'It was really unsavoury' - Haveron on mass brawl
Larne boss Gary Haveron said that the post-match scenes in their goalless draw with Glentoran were "really unsavoury".After the full-time whistle, a mass brawl broke out on the pitch at Inver Park, with punches thrown.Aaron Donnelly and Conor McKendry were sent off for the Inver outfit whilst Christie Pattison and Fuad Sule were dismissed for the Glens.And Haveron was disappointed that those scenes will overshadow the result which ensured that Larne finished second and secured automatic European qualification."Passions were running really high, sometimes they boil over and it was really unsavoury," he told BBC Sport NI."It is not something you want to see at games. We pride ourselves on being a family club, there are a lot of kids in the stand and that is not how you end the game of football, but when someone comes on and attacks one of your teammates it is only natural you are going to react to it and that Glentoran would react to that.""It's not something we want to be associated with, and it is disappointing that that is what the talking points will be and not the grit and determination to get over the line against a good Glentoran side that threw the kitchen sink at us but couldn't break us."Haveron said that having watched the brawl back he hopes that the main perpetrators will be dealt with accordingly."You have to say to the boys to step back because it drags on and on but there was an antagonist," he added."People will get punished and rightfully so, I hope the antagonist is punished the most."
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