Goals & Appearances 2008/09

Appearances (starts+subs)

Kris Pike
49 (48+1)
Paul Dickson
48 (47+1)
James Wright
47 (42+5)
Andy McDonald
46 (46+0)
Darren Nixon
45 (44+1)
David Cully
44 (41+3)
Jimmy McIlhagga
44 (43+1)
Craig McMillen
43 (42+1)
Darren Fitzgerald
41 (41+0)
Gary Spence
40 (38+2)
Thomas Gorman
36 (13+23)
Kyle McCleery
32 (20+12)
James Wilson
32 (24+8)
Darren Stirling
31 (30+1)
Johnny Cleary
15 (2+13)
Ricky Billing
12 (7+5)
Stuart Long
7 (2+5)
Neil Corr
6 (2+4)
Lee Rutherford
5 (3+2)
Clarke Mason
4 (0+4)
Benji Njemo
4 (2+2)
Craig Rutherford
4 (2+2)
Kerri Grant
2 (2+0)
Justin McBride
2 (0+2)
Brendan Lowe
1 (0+1)
24 players used
Appearances made in the abandoned game against Glebe Rangers (16/8) are not counted

Goal-scorers

IFAC IC CIS INT SS Total
Darren Fitzgerald 16 3 1 3 23
Darren Stirling 8 1 3 1 13
Paul Dickson 6 1 7
Craig McMillen 4 2 1 7
James Wright 3 1 1 6
Thomas Gorman 4 1 2 6
Jim McIhagga 2 2 4
Ricky Billing 1 1 2
James Wilson 1 1 2
Gary Spence 2 2
Kris Pike 2 2
Benji Njemo 1 1
David Cully 1 1
Neil Corr 1 1
Darren Nixon 1 1
Kyle McCleery 1 1
Andy McDonald 1 1
own goals 2 3 5
Total 53 2 12 4 14 85

IFAC - IFA Championship // IC - JJB Sports Irish Cup // CIS - Co-Operative Insurance Cup // INT - WKD Intermediate Cup  // SS - Steel & Sons Cup

Cautions

Craig McMillen 16 Jim McIlhagga 11
Darren Fitzgerald 10 Andy McDonald 8
Paul Dickson 7 Gary Spence 7
Darren Nixon

5

James Wilson 5
David Cully 4 Kyle McCleery 4
Darren Stirling 3 Ricky Billing 1
Johnny Cleary 1 Stuart Long 1
Benji Njemo 1 Kris Pike 1
James Wright 1

Sendings Off

Gary Spence 1 Craig McMillen

1

Darren Fitzgerald 1 James McIlhagga

1

Clarke Mason 1 David Cully

1

Darren Stirling 1

Suspensions (games missed)

Darren Stirling 6 Craig McMillen 5
Andy Harwood (touchline) 4 Darren Fitzgerald 4
Jimmy McIlhagga 4 Ricky Billing 3
Gary Spence 2 David Cully 1
Paul Dickson 1 Clarke Mason

1

Andy McDonald 1 Darren Nixon

1

Player of the Month (chosen by Premier Ards S.C.)

August
Darren Fitzgerald
September
Kris Pike
October
James Wright
November
Andy McDonald
December
Kris Pike
January
David Cully
February
Jimmy McIlhagga
March
Darren Nixon
April
Andy McDonald

Season Record

P W D L F A
Ladbrokes.com Championship 32 20 5 7 53 26
JJB Sports Irish Cup 2 1 0 1 2 4
Co-Operative Insurance Cup 6 3 0 3 12 14
WKD Intermediate Cup 3 1 1 1 4 4
Steel & Sons Cup 6 6 0 0 14 2
Total 49 31 6 12 85 50
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