Match against Comber Rec conceded after Kilmore Rec keeper Christopher Turley injured
The NAFL,
Premier Division League Match,
Venue: Park Way, 19th December 2025,
Final Score: Comber Rec 5 1 Kilmore Rec (match conceded at 75 minutes.)
This local derby was always going to be strongly contested and visitors Kilmore Rec faced a challenge. But sadly into the second half in the 75th minute Kilmore keeper Chris Turley suffered a serious injury and the match was eventually conceded.
As Comber pressed into the back of the box in the second half, Chris Turley rose to get the ball and collided with one of his defenders and an oncoming forward and the moment he landed on the ground he was in agony with an injury to his left arm which looked like a bad break.
Players and officials took care of him and eventually he made his way to a van and went off to the Emergency Department at the Ulster Hospital for treatment.
This was a sad blow to Chris and to the Kiimore Rec team going into Christmas playing their last game before the festivities. All the players and officials at Comber have wished him a speedy and full recovery.
Kilmore opened the scoring early with a goal from James Mahoney with a low volley from outside the box but Comber equalised on 13 minutes when James Sofley broke forward to the left hand side of the box and left footed to the back post to score.
Then in the 25th minute Simon Hanna hit a low strike from outside the box and found the net.
Comber increased the pressure on Kilmore and in the second half Dylan Wison took another goal for Comber then Dylan Donaldson rocketed the ball into the Kilmore net to increase the score.
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Kilmore Rec did fight back but the Comber pressure was relentless.
James Sofley took the fifth goal nailing an in-swinging ball from a Simon Hanna cross.
Comber Rec had taken control of the game, then with 15 minutes left in an attack, keeper Christopher Turley was injured and Kilmore Rec conceded the game.
Comber Rec: 1 Corey Pollock (GM) 2 Matthew Gibson 3 Brandon Nelson 4 Lex Walker 5 Christian Irvine 6 Dylan Donaldson 7 Dylan Wilson 8 Simon Hanna (C) 9 James Sofley 10 Matthew Tumilson 11 Christophere Murray. Subs: 12 Stephen Fleck 14 Tommy Hamill 15 Dylan Thompson.
Kilmore Rec: 1 Christopher Turley (GK) 2 Joshua Smyth 3 Conor Curran 4 Joe Healy 5 Yaroslav Panfilov (C) 6 Caolan Conlon 7 Shay McGrattan 8 John Mahoney 9 Rhys Clarke 10 Harry Smyth 11 James Mahoney. Subs: Christopher Magee 14 John Patterson 15 Gary Stranney.
