HEATLEY HITS STOPPAGE TIME WINNER
Paul Heatley hit the stoppage time winner as Crusaders claimed all three points from their visit to face Loughgall at Lakeview Park.
Scoreless at the break, the Crues came closest midway through the first half when Jordan Forsythe bundled home a Ross Clarke corner but this was ruled out for handball in the build up.
At the other end Benji Magee came closest for the Villagers after his shot from a tight angle was turned away for a corner by Jonny Tuffey.
Both sides created openings after the break but it took until the 62nd minute for either to find a way through when Clarke edged the Crues in front after touching home the loose ball from close range after Philip Lowry's initial strike had been blocked by keeper Berraat Turker.
But Loughgall levelled with just over a quarter-of-an-hour remaining through Pablo Andrade who saw his strong strike take a deflection on its way past Tuffey.
However, just as it looked the sides would come away with a point apiece, Heatley popped up in the third minute of stoppage time to latch onto a through ball, take it past Turker and slot into the unguarded net.
Loughgall: Turker, Murdock, Kelly, Andrade, Teggart, Ferris, Hoey, Patton, Loughran, Carroll, Magee subs Devine, Carson, Rea, Brogan, McAleer, Gibson, Duke
Crusaders: Tuffey, Weir, Lowry, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Owens, Winchester, Larmour, Smith, Robinson, Clarke subs Kerr, Lecky, Teelan, Kennedy, Heatley, Anderson, James