FOOTBALL: Penalty agony for Coleraine

Ciaran Martyn opened the scoring for Glentoran early on in teh tie, but Coleraine's Darren Boyce fired a left-foot shot into the corner of the net a minute later to equalise.

Rory Patterson made it 2-1 with a cool finish on 33 minutes but Colin Nixon nodded in the equaliser on 45 minutes.

The Oval outfit almost secured the cup two minutes from time when Hamilton's corner hit Gareth Harkin but Kyle McVey cleared the ball off the line.

The first period of extra-time failed to yield a clear goalscoring opportunity but the Glens went close 15 seconds into the second period.

Hamilton scored the first penalty of the shootout, but teenage Coleraine substitute Canning blasted his spot-kick over the bar.

Neill, McVey and Daryl Fordyce successfully converted their penalties before Boyce hit the post.

Mattie Burrows scored the penalty which made the final tally 4-1.

Coleraine: O'Hare, Beverland, Hegarty, McVey, Boyce, Patterson, McCallion, Carson, Watt, Harkin, Dooley.

Substitutes: McLaughlin, Tolan, Tommons, Gibson, Canning.

Glentoran: James Taylor, McGovern, Nixon, Johnny Taylor, Hill, Gillespie, Clarke, Martyn, Neill, Hamilton, Halliday.

Substitutes: Morris, Burrows, Fitzgerald, Ward, Fordyce.

See Tuesday's Coleraine Times for more reports and pictures of the big final at Windsor