Kane injury mars game
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Glebe Rangers on the attack against Larne at Inver Park.
Larne....................2
Glebe Rangers.......0
GLEBE Rangers exited the Coca-Cola Intermediate Cup competition to Larne at Inver Park on Saturday but the game was marred by a serious injury to goalkeeper Brian Kane.
The sides were level 0-0 at half time and indeed the visitors could have taken the lead when Ian Parkhill came close, but instead two goals in the space of nine minutes killed off Glebe's hopes of making the fifth round.
After a bright start for the home side, the game became scrappy and fragmented. Indeed, the opening period was marred by a nasty collision, which knocked out Glebe Rangers goalkeeper, Brian Kane.
Kane had tried to come through a crowd of players to collect a free kick crossed into the box. However, he appeared to collide with one of his own players. He was treated on the pitch before being stretchered off before eventually leaving the ground in an ambulance as a precautionary measure.
Outfield substitute, David McVicker took over goalkeeping duties and made a tremendous save by tipping a thunderous 25 yard shot from Workman onto the bar.
In the second half, Ian Parkhill had a glorious chance to put the visitors ahead. Parkhill had got in behind the Larne defence and faced an onrushing David Henry, but his attempted lob bounced wide of the post.
It was a costly miss as Larne took the lead on 56 minutes. A Workman throw in from the right was knocked on by Yilmaz and Moore, and Paul Maguire poked the ball into the net at the near post to take his tally to 18 for the season.
Larne doubled the lead nine minutes later and it came from an excellent Larne move. Yilmaz played a good one two with McAllister before finding Gary Workman in the penalty area. Workman had time and space in the area and the local lad took a touch and smashed the ball into the net for his third goal of the competition.
Brian McClean was close to claiming a rare goal when he was on the end of a similar combination of sharp passing. However, McClean was denied by a good save by McVicker.
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