Reds, Coleraine & Swifts Into Irish Cup Last Four

Cliftonville, Coleraine and Dungannon Swifts each saw disconnected Championship guidance connected Saturday to book their places successful nan Irish Cup semi-finals.

Holders Dungannon saw disconnected H&W Welders 3-0 astatine Stangmore Park acknowledgment to goals from Steven Scott, Shane McGinty and Kobei Moore arsenic they proceed their defence of nan trophy.

Cliftonville remained connected way for a 3rd successive last quality arsenic Keevan Hawthorne, Shaun Leppard and Liam McStravick were connected target successful a 3-0 triumph against Loughgall astatine Lakeview Park.

Joel Cooper and substitute Matthew Shevlin were nan second-half goalscorers arsenic Coleraine were 2-0 victors complete Limavady United astatine nan Showgrounds.

The 3 sides are joined successful nan past 4 by Larne, who defeated Glentoran successful a punishment shootout aft a 1-1 tie successful Friday night.

The semi-final tie has paired Cliftonville pinch Dungannon successful a repetition of past year's decider, while Larne will look Coleraine.

The ties will beryllium played astatine neutral venues connected nan play of 3-4 April.

Second-half goals from man-of-the-match Cooper and Shevlin saw Coleraine get past dogged second-tier promotion hopefuls Limavady.

Cooper rifled location his 20th extremity of nan run conscionable aft nan hr earlier mounting Shevlin up for his 19th of nan play pinch conscionable complete 10 minutes remaining.

Dean Jarvis should person done amended erstwhile good placed by Zane Okoro wrong nan opening 2 minutes but nan Coleraine defender sliced his volley good wide of nan target.

Teenager Senan Devine was proving to beryllium Coleraine's premier attacking threat successful nan game's early stages and 3 times successful speedy succession he was denied by good saves from Marty Gallagher.

At nan different end, John Butcher fired complete aft a area had been cleared to him connected nan separator of nan container while Ryan Schofield sewage down good to stitchery a Leon Boyd cross.

The deadlock was surgery conscionable aft nan hour. Half-time replacement Ben Wylie fed Cooper, who took a touch earlier rifling an unstoppable 25-yard changeable into nan apical area of nan nett past a helpless Gallagher.

The visitors upped nan tempo successful nan last 4th and Shevlin was denied by a extremity statement clearance from Tiarnan Boorman, Mark Coyle's follow-up effort besides blocked.

The 2nd extremity nan Bannsiders had been threatening duly arrived 12 minutes from nan end.

Reading Tiarnan Boorman's nether deed backmost pass, Cooper sewage to nan shot successful beforehand of Gallagher amd rounded nan keeper earlier teeing up Shevlin pinch a elemental decorativeness 12 yards retired successful beforehand of goal.

Welders could person opened nan scoring astatine Dungannpn aft Enomfon Nto ran each nan measurement from his ain half into nan Swifts' box, but Declan Dunne stood up good to his effort.

Some 10 minutes aft that Scott latched onto an fantabulous long-range walk from Gael Bigirimana and expertly lifted nan shot complete nan onrushing Samuel Safaei and into nan net.

Sean McAllister astir doubled nan lead but erstwhile he was one-on-one pinch Samuel Safaei, Welders' keeper made himself large and pulled disconnected a ace save. Safaei went connected to make respective large stops passim nan match.

Around nan hr mark, Dungannon grabbed nan 2nd extremity and gave their visitors a existent uphill task.

Paul Doyle saw his goalbound effort someway cleared disconnected nan statement by Ewan McCoubrey but from nan resultant corner, Leo Alves recovered McGinty astatine nan backmost station and he powered his header into nan net.

Dungannon kept up nan gait for nan remainder of nan crippled and Moore good and genuinely put nan crippled to furniture pinch a very well-taken effort pinch conscionable complete 10 minutes of nan crippled to go.

From extracurricular nan area, Moore struck nan shot debased and recovered nan area of nan net.

Loughgall were speedy retired of nan blocks and almost caught nan visitors acold erstwhile Rory Hale talented possession to Scott McCann, and nan playmaker picked retired nan tally of Kirk McLaughlin, but nan striker's debased changeable was comfortably gathered by PJ Morrison.

Despite that early pressure, Cliftonville struck first erstwhile Adebayo Fapetu recovered Hawthorne connected nan separator of nan area, and nan midfielder clipped a composed decorativeness into nan acold area beyond a helpless Ross Glendinning.

The Villagers astir responded wrong minutes arsenic Paul McElroy showed speedy feet to backheel into nan way of Darragh Stewart, but pinch only Morrison to beat, nan guardant opted for powerfulness and blazed good complete nan bar.

The Reds doubled their advantage soon aft nan half-hour people erstwhile Leppard roseate highest astatine nan adjacent station to guideline Michael Glynn's area past substitute Berraat Turker for his 2nd extremity successful successive games.

After nan restart, Jim Magilton's men pressed guardant arsenic Hale delivered a teasing transverse to nan backmost post, wherever Hawthorne connected from adjacent range, but James Carroll was alert to hack nan shot clear disconnected nan line.

Loughgall should person reduced nan shortage erstwhile McCann robbed Josh Kelly and instantly fed McLaughlin, whose thunderous thrust towards nan adjacent station cannoned backmost disconnected nan crossbar.

The visitors yet made it 3 erstwhile Fapetu slipped a neat done shot into nan way of McStravick, and though Turker pushed distant nan winger's first debased effort, nan winger reacted quickest to person nan rebound.