Late goals not enough

Martin Jones had the first chance of the game as he shot across the home goalkeeper after only five minutes, the ball going narrowly going wide of the goal and this chance was followed up by Stephen Doyle who blasted a powerful shot going over Paul Cairnduff’s crossbar.

The Seasider’s took the lead after Andy Hall’s floated cross found the head of Andy Morrow who headed acutely past the diving Ryan McBride.

The first half overall was a very lacklustre affair with the Whites not creating any sort of good chance until thirty eight minutes as a Darren Smyth cross beat Cairnduff but the following up Jones could not make any connection to equalise for the visitors.

Tommy Kincaid made a change at half time bringing off Darren Smyth and replacing him with Robbie White, the ex-Larne striker hoping to make a real impact to the Whites but unfortunately before he could settle Bangor made it Two-Nil.

A mountain to climb then for the Whites to retrieve anything out of the game and the men in yellow nearly had a third as Long found Morrow but his shot flicked off the turf the ball sailing wide of goal however the Whites relief was short lived as Bangor made it Three-Nil as Richard Gibson let fly from twenty yards out with the ball smashing into the top corner of the net.

Lisburn Distillery then pulled one back as a cross from the left was swung over and it found the diving header of Sean Southam who headed in off the crossbar, doubtless this goal will give him a new found confidence after a recent spell on the sidelines with injury.

The Whites were back in the game and got a further lifeline as they were awarded a penalty as Colin Nixon handled in the box. Up stepped Ryan Corrigan to send the keeper the wrong way - surely not a comeback for Distillery although the introduction of White somewhat a tactical masterstroke by Kincaid as his presence was creating problems in the Bangor back line.

There was however to be no comeback for Distillery, the Whites very unlucky not to come back on an afternoon of frantic and, at times, flowing fluent football from both sides.

Despite the defeat against one of the league’s top sides the Whites produced a very encouraging performance.