Bangor News

Crusaders 0-0 Bangor

League leaders Crusaders were held to a scoreless draw at Seaview by an impressive Bangor side. The Crues also lost star men Rainey and Coates to injury.

Bangor 1-2 Glenavon

Glenavon move out of the drop zone for the first time this season with a 2-1 win away to Bangor, goals from Molloy and Harper for Glenavon with Morrow replying for Bangor.

Cliftonville 3-2 Bangor

Cliftonville and Bangor shared five goals and two red cards in a thriller at Suffolk Road; Kieran Donaghy netted the winner for the reds in the 48^th minute. Chris Scannell scored twice for Cliftonville and Dominic Melly and Marty Verner were on target for Bangor. Cliftonville's Stephen O'Neill was red-carded on 88 minutes with Bangor's Andrew Cleary sent-off in injury-

time.

All Square At Clandeboye

Tuesday nights JJB Premiership clash between Bangor and Newry City ended in a 1-1 draw, Bangor took a 12th minute lead through Marty Verner but Newry equalised in the 42nd minute through Emmet Friers.

The point sees Bangor move up one place to 4th, Newry City move up one place to 7th in the table.

CIS Cup Round 3

The draw for the Third Round of the CIS Cup has taken place, all ties will be played over 2 legs with the games scheduled for 28/29 October and11/12 November.

Ards or Limavady United	v	Newry City	Ballymena United	v	Glentoran
Bangor	v	Lisburn Distillery	Carrick Rangers	v	Coleraine
Glenavon	v	Crusaders	Linfield	v	Dungannon Swifts
Loughgall	v	Institute	Portadown	v	Cliftonville

Bangor 0-5 Linfield

Linfield bagged five goals without reply at a sunny Clandeboye Park. The blues dominated from start to finish and the floodgates opened after Mark Gracey headed in an own goal in 15^th minute. Further goals from Jamie Mulgrew, Glen Ferguson and a brace from Paul Munster compounded the misery for Bangor boss Marty Quinn.

Quinn Upbeat

Bangor manager Marty Quinn takes his team to inform Coleraine this Saturday with the intention of turning performances into points. The Bangor manager was pleased with last Sunday’s performance against Glentoran but disappointed to leave the Oval pointless “ After such an impressive start its important that we start picking up points again,” said Quinn, “ There are going to be plenty of twists and turns over the coming season and we want to avoid being sucked into the bottom three”

Coleraine sit second in the JJB Sports Premiership and the Bangor manager was full of praise for the Bannsiders when speaking to SportsNewsNI “ Coleraine have made an excellent start to the campaign and we know were in for a tough encounter but we go there confident of securing a result”

Glentoran 1-0 Bangor

Northern Ireland football finally entered the 21^st century on the 9^th September 2008 as Glentoran and Bangor met in the first official game to be played on a Sunday in over 60 years. A bumper crowd made their way into the Oval past a small protest to witness history being made.

The game itself may not last in the memory as long as the occasion but both managers will ultimately be satisfied with the outcome. Premiership new boys Bangor may have left the Oval pointless but Marty Quinn’s team proved that they are worthy of a place at the top table of local football with a spirited display.

Glentoran manager Alan McDonald will be delighted with the win, which moves the Glens into third place in the JJB Sports premiership. A goal from Gary Hamilton in the 56^th minute spared his teams blushes after Daryl Fordyce had missed a second half penalty

Glentoran v Bangor

Glentoran and Bangor will make history at Oval tomorrow (Sunday) when they meet in the JJB Sports Premiership.

Both teams agreed to the move following the postponement of Saturdays match due to a waterlogged pitch.

Kick-off at the Oval is 15.00

Glenavon 0-1 Bangor

Bangor are sitting proudly on top of the JJB Sports premiership after defeating Glenavon by 1-0 at Mourneview Park. Bangor manager Marty Quinn was in an upbeat mood after ex Glenavon star Mary Verner had toe poked past Robert Robinson in the 86^th minute to secure all three points, but he was quick to point out that its still early days despite the Seasiders impressive start. Glenavon manager Stevie McBride was left pondering how his team had managed to loose a game they dominated for long spells and was quick to praise young Bangor goalkeeper Andrew Plummer who pulled off a number of impressive saves to deny the Glenavon forwards.

Bangor 3-2 Institute

There was a five-goal thriller at Clandeboye Park where Bangor game back from 0-2 to secure an opening win over Institute with a 90^th minute Noel Anderson winner.

Bangor must have thought the gods were against them on their return to top-flight football as Institute took a two-goal lead through a Paul Brown penalty double, an own goal from “Stute” goalkeeper Dougherty was followed by a strike from David Irvine, which levelled the scores. The game seemed to be heading for a draw before Anderson sent Clandeboye Park into raptures with his last minute winner.

Bangor v Institute - Preview

NEW-BOYS Bangor host Institute at Clandeboye Park on Saturday as they aim to start their cam JJB Sports Premiership campaign at the third attempt.

Former Glenavon striker Marty Verner and ex-Glentoran man Darren Lockhart should return to the line-up for Marty Quinn’s team while Andy Morrow is suspended.

A Davy Munster goal for Donegal Celtic sent the Seasiders out of the Co Antrim Shield on Tuesday night.

Institute Manager John Gregg has a number of players unavailable for this match - Paddy McLaughlin, David Ogilby and Ryan Semple are all suspended while Mark Scoltock, Declan Devin, Alan Ryan and Ryan McCreadie are all missing through injury.

Stute played out a 1-1 draw last Saturday against Crusaders in the only game to survive the weather in the Premiership.

Ryan Semple opened the scoring for Stute before they were reduced to nine men following the dismissal of Semble and Paddy McLaughlin.

With the transfer window drawing to a close Gregg is hoping to add another signing before the trip to Clandeboye.

"I'm hoping to possibly bring in at least one more new face maybe before Saturday's game," the Stute boss told the Londonderry Sentinal.
"I'm currently looking at trying to bring a striker in from Wigan Athletic, because to be honest there isn't anything about in Ireland."

Dungannon Swifts v Bangor - Preview

Following last Saturdays false start the new JJB Premiership opens this weekend in what promises to be one of the most open and exciting seasons in Irish League history.

Dungannon manager Harry Fay will be looking for a positive start to the new season following a disappointing campaign last year which saw the Swifts struggle to compete around the top end of the table.

Bangor under new manager Marty Quinn have recruited heavily in the transfer market on their return to the top teir and will be looking for a positive start to life in the premiership

Seasiders Continue to Strenghten

Bangor manager Marty Quinn has moved to strenghten his squad ahead of Saturdays opening fixture against Dungannon Swifts by adding Daley Carnduff from Ballymena United and Dungannon player Gary Fitzpatrick. The two latest recruits join Nigel Boyd (Ballymena Utd), Noel Anderson (Larne), Darren Lockhart (Crusaders), Aaron McKee (Ards), Andy Plummer (Ipswich), Jonny Roy (Ards), Andrew Cleary (Larne), Glen Hand (Larne), Jim McMenamin (Distillery), Johnny Tumelty (Crusaders), Ryan Tumelty (Crusaders) as the Seasiders prepare for life in the premiership