HOW IT HAPPENED: Cliftonville 6 Hanover 0

Cliftonville secured progress into the Irish Cup sixth round with a 6-0 success that confirmed the gulf between the current Danske Bank Premiership leaders and Mid-Ulster League-based Hanover, the lowest-ranked side in the draw.
Hanover's Matthew Brown up against Ryan Curran of CliftonvilleHanover's Matthew Brown up against Ryan Curran of Cliftonville
Hanover's Matthew Brown up against Ryan Curran of Cliftonville

F-T: Cliftonville 6 Hanover 0​

89: Diving defensive header at a stretch by Topley to somehow divert the ball over the top of his own bar under pressure from Rocks

87: Brown fires goalwards from distance but Brush is behind the long-range attempt

80: Shortt out quickly to smother Maguire's effort on the run

66: Looping header by Whitten drifts over the crossbar

63: SUB (Hanover) - Taylor on for White

54: SUB (Cliftonville) - Casey on for Doherty

53: GOAL - Cliftonville 6 (Maguire) Hanover 0

Wilson finds Maguire and he steers the ball into the top corner

51: SUB (Cliftonville) - Rocks on for Gormley

46: SUB (Cliftonville) - Ives on Harney

46: SUBS (Hanover) - Douglas and Gould on for Marsden and McClelland

H-T: Cliftonville 5 Hanover 0

44: GOAL - Cliftonville 5 (Curran) Hanover 0

Curran blasts home at the second attempt with a powerful drive

41: Richardson's curling free-kick from the edge of the area clips the top of the crossbar

37: GOAL - Cliftonville 4 (Doherty) Hanover 0

Delightful curling shot as Doherty drifts in from the right and steers the ball home off a left-foot effort

33: GOAL - Cliftonville 3 (Gormley) Hanover 0

Maguire cuts the ball back from the right and Curran's initial shot is stopped but Gormley reacts first to convert

18: Outstretched leg by Shortt to divert wide McCurry's low drive after clever footwork from Curran

15: GOAL - Cliftonville 2 (Donnelly) Hanover 0

Donnelly fires into the top corner from the right-hand side of the area with a superb left-foot free-kick drive

13: Shortt out quickly to stop McCurry

11: GOAL - Cliftonville 1 (Maguire) Hanover 0

McCurry ghosts into space on the left-hand edge of the area and squares the ball across for Maguire to slot home

2: Maguire's low cross is steered on to the outside of the post by a stretching Foster

CLIFTONVILLE: Brush, McDermott, Harney, R.Curran, Foster, Wilson, Doherty, Gormley, Maguire, A.Donnelly, McCurry.

Subs: Dunne, Ives, Breen, Bagnall, McMenamin, Casey, Rocks.

HANOVER: Shortt, McIvor, Megaw, White, Topley, Marsden, McClelland, Richardson, Rees, Whitten, Brown.

Subs: White, Douglas, Stewart, Taylor, Kerr, McKinney, Gould.

Referee: Diarmuid Harrigan.

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