It is getting tight at the summit as the front runners continue winning form

West Bann Athletic, Portrush Old Boys and Glebe Rangers Old Boys all recorded wins while Berthas could only take a point in their game.

Dunaghy Old Boys kept up their good form with a big win away to Ballyrashane while Finn McCools scored six in their win over Coleraine Olympic.

FC Windyhall 1

West Bann Athletic 3

West Bann Athletic defeated a spirited FC Windyhall team 3-1 to keep their slim title hopes alive.

First half strikes from Mark McLelland and a worldy of a strike by Macky McCandless, both assisted by Lee Nevin gave Athletic a 2-0 half time lead. Windyhall’s only chance of note in the first half fell to Stephen Donnell who went close from distance with the scores level however his strike came off the woodwork to safety.

Athletic, two goals to the good sensed, there were more goals and went close on several occasions in the opening 15 minutes of the second period with Davy Caldwell the focal point setting up at least four clear cut chances however Athletic failed to capitalise and kill the game off.

Windyhall punished Athletic’s inability to take there chances and got themselves back into the game with a well worked move on the break started by man of the match Harry Clifton who found Stephen Donnell on the right, his cross found Gareth Mullan who made no mistake.

Athletic had to wait until the last five minutes to score the all-important next goal of the game and seal all three points with Lee Nevin getting his reward for his efforts scoring direct from a free kick 25 yards out to make it 3-1 to the visitors and top of the league with five league games remaining. Man of the Match: Harry Clifton (FC Windyhall)

Glebe Rangers Old Boys 3 The Villagers 1

With Megaw Park currently out of circulation Glebe Rangers Old Boys returned to the Joey Dunlop Centre for this home league encounter against Villagers.

With a number of regulars absent, the two resident Lord Lucans, Ivan Elder and ‘Midget’ Patterson returned to the fold and both played an important part in securing three points for the Old Boys. In a game badly affected by hurricane type conditions it was the visitors who took the lead when the lively Lee Wilson broke through and slotted past Allen.

Glebe equalised when Les Nicholl broke on the right and shot past Best from the edge of the box. Right from the kick-off Steele and Fraser pressurised the Villager’s defence and when the ball broke to Steele, his shot deceived Best to give the Old Boys a lead which they maintained to the interval.