European Round-up: Gunners on top, Larne win NI title, Inter one win away?

European Round-up: Gunners on top, Larne win NI title, Inter one win away?

LARNE from County Antrim have won their third Irish Premiership title in four years, thrashing Glentoran 8-0 at Inver Park. Two Larne players, Matthew Lusty and Andy Ryan, scored hat-tricks, Lusty’s netted in a 27-minute spell. Larne led the league table by 11 points at one stage but saw their advantage reduced to just three. They were denied a potential double by second-placed Coleraine, who beat them in the Irish Cup semi-final 2-1. Coleraine,…

Final day rout seals Premiership title

LARNE raced over the finish line to the title in emphatic fashion with an 8-0 win at home to Dungannon Swifts. Requiring only a point to be sure, the Invermen were 3-0 up after half an hour thanks to Andy Ryan’s opener, before Matty Lusty showed composure to bag a brace of goals. Lusty completed his hat-trick early in the second half before Ryan went on to likewise. Sean Graham produced a clinical finish to get on hte goalscoring action, with Pa…