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St Roch's 3 v 4 St Anthony's
Ten man St Anthony's held their nerve despite a late onslaught
by St Roch's who had to win to avoid relegation. Sadly for the
men from Garngad it was a case of too little too late in their
bid to avoid the drop.
The Ants enjoyed more possession but attempts from Mulheron,
Williams and Miller were all wide of goal. St Roch's opened the
scoring against the run of play when 10 hit a shot from the edge
of the box which Turner looked to have covered but the ball took
a wicked turn off the surface and bounced over the bemused
keeper into the net. The Govan side struck back 10 minutes later
when Miller won a race against the Roch 'Keeper sent a low cross
into the path of Callaghan who had a simple tap in to level.
They soon took the lead when Loughton's 25 yard free kick was
touched onto the bar but Mulheron was first to react, firing
home the rebound. Seconds before the interval The Ants doubled
their advantage when a long ball from Mulligan flew over the
centre half's head, Loughton raced through to give the
on-rushing keeper no chance from 18 yards.
Half Time
St
Roch's 1 v 3 St Anthony's
The home side were fired up at the start of the second half but
could not break the Ants defence. Miller then had a chance but
the ball flew past the keeper's left hand post. The Candy Roch
reduced the deficit in 62 minutes when there seemed little
danger. 10 crossed from the left and 7 with his back to goal
spun and hit a shot beyond the diving Turner to make it 2-3. 5
minutes later the Ants regained their 2 goal advantage when a
cross-cum-shot by Loughton found Callaghan at the back post to
blast high into the net. The visitors did not help their cause
when Donald was booked for complaining, He was in the process of
being substituted when comments were made to the ref who halted
the substitution taking place by showing a straight red card. To
make matters worse seconds later St Roch's won a free kick and
although Turner did get a hand to it 10's swerving shot it hit
the underside of the bar and landed in the back of the net. It
was all about protecting their slim advantage now and although
the Ants created a few chances on the break St Roch's were now
in control with the visitors defending in numbers. The home time
pressurised without really testing Turner and even the 5 minutes
of added time failed to produce a decent chance.
Full time
St
Roch's 3 v 4 St Anthony's
Ants Team - Turner, Loughton, Mulligan, McDonald, Mansare,
Miller, McIlhatton (Donaghy 74), Williams, Callaghan (Henderson
67,McCuish 80), Mulheron, Donald
Subs not Used - Findlay
Man of the Match - Ronnie McDonald
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