CRUSADERS BREAK BALLYMENAS HEARTS NOT ONCE BUT TWICE | IRISH CUP FINAL VLOG 2021/22

Peaky senior hit the national stadium to vlog the Irish cup final between ballymena and crusaders.
Ballymena suffered agony in yet another final.
Crusaders did what crusaders do.
Set prices - goals.

[@danielritchie5984]

A couple of my Linfield mates were sitting in front of you. I was sitting in the Crues end myself, but it was interesting to see it from the perspective of the Ballymena supporters in your vlog. At half-time, I told the Crues fans that I was sitting with that they would come back to win it. Jordan Owens coming on was the turning point. Speaking as a neutral, it was a great day for local football.

[@ThePeakys]

The ifa should have had an area specifically for neutrals imo. I was chatting to Cliftonville fans, glentoran fans, Dundela fans and am aware of a few coleraine fans who were all in the wee area I was in.

[@whoneedsposers]

Sad to see so many Ballymena fans up and leave when the winner went in. Their players deserve better than that and fans should remain till the end to show appreciation for the great effort.

[@ThePeakys]

Yeah, I thought that too. I know at the league cup final we left just after the final whistle as we were on the train and didn’t want to miss it.

[@eastovalite41]

Cruel game is football you done a great job showing that winners and losers

[@ThePeakys]

I wanted to be more in the middle however our good friends at the ifa didn’t engage with my request.

[@BlairMcNally]

Great Vlog. Second time we've seen that now this year, crazy scenes 🤯

[@ThePeakys]

Any other year I’d be buzzing that that happened to ballymena but having gone through it myself I felt for them at that moment (x2)

[@gabes965]

Peaky, yet again great coverage to give a real flavour of the quality and passion of our local game, thank you for your uploading. Personally I don’t agree with corporate hospitality and especially paying for it. Football should be for all. Looking at the national stadium, just a shame that the money pumped in by the N Ireland executive was not evenly split between all clubs, should never have been one major beneficiary. Gabe 💚❤️🖤

[@ThePeakys]

Cheers ❤️

[@suffern63]

Tell it like it is for the beer,loved that.Good VLOG,as always,and nice to see you back at real football and not the other other two.Keep up your travels and enjoy.

[@ThePeakys]

The beer will give me nightmares 😂

[@chavva]

I was in the Crues End as a neutral. I forgot it was a 2.30 kick off and arrived just as Ballymena scored. From then until the 90th minute nothing happened. Then, after the equaliser, B'mena heads dropped and with Crues vastly superior bench only really gonna be one winner. Still a good occasion, the presentation was well done and competitively priced too.

[@ThePeakys]

Yeah, wasn’t a classic but had plenty of drama at the end. I had tried to get the ifa to give me an access all areas type pass but they didn’t even reply to me.

[@chavva]

@@ThePeakys Unfortunately not a surprise 🤩

[@george-sg4ml]

GREAT VLOG,IGNORE THE KNUCKLEHEADS WE ALL HAVE THEM. REDMAN HERE , VERY SORRY FOR BIG DAVY AND THE SKY BLUES THATS UNLUCKY AGAIN . WE DID IT TO THEM IN THE SHIELD LAST YEAR AND THEN SUBJECTED HIM TO AN UNCHARITABLE SONG CHANT. HE IS SOME GUY THOUGH

[@ThePeakys]

Tough one for them for sure.

[@richardhiggins5678]

That made our final defeat seem painless. Unlucky Ballymena

[@ThePeakys]

I wouldn’t go that far 😂

[@martinkeon2790]

Great vlog love the ones ya do as a neutral. Keep up the good work 👍

[@ThePeakys]

Cheers, better for my sanity 😂

[@superlinfield7132]

Forgot to say great vlog for the neutral again. Seen you took a lot of crap on twitter yesterday. Never worry about them. Just you do what you do.

[@ThePeakys]

Just calling out narrow mindedness cause I can’t be doing with it.

[@pjdanger19]

Awk unlocky to Ballymena but I'm love the video

[@ThePeakys]

No last minute goals at Derry this week, they were saved for Crues 😂

[@onlyfourhomenations]

@@ThePeakys hopefully you enjoy the game😉👍👌🤝

[@HarryDeano]

Ballymena so unlucky, twice boomed, crazy, game management eh? good vide m8 as per

[@ThePeakys]

When big Keeley went off it was a matter of time but for that time to be injury time is a real sore one for them.

[@dazzer273]

I remember May 2018 when Coleraine where playing because I was competing at the PCA Irish Open at Ulster Hall. Actually the guy who placed third in our group was from Portrush.

[@dazzer273]

Just in the history part: 1895 (Linfield* V Bohemians) 1900 (Cliftonville* V Bohemians) 1901 (Cliftonville* V Freebooters) 1903 (Distillery* V Bohemians) 1905 (Distillery* V Shelbourne) 1906 (Shelbourne* V Belfast Celtic) 1907 (Cliftonville* V Shelbourne) replay 1908 (Bohemians* V Shelbourne) replay 1909 (Cliftonville* V Bohemians) replay 1910 (Shelbourne* V Bohemians) replay 1920 (Shelbourne*) Final NOT played due too riots in the Semi-Final between Belfast Celtic & Glentoran. Only three clubs in Ireland have won the Irish Cup & FAI Cup. Shelbourne Bohemians Derry City

[@theredarmy6747]

Crusaders in the Irish Cup this season... Quarter Final v Dungannon Swifts - were losing 2-1, went onto win 4-2 Semi Final v Cliftonville - were losing 1-0, went onto win 2-1 Final v Ballymena United - were losing 1-0, went onto win 2-1

[@ThePeakys]

Never give up attitude.

[@davidgregg8757]

Very good, fair play your a gent 👍 COSB

[@ThePeakys]

Was such a tough one for you guys to take, if we hadn’t gone through similar I probably wouldn’t have been so sympathetic but your pain was similar to ours.

[@lewisbufc29]

Hopefully all the Ballymena fans who turned up yesterday will be at Dungannon and Newry City etc away next season

[@ThePeakys]

Unfortunately unless Ballymena are top of the league that isn’t happening. Irish cup is the glory hunter day out.

[@HC01]

Never had a decent pint at Windsor as of recently, all they have are these weird unknown beers that are trying too hard to be trendy, surely even something like a harp wouldn't be impossible to have on tap. Great vlog 🔴⚫

[@ThePeakys]

Even tennents is better. Poor by the management at Windsor trying to pass that crap off to people.

[@milliyx21nothing2]

There first goal was because the man on the front post left it free because their keeper came up f ing

[@seanirishterrier6588]

You gotta feel for Ballymena. I listened to it on Radio Ulster here in Yorkshire. Even they were questioning where did 4mins injury time come from. Then the commentators said They at least deserved a penalty shoot out. What yous planning for the summer ? Hopefully more Derry games

[@ThePeakys]

I try not to make plans tbh as they always get messed up 😂 Just play it by ear and go to what’s feasible.

[@bryanbelshaw7725]

For a 'full time' outfit the Crues were poor and extremely lucky in the end. Ballymena had most of the clear cut chances. Unfortunately they lacked composure. They needed someone just to put their foot on the ball in the middle of the park. If big Davey had hair he'd have torn it out at the situations they fluffed.

[@ThePeakys]

Yeah, and I have saw crusaders play very well on occasions this season. I thought ballymena were very good but the substitutions absolutely killed them. Big Keeley going off at one end of the pitch and Parkhouse at the other just wrecked them.

[@alexfinlay5162]

Crues were muck for the first 90min although I only remember Tuffey making one good save. Crues created more chances in the last 30. Absolute scenes behind that goal when those two went in, was hugging everyone in sight. Great vlog as always!

[@germccrory5987]

Ignore the knuckleheads on line we all have them. Sorry for Ballymena , Cliftonville did the same last minute heartache on them in the shield last year then some " fans " treated big David Jeffry to some sectarian singing which ruined it for us.What goes around ,,,,,,,,,,,

[@ThePeakys]

Tough for ballymena. They just didn’t have enough to get over the line

[@garymccullough9325]

Felt sorry for ballymena. To concede so late in normal time was bad enough but then to do it again in extra time 🤢🤢

[@ThePeakys]

Yeah, i genuinely did too. I know the feeling.

[@garymccullough9325]

@@ThePeakys horrible way to lose a final. Think ballymena might hate that cup just as much as reds 🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewmaclaren4467]

Great blog again, ignore the idiots. Most irish league fans appreciate the effort. Rivalries do exist of course but should be healthy and banter. Only the green street wannabes want to stoke the flames.

[@ThePeakys]

Cheers, appreciated ❤️

[@kennethmckee1570]

Seen on Twitter that you took some flack for being in the Ballymena end even though you support Coleraine. Fuck the haters keep up the good work

[@ThePeakys]

Aye, from supposed coleraine fans. Probably shouldn’t have engaged but sometimes you just have to 😂

[@robertanderson2552]

Behind enemy lines...

[@ThePeakys]

@@robertanderson2552 apparently so. Personally I don’t give 2 hoots about rivalry when my team are not involved anymore. And it’s simply because of the videos I’m doing. Having said that, I had contacted the IFA prior to the game to try and sort something different. They didn’t engage.

[@robertanderson2552]

@@ThePeakys that's the IFA for you.... you've done more promoting of Irish league the last few months than the IFA has the last few years...

[@williammontgomery1203]

Where's Oisin

[@ThePeakys]

He was with his Mum, no way was I taking him to that game 😂

[@superlinfield7132]

@@ThePeakys why not? I was looking forward to his chant " come on the bannsiders" before kick off 😂

[@ThePeakys]

@@superlinfield7132 😂😂😂

[@williammontgomery1203]

@@ThePeakys sorry Niall

[@williammontgomery1203]

@@superlinfield7132 Linfield > Coleraine

[@sp1re889]

Still never gonna figure out how there wasn’t a penalty at 10:20

[@ThePeakys]

I thought it was

[@superlinfield7132]

Very tough to take with 2 injury time goals. Thought the atmosphere wasn't great.

[@ThePeakys]

For large parts of the game it wasn’t. Not sure how loud the crues were as the sound from them didn’t really travel where I was at.

[@superlinfield7132]

@@ThePeakys didn't sound too good on the TV but wasn't expecting over 10k but they said they was 7k there which was a good crowd for who was playing