TWO goals in as many minutes midway through the first half saw Larne fall to a 2-0 defeat against Portadown at Shamrock Park on Saturday.
Josh Ukek fired them into the lead on 16 minutes when Larne goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson could only palm a Shay McCartan free-kick.
Ahu Obhakhan doubled the lead two minutes later, finishing off at the back post after Ukek had nodded on a James Teelan cross.
Portadown: McCarey, Altintop, MacKinnon, Chapman, McCullough, Wylie, Ukek (’73 Fyfe), Teelan (’80 Mayse), Obhakhan (‘90+1 McElroy), Minzamba, McCartan
Subs: Williamson, Wilson, Traynor, Isamala
Larne: Ferguson, Want, Donnelly, McKendry (’55 Bayode), Graham, McEneff, Nolan, Panayiotou (’55 Ajala), Cosgrove, Sloan (’69 Simpson), Gallagher
Subs: Graham, Brown, Devlin, Wallace
Referee: Evan Boyce
