Bangor 5ths 10 v 0 East Antrim 2nds

CONVINCING WIN FOR BANGOR

Bangor fifths eased past bottom of the table East Antrim at Ballykillare on Saturday, putting 10 past them without reply.
The early exchanges were even, Niall McEvoy getting tested twice in goals. In this period the defence showed its worth, Matty Neill-McCready, Robin McCready, Allan Stevenson, and Adam Douglas dominating affairs.
In front of them Thomas Crawford, Paul Scott and Patrick McAlister were productive, providing plenty of passes to the forward line of Hamill, Harper and Campbell.
Harper opened the scoring and McAlister scored his first of the season with a reverse stick effort before the home team were awarded a stroke, when Matty and Paddy were offering their services as flick taker, experience prevailed, Gerry Hamill stood up and powered the ball into the bottom corner.
Saturday must have been a blue moon because Robin was the team's fourth scorer of the half tapping in at the back post, a spectacular effort.
Four goals up at half time, and the fifths set out in the second half to score more and not concede, whilst playing some good hockey.
The introduction of debutante Craig McDowell and Michael Ferguson brought more positive play to the game, and the floodgates opened. Harper grabbing another hat trick, Mark Campbell increasing his scoring streak, and Matty grabbing his first goals for the fifths, both from short corners.
Also amongst the goals was Paul Scott, again Harper was in the vicinity but the midfielder was not to have a second goal stolen from him in two weeks. The final whistle came a few minutes early to call the end to another clinical day at the office for the fifths, and along with it, another two points.
Man of the match was a defender, Adam Douglas with a strong, no nonsense performance and many thanks to Chris Harte for umpiring. Again.