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   Glencairn 1 v 1 Saint Anthony's  

The remaining ten minutes of the match produced all the talking points. Ants players felt that with McDonald lying injured by a late tackle Glens should have put the ball out Glens had other ideas and a long punt saw McDougall onside the ref who had been running towards the injured player surprisingly let play continue and the striker beat Turner from 18 yards.

The opening 45 minutes saw both teams cancel each other out with chances few, if any. I can recall a shot from the Glens number 7 which dipped over the bar and an early chance for the Ants that came to nothing

Half Time - Glencairn 0 v 0 Saint Anthonys

The next 45 were an improvement especially when Mulheron burst through but his shot was blocked by the Glencairn 'keeper, McMillan, McEwan and Williams all saw goal attempts blocked in the 6 yard box while McDonald and Mansare blocked similar attempts from the Glens. Then came the controversial goal. As McDonald cleared he was caught by a lunging tackle which the referee failed to spot. With the ball in the Glens area the Ants Players assumed the ball would be kicked out of play and virtually stopped. McDougall latched onto the long ball, got the break of the ball off of Turner spun round and shot into the empty net much to the delight of the Glens players and management. Saints Dugout and the Players protested bitterly and hopefully learned a lesson to play to the whistle at all times and teams are not compelled to put the ball out of play when a player is lying injured. It certainly livened up the remaining minutes with Mulligan and McDougall involved with each others handbags and both received a second yellow card reducing both teams to 10 men. Justice was done in the 90th minute when a shot was struck away on the goal-line by a defenders hand for a clear penalty and the referee duly pointed to the spot. Mulheron making no mistake from 12 yards.

Full Time - Glencairn 1 v 1 Saint Anthony's

Ants Team - Turner, Williams, Mulligan, McDonald, Mansare, Miller, McCuish (Donald 45), McMillan (Callaghan 82), McEwan, Mulheron, Harvey (Donnelly 85)

Subs not Used - Kayes, Feeney

Man of the Match - Joe Mulheron