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Under 18 Invitation International
Northern Ireland

6

v

1

 New Zealand
Shane Jennings 9 mins   Josh Morrison 36 mins
Matthew Harkin 22, 54 mins    
Marcus Kane 37, 90, 90+1 mins    
Friday 9 April 2010 Wilgar Park Kick Off 2.00pm

 

The Northern Ireland Schools Under 18 team produced their best display of the season to defeat New Zealand 6-1 at Wilgar Park.

 

The home team made a strong start and went ahead after 20 minutes when Scott McCullough won the ball with a great tackle and slid a perfect pass through for Shane Jennings to score.

 

Two minutes later Matthew Harkin doubled the lead when he netted from a pass by Micheal Smith.

 

On the half hour Smith went close with a neat flick which just went past the post.  The visitors fought back and reduced the leeway after 36 minutes when Josh Morrison took advantage of a poor clearance to net with a strong shot.

 

Nine minutes after the restart the lively Harkin grabbed his second goal when he ran onto a Darren Coyle pass and scored with a well placed shot.

 

The Kiwis should have pulled a goal back but Ryan Cain fired over from close range.

 

In the final minute Marcus Kane netted from a Robbie Hume corner and the Model midfielder completed his hat trick by scoring from another corner by Darren Coyle.

Pos.

Shirt

NORTHERN IRELAND

P

S

N

Pos.

Shirt

NEW ZEALAND

P

S

N

GK

1

Darren Gibbons (GK)

X

 

 

 

1

Alex Carr

X

 

 

D

2

Andy Devlin (c)

X

 

 

 

2

Jack Cotter

 

X

 

D

3

Eamonn Hughes

X

 

 

 

3

Matt Gibbons

X

 

 

D

4

Ben Oliver

X

 

 

 

4

Tim Pilkington

X

 

 

D

5

David Hume

X

 

 

 

5

Dominic McGarr

X

 

 

MF

6

Darren Coyle

X

 

 

 

6

Tom Biss

 

 

 

MF

7

Micheal Smith

X

 

 

 

7

James Routledge

 

X

 

MF

8

Scott McCullough

X

 

 

 

8

Cameron Lidstone

 

X

 

F

9

Shane Jennings

X

 

 

 

9

Ryan Cain

X

 

 

F

10

Matthew Harkin

X

 

 

 

10

James Lawson

X

 

 

MF

11

Marcus Kane

X

 

 

 

11

Alex Ridsdale

 

 

 

GK

12

Jack Duffin (GK)

 

 

 

 

12

Tane Gent

 

 

 

D

13

Graham Crown

 

X

 

 

13

Luis Esteves

X

 

 

D

14

Josh Robinson

 

 

 

 

14

Thomas Doyle

 

 

 

F

15

Robbie Hume

 

X

 

 

15

Jordan Shaw

 

X

 

F

16

Sam Boylan

 

X

 

 

16

Matt Shaw

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Adam Wallis

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Ashton Pett

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

Josh Morrison

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

Daniel Minshull

 

X

 

Bob Ramsey

Head Coach

Steve Cain

Head Coach

 

REFEREE:

David Dunlop

ASSISTANT REFEREE 2:

Graham McIlrath

ASSISTANT REFEREE 1:

Andrew Neeson

4TH OFFICIAL:

John McKnight

The Northern Ireland Schools Under 18 team which played New Zealand at Wilgar Park on 9 April 2010

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