IRISH LEAGUE: Keke crashes home a worldie as Ards hold Swifts

Guillaume Keke scored a contender for goal of the season and caught the eye with a fine performance as Ards held Dungannon to a 3-3 draw at Stangmore Park.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Feb 2017, 17:45 BST
Updated 1st Mar 2017, 09:04 BST
Ards' Guillaume Keke celebrates finding the net with a top class strike at Dungannon Swifts. Pic by PressEye Ltd.Ards' Guillaume Keke celebrates finding the net with a top class strike at Dungannon Swifts. Pic by PressEye Ltd.
Ards' Guillaume Keke celebrates finding the net with a top class strike at Dungannon Swifts. Pic by PressEye Ltd.

The former Cliftonville man has struggled to find his form since joining Ards during the summer but he trebled his Premiership goal tally with a fine double.

His second was an storming drive from the apex of the area that rocketed into the near top corner - giving Swifts goalkeeper Andy Coleman absolutely no chance.

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Keke opened the scoring as well, converting after both the Dungannon defence and goalkeeper left a hooked cross from Ross Arthurs.

The forward’s overall display was equally as pleasing, poking and prodding the hosts’ back line with a relentless energy.

Dungannon rallied both times they fell behind. Douglas Wilson made it 1-1 on 35 minutes then Andrew Mitchell’s 20th league goal of the season made it 2-2 - both with close range headers.

Cormac Burke’s fourth goal in as many games gave the Swifts the lead for the first time but there was a sting in the tail for the hosts.

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That’s because former Dungannon forward Gary Liggett came back to haunt them, heading in at the back post to make it 3-3 on 75.

That’s the way it stayed as two hard-working teams took away a deserved share of the spoils.

DUNGANNON: Coleman, Burns, Wilson, Armstrong, O’Rourke, Lowe, Burke (Hegarty 68), Lockhart (Teggart 68), Glackin, McMahon (McElroy 81), Mitchell.

Unused Subs: Brennan, Fitzpatrick.

ARDS: Hogg, Hall, Friars, Taylor, Ruddy, Tommons, McCullough, Doherty, McAllister, Arthurs (Liggett 59), Keke (Shevlin).

Unused Subs: McComb, Hughes, Bradley.