The seconds continued their freefall down the Corporate Coaching Junior League One league table last weekend when a horrendous second half performance against Instonians second string at Shaws Bridge resulted in a well deserved 6-3 victory for the home side.

From the outset the Bangor side were hampered when their pre-match plan was scuppered as Johnny McNaught, and then  Simon Scales were forced to umpire a half each.

Already missing two or three regulars to the firsts, and now down to just 11 players, the seconds were always on the back foot against a superior Instonians side. For the first 20 minutes of the contest though the Seasiders were purposeful in their play, and were thwarting the home sides forays by getting men behind the ball and defending in numbers.

This was rewarded when Scales picked up a loose Instonians free hit, fed Gareth Stranaghan who in turn set Jeremy Macafee galloping towards the circle. His pass to Bill Clarke, who had ghosted in behind the defence, was expertly finished by the pacy forward.

It was not long though before Instonians equalised, a free hit being deflected by Wilson past a hapless Thompson in the Bangor goal to leave it  1-1 at the interval.

If the seconds produced a hardworking, determined performance in the first half, the second half was anything but. All too often passes were misplaced, players were caught in possession, and needless short corners were conceded. Instonians took advantage and with barely 17 minutes played in the second period, they had scored four times and their 5-1 lead was unassailable.

The seconds did rally a little, scoring two well taken goals to bring the scoreline back to 5-3. Macafee was rewarded for his industrious performance, bundling an effort past Seay in the Instonians goal. Clarke�s second goal was finished with aplomb, following a neat inter-changing of passes involving Stranaghan, McNaught and Macafee. The home side added a sixth near the end to complete the scoring.

So another poor result for the seconds, the only real plus points being the simplicity of the three goals they scored, and the individual performances from youngsters Kerrigan and Brennan on the right side of the pitch. Thanks to points picked up in the early part of the season the seconds are thankfully not in the midst of a relegation battle, but a place in the bottom half of the table looks certain, albeit with four matches still to play. If truth be told, this is probably no more than is deserved.

Man of the match was Richard Kerrigan.