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Coleraine 1-0 Cliftonville

Cliftonville slipped to an unfortunate defeat in today’s Boyle Sports Premiership clash with Coleraine.

Despite a promising start, the Reds fell behind to Matthew Shevlin’s 13th minute strike but could have been level almost immediately only for Brian Healy’s swirling long-range attempt to cannon back off the post.

Healy also called home keeper Lewis Web into action during a first-half that saw the visitors threaten courtesy of a number of corner deliveries from Dean McMaster, who was inches away from levelling with a wonderful volleyed effort after the break.

Amid high winds that saw a PJ Morrison kick out drop just inches over the Coleraine crossbar, McMaster’s clever free-kick drew a save from the alert Webb, who also turned a blistering Rory Hale drive over the top ahead of Shaun Leppard clipping the woodwork from the resulting corner.

Full report to follow…