Comrades came back from the long trip to Castlederg with all three points after they took advantage of playing against ten men in the second half to defeat Dergview.

After a scrappy opening to the game, it was the hosts who threatened first when on 17 minutes Maguire McLaughlin fired in a shot from 16 yards which Richard Purcell was well placed to save.

Comrades’ first attempt on goal came in the 22^nd minute when Liam Hassin hit a well-struck shot from 25 yards which took a defection off a defender and ended up kindly in the ‘keeper’ arms.

On 29 minutes Dergview had a chance when McCarron cut on from the left and hit a shot towards the near post from 15 yards which Purcell was able to collect.

In the 43^rd minute the Comrades ‘keeper had to produce a solid save to thwart Falconer after he had hit a powerful shot on target from just inside the box.

The first half ended with the pivotal moment of the game. In the 45^th minute a dangerous Comrades attack was ended when Deane tripped Darius Roohi who looked like he could run in on goal. The referee saw this as denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity and produced a straight red card for the home defender.

From the resulting free-kick Cónall McGrandles struck an effort from 20 yards which deflected off the wall and inches wide of the target.

The visitors, with the numerical advantage, were on the front foot for most of the second half. They cam close to opening the scoring in the 51^st minute when Cathal Farren was unlucky to see his curling 25-yard shot come off the outside of the post.

The hosts frustrated Comrades until the 63^rd minute when a somewhat unusual goal broke the deadlock. Ian Fletcher took an in-swinging corner from the right and whipped the ball in towards the goal deceiving ‘keeper McGarvey who reacted too late to keep it from crossing the goal line.

The visitors continued to have the bulk of the attacking play, but a second goal was needed to cement their advantage. It came in the 77^th minute when a quick break up-field ended with Calvin McCurry squaring the ball across to Liam Hassin who was free in the box, and the young midfielder made no mistake with a cool finish from 11 yards.

The same combination could have led to a third goal when on 83 minutes McCurry set up Hassin for another chance, but this time he blasted well over from 16 yards.

The third goal did however come a minute into injury time when, after good play on the halfway line by Conall Curran, Calvin McCurry was set free to outpace the Dergview defence and dink a fine finish over the advancing ‘keeper from the edge of the box.