Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Hughes is spot on for McGeeney

- BY ORLA BANNON

ARMAGH goalkeeper Blaine Hughes saved CJ McGourty’s late penalty to move the orchard men top of Division Three.

The game descended into farce in injury-time with Armagh finishing with 14 players and Antrim with 13 in a stormy finish in the Athletic Grounds.

There were three straight red cards in injury-time for Conor Murray (Antrim), Stephen Sheridan

(Armagh) and Stephen Beatty (Antrim), but Antrim should have finished with 12 players.

Conor Hamill picked up a black card after earlier getting a yellow, but a substituti­on was allowed in a scrappy, confusing finish.

Armagh were wasteful with 11 first-half wides and four other shots dropping short but Ciaran McKeever, playing an unusual role at full-forward, fisted an early goal for the hosts.

Antrim grew in condience and McGourty continued to convert dead ball chances but his spotkick was to prove costly.

SCORERS - ARMAGH: C McKeever (1-1), C Vernon (0-2), G McParland (0-2), J Clarke (0-1), A Forker (0-1), A Duffy (0-1), R Grugan (0-1), A McKay (0-1); S Sheridan (0-1), N Grimley (0-1).

ANTRIM: CJ McGourty (0-9, 6f, one ‘45’), P McBride (0-2), C Murray (0-1), B Bradley (0-1)

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FALL GUY Tommy Hamill takes down Jamie Clarke

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