Saturday’s Irish Premiership games (13/08/2016)
There were wins for Glenavon, Ards, Dungannon Swifts, Ballymena United and Carrick Rangers, while Crusaders and Linfield held each other to a nil-all draw on Saturday.
Swifts rout Bannsiders for opening win
Dungannon Swifts picked up their first victory of the new Premiership campaign with a 4-0 demolition of Coleraine at Stangmore Park.
Allan Teggart opened the scoring with a diving header inside the opening two minutes, and Ryan Harpur made it 2-0 in the 25th minute with a close-range sliding finish.
Swifts had their third before the half hour mark when Seanan Clucas pounced on some confusion in the boxes to force the ball home amid a goalmouth scramble.
A miserable afternoon was completed when Coleraine goalkeeper Chris Johns’ mistake allowed Harpur to net his second of the afternoon to ensure a comfortable win for the Swifts.
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