The game started slowly with both teams struggling to get to grips with the cold wet windy conditions. Eventually however the breakthrough came thanks to Lewis Adair who got the ball in midfield and then following a powerful run sent an unstoppable shot past the Hawthorn keeper to give the Glens the lead.

Hawthorn then pressed forward in search of the equaliser and it eventually came following a scramble in the Glens penalty box. The ball fell to a Hawthorn striker who fired the ball into the bottom corner of the net to leave the score level at 1-1 at half time.

The second half started with the Glens raising the tempo of the game and they were soon back in front. Kyle Armstrong was unlucky to see his shot coming back off the crossbar but Luke Wilson followed up to put the ball in the net and restore the Glens lead.

A third goal was soon to follow when Colin Smith produced another one of his excellent free kicks from wide out on the right to give the keeper no chance.

To give credit to Hawthorn they continued to push forward and test the Glens defence with Neil Edgar producing a couple of excellent saves, including a point blank one, to keep Hawthorn at bay.  Even when Hawthorn managed to get the ball past the keeper Glentoran Captain Conor McGrattan, leading by example, managed to get back to clear the ball off the line.

At this stage Glentoran produced their best move of the match which Luke Wilson finished off at the back post with a header to leave the score 4-1.

This was a good all round performance on what was a cold wet windy day.

Man of the Match
The man of the match award was shared between Conor McGrattan and Darrian Shaw

Team: Neil Edgar, Conor McGrattan ©, Lee Carser, Colin Smith, Scott Kane, Darrian Shaw, Lewis Adair, Kyle Armstrong, Luke Wilson, Kyle Cherry, Craig Spiers
Subs: Thomas Floyd, Adam Wilson, Gareth McGrattan, Patrick Davidson, Chris Maginnes

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