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BANGOR 3-0 COLERAINE
WILKINSON SWORD LEAGUE CUP FINAL - TUESDAY 20th April 1993
Bangor went in to this match very much the
favourites as they were unbeaten in 16 games. Jonathan
Magee was ruled out through injury and Mark Glendinning was
not fully fit so he was kept on the bench.
After 11 minutes Bangor had a scare when Johnny
McIvor latched on to a Keith Douglas pass. McIvor rounded
the Bangor keeper Eachus and lofted the ball goalwards. However
the quick thinking of John Muldoon saw him sprint towards
the goal line to head the ball off crossbar and post and then
away to safety.
Bangor then began to enforce their authority
and made the breakthrough on 22 minutes. Tony Canning raced
down the right and crossed a high ball into the area which
was headed clear by the Coleraine defence. Ricky McEvoy
was perfectly placed to latch on to the clearance and volleyed
the ball home from the edge of the area.
Three minutes later, Bangor scored their second
goal. Paul Byrne launched a corner kick from the right to
the far post and Stephen Brown headed down and into the net.
Bangor now had the cushion of two goals, but Coleraine still
had plenty of fight.
HALF TIME - BANGOR 2 - 0 COLERAINE
The second half was only two minutes old when
Derek Cook went close with a header from a Brian Donaghy cross.
Ultimately Coleraine struggled to find a way through a well
organised Bangor back line.
The decisive goal came on 62 minutes in remarkable
circumstances. Bangor were awarded a corner on the left,
but manager Nigel Best delayed it for a substitution.
Mark Glendinning replaced Connor McCaffrey and ran straight
in to the penalty area. Glendinning hardly had time to check
his run as the ball was whipped in to the near post. Glendinning
arrived just in time to glance a header in to the net with
his first touch of the ball.
The game was over as a contest and Bangor began to ooze
confidence. Davy O'Hare was called in to action to save
a 30 yard shot from David McCallan on 86 minutes, but in
the end Bangor cruised to victory.
BANGOR:
Eachus, Canning, McCaffrey, Muldoon, Brown, O'Connor, Hill,
McCreadie, McCallan, Byrne, McEvoy
Subs: Glendinning, Surgeon
MANAGER - Nigel Best
COLERAINE:
O'Hare, Bryson, Gilmore, Cummings, McLean, Cunningham, Ewing,
Donaghy, Cook, McIvor, Douglas
Subs: Curdy, Adams
MANAGER - Billy Sinclair
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