Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 19 October 2024 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Inver Park

Attendance: 1965

Referee: Tony Clarke

Larne home-team
1 FT 1
away-team Crusaders
  •   Benjamin Magee 81'
  •   Kieran Offord 55'
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LARNE HIT LATE LEVELLER AT INVER

Larne came from behind to secure a point from Crusaders' visit to Inver Park.

A quiet first half produced relatively few efforts of note, with Larne threatening early on when Paul O'Neill meeting Conor McKendry's cross with a looping header only to send the ball over the top.

Then, midway through, a Joe Thomson free-kick from just outside the area took a deflection on its way to goal but Crues keeper Jonny Tuffey was able to deal with the threat.

Larne continued to carve out the better opportunities after the break, with McKendry firing just wide early on followed by a Sean Graham strike from the left.

However it fell to the visitors to break the deadlock on 55 minutes. Larne keeper Rohan Ferguson mistakenly allowed Kieran Offord to take possession of the ball some 30 yards from goal, with the Crues striker making the most of the chance with a curling effort that dropped into the net.

That was how it stayed until, nine minutes from the end, substitute Benji Magee levelled for Larne when a free-kick fell for him to direct home.

The defending champions pushed hard for the winner in the closing moments with Andy Ryan testing Tuffey with a low drive ahead of a Matthew Lusty near post effort and another Ryan attempt which Tuffey again denied.

Larne: Ferguson, Want, Ives, Thomson, McKendry, O’Neill, Graham, Todd, Cosgrove, Gallagher, Ryan subs Besant, Randall, Magee, Seary, Bolger, Sloan, Lusty

Crusaders: Tuffey, Callacher, Weir, Stewart, Blaney, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Offord, Clarke, Franklin, Barr subs Kerr, Jewitt-White, Teelan, Williamson, Owens, Smith, Nixon

  • FULL TIME
    Larne   1 - 1 Crusaders
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Stewart

    Crusaders

    87'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Stewart Nixon

    Crusaders

    87'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    85'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Harry Jewitt-White

    Crusaders

    85'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shaun Want

    Larne

    81'
  • GOAL

    Benjamin Magee

    Loughgall

    81'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Cian Bolger

    Larne

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Paul O'Neill

    Larne

    76'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Sean Graham

    Larne

    76'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Benjamin Magee

    Loughgall

    76'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Matthew Lusty

    Larne

    76'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    71'
  • GOAL

    Kieran Offord

    Linfield

    55'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jarlath O'Rourke

    Crusaders

    52'
  •  Yellow Card

    Robbie Weir

    Crusaders

    40'
  •  Yellow Card

    Kieran Offord

    Linfield

    17'

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