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  Saint Anthony's 1v 0 Blantyre Vics

A rare Steven Mulligan goal gave the Ants their first win since October against an on form Blantyre Vics team

Blantyre certainly enjoyed the opening 20 minutes with McNeil having three good opportunities but shots all went over the crossbar. Saints had only really a couple of half chances during this spell with McMullan shooting wide after a nice 1-2 with Mulheron then Williams failed by inches to head goalward. McCardle should have scored when a goal-mouth scramble in the Ants box fell nicely for the winger who's shot hit the post from 6 yards. The longer the game progressed the confidence began to flow and the Ants began to enjoy their best spell of the game but Mulheron, McMullan and Williams all had efforts saved by Kerr. Just before the interval a Vic's breakaway on the left saw Watson clear at the far post but his shot hit the side netting

Half Time - Saint Anthony's 0 v 0 Blantyre Vic's

Saints started the second period better and an early goal-mouth scramble saw Kerr save from Mulheron then cleared as Williams looked set to score from the rebound. Kerr again produced another fine save when he finger-tipped an effort from Mulheron over the bar. Vic's were rarely seen as an attacking force as most of their build up faltered around the edge of the Ants box. However Boylan produced some magic racing towards the Ants defence but he shot wildly past. Saints then continued to apply the pressure and McMullan came close with a neat chip, Then McDermott popped up on the goal-line to deny Man of the Match Mulheron. McNeill then shot past however the breakthrough came in the 74th minute when Ford's cross was cleared to the edge of the box, up stepped Mulligan to send a low powerful shot into the bottom right hand corner of the net. Vic's looked a beaten side now and the only further chances created both fell to McMullan with a shot superbly turned away by Kerr and a header from 6 yards that whistled past the post.

Ants Team - Turner, Loughton, Miller, Hare (McIlhatton 65), Mansare, Mulligan, Williams, Callaghan (Findlay 65, Henderson 70) McMullan, Mulheron, Ford

Man of the Match - Joe Mulheron