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| Paul Walsh scored a superb
goal to give Glenavon a 2-0 lead. |
Glenavon took a well-deserved two goal lead inside half an hour through goals by
ex-City striker David Ward as he calmly took the ball round Robinson for his
first for Glenavon, and a superb lob over the advancing keeper by Paul Walsh after an attempted clearance
was charged down. Conor Walsh had spurned a great chance before Ward's opener
when he got his head to a deep free kick from his namesake Paul but, though did
the right thing in directing the header back across goal, it missed the far post
by a foot with Robinson stranded at the near.
Glenavon was dominating the game and deservedly went ahead in the 19th minute
when Ward ran onto a flick on and rounded Robinson before slotting home from a
couple of yards. Paul Walsh's goal was a delightful lob over Robinson after the
youngster had blocked a clearance and controlled the ball to score from just
outside the edge of the box.
Newry halved the deficit just three minutes after Walsh's goal
with a superbly struck 25 yard free kick from their man of the match Cormac
McArdle.
McArdle had claims for a penalty waved away by referee Mark Courtney just before
the interval as William McFredrick, in goal for the injured Paul Rice, came off
his line as the City winger burst into the box. McArdle was denied twice in
quick succession as he had shots blocked and a header well saved by McFredrick
in the 58th minute but Newry were level a minute later when a low cross from
right winger Darren King was turned into his own net by the unfortunate Conor
Walsh.
Ross Black had a 25 yard free kick well saved by Robinson in the 69th minute and
five minutes later McDonnell couldn't quite direct Paul Walsh's excellent cross
on target from 6 yards as he stretched to make contact.
The killer blow came five minutes from time when former Glenavon midfielder
Kevin Keegan ran onto fellow substitute Andy Crawford's through ball, though
Crawford looked suspiciously offside as he gathered a pass out of defence from
Hudson.
Ward was denied a last-gasp equaliser when Hudson cleared his shot off the line
after McMahon's pass had released him on the right of the Newry box.
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