Failure at Final hurdle

Glentoran 2-0 Cliftonville

Cliftonville failed to find any spark as their season ended in defeat to Glentoran at The Oval this afternoon.

A first-half double from Junior – the first of which came from the penalty spot – put the hosts in firm control of the European Play-Off Final and, having made tactical and personnel changes in a bid to retrieve the situation, the Reds’ race was run when substitute Donal Rocks went sent off for a foul shortly after emerging from the bench.

Cliftonville: Gartside, Lowe, Addis (Coates, 46 mins), Turner, Ives (Traynor, 68 mins), C Curran (Moore, 46 mins), Gallagher, R Doherty (Rocks, 68 mins), Gormley, R Curran (Parkhouse, 57 mins), Ronan Hale. Unused subs: G Doherty, McDonagh.