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Belfast Telegraph
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Ex-Northern Ireland and Rangers hero scores winning penalty in Scottish Junior final: ‘It was put on my shoulders'
The man who scored 20 goals for his country was a second half substitute in the Scottish non-league final. The Fermanagh man made his mark on the match, however, scoring the winning spot kick in a dramatic shootout at the Broadwood Stadium. Lafferty said: 'It's brilliant for myself to score a winning goal, to win the penalty shoot-out. For all that to be put on my shoulders was massive for me. 'And I knew how much it meant to the club. The first thing the club said to me was 'we need to win the Scottish Junior Cup in the two years you're here', and we've done it.' We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Tranent held the advantage at half time thanks to a Harry Girdwood header only for Lafferty's Johnstone Burgh to level through Ciaran Diver with 16 minutes left on the clock. The game would go to penalties, with Lafferty scoring the decisive kick in a 4-2 shootout win. The 37 year-old joined the West of Scotland Premier Division side in 2023 after he was released by Linfield. Lafferty had previously played for Burnley, Rangers, Sion, Palermo, Norwich City, Hearts, Sarpsborg, Sunderland, Reggina, Kilmarnock and Anorthosis Famagusta.
Belfast Telegraph
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Former Northern Ireland and Rangers hero scores winning penalty in Scottish Junior Cup Final
The man who scored 20 goals for his country was a second half substitute in the Scottish non-league final. The Fermanagh man made his mark on the match, however, scoring the winning spot kick in a dramatic shootout at the Broadwood Stadium. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Tranent held the advantage at half time thanks to a Harry Girdwood header only for Lafferty's Johnstone Burgh to level through Ciaran Diver with 16 minutes left on the clock. The game would go to penalties, with Lafferty scoring the decisive kick in a 4-2 shootout win. The 37 year-old joined the West of Scotland Premier Division side in 2023 after he was released by Linfield. Lafferty had previously played for Burnley, Rangers, Sion, Palermo, Norwich City, Hearts, Sarpsborg, Sunderland, Reggina, Kilmarnock and Anorthosis Famagusta.
