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2 v 1 St Anthony's
Enraged St Anthony's players paid the penalty when the referee
made an absolute howler 25 minutes from time. Ants player Donald
who was about to clear saw Monaghan throw himself infront of the
ball landing on top of Donald and when the Ants expected a free
kick they looked on in disbelief when a penalty was given.
The kick off was delayed 15 mins as the Ants struggled with the
heavy traffic on the way from Govan and their lack of a
pre-match warm up showed in the early part of the game with the
Port being the dominant force with a couple of minutes gone
Temporal raced clear down the right however his cross was
cleared off Nugent's boot by Mansare, Saints should have opened
the scoring in their first attack when a superb pass sent
Williams through 1 on 1 with the keeper but he dragged his shot
inches wide of the right hand post. Port opened the scoring in
the 9th minute when a Becklay cross caught Turner and Mansare
waiting for each other to clear and Flynn nipped in to score
from 4 yards. Flynn almost added a second when he was allowed to
turn but from 8 yards shot well wide. Gradually the Govan side
gained a foothold and equalised in the 22nd minute when a corner
was only partially cleared and a trialist crashed home a volley
from 8 yards. Port again came close when a Coyle free kick
struck the post. Both teams then showed frustration towards more
and more erratic refereeing decisions with Temporal, Mansare and
Donald all booked. Right on half time Monaghan's cross zipped
across the goal line but there were no takers.
Half Time
Port Glasgow 1 v 1 St Anthony's
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the 46th minute Coyle's corner kick hit the post then The Ants
trialist missed a golden opportunity when he headed wide from 6
yards. The game was littered with petty fouls and decisions and
we again saw players taking frustrations out on each other.
Williams then had a shot blocked by Temporal then came that
awful decision when Monaghan threw himself into Donald and Coyle
gave Turner no chance from the spot. Saints responded with
Mulheron shooting over then Turner denied Coyle a hat-trick with
a superb tip over the crossbar. Saints discipline then began to
let them down especially as the game seemed to stop every 30
seconds and Mulheron, Mulligan, Ants captain McDonald and
Henderson were all booked. The only efforts of note for the
remainder of the game saw Nugent's shot deflected for a corner
and Loughton's long range effort which keeper Graham held
confidently
Full Time
Port Glasgow 2 v 1 St Anthony's
Ants Team - Turner, Donald (Findlay 76), Mulligan, McDonald,
Mansare, Miller, Williams, Donaghy (Loughton 76) Callaghan,
Mulheron, Trialist (Henderson 70),
Subs not used - McCuish
Man of the Match - Ronnie McDonald
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