1. Larne aim to stay on course for first BetMcLean Cup successpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January

    Larne v Cliftonville

    Rory Hale and Conor McKendry in actionImage source, Inpho

    Larne will aim to remain on target for a first BetMcLean Cup success when they host Cliftonville in Tuesday's semi-final of the competition at Inver Park.

    The east Antrim club's dramatic renaissance of recent seasons has seen them collect back-to-back league titles, win four County Antrim Shield finals in a row and break new ground for the Irish League by qualifying for the league stages of the Uefa Conference League.

    Victories in the Irish Cup and BetMcLean Cup have so far eluded the Invermen however.

    Gary Haveron's side saw off Cliftonville 2-0 in Friday's Premiership encounter between the sides at the same venue but another close contest is anticipated with a place in the 9 March showpiece final at stake.

    Larne's last appearance in a League Cup final saw them lose to Cliftonville on penalties in the 2003-04 campaign, while they also came out second best to Linfield in their only other previous involvement in a final in the 1991-92 campaign.

    Larne go into the game on a run of five unbeaten in the Premiership, with Jim Magilton's side, in contrast, on a sequence of five games without a win in the top division, including defeats in their past four.

  2. Up for the cupspublished at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January

    What's better than one cup competition? Two of them!

    We've six games to bring you this evening across the Irish Cup and BetMcLean Cup.

    In the semi-finals of the latter, Larne take on Cliftonville and Glentoran face Crusaders.

    Meanwhile, in the Irish Cup, we have the four fifth-round ties that were hit by the frosty weather at the start of the year.

    We'll have all the updates here, so thanks for joining us!