LARNE REDISCOVER WINNING TOUCH
Defending champions Larne returning to winning ways with a 2-0 defeat of Glentoran at the BetMcLean Oval.
Larne edged in front on 21 minutes when Andy Ryan knocked home a penalty after Jordan McEneff had been impeded in the area by Fuad Sule.
The Glens had a chance to level from the spot later in the first half when Rohan Ferguson had brought down by Jay Donnelly but Finlay Thorndike could only fire over.
The visitors doubled their lead on 69 minutes when Cian Bolger was on hand to knock home the loose ball after Sean Graham’s corner came back across the face of goal.
Both sides ended the game with ten men when James Singleton and Dylan Sloan were dismissed following a tussle in the middle of the pitch.
Glentoran: Gyollai, Hvid, McClean, Sule, Connolly, Palmer, Donnelly, Fisher, Amos, Singleton, Thorndike subs Mills, Lyons-Foster, Aouachria, Lindsay, Wightman, Jenkins, Douglas
Larne: Ferguson, Ives, Randall, O’Neill, Graham, McEneff, Seary, Bolger, Gallagher, Ryan, Wallace subs Besant, Thomson, McKendry, Magee, Sloan, Lusty, Cowan