Larne FC secured a crucial 2-0 win away to Lincoln Red Imps in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League qualifying round tie. Paul O'Neill and Kevin O'Hara scored late goals for the Invermen. The hosts started brightly, calling Rohan Ferguson into action twice but were reduced to 10 men in the first half when a VAR intervention led to Yussef Flalhi Idrissi receiving a red card for appearing to lash out at Sean Graham. Larne upped the tempo in the second half with chances arriving for Montel Gibson, Matty Lusty and Kevin O'Hara. The breakthrough arrived on 85 minutes, however. Conor McKendry cut in on the right flank to sweep a cross to the back post where James Simpson nodded back across goal for Paul O'Neill to slam home a header. The Invermen would go on to add a second goal three minutes into added time, much to the delight of the travelling fans, when this time Paul O'Neill led the breakaway and slipped in Scotsman O'Hara to make no mistake by slamming it into the right corner. The decisive second leg takes place at Inver Park next Thursday (27th August) at 8pm. League standing: 9th in Premiership, 1 pts, 0W-1D-0L from 1 games, recent form D. Goals this season: 0 scored, 0 conceded (0 goal difference). Title race: 6 points behind leaders Coleraine FC. Next fixture: vs Crusaders FC (at home, 2026-12-12) (4th in the table).