LOUGHGALL had on-loan striker, Matty Burrows, to thank for three points on Saturday, writes The Villager.
Burrows headed home in the second period to see off a dogged Bangor side and move Loughgall to the top of the table.
Loughgall did every
thing except score in the first half as they dominated play.
Within four minutes, the Villagers should have netted when Glenn Waddell’s floated cross was met by Aaron Baker, however, the winger directed his free header over the crossbar.
Ex-Bangor forward, Paul McDowell, came extremely close on the half-hour mark when, after good play by Bryan Pentland, he fired a close-range volley narrowly wide.
Six minutes later, Ryan Moffatt was unlucky to see his 25-yard free-kick curl just over the crossbar.
Three minutes into the second period the visitors had the ball in the back of Loughgall’s net - Glen Upton headed home Wayne Maxwell’s cross but was adjudged offside.
Burrows put the hosts in front on 69 minutes when he nodded Moffatt’s perfect corner-kick delivery beyond Gareth Maguire from 10 yards.
Bangor started to increase the pressure over the remaining stages but were restricted to long-range efforts. Mark Magennis tried an audacious 35-yard shot which Marc Robinson pushed past the post.
Bangor then hit the crossbar over the closing seconds from Ryan Mann's long-range drive.
LOUGHGALL:Marc Robinson, Glenn Waddell, Bryan Pentland, Neil Alderdice, Alan Murphy, Andy Smith, Ryan Moffatt, David Hawthorne, Matty Burrows, Paul McDowell, Aaron Baker. Subs: Willie Herron, Aidan McVeigh, Marty Lavery, Steven Hyndes, Ryan Evans.
