Summary

  • Warrenpoint Town 1-2 Linfield

  • Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

  • Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

Live Reporting

Richard Petrie, Alvin McCaig and Stephen Alexander

  1. Blues stretch lead

    Champions now four points clear

    That’s all from us on a day when we were low on quantity but high on quality in our Irish Premiership programme.

    The headlines go to Linfield who stretched their lead at the top to four points after a last-gasp win at Warrenpoint, piling the pressure onto title rivals Cliftonville and Glentoran.

    Elsewhere, there was no shortage of goals or drama as Crusaders and Glenavon won high-scoring encounters at Dungannon and Coleraine.

    We’ll have updates from Glentoran’s game against Carrick on Monday night before live stream coverage of the Irish Cup semi-final between Crusaders and Cliftonville next Friday night.

    Bye for now.

  2. 'We weren't good enough' - Shiels

    Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

    We came out really quick and got the goal but momentum quickly swung towards Crusaders. We let them back into it staright and made it easy for them. I thought their equaliser was a foul (on keeper Declan Dunne) and that's another refereeing decision that's probably cost us that momentum when we were in front. But we can talk about referees, we have to talk about our own performance and today we weren't good enough.

  3. 'We were miles ahead of them' - Baxter

    Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

    This is really all about getting big performances at the right time of the season and we've done that in the last four to five weeks. We've an Irish Cup semi-final next week and we took seven or eight top players out of the firing line but we were miles ahead of them in terms of quality of finishing and quality of movement. We had them at arms length all day.

    Stephen Baxter, Crusaders manager

  4. Hamilton slams red-carded keeper

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    James (Taylor) has let us down big time. There are no excuses for that and I’m so disappointed in him. He has come in this season and been brilliant for us but to do that at such a vital, crucial part of the season is not acceptable. He’s now out for six games – five after the split and then, if we were fortunate enough to get seventh place, out of the play-off as well so he has left us in a really bad situation. It left our players 13 or 14 minutes of a really tough time defending balls and throwing their bodies on the line and our centre forward having to go back and play in nets. The players stood strong and were resilient and I’m proud of them.

    Gary Hamilton, Glenavon manager

  5. 'Not good enough' - Kearney

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    We made a fist of it and the red card (for Glenavon goalkeeper James Taylor) probably made it that but to be honest we weren’t good enough today and there’s no getting away from that. We’re still trying to push and trying to finish as high up the table as possible. At 2-0 we rallied and how it wasn’t 2-2 before it went 3-0 I’m not sure but without the red card, we struggled today because we are missing key personnel.

    Oran Kearney, Coleraine manager

  6. Gallagher rifles home late Swifts consolation

    Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

    A cracker of a consolation goal from Ben Gallagher

  7. Curtis is spot-on

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    Curtis Allen beats stand-in keeper Matthew Fitzpatrick from the penalty spot to make it 2-3 - but Coleraine were unable to force an equaliser.

    Curtis Allen scores from the penalty spot

  8. Red card drama at Coleraine

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    Kirk McLaughlin scores for Coleraine before Glenavon keeper James Taylor sees red.

  9. FULL-TIME

    Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

    Paul Heatley's brace helps the Crues to a comfortable victory over a struggling Swifts side.

    The hosts took an early lead but Stephen Baxter's side surged clear in the second half and they move to withing five points of third-placed Glentoran.

    Dungannon face a relegation battle after a seventh defeat in their last eight league games.

  10. Doyle pounces for number four

    Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

    Brandon Doyle grabs a fourth for the Crues

  11. FULL-TIME

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    The final whistle goes at Coleraine to signal the end of an extraordinary game.

  12. goal

    GOAL

    Dungannon Swifts 2-4 Crusaders

    Ben Gallagher rifles in a late consolation goal for the Swifts.

    James Knowles' corner comes out to the substitute his fierce shot whistles into the net.

  13. Heatley adds third for Crues

    Dungannon Swifts 1-4 Crusaders

    Paul Heatley coolly finishes for his second goal of the afternoon

  14. RED CARD

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    Another red card at Coleraine as home defender Adam Mullan cynically stops Peter Campbell's counter-attack for Glenavon and collects a second yellow card for his troubles.

  15. goal

    GOAL

    Dungannon Swifts 1-4 Crusaders

    Done and dusted! Brandon Doyle smashes home the rebound to end any hopes of the late Swifts comeback.

    Paul Heatley moved clear on goal but Declan Dunne blocked his shot, only for the ball to fall to Doyle and he made no mistake from eight yards.

  16. Matt finish doubles lead

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    Back before he became an emergency goalkeeper, here's how Matthew Fitzpatrick put Glenavon 2-0 ahead at Coleraine.

    Matthew Fitzpatrick doubles Glenavon's lead at The Showgrounds

  17. goal

    GOAL

    Coleraine 2-3 Glenavon

    Curtis Allen gives Coleraine fresh hope, leaving stand-in keeper Matthew Fitzpatrick flat-footed from the penalty spot after Kirk McLaughlin had been impeded.

  18. PENALTY

    Coleraine 1-3 Glenavon

    Penalty to Coleraine...

  19. goal

    GOAL

    Dungannon Swifts 1-3 Crusaders

    Paul Heatley completes his double to extend the visitor's lead with 10 minutes left.

    Subtitute Jordan Forysthe found the winger free on the left and Heatley swept the ball past Declan Dunne from 12 yards.

    Crusaders firmly in control and on course for three points.

  20. RED CARD

    Coleraine 1-3 Glenavon

    The drama isn't over after that goal as Glenavon goalkeeper James Taylor gets involved in a confrontation with goalscorer Kirk McLaughlin as the young striker tries to get the ball from the net.

    Taylor is initially booked by Tim Marshall but after consulting with his assistant, the referee comes back to show the goalkeeper a red card.

    With no replacement keeper on the bench, striker Matthew Fitzpatrick has taken the gloves.

    Maybe we had written this game off too soon!