Dungannon steamrollered a Glenavon team that never recovered from a 15th minute penalty by David Scullion awarded after Barry Reid handled the ball in the box. It would be stretching credulity to say that things may have been different had Shea Campbell's 30th minute header not been turned on to the post by Cushley for, by then, Aaron Black had been dismissed for two innocuous challenges that the referee Ken Ginnett deemed worthy of yellow cards.

Just before the break Michael Ward found himself totally alone in the box after Cushley held a Glenavon corner and threw the ball out to Scullion. The pacy winger raced down the left wing, drew the defenders towards him and threaded the ball to Ward who slotted past the helpless McDonald.

Ten minutes earlier Mr Ginnett had evened up the numbers when he showed a straight red to Terry Fitzpatrick for an off the ball incident with Davy McAlinden who picked up a yellow.

In the second half, once Rodney McAree's 25 yard drive flew past a bemused McDonald, Glenavon simply collapsed and Timmy Adamson was able to score a hat trick in under 20 minutes.

Cushley made a couple of good saves in the second half, denying a low shot from McVeigh and he had to dive full length to divert McAlinden's shot for a corner. The big centre back showed he has a never-say-die attitude by bringing the ball out from the back and playing a one-two with Garth Walsh before letting fly with a shot that was headed for the top corner before Cushley's intervention.

In the dying seconds Shea Campbell received a straight red for an off the ball incident with McAree, his second such offence following his Boxing Day dismissal against Portadown. Perhaps his absence for next week's Irish Cup match will force Brown to abandon the 3-4-3 formation which has seen Glenavon concede 17 goals in the last six games, scoring only six in reply.