Ryan Nolan’s late goal against Cliftonville gives Larne a share of the spoils in Nathan Rooney’s first game in charge

Sub Ryan Nolan rescued a point for Larne in Nathan Rooney’s first game in charge of the Invermen.

Cliftonville had deservedly led ever since Joe Gormley fired them in front from a tight angle on 29 minutes.

However, defender Nolan headed home as Larne made sure Rooney avoided defeat in his first taste of Irish League football.

The result leaves Linfield seven points clear at the top, with Larne back in ninth place and having four games in hand.

Larne: Ferguson, Want (‘HT Todd), Donnelly, Randall (’51 Thomson), O’Neill, Graham (’65 Magee), McEneff (’85 Lusty), Bolger, Cosgrove, Sloan (’51 McKendry), Gallagher

Subs: Besant, Todd

Cliftonville: Odumosu, Pepper, Addis, Kearney, Hale (’76 Corrigan), Conlan, Doherty, Gormley (’84 Curran), Glynn, Casey, Steven (’76 Pettifer)

Subs: Ridd, Piesold, Wilson, Madden

Referee: Shane Andrews

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Joe Gormley

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FT: LARNE 1 CLIFTONVILLE 1

Well that’s two points dropped by Cliftonville. They were the better team by a distance, missed several chances to double their lead, only to concede a sloppy goal in the 88th minute. 

It was a poor showing from Nathan Rooney’s Larne, but the Invermen deserve credit for fighting until the last kick. 

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The free-kick is hurled into the Cliftonville box…headed behind for a corner…

Nope, the full-time whistle is blown

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There’s a red card for Cliftonville fitness coach Ricky McCann. 

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Larne free-kick inside the six yard box

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We’re now in stoppage time of stoppage time. 

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Jonny Addis collects his second yellow card in the space of three minutes.

The Reds down to ten men.

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Tomas Cosgrove goes down in the box, but Andrews tells him to get up. No penalty. 

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Addis fouls Magee on the halfway line 

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Larne are now in the ascendency and look the more likely to score the winner 

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Four minutes added on

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It’s fine a free-kick from Conor McKendry, that picks out Ryan Nolan at the back post. Nolan outjumps Casey and heads down towards the near post. Odumosu should save it…but it slips underneath him and into the net

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Equaliser! 

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Pepper fouls McKendry 25 yards from goal

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A last roll of the dice from Nathan Rooney

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Joe Gormley’s day is done. He has been superb. 

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Larne had a shout for a penalty there. Odhran Casey barged into Joe Thomson while the ball was in the air. Andrews says play on 

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A yellow card for a foul on Conor Pepper

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Two youngsters come on for the Reds 

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Micheal Glynn almost scores against his old team. The fullback drives a 20-yard shot just wide of the goal. 

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Just before the Magee chance, Joe Thomson fired a shot at goal from the corner of the six-yard box but somehow managed to strike the backside of one of his teammates. 

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