Steel dream ends for Raceview

By The Newsroom
Published 16th Aug 2010, 10:19 BST
Updated 24th Aug 2010, 12:13 BST
RACEVIEW'S dreams of Steel and Sons Cup glory ended at the first hurdle on Saturday.

Jason Cairns' under-strength side fell to a 5-3 home defeat by Lower Maze in the opening round, ending any chance of a fairytale run to the competition's traditional Christmas Day final.

The Broughshane side can, however, console themselves in the knowledge that they have made a 100 per cent start to the defence of their Michelin Athletic Club-sponsored league title, the latest success a narrow 1-0 win over neighbours Clough Rangers Athletic in midweek.

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That was Clough's second defeat in two games and it's no better for the returning Portglenone, who prop up the table after three games.

Those two sides meet in a local 'derby' in Cullybackey this Wednesday night.

FIXTURES

Matches involving locally-based sides this week are:

Wednesday, August 18 – Intermediate League (7pm): Ballycastle United v Raceview; Clough Rangers Athletic v Portglenone.

Saturday, August 21 – Intermediate League (2pm): Clough Rangers Athletic v Cookstown Olympic; Portglenone v Rasharkin United; FC Ballynure v Raceview.

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Junior Division One: Carniny Amateurs v Killymoon Rangers Res; Chimney Corner Res v Moyola Park Olympic.

Junior Division Two: Raceview Athletic v FC Ballynure Res.

Junior Division Three: Wakehurst Strollers v Grange Rangers II; Antrim Rovers v 14th Newtownabbey.

STEEL AND SONS CUP

Raceview 3, Lower Maze 5: This was a bad day at the office for Raceview who, with a few regulars missing, went in four nil down at half-time.

Raceview struck a revival in the second half scoring three goals through Ricky Forsythe and own goal and Bobby Hanna to reduce the deficit to a single goal.

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