SCANNELL DOUBLE HELPS ARDS TO THE POINTS
Conor Scannell bagged a brace as Ards got the better of Armagh City at Clandeboye Park.
Connor Maxwell broke the deadlock as early as the ninth minute with a free-kick from around 20 yards, with Scannell adding Ards’ second midway through the first half from Ross Hunter’s ball.
Scannell extended Ards’ lead early in the second period with a deflected finish at the back post with James McCormack knocking home a consolation for the Eagles later in the game.
Ards: Matthews, Maxwell, Ruddy, Cafolla, McCart, Simpson, Steele, Scannell, Hunter, Newell, Carson subs Moore, Greer, Arthur, Dobbin, Tipton, Alfred, Quinn
Armagh City: Gaynor, Montgomery, Geraghty, King, Mullen, Rutkowski, Clarke, Jordan, Coogan, Oladunjoye, McMenemy subs Byrne, McCormack, Duffy, Anny-Nzekwue, McConnell, Okaidja, McCaffrey