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Article: BLUES SURVIVE SCARE - GLENN MOVES CLOSER TO 500 TARGET.
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- Ulster Star (Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- December 27, 2007
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GLENN Ferguson scored his 499th career goal as champions Linfield survived a scare against struggling Glenavon at Windsor Park last Saturday.
The pre-Christmas cracker had it all; goals, penalties and plenty of nervous tension for Blues fans.
There were plenty of early opportunities for Linfield, with the first coming on five minutes when Oran Kearney crossed from wide, with Tuda Murphy punching out as William Murphy applied the pressure.
Linfield had a good shout for a penalty on 10 minutes as Jonny Cowan appeared to pull back Jamie Mulgrew, however referee Ken Ginnett waved play on.
The Blues' pressure paid off, however, when they ...