GORMLEY DOUBLE SEES HOLDERS THROUGH
Holders Cliftonville kicked off their defence of the BetMcLean Cup with a three-goal victory over HW Welders at the Blanchflower Stadium.
Ronan Hale opened the scoring midway through the first half with a perfect finish over keeper Sam Johnston.
Joe Gormley made it 2-0 on 70 minutes with a close range finish after Hale had laid the ball off.
Then, with two minutes remaining, Gormley completed the scoring with his second of the evening with a lob from Kris Lowe's delivery.
HW Welders: Johnston, Patterson, McCarthy, Wright, Owens, Byers, Deans, Wilson, Dornan, McLellan, Barr subs McCauley (not used), McGuiggan (replaced Dornan 84), Kinner (replaced Barr 63), Flynn (replaced McLellan 77), Galbraith (not used), McDowell (replaced McCarthy 84), Akassou (replaced Deans 63)
Cliftonville: Gartside, Addis, Gallagher, C. Curran, R. Curran, McDonagh, Lowe, Traynor, Doherty, Turner, Ronan Hale subs Talley (not used), Robinson (not used), Gormley (replaced McDonagh 56), Storey (not used), Casey (replaced Doherty 81), Coates (replaced Traynor 77), Moore (replaced C. Curran 77)
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