In a rearranged league fixture North Down entertained Cliftonville on Saturday at the Leisure Centre. Cliftonville turned up with a weakened side and provided little opposition for a North Down side growing in confidence as players come back from injury. However they were still without Michael Black and Chris Speers.<\/p>\n
Cliftonville could not match the pace of North Down and were on the defensive from the word go. Gareth Bailie had a goal disallowed in the first minute for dangerous play but it did not take long for the goal rush to begin. Andy Forrest started the rout with a reverse shot. Then Simon Watt scored from close in.Forrest got his second to make it 3 nil after 15 minutes. North Down squandered a number of corners before Bailie got in on the act getting number 4. Three further goals before halftime from Forrest ,Bailie and Wilson saw the halftime score 7-0<\/p>\n
The second half continued in the same vein with Cliftonville pinned back in their own half. McBride in the home goal was a spectator for most of the game and was only called into action in the latter part of the game to clear his lines<\/p>\n
Further goals came at regular intervals from Forrest,B ailie, Wilson 2 , Watt 2 and Dalzell to make the final score 14 nil<\/p>\n
North Down will have a much more difficult task next week when they travel\u00a0 to play a well organised Bangor side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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