Who's up 'Four' the cup?

Carniny will be hoping to make it third time lucky in this competition as they have been beaten finalists in the last two seasons.

Alex McCosh remains in goals for Carniny and he seems to get better as the years go on, in front of him Derek Reid and Alan Gaston form a formidable central defensive partnership and this trio has contributed greatly to Carniny having a 100 per cent start in the League.

The midfield is the engine room of Carniny with Captain Jason Robinson driving his team forward and he will be ably assisted by Jordan Kenny and Leslie McCaughern who between them supply the ammunition for a potent forward line.

Scott Drummond has been banging the goals in for Carniny so far this season and with the return of Roger Jones and Chris Dowie from spells at Ballymena United, Carniny have a very dangerous attack which would trouble any defence in the country.

Saints will be playing in their first Top Four Final since 2003 and they will be hoping keeper Brian Martin continues his great form to keep out the Carniny attack.

In front of him new additions this season Colin Laffin and Steven McAvoy have helped shore up the defence along with Captain Eoin Hudson who leads the team forward from right back. Stephen Tully and Ryan Lyness provide a strong anchor in front of the back four and this gives Aidan O'Kane the chance to create openings for prolific striker Chris Smiley who Saints will hope can fire them to Top Four glory.

The game will take place on Thursday 4th November at Ballymena Showgrounds with a 7-30pm start. Entry for all spectators will be by Slemish Drive Entrance beside the Social Club.

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Westend Athletic 6, Glenpark 3: This was a deserved victory for Westend, however they made hard work of the match and had to come from 3-1 down to win.

Westend took the lead through Marcus Handford, who was put through one-on-one with the keeper and slotted past him.

Glenpark came out fighting in the second half and their pressure paid off with 3 goals in quick succession midway through the half which left Westend stunned.

Westend then decided to up their game, and got back into the match a couple of minutes later, as Marcus Handford scored a tremendous free-kick form 25 yards.

John McVicker had only been on the pitch 5 minutes when he made the game all square with a pile driver which hit off the keeper and went in.

Westend's superior fitness showed and they soon took the lead, when Rab Andrews made a superb run and played the ball inside to Kieran McKinley who hit the post with his first shot, but got the ball again and took it round a player before shooting past the keeper.

Marcus Handford then scored to make it 5-3 and with only a couple of minutes remaining, a through ball by John McVicker allowed Rab Andrews to run on and slot past the keeper to complete the scoring and a magnificent comeback.

Broadway Celtic 4, Sporting Lisburn 2: Celtic progressed into Round 3 with this thoroughly deserved victory over Sporting Lisburn who had disposed of fellow BSML side North End in the first round.

The home side got off to a great start when they took the lead on seven minutes. Michael Maybin fired a long ball over the top of the Lisburn defence and found Brett McLaughlin who controlled the ball before firing home from 12 yards out.

Although dominating it took Celtic to just before the break to double their lead. McLaughlin chipped the ball into the path of Gavin Burnside and he made no mistake when he fired home from 20 yards out.

The second half was only five minutes old when Celtic killed the tie as a contest when Philip Lynn raced down the right and crossed for Burnside to find the net from inside the box.

Donald Crawford made it 4-0 with 20 minutes to go when he volleyed home a Gavin Burnside right wing cross.

After this Celtic took the foot off the gas and allowed the visitors to score two sloppy goals but Celtic had done enough to make it into the next round.

Carniny Rangers 8, Albert Foundry II 0: Carniny took the game to Albert Foundry from the kick-off and their early pressure paid off in the 17th minute when Jordan Kenny latched onto a through ball from Rico Wylie to hammer a low shot under the Foundry keeper.

Carniny extended their lead on 39 minutes when Jason Robinson slid a pass to Scott Drummond to tap in from a yard.