The day after Glenavon parted company with Colin Malone, the players may have been feeling down but would still have been expected to put in a performance with at least some fight and passion but this was a poor effort lacking in both those qualities. Apart from the first few minutes with Armagh's defence looking a little nervous and shaky, Glenavon never looked threatening.

Eamon Murray had an early chance to give Glenavon the lead after Bracken held up the ball and laid it into his run but the youngster's touch was too heavy and the ball ran through to Addis. A minute later Cleary's run and cross set up a chance for Forker but he shot straight into the arms of Murphy from 8 yards. Cleary himself fired over from just inside the area on 22 minutes after Turkington's ball into the box led to a scramble and the left back sent another telling pass for Forker but this time the former Glenavon striker slipped as he tried to turn and McDonnell was able to clear.

In the 33rd minute Bracken did net from Carville's deep cross but his effort was ruled out for offside.

Forker wasted other chances in the 36th minute when his touch allowed McCann's pass to run through to Murphy and four minutes later when he chested down Gracey's ball into the box with Carville nipping in to clear the danger. Forker had a shot cleared off the line as Glenavon struggled to deal with McCann's 43rd minute corner after Cleary's misplaced header went wide but McCann had time to pull it back into the danger area.

Forker eventually got the goal that City's play deserved seven minutes after the interval when Turkington intercepted Cowan's free kick and sent a perfectly weighted ball over the top which Forker latched onto and smashed past the helpless Murphy. McMahon's 25yard shot in the 59th minute had Addis diving at full stretch but it whistled inches wide of his left hand upright. Bracken and Murray exchanged passes in the City box but Bracken's left foot shot gave Addis a comfortable save.

After City's on-loan full back Terry Fitzpatrick was sent off in the 75th minute for a second yellow card it was still the home side that dominated the possession and another former Glenavon player, David Hawthorne, who sealed the three points when he ran onto McGerrigan's pass and slotted past the exposed Murphy ten minutes from time.