Lucky thirteen for rampant Glebe

GLEBE Rangers Old Boys, Berthas FC and Riverside Athletic are the only three teams remaining with a 100% record after Saturday’s round of fixtures.

Glebe sauntered to victory over a depleted Coleraine Olympic while Berthas took the points in a keenly contested fixture against West Bann Athletic.

Riverside kept up their good start to the season with a decent victory over Finn McCools.

Elsewhere, Hillview kept up their unbeaten record by defeating Mountview by the odd goal in three as Macosquin Village bounced back from last week’s defeat to hammer Brook Street.

Dunaghy Old Boys won a real hum dinger against Balnamore while The Taverners comfortably saw off the challenge of Ballyrashane FC. In the remaining games, Hazelbank FC beat The Villagers while Somerset and FC Macosquin battled to a 3-3 draw.

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Glebe Rangers Old Boys 13 Coleraine Olympic 2

In what turned out to be a high-scoring affair at the Joey Dunlop Centre, Coleraine Olympic were at a disadvantage from the kick-off as they had only 10 men in their starting line-up.

Glebe welcomed back Bellingham, Greer and Colin McBride and all three got on the score sheet as the Old Boys boosted their goal difference by notching up an impressive 13 goals.

Glebe went on the offensive straight from kick-off and should have been ahead before Olympic took the lead with a neat finish from Sweeney after a mix-up in the home defence.

However Glebe were soon level when Bellingham, taking on penalty duties in the absence of Sticky Steele, found the net despite a brave attempt by the Olympic keeper.

An own goal put Glebe ahead but Olympic fought back and shocked the home team when Clifton equalised from a corner. Again questions will be asked of the Glebe defence which failed to deal adequately with the cross.