Irvine Vics boss admits to mixed emotions after team of teenagers lose seven-goal thriller

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine Vics boss Brian McLuckie admitted defeat was tough to take after his team of teenagers lost out in seven-goal thriller against Port Glasgow.

A ding-dong battle at Vics Park on Saturday saw the score-line see-saw all afternoon before a David McNeil header in 81 minutes sealed a 4-3 win for the visitors.Vics – who started with 10 players under the age of 20 – created more than enough chances to win the Conference B clash.But it was Port who made theirs count on a glue-pot surface – a factor McLuckie reckons worked against his young side.He said: “I felt worse losing 4-3 than I did after last week’s 5-0 defeat against St Cadoc’s.“I.