Glenafton made four changes to the eleven that started against Cumnock on Saturday with Craig Pettigrew (injured), Evan Maley, Sam McKee and Amand Dollani making way for Lewis Currie, Cammy Ross, Dylan O’Kane and Hugh Kerr.

In the Hurlford starting eleven were former Glens players Paul ‘Taz’ McKenzie and Ross Robertson while Ross Fisher was on the bench. Of course, the ‘Ford manager Darren Henderson and his assistant manager John Dempster were former Glens’ manager and striker respectively.

The first half finished goal-less with both goalkeepers pulling off fine saves.  The visitors were denied an early lead after Ally Semple pushed a powerful shot from close range over the bar and then blocked another one soon after.  At the other end George O’Connor tipped Dylan O’Kane’s shot from a tight angle over the cross bar.

HT Glens 0 Hurlford 0

Half-time substitute Ciaran O’Connor broke the deadlock on 54 minutes. A Glens attack was broken down deep in the Hurlford box and the ball played up the right touchline from where it was slotted to the centre-circle for Lewis Morrison to gather and give a defender the slip before bursting into the box and laying the ball off to O’Connor to guide it beyond Semple and into net.

The home side responded well and enjoyed a good spell of pressure which finally bore fruit on 73 minutes. A free kick from the centre-circle was fired into a busy Ford box only to be headed back upfield where an alert Lyall Holding chased it down and then gave the inrushing Morrison the slip before curling the ball, high and deep into the box where a diving Stephen McLelland got between two defenders to bullet an unstoppable header into the net; his first goal for the club.

Both sides went in search of a winner and the best chances fell to the visitors from close range headers, the first brilliantly saved by Semple the other dipping inches over the bar.

In the added time substitute Liam Caddis was sent off after earning a second yellow card.

FT Glens 1 Hurlford 1