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Bangor were on the wrong side of a 2 - 0 home defeat against an
experienced North Down side on Friday night. The visitors opened very
strongly and put Bangor under a great deal of pressure for the opening 15
minutes. At the end of this period of play Bangor were lucky to only have
conceded one goal through a well worked attack by North Down. Had it not
been for some excellent goalkeeping from Ryan Cherry combined with good
defensive work from Chris Dorman and Brian McKee, it could have been much
worse. Bangor managed to hold on to half time and seemed to be gradually
growing in confidence with some good play from the mid field trio of
McNulty and the two Dornan brothers.
A change of tactics was employed after the break to try and get Bangor
some more bite in front of goal. With the pace of the younger Dornan now
up front combined with the youth and experience of Mount and Campbell,
Bangor seemed to be getting somewhere. However North Down where always a
threat and as Bangor legs tired they pounced again and scored an easy 2nd
after a defensive error.
Bangor now had to throw caution to the wind and really pushed forward
creating some of their best chances of the match. Coughlin pushed the team
forward from defence and Bangor were unlucky not to get a some reward. The
visiting defence did its job, denying good efforts from both McAllister
and Tate. The Bangor players left the pitch feeling that they should have
had more reward for the considerable effort exerted. A little more
experience of playing together and this team could hopefully climb up the
league table.
Thanks to Bill Clarke for umpiring. |