Intermediate Cup Final: Institute face Ards in Windsor Park showpiece

Institute take on newly-crowned Championship One champions Ards in the final of the Intermediate Cup at Windsor Park tonight.

The honours are even between the two sides this season, Stute winning their first meeting at Clandyboye Park on 14 November, with goals from Shane McGinty and Ciaron Harkin.

Ards got revenge with a 2-1 in the reverse fixture at Drumahoe last month, a game in which the Derry side missed a penalty.

Definitely out of tonight’s clash is Stute’s Alex Pomery who is facing up to 16 weeks in plaster after sustained a displaced tibia fracture duringthe under-19s clash with Ballyclare during the weeik.

Institute a running buses to tonight’s final, which is an all-ticket affair.

Ghe champions came from a goal down to win 201 at the riverside earlier this month.

Tickets are available (£7 and £3) are from the Coffee Stop at Drumahoe.

Bus and match tickets are priced at £20, £15 (concessionary) and £10 (under-18s).

Paths to the final:

Semi Finals

INSTITUTE 1, BALLYCLARE COMRADES 0 (at extra time) KNOCKBREDA 1, ARDS 1 (after extra time: Ards won 4-3 on pens)

Quarter-Finals

INSTITUTE 1, NEWINGTON 0] ARDS 2, LARNE 1

Fourth Round

BANGOR 2, INSTITUTE 5 BARN UNITED 2, ARDS 6

Third Round