PremiershipNorthern-Ireland

Crusaders FC vs Ballymena United

Crusaders FC
2–1 Full time
Ballymena United

Regular Season - 2Saturday, 15 August 2026Seaview, Belfast

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Crusaders FC 2–1 Ballymena United — Premiership, Saturday, 15 August 2026. Full-time result, kick-off time and match details on FutToday.

Timeline

  1. 10' I. Rutkowski Ballymena United
  2. 28' D. McCallion Own goal Crusaders FC
  3. 29' Yellow Card Ballymena United
  4. 30' Yellow Card Crusaders FC
  5. 42' O. Wardell Crusaders FC
  6. 56' Yellow Card Crusaders FC
  7. 85' S. Murray off J. Archer Ballymena United
  8. 85' J. Hood off D. McCallion Ballymena United

Line-ups

Crusaders FC

Declan Caddell

Starting XI

  1. 1 S. Callister
  2. 2 K. Forsythe
  3. 3 G. Kelly
  4. 4 J. Blaney
  5. 6 R. Weir
  6. 8 H. Jewitt-White
  7. 9 A. Brooks
  8. 11 E. Dunlop
  9. 12 J. Doherty
  10. 15 O. Wardell
  11. 22 R. McKay

Substitutes

  1. 31 R. Brown
  2. 5 S. Rough
  3. 7 K. McKechnie
  4. 17 K. Bond
  5. 27 T. Maguire
  6. 42 L. Anderson
  7. 43 L. Barr

Ballymena United

Oran Kearney

Starting XI

  1. 1 D. Walsh
  2. 2 D. Toure
  3. 5 S. Whiteside
  4. 6 F. Sule
  5. 7 C. McKee
  6. 8 J. Archer
  7. 9 I. Rutkowski
  8. 10 C. Allen
  9. 15 D. McCallion
  10. 16 M. Clarke
  11. 22 S. Edogun

Substitutes

  1. 23 D. Breen
  2. 12 D. Rocks
  3. 17 M. Leetch
  4. 18 S. Murray
  5. 19 S. McEleney
  6. 21 J. Hood
  7. 24 C. McConnell