Match Centre

Premiership
Sunday 27 October 2024 (kick off: 2.00 PM)

Venue: Shamrock Park

Referee: Shane McGonigle

Portadown home-team
2 FT 1
away-team Larne
  •   Eamon Fyfe 64'
  •   Shay McCartan 89'
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©David Maginnis/Pacemaker Press

SECOND HALF GOALS HELP PORTS SINK LARNE

Portadown hit two second half goals to come from behind to defeat champions Larne in dramatic fashion at Shamrock Park.

The first real effort of note arrived with around a quarter-of-an-hour on the clock when Jordan McEneff just failed to make proper contact to Cian Bolger's glancing header across the face of goal.

Larne came close again soon after but Benji Magee failed to hit the target with the goal at his mercy after Andy Ryan had nodded the ball on.

But Larne did move in front on 34 minutes in somewhat fortunate circumstances after Conor McKendry's hopeful long range effort struck an upright before coming off keeper Aaron McCarey and into the net.

The visitors might have doubled their advantage early in the second half when Ryan beat McCarey with a curling free-kick with only the woodwork saving the Ports.

Portadown levelled just after the hour. Shay McCartan did well to find Paul McElroy out on the right flank, and his perfectly delivered cross was headed home by Eamon Fyfe from close range at the back post.

Fyfe could have snatched the lead for the Ports later in the game after finding himself through one-on-one with Rohan Ferguson only for the Larne keeper to do well to make a crucial stop.

However, a minute from time, Niall Currie's side did bag their dramatic winner after McCartan looked up inside his own half to spot Ferguson off his line and duly send a superb lob over the keeper and into the net.

Portadown: McCarey, D. Wilson, L. Wilson, Chapman, McElroy, McCullough, Fyfe, Ukek, Obhakhan, McCartan, Thompson subs Ray, Mayse, Wylie, Traynor, Mullan, McDonagh, Cowan

Larne: Ferguson, Want, Ives, McKendry, Randall, Magee, McEneff, Seary, Bolger, Gallagher, Ryan subs Besant, O'Neill, Graham, Marsh, Nolan, Sloan, Lusty

  • FULL TIME
    Portadown   2 - 1 Larne
  • GOAL

    Shay McCartan

    Portadown

    89'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Paul McElroy

    Portadown

    83'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie McDonagh

    Portadown

    83'
  •  Yellow Card

    Paul O'Neill

    Larne

    81'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Josh Ukek

    Portadown

    77'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ben Wylie

    Portadown

    77'
  •  Yellow Card

    Douglas Wilson

    Portadown

    74'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Mark Randall

    Larne

    74'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Dylan Sloan

    Larne

    74'
  •  Yellow Card

    Conor McKendry

    Larne

    65'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Chris Gallagher

    Larne

    65'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Andy Ryan

    Larne

    65'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Paul O'Neill

    Larne

    65'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    George Marsh

    Larne

    65'
  • GOAL

    Eamon Fyfe

    Portadown

    64'
  •  Yellow Card

    Lee Chapman

    Portadown

    59'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Shaun Want

    Larne

    46'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Benjamin Magee

    Larne

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Nolan

    Larne

    46'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Matthew Lusty

    Larne

    46'
  • OWN GOAL

    Aaron McCarey

    Portadown

    34'
  •  Yellow Card

    Andy Ryan

    Larne

    25'

Portadown

  • Aaron McCarey 34' (OG)
  • Douglas Wilson 74'
  • Luke Wilson
  • Lee Chapman 59'
  • Paul McElroy red substitution 83'
  • Steven McCullough
  • Eamon Fyfe 64'
  • Josh Ukek red substitution 77'
  • Ahu Obhakhan
  • Shay McCartan 89'
  • Gary Thompson

Substitutes

  • Jamie Ray
  • Ryan Mayse
  • Ben Wylie green substitution 77'
  • Aaron Traynor
  • Liam Mullan
  • Jamie McDonagh green substitution 83'
  • Zach Cowan

Larne

  • Rohan Ferguson
  • Shaun Want red substitution 46'
  • Levi Ives
  • Conor McKendry 65'
  • Mark Randall red substitution 74'
  • Benjamin Magee red substitution 46'
  • Jordan McEneff
  • Josh Seary
  • Cian Bolger
  • Chris Gallagher red substitution 65'
  • Andy Ryan 25' red substitution 65'

Substitutes

  • Joe Besant
  • Paul O'Neill 81' green substitution 65'
  • Sean Graham
  • George Marsh green substitution 65'
  • Ryan Nolan green substitution 46'
  • Dylan Sloan green substitution 74'
  • Matthew Lusty green substitution 46'

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