31/10/2026
Old Orchard Saturday Division Two
Lagan Harps 4 Copany Rovers 4
The teams served up a real humdinger of a game in this top of the table clash in Orchard Park. This was the proverbial game of two halves. Copany with David Graham running riot up front dominated the first half. However we opened the scoring on three minutes when Oisin Mc Menamin's shot deceived Eamonn Bonner in the Copany goal, and ended up in the net. The more experienced Copany began to dominate in midfield and David Harron volleyed narrowly wide. He took advantage of a defensive slip minutes later to drive in the equaliser. Copany were well on top at this stage. They took the lead when David Graham drove home a free from wide on the left. He then made it 3-1 when he found himself free in the box and drove home. We started the second half in determined fashion and began to get on top. The introduction of the experienced Barry Tourish really changed the game. He along with Oisin Mc Menamin began to keep a hold of the ball and played some neat football. Copany were still dangerous and Adam Duncan went close with a good long range effort. We pulled a goal back on sixty seven minutes when Drew Dowds was fouled in the area. Drew got up and scored from the resultant spot kick. It was all us at this stage and we passed up a great opportunity minutes later. A great sweeping move saw Barry Tourish hit a superb cross in to the box. Faolan Gibson laid it off to Damien Mc Fadden, but he blazed over the bar. We then had another chance when the keeper was penalised for picking the ball up after dropping it to the ground. However the Copany wall on the line blocked the effort. We equalised on eighty one minutes when Aiden Devir headed home a Barry Tourish corner. Copany went close when at a scramble at a freekick, David Graham hioked the ball goalwards. However Aiden Devir did superbly to clear off the line. We went close when Barry Tourish had a shot well saved by Eamonn Bonner. However it looked like we'd won it in the final minute. A great through ball from Barry sent Senan Kavanagh through the middle and his shot took a deflection on the way to the net. However in the final minute of injury time Copany struck for the equaliser. A corner from the right led to a scramble with the ball deflecting in off a defender. All in all a draw was probably a fair result in a thrilling contest refereed by Stephen Toner.
Squad: Ross Hamlyn, Shay Tourish, Jack Mc Connell, Aiden Devir, Seamie Cullen, Senan Kavanagh, Faolan Gibson, Jay Ramsey, Damien Mc Fadden, Oisin Mc Menamin, Drew Dowds.
Subs; Barry Tourish, Cody Hannigan, Luke Doherty, Alex Ramsey, Donnacha Gallagher, Cillian Gillespie, Harry Kelso