 | NATIONWIDE IRISH CUP |
Holders Glentoran are through to the quarter-finals of the Nationwide Irish Cup after beating rivals Linfield 3-0 in Tuesday's sixth round replay. Mark Glendinning and Tim McCann scored in the first half and Kevin Keegan added a third late in the game.
Glendinning headed his 10th of the season after just eight minutes when Blues keeper Alan Mannus failed to collect a Michael Halliday flick-on.
Then McCann netted his first ever goal for the east Belfast outfit.
He followed up after Chris Morgan's strong shot had been parried out by Mannus.
Keegan made it 3-0 on 72 minutes, firing in a great shot from the edge of the area.
It was the second year in a row that Linfield had been knocked out on their own Windsor pitch by the Glens.
In the quarter-finals last season Roy Coyle's Glens won 1-0 with Glendinning again the man on target.
Linfield suffered a blow before Tuesday's replay when top-scorer Peter Thompson was ruled out because of illness. Recent signing Shea Campbell came into the Linfield attack in his place.
Glentoran started without Pat McGibbon and Tommy McCallion because of injury and skipper Paul Leeman reverted to a central defensive role.
Quarter-final draw
Ards v Portadown or Bangor
Loughgall v Larne
Ballymena United v H & W Welders
Coleraine v Glentoran
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