Cliftonville v Dungannon Swifts

Official Matchday Magazine of Ireland’s Oldest Football Club
Volume 40 / Issue 18 / Online
Cliftonville v Dungannon Swifts
Danske Bank Premiership
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Solitude, Belfast, 7.45pm
Match Sponsor: Mr Jack Patterson
Matchball Sponsor: Dale McDonald & Karen Sweeney
Man of the Match Sponsor: Jess Doherty

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
Cliftonville
wins
(33)
Dungannon
wins
(14)
Draws
(22)
The entire history of competitive fixtures between
Cliftonville and Dungannon Swifts...
COACHING STAFF
Manager: Paddy McLaughlin
Assistant: Brian Donaghey
First Team Coach: Declan O’Hara
Goalkeeping Coach: Conleth
McCrudden
Club Doctor: Dr John Campbell
Physio: Stuart Holmes
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:
John McGrady
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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Percentage of the online
vote that won March’s
Player of the Month
award for Aaron McCarey
Amount of away
victories the Reds
have now recorded
on Premiership
duty
This game is
Cliftonville’s 70th
competitive
meeting with
Dungannon Swifts
Saturday saw Ryan
Curran become just
the 10th player to
reach 30 Premiership
goals for Cliftonville
The weekend’s win at
Warrenpoint means the Reds’
historic goal difference for away
games in the Premiership now
stands at +4
Though Covid-19 protocols mean supporters aren’t necessarily able to visit The Reds Shop
with the ease usually associated with Solitude matchdays, our online Click & Collect
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1928
Cliftonville lost 5-3 to Manchester
University in a friendly at Solitude.
2013
The Reds beat Crusaders 2-0 in an
Irish Cup semi-final tie at The Oval.

MANAGER
Saturday’s attitude will
hold us in good stead
SUPPORTING ROLE
Our thanks to this evening’s
Matchday Partners
COVER STORY
Aaron Donnelly drives forward
during the weekend’s win at
Warrenpoint
NO TAKING THE MICH
McCrudden insists
complacency will not be an
issue in the Reds camp
THE AWAY END
Swifts have more than
mere pride to play for
at the bottom
FIXTURES & FITTINGS
Key dates for your diary
throughout the season
IN THE PICTURE
Action from Saturday’s trip to
Milltown
SQUAD GOALS
All the facts, figures and
stats behind tonight’s
home line-up
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A
S satisfying as everything
about Saturday’s
game at Warrenpoint
was, our attentions
very quickly shifted to this
evening’s game with Dungannon
Swifts.
With the fixture list being how it
is, you don’t get too much time
to enjoy your victories or stew
over defeats, you simply have to
put your most recent result
behind you and make preparations
for the next match, which is
never too far away.
I don’t expect anything other
than a tough test tonight and
anybody who pays too much
attention to Dungannon’s position
in the table is wasting their
time.
They are a side capable of playing
football that can hurt any
team and, as we’ve found out
against them already this season,
you have to make sure
you’re on top of your game if you
have any chance of the result
you want.
Even our win at Stangmore Park
at the beginning f January came
courtesy of a penalty with literally
the last kick of the game,
which just shows you how tight
things can be regardless of the
points difference between any
two teams.
Dungannon have put together
some very decent performances
in the last few weeks and, if you
“
Anybody who pays too much attention to
Dungannon’s position in the table is wasting
their time.
”
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can do that on a consistent
enough basis, results will follow
- and we need to make sure we
don’t let everything click into
place for them this evening.
In many ways, our approach to
this game won’t be too different
to last Saturday’s.
Going down to Warrenpoint was
all about attitude. It was a case
of making sure we didn’t underestimate
them and that we had
toe desire in our own lockers to
put a real shift in from the first
minute until the last. I think it’s
safe to say the players did
just that.
Michael McCrudden quite rightly
grabbed the headlines because
of his hat-trick but there
wasn’t a single player
who didn’t have a
good game on the
day.
From back to
front, we were
solid, inventive,
hard-working
and clinical - and
that’s what I’ll
be asking of the
players again
tonight. What’s
more, that’s
how they
want to perform.
The boys
deserve real
credit for
how they’ve
gone about
things since
that last
meeting with
Dungannon
four months
back and long
may our
encouraging
form continue.

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Rudd alert:
Michael
McCrudden
sweeps home the
opening goal
Ground force: Chris Curran is
felled by Danny Wallace, leading
to the penalty converted by
Ryan Curran (right)
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 ::: Danske Bank Premiership ::: Warrenpoint Town 0-5 Cliftonville
Three rider:
McCrudden takes
the acclaim after
completing his
treble
Double trouble:
McCrudden bags
his second
High five: Odhran
Casey congratulates
Daire O’Connor on
making it 5-0
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M
ICHAEL McCrudden
has warned Cliftonville
against
underestimating the
challenge that will be posed by
Dungannon Swifts this evening.
The striker, who registered a hat
-trick in Saturday’s five-star
victory over Warrenpoint Town
at Milltown, says a ‘fear’ of
teams in the lower reaches of
the Danske Bank Premiership
can ensure complacency doesn’t
set in and expects the visitors to
be fired up to achieve a positive
result.
“I actually fear the teams in the
bottom half of the table more
than the big boys at the top of
the table,” he explains.
“Obviously you can get complacent.
That is something that we
have talked about a lot - for us
not to get complacent and take
every game as it comes.
“Make no bones about it, no
matter where Dungannon Swifts
are in the League table, they will
be ready to rock as will we and it
will be a tough game.”
McCrudden has had to bide his
time on the sidelines of late, with
a raft of January arrivals - most
notably Paul O’Neill and Daniel
Kearns - limiting his game time
but he was delighted to make
the most of his opportunity at
the weekend when an injury to
Paul O’Neill saw him take his
place in a starting line-up for the
first time in more than two
months.
“I’m just glad to get on the pitch
and start helping the boys,” he
says.
“It couldn’t have went any better.
I was glad to get the hattrick,
and glad to get the threepoints.
“Whenever the boys came in in
January, it was brilliant to see.
The squad has improved a lot
and it has been tough to get in
and it’s been tough to watch as
well to be honest because you
want to be out there. But I never
ever caused a fuss. I was just
biding my time and waiting my
time and got the head down and
worked hard.
“Thankfully I got the chance on
Saturday and hopefully I can give
the Manager a headache going
forward.”
The 30-year-old has an established
relationship with Paddy
McLaughlin having served as his
captain when the pair were at
Institute and, knowing the methods
the Cliftonville chief likes to
employ, McCrudden insists it
never crossed his mind to complain
about being left out of the
team for long stretches of 2021
to date.
“As a player, you always want to
play,” admits the former Derry
City frontman, who also bagged
a treble against Portadown earlier
in the season.
“There have been times when I
haven’t been getting on or I’ve
been getting 10 minutes here
and there. It does play on your
mind, but I’ve always stuck at it.
“There have been times after
matches where you feel you
could go and knock on the Manager’s
door but I’ve never done
that because it’s down to the
gaffer to pick the team.
“I know what he wants from
players, obviously with having
been with him before Cliftonville
“You could say that it’s a relationship
that has been there for
a long time and he knows what I
give as a player. It works both
ways.”
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Breaking Brad:
Ryan O’Reilly keeps
a close watch on
Eoin Bradley
Top of the Har:
Celebrations after
Jamie Harney’s
opening goal
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Saturday, March 27, 2021 ::: Danske Bank Premiership ::: Cliftonville 2-1 Coleraine
Fist class:
Aaron McCarey
punches clear
Smiles better:
Paul O’Neill
shows his
delight after
squeezing in
the Reds’
second
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T
HOUGH the threat of
relegation from the
Danske Bank Premiership
has long been
removed thanks to the cancellation
of the Championship
season, Dungannon Swifts still
have every motivation to climb
away from bottom spot in the
table.
Alongside their own personal
pride, there is also the not inconsiderable
matter of every player
striving to ensure that they remain
part of new boss Dean
Shiels’ plans for the 2021/22
campaign.
Performances and results since
the former Northern Ireland
international replaced Kris Lindsay
- who will, of course, be
alongside Paddy McLaughlin in
the home dugout this evening -
have been every bit as inconsistent
as you might expect from
a team in the lower echelons of
the standings.
While his first game at the helm
ended in defeat, Dungannon’s
display in a narrow home reverse
at the hands of Coleraine - who,
it must be said, benefited from
arguably the most dubious penalty
award of the season when
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goalkeeper Roy Carroll was bizarrely
penalised for a foul on
Curtis Allen as he punched the
ball clear of his goal - Shiels took
plenty of encouragement from
his new charges’ application
throughout.
A brace of 2-0 losses to Larne
and Linfield followed before
arguably the first real disappointment
of the Manager’s
tenure saw fellow strugglers
Portadown emerge from Shamrock
Park with a victory more
comfortable than the 1-0 scoreline
suggested.
As had been intimated by their
performance against Coleraine,
the Swifts appeared to relish the
prospect of going toe-to-toe
with some of the League’s heavy
hitters and that certainly proved
to be the case when they welcomed
Crusaders to County
Tyrone on March 23.
Goals either side of the interval
from Callum Byers and Rory
Patterson put Dungannon into a
commanding position and,
though they had to weather a
brief storm in the aftermath of
Jamie McGonigle reducing the
arrears, Shiels’ first win was an
impressive one.
Unfortunately for him and his
players, however, they were
unable to back it up when they
travelled to Ballymena a few
days later.
Shiels’ frustration upon learning
of captain Douglas Wilson’s
impending summer switch to
their opponents grabbed all the
headlines in the aftermath of a
5-1 mauling that had seen the
off-colour Swifts trailing by no
fewer than four goals at halftime.
Glenavon would register four
without reply when they visited
Stangmore last Tuesday night -
an occasion perhaps summed up
by Rory Patterson finding time to
miss a penalty and talk himself
into a red card within 13 minutes
of his introduction from the
bench.
Linfield’s visit at the weekend
brought a much improved display
out of Shiels’ side, who were
well in the game until the titlechallenging
visitors sealed the
points with a second goal in
injury-time, and he will be looking
for more of the same against
Cliftonville tonight as he goes in
search of his first away victory as
Dungannon Manager.

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Your walk through the
Cliftonville squad
Including 2020/21
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Paddy McLaughlin’s first signing saw
him raid hometown Club Derry City for
full-back McDermott on a loan deal,
which became permanent last January.
A scorer on his home debut when the
Reds overcame Barry Town United,
Conor has been sidelined since the
North Belfast Derby draw with Crusaders
in January.
HOME: John Mulholland
AWAY: Michael Young Sr
CONOR
McDERMOTT
DATE OF BIRTH
September 18, 1997
DEBUT
June 27, 2019
v Barry Town United
Appearances: 56 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 out of
action for long stretches - a situation
which has unfortunately repeated itself
this season.
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 won November’s
Goal of the Month award with a
fantastic free-kick against Dungannon
Swifts, returned to action from the
bench at the weekend.
HOME: Cathal Mervyn
AWAY: David McDowell
GARRY
BREEN
DATE OF BIRTH
April 13, 1989
DEBUT
August 12, 2017
v Ards
Appearances: 129 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 an impressive start to life at his
new Club, the Cavan man has been
impressive since returning to the side in
February’s draw at Portadown.
HOME: John Doran
AWAY: Joanne McMullan
RYAN
O’REILLY
DATE OF BIRTH
July 7, 1995
DEBUT
October 17, 2020
v Glentoran
Appearances: 21 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 making a 2017 move to
the Reds, for whom he scored his first
goal of the season last week.
HOME: Niall Devlin
AWAY: Jack Ferrin
JAMIE
HARNEY
DATE OF BIRTH
March 4, 1996
DEBUT
August 12, 2017
v Ards
Appearances: 129 Goals: 9
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
recently made his 300th appearance
for the Club.
HOME: Nolan Devlin
AWAY: Ronan Begley
CHRIS
CURRAN
DATE OF BIRTH
January 5, 1991
DEBUT
July 23, 2013
v Celtic
Appearances: 306 Goals: 34
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O’Connor signed up at Solitude in
October 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 capped a magnificent display
in the weekend win at Warrenpoint
Town by banking the final goal.
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: 26 Goals: 4
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 strikes to his name, has been a
regular on the goal trail throughout
2021 so far.
HOME: David McDowell
AWAY: Cathal Mervyn
RYAN
CURRAN
DATE OF BIRTH
October 13, 1993
DEBUT
July 12, 2018
v Nordsjælland
Appearances: 118 Goals: 38
DATE OF BIRTH
July 31, 1991
DEBUT
January 13, 2020
v Linfield
A January 2020 recruit, McCrudden
moved to the Club following an injuryplagued
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, claimed his second
hat-trick of the season when the Reds
overcame Warrenpoint on Saturday.
HOME: Anthony Marley
AWAY: Denis Hasson
MICHAEL
McCRUDDEN
Appearances: 31 Goals: 9
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: 26 Goals: 0
Having excelled both centrally and on
the left side of Cliftonville’s defence,
the 21-year-old has further demonstrating
his adaptability with some
stirring displays in the middle of the
park earlier in the season but, following
a recent return to full-back, bagged his
first Premiership goal for the Club in last
month’s defeat of Glenavon.
HOME: Orchard Taxis
AWAY: Paul O’Connor
AARON
DONNELLY
DATE OF BIRTH
March 22, 2000
DEBUT
October 1, 2016
v Annagh United
Appearances: 90 Goals: 2
Back at the Club following a brief spell
with Warrenpoint Town in the latter part
of last season, the 22-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: 7 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 and also impressed in a central
defensive role when called upon.
HOME: Nicola Gorman
AWAY: Paul Ferrin
LIAM
BAGNALL
DATE OF BIRTH
May 17, 1992
DEBUT
August 12, 2017
v Ards
Appearances: 130 Goals: 2
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’ scored
his first League goal for the Reds in
February’s defeat of Larne.
HOME: Donna Doherty
AWAY: David Doherty
RONAN
DOHERTY
DATE OF BIRTH
January 10, 1996
DEBUT
June 27, 2019
v Barry Town United
Appearances: 69 Goals: 3
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’
faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines
after breaking his elbow in January.
HOME: Ciaran O’Neill
AWAY: John Campbell
JOE
GORMLEY
Appearances: 340 Goals: 218
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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,
misses out tonight after being
red carded from the bench at Larne.
HOME: Colin Simpson
AWAY: Kenny Murdock
DECLAN
DUNNE
Appearances: 5 Goals: 0
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 earlier in the
season, featured as a sub at Warrenpoint
on Saturday.
HOME: David Casey
AWAY: Caodhan Casey
ODHRÁN
CASEY
Appearances: 8 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
November 27, 1996
DEBUT
January 2, 2021
v Dungannon Swifts
A member of the Cliftonville Academy
before joining Aston Villa in 2015, the
24-year-old midfielder – who featured
for the Republic of Ireland at Under-21
level – made a welcome return to
Solitude in the days leading up to
Christmas, since when he has found the
net against Crusaders, Coleraine and
Portadown.
HOME: Connor Hayes
AWAY: The Sunflower Pub
RORY
HALE
Appearances: 17 Goals: 3
DATE OF BIRTH
January 6, 1996
DEBUT
January 30, 2021
v Glenavon
One of seven January recruits, Lowe
boasts considerable Premiership
experience despite being just 25 years
old.
The Omagh man came through the
ranks at Dungannon Swifts, with whom
the midfielder spent a decade prior to
his switch to the Reds, where he has
thus far operated in defence.
HOME: Joanne McMullan
AWAY: Joe McGarry
KRIS
LOWE
Appearances: 14 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
August 26, 1991
DEBUT
February 2, 2021
v Coleraine
After coming through the ranks at West
Ham United, Kearns spent a productive
season with Dundalk before commencing
three years at Peterborough United.
The Belfast-born underage international
– who represented both Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at
various levels – joined the Reds from
Linfield at the end of January.
HOME: Colin Clarkin
AWAY:
DANIEL
KEARNS
Appearances: 8 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
January 7, 2000
DEBUT
February 2, 2021
v Coleraine
The current Young Footballer of the
Year joined Cliftonville as part of the
January Transfer Deadline Day deal that
saw Conor McMenamin return to
Glentoran.
The Northern Ireland Under-21 international
striker wasted no time in making
a positive impression at the Reds with
four goals to his name so far.
HOME: Rick O’Neill
AWAY: Declan Healey
PAUL
O’NEILL
Appearances: 12 Goals: 4
DATE OF BIRTH
February 6, 2002
DEBUT
January 26, 2021
v Linfield
Yet another former member of the
Cliftonville Academy, Eoin returned to
Solitude on loan from Portsmouth in
January.
Having featured for the Reds’ Under-18
side at the age of 16, the versatile
attacker has featured for Pompey’s
senior team and Under-23s during his
two-and-a-half years at Fratton Park.
HOME: Remo Gressani
AWAY: Brendan Teggart
EOIN
TEGGART
Appearances: 2 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
January 4, 1992
DEBUT
January 9, 2021
v Crusaders
Formerly with Wolves and Ross County,
goalkeeper Aaron represented the
Republic of Ireland at Under-17, Under-
18, Under-19 and Under-21 level and
was selected in senior squads by both
Giovanni Trapattoni and Martin O’Neill.
Prior to joining the Reds, he featured in
this season’s Europa League group
stages with Dundalk.
HOME: Dale McDonald
AWAY: Colin Simpson
AARON
McCAREY
Appearances: 16 Goals: 0
DATE OF BIRTH
March 27, 2001
DEBUT
February 2, 2021
v Coleraine
On loan from Celtic, Barry has featured
for the Hoops’ Under-17 and Reserve
set-ups since joining from hometown
side Nenagh AFC in 2017.
A Republic of Ireland Under-19 international,
the Tipperary native scored the
goal that helped the Republic of Ireland
reached the Euro Under-19 Championship
semi-finals two years ago.
HOME: Colin Simpson
AWAY: Cillian Nugent
BARRY
COFFEY
Appearances: 11 Goals: 0
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Nov 3
Nov 7
Nov 10
Nov 21
Nov 24
Nov 28
Dec 5
Dec 14
Dec 19
Jan 2
Jan 9
Jan 26
Jan 30
Feb 2
Feb 6
Feb 9
Feb 13
Feb 20
Feb 23
Feb 27
Mar 2
Mar 6
Mar 13
Mar 20
Mar 27
Apr 3
Apr 6
Apr 10
Apr 17
Apr 20
Apr 24
Apr 27
May 1
May 4
May 8
May 11
May 15
May 18
May 21
May 25
May 29
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
Casey
Maguire
O’Connor
Maguire
O’Connor
O’Reilly
Teggart
Lowe
O’Connor
Kearns
Foster
McCrudden
O’Connor
Kearns
McCrudden
O’Connor
Coffey
Coffey
Kearns
McCrudden
Coffey
SUB1*
R Curran
McGuinness
Foster
McCrudden
C Curran
Doherty
Gormley
Foster
Donnelly^
O’Connor
Doherty
R Curran
Foster
McMenamin
Gormley
O’Connor
O’Connor
McMenamin
Teggart
C Curran
O’Connor
O’Connor
Coffey
O’Connor
O’Connor
Hale
O’Connor
Doherty
O’Neill
Doherty
Breen
R
2-1
7-2
1-0
0-1
3-0
0-1
3-0
1-2
0-1
0-4
5-0
0-2
1-1
0-2
2-1
2-2
4-3
1-1
2-2
0-1
3-0
1-1
1-0
2-1
1-0
1-1
0-2
2-1
0-0
2-1
5-0
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)
Dungannon Sw (a)
Crusaders (h)
Linfield (h)
Glenavon (h)
Coleraine (a)
Glentoran (a)
Warrenpoint (h)
Portadown (a)
Larne (h)
Ballymena Utd (h)
Carrick Rgers (a)
Ballymena Utd (a)
Linfield (a)
Glenavon (h)
Larne (a)
Coleraine (h)
Warrenpoint (a)
Dungannon Sw (h)
Crusaders (a)
Portadown (a)
Glentoran (h)
Carrick Rgers (h)
Portstewart (h)
Doherty
McKee
Donnelly+
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly*
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Donnelly*
Donnelly
McMenamin^
Doherty
C Curran
C Curran
McCrudden*
O’Connor
Kearns*
Coffey*
Kearns*
Coffey*
C Curran
C Curran
C Curran
C Curran
C Curran
Kearns*
C Curran*
Kearns+
C Curran
Ives
Maguire
Ives
Ives*
Maguire
McDermott
Maguire
McDermott
Maguire
Maguire+
O’Reilly
O’Reilly^
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Donnelly
Brush
Dunne
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
McCarey
Maguire
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
McCrudden
McCrudden+
McCrudden*
Maguire^
McCrudden+
R Curran
McCrudden 3^
McCrudden*
McCrudden+
Gormley
McMenamin^
McMenamin+
McMenamin 2 +
McCrudden^
R Curran+
R Curran
McCrudden
Gormley 4^
Gormley^
Gormley
Gormley+
Gormley^
R Curran
R Curran
Gormley
Gormley
Gormley
Gormley+
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
O’Neill
O’Neill+
O’Neill+
O’Neill+
O’Neill+
O’Neill
O’Neill+
O’Neill
O’Neill
O’Neill
O’Connor+
O’Neill
McCrudden 3^
Bagnall^
McMenamin
Bagnall+
McMenamin
McMenamin+
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall+
C Curran
C Curran
McMenamin
McMenamin
C Curran
C Curran
Doherty+
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty
Doherty*
Coffey*
Coffey
Coffey*
Doherty*
Bagnall
Doherty
Bagnall
Bagnall+
C Curran
McMenamin
C Curran
C Curran
McMenamin^
McMenamin^
McMenamin
McMenamin
McMenamin
McMenamin
C Curran
C Curran
Bagnall
O’Connor+
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
Coffey^
Bagnall
Bagnall
C Curran
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
Bagnall
O’Connor+
Bagnall
O’Connor*
O’Connor
Harney+
Ives
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
Breen
Breen
O’Reilly*
Breen
Breen*
Breen
Breen
Breen*
Breen
Breen
Lowe
Bagnall
Breen
Breen
Breen
Breen
Breen^
Harney
Harney
Harney
Harney*
G Breen
G Breen*
G Breen
G Breen^
Harney
G Breen
Harney
Breen
Breen
Breen
McDermott+
McDermott
Harney
Harney^
Harney
Harney
Harney
Harney
Harney
Harney^
Harney
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
Lowe
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
O’Reilly
Foster*
Casey
McDermott*
McDermott
McDermott
Harney
McDermott
Harney*
McDermott*
McDermott
Foster
Foster
McDermott
McDermott
McDermott
McDermott
C Curran
C Curran+
Lowe
Lowe
C Curran^
Lowe
Lowe
Lowe
Lowe
Lowe
Lowe
C Curran
Lowe
Lowe
Lowe
Bagnall
Doherty*
C Curran
C Curran+
C Curran
R Curran
McKee*
Bagnall
Bagnall
Doherty
Bagnall*
Hale
Hale*
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale*
Hale*
Kearns+
Hale+
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Gormley
McCrudden
Maguire
Maguire
McCrudden
O’Connor
Coffey
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran^
R Curran
R Curran
R Curran
Harney
McCrudden
Casey
O’Connor 2
Doherty
R Curran 2
R Curran
C Curran 2
Bagnall
20 22

Cliftonville
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
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
24. Ethan Devine
27. Rory Hale
30. Kris Lowe
32. Daniel Kearns
33. Paul O’Neill
35. Declan Breen
36. Eoin Teggart
37. Aaron McCarey
40. Barry Coffey
Dungannon Swifts
1. Sam Johnston
2. Caolin Coyle
3. Alan Teggart
4. Douglas Wilson
5. Dylan King
6. Callum Byers
7. Caolan McAleer
9. Daniel Hughes
10. Oisin Smyth
11. Rhyss Campbell
12. Lorcan Forde
13. Conner Byrne
14. Mark Patton
15. Ben Gallagher
16. Michael Carvill
17. Cahal McGinty
18. Stuart Addis
19. Ryan Mayse
21. Shane McGinty
22. Francis Brennan
23. Dylan O’Kane
24. Terry Devlin
25. James Convie
26. Adam Glenny
27. Ethan McGee
32. Matthew Smyth
33. Roy Carroll
35. Rory Patterson
Matchball Sponsor Sponsor
West Mr Jack Gourmet Patterson Sandwich Bar
Matchball Sponsor
Dale McDonald & Karen Sweeney
Man of the Match Sponsor
Jess Doherty
REFEREE
TBC
ASSISTANTS
TBC
TBC
FOURTH OFFICIAL
TBC
Tonight’s other Premiership fixtures
Ballymena United v Glentoran
Carrick Rangers v Crusaders
Glenavon v Warrenpoint Town
Portadown v Larne
Danske Bank Premiership table
1 Linfield
2 Coleraine
3 Glentoran
4 Larne
5 Cliftonville
6 Ballymena United
7 Crusaders
8 Glenavon
9 Warrenpoint Town
10 Portadown
11 Carrick Rangers
12 Dungannon Swifts
P
29
28
27
28
28
29
29
28
27
27
28
28
W
20
16
15
13
13
13
14
10
6
4
4
4
D
3
6
6
9
7
6
3
10
8
6
5
3
L
6
6
6
6
8
10
12
8
13
17
19
21
F
69
42
49
45
43
44
48
44
27
30
26
17
A
28
25
22
28
30
31
36
44
50
59
68
63
Pts
63
54
51
48
46
45
45
40
26
18
17
15
23