Match Centre

Premiership
Friday 22 December 2023 (kick off: 7.45 PM)

Venue: Inver Park

Attendance: 1627

Referee: Steven Gregg

Larne home-team
1 FT 0
away-team Loughgall
  •   Joe Thomson 17'
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Joe Thomson is congratulated after scoring the only goal of the game ©Stephen Hamilton/INPHO

LARNE SQUEEZE PAST VILLAGERS

Larne edged to a narrow Friday night victory over Loughgall at Inver Park.

Loughgall created the first effort of note after around six minutes when Mark Patton's free-kick was glanced just wide of the target by skipper Ben Murdock.

But the deadlock was broken with just over a quarter-of-an-hour on the clock. Joe Thomson grabbed what proved to be winner and only goal of the game after pouncing on the loose ball from Lee Bonis' initial attempt to drill the ball beyond Berraat Turker from 12 yards.

Larne could have doubled their advantage later in the first half when Leroy Millar blazed over from Kieran Lloyd's cross before, not long after that, Turker did well to keep out an Andy Ryan header.

Tiernan Lynch's side threatened again on numerous occasions after the break but were thwarted by some resolute defending from the visitors, who might have levelled late in the game only for Patton's back post volley to deflect off a team mate before going wide.

Larne: Ferguson, Donnelly, Farquhar, Thomson, Bonis, Ives, Millar, Cosgrove, Graham, Ryan, Orozco subs Dowling, Randall, O'Neill, Lloyd, Gordon, Glynn, McCart

Loughgall: Turker, Carson, Rea, Murdock, Brogan, Ferris, Hoey, Norton, Patton, Magee, Loughran subs Devine, Kelly, Teggart, Gibson, Boyd, Harvey

  • FULL TIME
    Larne   1 - 0 Loughgall
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Joe Thomson

    Larne

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jaziel Orozco

    Players

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Mark Randall

    Larne

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Shea Gordon

    Cliftonville

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Mark Carson

    Ards

    78'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Oran Brogan

    Loughgall

    78'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Andrew Hoey

    Loughgall

    78'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Alan Teggart

    Loughgall

    78'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Gibson

    Loughgall

    78'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Harvey

    Newry City

    78'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Nathaniel Ferris

    Loughgall

    67'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jay Boyd

    Loughgall

    67'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Robbie Norton

    Loughgall

    62'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Tiernan Kelly

    Loughgall

    62'
  •  Yellow Card

    Craig Farquhar

    Players

    51'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Levi Ives

    Larne

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Micheal Glynn

    Cliftonville

    46'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ben Murdock

    Loughgall

    37'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Sean Graham

    Larne

    33'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Kieran Lloyd

    Players

    33'
  • GOAL

    Joe Thomson

    Larne

    17'

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