Coleraine

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Cliftonville

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McGINTY AND BEVERLAND ON TARGET AS BANNSIDERS SINK REDS

6th Dec 2014

Coleraine deservedly collected a maximum return from this visit of defending league champions Cliftonville to The Showgrounds.

The Bannsiders enjoyed the better chances in the opening half-an-hour or so with Darren McCauley coming closest on 25 minutes with a first time shot from an Ian Parkhill left-sided cross which seemed destined for the top corner only to be denied by a super Conor Devlin save.

McCauley was involved in the opening goal with a couple of minutes of the first half remaining when his backheel on the edge of the area found Shane McGinty whose left-foot effort beat Devlin in off an upright.

Stung by this, Cliftonville started the second half in a much more determined fashion with Jaimie McGovern seeing an early header cleared off the line by Adam Mullan while, on the hour, Joe Gormley was denied by a superb two-handed Michael Doherty save.

Coleraine almost doubled their lead on 66 minutes when Neill McCafferty rattled the crossbar ..... but, within a minute, it was 2-0 when McCafferty delivered a corner for Howard Beverland to meet with a diving header past Devlin.

Coleraine: Doherty, Beverland, Douglas, Ogilby, McCafferty, McGinty, Mullan, Parkhill, McCauley, McNeill, Kane subs Hegarty (replaced McCauley 84), Browne (not used), Canning (not used), Watt (not used), Miskimmin (replaced McNeill 87)

Cliftonville: Devlin, McGovern, Johnston, Flynn, McMullan, McDaid, M. Donnelly, Seydak, Catney, Winchester, Gormley subs Scannell (not used), Knowles (not used), Murray (replaced McDaid 75), J. Donnelly (replaced Catney 66), Mulvenna (replaced McMullan 35)

Referee: Ian McNabb

Attendance: 646

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