Picture special: Ballinderry 0-09 Slaughtneil 1-08

The Shamrocks were one point up as an ill tempered final drifted into injury time and Chris Bradley sent a high sideline ball in toward the Ballinderry goal.
Slaughtneil's and Ballinderry's players during a scuffle on the sidelines

Mandatory Credit Photo Lorcan Doherty / Presseye.comSlaughtneil's and Ballinderry's players during a scuffle on the sidelines

Mandatory Credit Photo Lorcan Doherty / Presseye.com
Slaughtneil's and Ballinderry's players during a scuffle on the sidelines Mandatory Credit Photo Lorcan Doherty / Presseye.com

With players from both sides leaping, Bradley got the faintest of touches to help the ball toward the bottom corner.

Shamrocks keeper Mickey Conlan scrambled across to drag the ball out but the umpires ruled it had crossed the line.

That decision saw the game end in ugly scenes as players and officials from Ballinderry remonstrated with referee Anthony Campbell and his umpires who had to be helped off the pitch.