COOPER DOUBLE HELPS BLUES THROUGH
Two Joel Cooper goals plus a stoppage time strike by a teenage debutant helped Linfield overcome Annagh United at Windsor Park.
Cooper opened the scoring midway through the first half after cutting inside a defender and firing past Joel Little although the Annagh keeper did get a hand to the ball.
That was how it stayed until nine minutes from time when Cooper doubled his tally at the near post after Eetu Vertainen had found him from the left.
Then, in the second minute of added time, 17-year-old Liam McStravick marked his Linfield debut with a goal to complete the scoring.
Linfield: Walsh, Roscoe, Callacher, Millar, Cooper, McDaid, M. Clarke, Finlayson, Mulgrew, A. Clarke, Palmer subs Johns (not used), Newberry (not used), McClean (replaced A. Clarke 83), McKee (replaced Millar 72), Vertainen (replaced McDaid 72), Pepper (replaced Finlayson 85), McStravick (replaced Mulgrew 83)
Annagh United: Little, Glenny, Campbell, Eagle, Mullen, McDonald, Smyth, Rogers, McGinley, McCullough, Moffatt subs N. Kerr (replaced Mullen 84), Finnegan (replaced Rogers 84), Henderson (replaced Smyth 64), Murray (replaced Eagle 64), Taylor (not used), McKinney (not used), G. Kerr (not used)
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