Late Harps goals punish depleted Mervue

TWO late goals burst the spirited resistance of an understrength Mervue United in their First Division loss to Finn Harps in Baleybofey on Friday night. Johnny Glynn’s side would have had every confidence of escaping Donegal with a win on the road against the locals who have been one of the competition’s perennial underachievers this season and are sitting third from the bottom on the table.But they ran into a Harps side which produced what local pundits described as easily their best performance of the season with the 2-0 victory. It was always going to be an uphill battle for the alwayclub, who travelled north with six players on the injury list - Noel McDonnell, Ger McGrath, Nigel Keady, Mixie Harty, Michael Tierney and David O’Dowd all unavailable.“That was always going to make it difficult,” Glynn said. “We lacked a real physical presence and Harps, reading all the local reports and talking to people up there, this was their best game all season. It was looking like it would have finished 0-0 and we would have been pleased with that.”Although...