The game was only fifteen minutes old when the Whites were reduced to ten men after Conor Hagan who had been fouled, was sent off for retaliation.

Undaunted the Whites pressed forward and were unlucky not to take the lead when a free kick, on the right was sent in by McKeown, and Brannigan at the back post just failed to connect. Cooling lobbed the ball back in, and Brannigan’s shot was then cleared off the line by a home defender. Then McKeown tried his luck with a long range shot, seeing Dougherty out of his six-yard box, from fully forty yards he struck his shot only to see keeper Dougherty scramble back to collect before it entered his goal. Try as they did the Whites could not find the goal they deserved from their open play.

The second half saw the Whites continue to take the game to Glentoran, and Martin was unlucky not to score, after he started a run inside his own half, which needed a combination of keeper Dougherty and centre back Simpson in the six-yard box to stop him scoring.

Then half chances fell to Murphy, Dickson and Martin, but they were unable to score from them and the game ended scoreless, two points lost rather than one gained.