PORTADOWN BBOB FC

THE BB FIRST TEAM WERE BEATEN 4-0 IN THE MARSHALL CUP LAST NIGHT(FRIDAY)
THE BB SETTLED INTO THE GAME WELL,AND CREATED A COUPLE OF HALF CHANCES WITH SAM THORNBURY HEADING WIDE,AND MATTY DONALDSON ALSO SHOOTING JUST WIDE OF THE TARGET.ARMAGH TOOK THE LEAD ON 27 MINS,A FREE KICK PLAYED INTO THE BB AREA SHOULD HAVE BBEN CLEARED,BUT WASNT AND THE STRIKER HOOKED THE BALL PAST JONNY PARR.THE BB RESPONDE WITH ANOTHER EFFORT FROM DONALDSON,AND ALSO CHRIS KERR AND GARETH ROBINSON SHOOTING FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA BUT NOT TESTING THE KEEPER.H/T 1-0

IN THE SECOND HALF THE BB WERE CONTAINING ARMAGH,UNTIL ON 64MINS GLEN GRACEY HAD TO LEAVE THE PITCH THROUGH INJURY,AND WITH HIS REPLACEMENT GARETH MCCOMBE ONLY ON A FEW MINS,HE MADE A RASH CHALLENGE IN THE AREA,RESULTING IN A PENALTY,WHICH WAS CONVERTED. THE BB KEPT GOING AND SAM THORNBURY SHOT JUST WIDE.BB SUBS JONNY GAYTHWAITE AND STUART GUY COMBINED JUST OUTSIDE THE AREA WITH THE LATTER SHOOTING STARIGHT AT THE KEEPER.ARMAGH SCORED TWO FURTHER GOALSON 78 AND 82 MINS,BUT TO THE BB CREDIT THEY STILL CREATED CHANCES WITH MATTY DONALDSONS EFFORT DEFECTED UNTO THE BAR AND INTO THE HOME KEEPERS HANDS.JONNY GAYTHWAITE THEN HAD ANOTHER EFFORT JUST PUT WIDE ALSO.F/T 4-0