The Glens topped their group on Thursday and progressed to the semi-final on Friday where they faced a very strong Cherry Orchard team from Dublin. Having lost 2-0 to Orchard a week previous to this in a friendly, the boys knew they were in for a tough game going into today’s match so emerge 2-1 winners thanks to a brace from Matthew McCann was a great result. Onto the Final later in the afternoon and Glenavon who had defeated Galway in the other semi-final stood in the Glens way of Cup glory. The lads started on fire and flew into a 3-0 lead, however Glenavon pulled one back on the stroke of half-time which gave them new found belief. The Glens held firm but 5 minutes from the end Glenavon set up a grandstand finish with another goal. The boys dug deep though and saw it out to bring the prestigious trophy back to East Belfast.
Squad: Caoimhin McCorry (GK), Caleb McBride, Conor Watson, Charlie Campbell, Matthew Lowry, Archie Irvine, Logan Montgomery, Rory Prenter, Matthew McCann, Jayden Doyle, Joel Kerr (C), Finn Lappin, Joe Reilly, Euan Connolly.
Photography by AM Photography NI
There will be a full report on all our teams competing in the tournament over the weekend.
Man of the Match Joel Kerr