maguire
Maguire+
Brush
Dunne
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Maguire
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
McCrudden
McCrudden+
McCrudden*
Maguire^
McCrudden+
R Curran
McCrudden
Gormley 4^
Gormley^
Gormley
Gormley+
Gormley^
R Curran
R Curran
Gormley
Gormley
Bagnall^
McMenamin
Bagnall+
McMenamin
McMenamin+
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall+
C Curran
C Curran
C Curran
McMenamin
C Curran
C Curran
McMenamin^
McMenamin^
McMenamin
McMenamin
McMenamin
McMenamin
Harney+
Ives
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
G Breen
G Breen*
G Breen
G Breen^
Harney
G Breen
Harney
Breen
Breen
Breen
Foster*
Casey
McDermott*
McDermott
McDermott
Harney
McDermott
Harney*
McDermott*
McDermott
Bagnall
Doherty*
C Curran
C Curran+
C Curran
R Curran
McKee*
Larne (h)
Ballymena Utd (a)
Linfield (h)
Glenavon (h)
Coleraine (a)
Warrenpoint (h)
Portadown (a)
Carrick Rgers (a)
Ballymena Utd (h)
Linfield (a)
Larne (a)
Coleraine (h)
Glentoran (h)
Warrenpoint (a)
Dungannon Sw (h)
Crusaders (a)
Glenavon (h)
Portadown (a)
Carrick Rgers (h)
C Curran 2
Bagnall
20 22

Cliftonville
1. Richard Brush
2. Conor McDermott
3. Levi Ives
4. Garry Breen
5. Ryan O’Reilly
6. Jamie Harney
7. Chris Curran
8. Daire O’Connor
9. Ryan Curran
10. Michael McCrudden
11. Conor McMenamin
12. Seanna Foster
14. Aaron Donnelly
15. Mark McKee
16. Liam Bagnall
17. Ronan Doherty
18. Donal Rocks
19. Joe Gormley
20. Declan Dunne
21. Calvin McCurry
22. Odhrán Casey
23. Thomas Maguire
24. Ethan Devine
Portadown
1. Ben Pierce
2. Greg Hall
3. Christopher Crane
4. Adam McCallum
5. Paul Finnegan
6. Barney McKeown
7. Chris Lavery
8. George Tipton
9. Adam Salley
10. Lee Bonis
11. Stephen Murray
12. Conall McGrandles
13. Scott Pengelly
14. Aaron Burns
15. Callum McVeigh
16. Luke Wilson
17. Ruairi Croskery
18. Paddy McNally
19. Ben Guy
20. Stephen Teggart
21. Oisin Conaty
22. Nathan Kerr
24. Kevin Healy
45. Samuel Glenfield
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REFEREE
Tim Marshall
ASSISTANTS
Adam Jeffrey
Vikki Finlay
FOURTH OFFICIAL
Shane Andrews
This afternoon’s other Premiership fixtures
Coleraine v Larne
Glenavon v Crusaders
Glentoran v Dungannon Swifts
Warrenpoint Town v Linfield (5.30pm)
Danske Bank Premiership table
1 Linfield
2 Larne
3 Crusaders
4 Cliftonville
5 Ballymena United
6 Coleraine
7 Glenavon
8 Warrenpoint Town
9 Dungannon Swifts
10 Portadown
11 Carrick Rangers
12 Glentoran
P
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
W
6
5
5
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
D
1
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
1
1
3
L
0
0
2
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
F
19
11
12
8
10
9
9
4
3
3
3
5
A
8
3
6
8
11
9
11
8
9
12
11
7
Pts
19
17
15
9
9
7
6
5
5
4
4
3
23