Distillery take the fizz out of flat Coagh side
And the bonding session appears to have worked as the Whites played their hearts out last night, with Gary Liggett bagging a brace in each half in a 9-0 win.
‘Start as you mean to go on’ was Distillery’s motto for the IRN BRU League Cup tie with Coagh Utd as they opened each half with a goal.
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Hide AdTwenty-two seconds in Jordan Hughes made it 1-0 and 17 seconds into the second half Liggett completed his hat trick to make it 7-0.
Sub Owain Beggs swivelled to smash home Aaron Smyth’s cross on 71 minutes for 8-0 before Liggett notched his fourth.
Earlier Michael Halliday had bagged a brace as did Liggett with Scott Davidson driving in another to leave it 6-0 at the break.
LISBURN DISTILLERY: Brennan; Smyth, Simpson, Ferguson, Harkness;Hall (Beggs 64), McCann (Kopyt 56), Davidson (McCullough 56), Hughes; Liggett, Halliday. Subs: McCullough; Kopyt; Beggs.
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Hide AdCOAGH UTD: McKenzie; McGeown, Glasgow, Thornton, Ferguson; Park, McCordick, Dallas, Beckett, Beckett (Hunter 59); Campbell (Gillespie 59), Clarke. Subs: Gillespie; Anderson; Hunter; Taylor; Neill.
Referee: Ian McNabb (Newtownabbey).