Live text commentary and in-play clips from Friday night's action as leaders Linfield take on Portadown at Shamrock Park while bottom side Ballymena United meet Glenavon.
The home fans are on their feet as they think Calvin McCurry's strike has found the back of the net, but his effort is narrowly wide.San Roscoe threads a pass through the midfield to Joel Cooper, who was given far too much time and space in the middle of the park to run at the Portadown defence with pace.
Cooper finds Fitzpatrick with a through ball, with the striker beating the offside trap before finishing calmly into the bottom corner at the far post.Sam Johnston is called into action shortly after and comfortably collects Jamie Doran's pass into the box before anyone in a black and pink shirt can connect with the danger.It looks like Charlie Allen is warming up for the visitors and is expected to be introduced shortly for Chris McKee.
The resulting free-kick comes to nothing, but both sides are evidently going for it in search of the next goal.Irish League trailblazers Larne did not have much time to bask in the immediate afterglow of their ground-breaking achievement of becoming the first club from Northern Ireland to qualify for the group or league phase of a major European competition.
Less than 24 hours later, they were thrust into the anticipation of Friday's Uefa Conference League draw in Monaco.
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