Tipton parts ways with Warrenpoint
Could he now be on his way back to Shamrock Park?
Last updated 28th Feb 2018
Matthew Tipton is being lined up to take over as Portadown manager.
The Warrenpoint boss tops the Ports wish list – after Niall Currie’s recent departure.
Tipton's exit was announced on the Point's website and tweeted out. In a statement, Chairman Connaire McGreevy said they had "parted ways by mutual consent following a conversation"
It is understood he has already had initial talks with Portadown.
Meanwhile, Tipton came face to face last night with Ronnie McFall, the man who took him first to Shamrock Park as a player.
But it was an unhappy reunion for him as he saw his side fall 5-0 to a revitalised Glentoran team at the Oval.
That is two wins from two for McFall and keeps the Glens in pursuit of a post-split sixth place in the Danske Bank Premiership.
Elsewhere, Linfield lost 2-0 at home to Glenavon – a defeat that left David Healy almost lost for words.
Speaking to Downtown & Cool FM after the game, he said: “I’m gobsmacked how we can take a couple of steps forward and give a performance like that tonight. It was hugely disappointing.”
But Lurgan Blues assistant manager Kris Lindsay said they fully deserved their win and he puts Glenavon’s impressive run this season down to a mixture of youth and experiencegood run this season“Lur
“We’ve steadily gone about our business,” he said. “We have good young hungry players with pace and energy with a sprinkling of experience in there.
“I think we have shown this season we are a good squad. We don’t have a big squad but we have a quality one.”
In the other two games of the night there were vital wins for Ards and Carrick over Ballymena and Dungannon Swifts respectively.