LIVE COVERAGE OF GLENAVON V SEAPATRICK

HELLO and welcome to tonight's live coverage of Glenavon v Seapatrick at Mourneview Park

Glenavon's quality tells in the end at Mourneview Park and dominated the entire game - credit though to Seapatrick and in particular goalkeeper Kris Fletcher for avoiding a repeat of last year's 12-1 rout. That's it from us for this evening, you can see a report from this game and Banbridge Rangers' 3-1 defeat to Newry City in next Tuesday's edition of the Leader - don't forget to pick up your copy of this week's today for reports from all the local football matches.

90+3: FULL TIME - GLENAVON 5-0 SEAPATRICK

90+2: Kerr clears the ball off the line after McKee and Grant connect in a goalmouth scramble, almost adding a sixth goal.

90: We're into stoppage time at Mourneview Park.

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88: Two minutes to go at Mourneview Park. Thank goodness! The game, in the last 20 minutes or so, has been incredibly dull. Oh wait - Grant puts King through on goal, he avoids one tackle and fires home the fifth of the night. That'll wake up some of the old boys here! Glenavon 5-0 Seapatrick.

83: SEAPATRICK SUB - Sands for Cinnamon.

81: Kris Fletcher has just pulled off a great save to deny Stewart, he lept and parried away his shot from King's cross - a great piece of goalkeeping.

76: Stewart tries his luck from about 25 yards but again he misses the target.

70: GLENAVON SUBS - Grant for Hamilton, McKee for Costello

SEAPATRICK SUBS - Frazer for Campbell.

64: It's starting to lash down here, could the rain and the slippery ball prove to be a factor in the last half hour or so in the game? Jay Magee has a go from distance but has no joy.

61: GLENAVON SUB: King for Neill

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60: Kris Fletcher is left stranded just outside his six yard box when Harper chips him with a cheeky little lob from 25 yards. Glenavon 4-0 Seapatrick.

Poor Banbridge Rangers have fallen behind to Newry City again. Paul Keenan has scored his second of the day and Marty Havern, another former Glenavon man, has made it 3-1.

And Dungannon have scored a third, Ryan McIlmoyle the scorer.

56: SEAPATRICK SUB: Fearon for McAvoy.

55: Mark Turkington finds Hamilton, who beats the offside trap and delievers a pass to Harper who blasts over the top.

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53: Costello closes in on goal but a last ditch tackle from Kerr stops him from getting a shot in. From the resulting corner Neill pulls his shot wide of the target.

50: Worrying times for both teams as Hamilton and Adam Buchanan go down injured - looks as though both players collided.

48: Glenavon move into a 3-0 lead, Adrian Harper pulls the ball back to Molloy, his cross finds Shannon and his header sails past Fletcher. Glenavon 3-0 Seapatrick

HT: Glenavon 2-0 Seapatrick

44: Costello finds Neill, his shot is parried and Gary Hamilton gets there to score his first goal for Glenavon from 12 yards. Glenavon 2-0 Seapatrick

41: Brendan Shannon's cross come shot flashes across goal.

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Thirty-eight minutes played here, still 1-0, Seapatrick are giving the Lurgan Blues a bit of a run for their money. Ultimately though Glenavon's wastefulness is what is preventing the scoreline being higher.

23: Magee plays Costello through on goal - suspicions of offside but he rounds Kris Fletcher to slot home - Glenavon 1-0 Seapatrick

If you're interested Dungannon Swifts are 2-0 up against Camlough Rovers, Ward and Lavery for the Swifts.

Big shock in Newry - Banbridge Rangers have equalised!

15: Glenavon get the ball into the back of the net via some Kyle Neill acrobatics but it's ruled out for offside. Then Molloy tries an audacious shot from 40 yards but he powered it wide. It's a windy night in Lurgan - worth a go.

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12: My goodness, what a miss by James Costello. A long ball over the top led to a mistake by Aaron Kerr to let the Rathfriland man in, but he scuffed his shot when all he had to do was walk it into the net.

9: David Dawson gets booked for Seapatrick after clattering into Sammy Stewart - Gary Hamilton's free kick goes over the bar.

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Newry City have gone ahead against Banbridge Rangers, former Glenavon striker Paul Keenan scoring the goal.

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3: Trevor Molloy has the first shot of the game; Kyle Neill's follow up is put away for a corner.

The corner comes to nothing but the danger isn't cleared - Molloy has another go and hits the post.

GLENAVON: Plummer, Turkington, Shannon, Magee, Haughey, Neill, Molloy, Harper, Stewart, Costello, Hamilton. Subs: Grant, King, Grieve, McKee, Lavery.

SEAPATRICK: Fletcher, Kerr, A Buchanan, Dawson, M Buchanan, McDowell, Campbell, McCreanor, Cinnamon, McGrath, McAvoy. Subs: Paul Frazer, Sands, Fearon, Doherty.

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We haven't been able to get the teams just yet due to the problems we've been having here but we will bring them to you as soon as we get them. Early indications are, however, that Glenavon are fielding a first choice XI. By the way keep hitting refresh for the latest updates.

Apologies for the delayed start but we've been having a few technical problems here - we'll do our best to keep you updated as the match goes on.

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