Match Report - Northern Ireland 1 - 3 Wales
22 Mar 2008
Players
| Northern Ireland |
|---|
| 12 |
Wayne Drummond (GK)
|
| 3 |
Liam Bagnall
|
| 4 |
Connor McLaughlin
|
| 6 |
Patrick McLaughlin
|
| 7 |
Michael McCrudden
|
| 8 |
Scott Davidson
|
| 13 |
Shane Duffy
|
| 14 |
Christopher Curran
|
| 16 |
Gavin McParland
|
| 17 |
Stuart Dallas
|
| 18 |
Jordan Hughes
|
| 1 |
Conor Devlin (GK)
|
| 2 |
Aaron McElwee
|
| 5 |
Damien McNulty
|
| 9 |
Declan Bunting
|
| 11 |
Shane Ferguson
|
| 15 |
Andrew Mitchell
|
| Wales |
|---|
| 21 |
Rhys Wilson (GK)
|
| 3 |
James Bloom
|
| 4 |
Zach Evans
|
| 5 |
Kai Edwards
(c)
|
| 7 |
Steven Davey
|
| 9 |
Craig Mason
|
| 10 |
Shane Williams
|
| 12 |
Gerwyn Jones
|
| 14 |
Kye Edwards
|
| 15 |
John Meads
|
| 18 |
Joshua Dawkin
|
| 1 |
Daniel Hanford (GK)
|
| 2 |
Adam Matthews
|
| 6 |
Kieran Howard
|
| 11 |
Nathan Craig
|
| 16 |
Dean Hudson
|
| 17 |
Ashley Richards
|
Substitutions
| On | Off | Minute |
|---|
| Aaron McElwee |
Scott Davidson |
53 |
| Shane Ferguson |
Stuart Dallas |
53 |
| Andrew Mitchell |
Patrick McLaughlin |
67 |
| On | Off | Minute |
|---|
| Ashley Richards |
John Meads |
65 |
| Nathan Craig |
Craig Mason |
71 |
| Kieran Howard |
Zach Evans |
77 |
Goals
| Northern Ireland | Minute |
|---|
| Patrick McLaughlin
|
44 |
| Wales | Minute |
|---|
| Kai Edwards
|
6 |
| Joshua Dawkin
|
13 |
| Shane Williams
|
50 |
Cards
| Northern Ireland | Minute |
|---|
 |
Shane Duffy |
77 |
Officials
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos (Greece)
Assistant referee 1: Leonidas Vasileiadis (Greece)
Assistant referee 2: Edward Spiteri (Malta)
4th official: Marco Borg (Malta)
Other information
Attendance: 150
Report: The Wales Under 17 side finished the week in Northern Ireland with an emphatic 3-1 win at Mourneview park, Lurgan on a cold Saturday evening.
The game was the final one for both sides in the Elite Round of UEFA qualifiers. Sadly neither side could qualify for the finals after earlier defeats to Scotland. Also in the group were Slovenia.
The game was won in the first fifteen minutes after Wales took a 2-0 lead through captain Kai Edwards, scoring with a header from a corner, then Josh Dawkin added a second on thirteen minutes with a long solo run and crisp finish.
Northern Ireland pulled one back four minutes in tothe second half, but a great solo run and shot by Birmingham City's Shane Williams wrapped things up six minutes later.
The hosts continued to press to get back in to the game and did hit the post, but in the end, Wales were comfortable winners to finish the week on a positive note.
Full match details can be found in the results section.
