Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 18 February 2023 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Inver Park

Attendance: 2709

Referee: Raymond Crangle

Larne home-team
2 FT 1
away-team Cliftonville
  •   Leroy Millar 33'
  •   Andy Ryan 76'
  •   Jonathan Addis 82'
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Larne players celebrate Andy Ryan's goal` ©Pacemaker Press

LARNE GO CLEAR AFTER REDS WIN

Larne opened up a three point gap at the top of the Danske Bank Premiership with victory over second placed Cliftonville at Inver Park.

Cian Bolger might have opened the scoring within the opening two minutes only to turn a Joe Thomson corner wide at the back post.

Lee Bonis also had an early effort although was saved by keeper Nathan Gartside, while later chances from Tomas Cosgrove and Leroy Millar were blocked.

Larne eventually found a way through just after the half-hour mark when the ball broke for Millar to step forward and deliver a low shot beyond Gartside into the bottom corner.

Andy Ryan thought he had added a second right before the break but his clipped effort over Gartside was ruled out by the officials.

Jonny Addis to levelling for the Reds early in the second half after getting a touch on Ronan Doherty's free-kick.

Cliftonville were reduced to ten men just before the hour when Jamie McDonagh was dismissed for collecting his second booking of the afternoon.

Larne had the ball in the net again after Bonis followed up from Gartside's save from a Micheal Glynn piledriver but this was ruled out offside.

Ryan then doubled Larne's advantage with just under a quarter-of-an-hour remaining after Millar had rolled the ball into his path.

Addis set up a grandstand finish, however, when he found the net with eight minutes remaining after controlling a Ronan Doherty free-kick before firing into the roof of the net.

The Reds might well have snatched a point in the closing stages but Ronan Hale could only send a half volley just wide with Rohan Ferguson beaten.

Larne: Ferguson, Want, Sule, Bonis, Donnelly, Bolger, Thomson, Millar, Glynn, Cosgrove, Ryan subs Pardington, Kelly, Watson, Kearns, O’Neill, Gordon, Maguire

Cliftonville: Gartside, Addis, Gallagher, Parkhouse, McDonagh, Lowe, R. Doherty, Casey, Hale, Coates, Rocks subs G. Doherty, C. Curran, R. Curran, Robinson, Traynor, Gormley, Turner

  • FULL TIME
    Larne   2 - 1 Cliftonville
  •  Yellow Card

    Tomas Cosgrove

    Larne

    90'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ronan Doherty

    Cliftonville

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shaun Want

    Larne

    89'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Andy Ryan

    Larne

    89'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Albert Watson

    Carrick Rangers

    89'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Paul O'Neill

    Larne

    89'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    David Parkhouse

    H&W Welders

    83'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Colin Coates

    Ballymena United

    83'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Curran

    Players

    83'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Luke Turner

    Players

    83'
  • GOAL

    Jonathan Addis

    Cliftonville

    82'
  • GOAL

    Andy Ryan

    Larne

    76'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe Thomson

    Larne

    73'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Micheal Glynn

    Cliftonville

    73'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Graham Kelly

    Coleraine

    73'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Shea Gordon

    Cliftonville

    73'
  •  Yellow Card

    Joe Thomson

    Larne

    69'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Odhran Casey

    Cliftonville

    63'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe Gormley

    Cliftonville

    63'
  •  Red Card

    Jamie McDonagh

    Portadown

    58'
  • GOAL

    Leroy Millar

    Larne

    33'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Sean Moore

    Players

    29'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Aaron Traynor

    Portadown

    29'
  •  Yellow Card

    Leroy Millar

    Larne

    20'
  •  Yellow Card

    Colin Coates

    Ballymena United

    20'

Larne

  • Rohan Ferguson
  • Shaun Want red substitution 89'
  • Fuad Sule
  • Lee Bonis
  • Aaron Donnelly
  • Cian Bolger
  • Joe Thomson 69' red substitution 73'
  • Leroy Millar 20' 33'
  • Micheal Glynn red substitution 73'
  • Tomas Cosgrove 90'
  • Andy Ryan red substitution 89' 76'

Substitutes

  • Jamie Pardington
  • Graham Kelly green substitution 73'
  • Albert Watson green substitution 89'
  • Daniel Kearns
  • Paul O'Neill green substitution 89'
  • Shea Gordon green substitution 73'
  • Thomas Maguire

Cliftonville

  • Nathan Gartside
  • Jonathan Addis 82'
  • Chris Gallagher
  • David Parkhouse red substitution 83'
  • Jamie McDonagh 58'
  • Kris Lowe
  • Ronan Doherty 90'
  • Odhran Casey red substitution 63'
  • Ronan Hale
  • Colin Coates 20' red substitution 83'
  • Sean Moore red substitution 29'

Substitutes

  • Gerard Doherty
  • Chris Curran green substitution 83'
  • Ryan Curran
  • Jamie Robinson
  • Aaron Traynor green substitution 29'
  • Joe Gormley green substitution 63'
  • Luke Turner green substitution 83'
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