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Glenavon's four match unbeaten run came to an end with this defeat thanks to another two goals from Newry's in-form striker Karl Bermingham. The 21 year old made it four goals in just three starts for City with a goal in either half at Mourneview.

Nathan McConnell wins the ball in the air.

Colin Malone was forced to shuffle his pack with the absence of Aidan McVeigh through a knee injury. He recalled Conor Walsh and Gavin McDonnell and pushed Davy Hawthorne up front alongside McConnell. This allowed him to retain Marty Hunter in a central midfield position and, like last week, the former Ards man once again had an excellent game.

McArdle flashed a shot across the Glenavon goal after five minutes before Paul Walsh's cross almost picked out McConnell with Hunter scooping a return cross-shot just over from a tight angle.

Conor Walsh out jumps Paddy Quinn to win the ball in the air

Bermingham opened the scoring midway through the first half from Damian Curran's out swinging corner. Ian Curran rose to meet the ball at the back post but his downward header didn't appear to pose much danger yet it somehow evaded the grasp of Glenavon keeper Paul Rice and Bermingham poked it over the line.

Newry's young skipper Richard Clarke was just wide with a low left foot shot from the 18 yard line after Gavin McDonnell's failure to deal with a cross allowed him he shooting chance.

Glenavon finished the first half strongly with Conor Walsh stretching to get a toe to Ross Black's great through ball but, though he steered it past the keeper, it also curled just wide of the goal. McMahon also smashed a powerful shot inches wide after he ran onto Hawthorne's flick.

Glenavon was disappointing in the second half with little threat to the visitor's goal and it was no real surprise when Bermingham doubled the lead. The ball was lost carelessly from Glenavon's own free kick and a ball down the left allowed Ward to beat the offside flag. Rice came off his line and got a hand to the ball but was unable to get a hold of the rebound. This allowed Ward to square the ball to Bermingham and, with Rice stranded, he slotted it past a helpless Aaron Black on the goal line.

Ross Black tracks the run of a Newry attacker

Former Glenavon winger Kevin Keegan came on for the visitor's and spurned a good chance to seal the win when he again broke the offside line down the left but his shot hit the side netting with only Rice to beat. Glenavon sub Neal Gawley hit the post with a header in injury time and then won a penalty when he was tripped by King as he got on to the rebound. Though Gerard McMahon blasted the penalty home it was just too little too late for a Glenavon side that must have started the game in a confident mood. With a series of games against teams in the leading league positions coming up soon, Colin Malone will have to work hard to get his side in the right frame of mind for next week's home encounter against Limavady.