It was an eventful start to the game with Patrick Solis Grogan producing a good save to deny Christie Pattison’s strike and Bangor going straight down the other end and nearly opening the scoring with Cushnie’s effort denied by the left-hand post on the fourth minute.
Bangor’s early pressure paid off and they opened the scoring on 14 minutes after Kodi Lyons-Foster did well to block Ben Arthurs’ strike from a Tiarnan Mulvenna cross. However, Bangor’s top goalscorer Arthurs was able to convert the rebound from close range.
The home side thought they had doubled their lead almost instantly when Callum Byers found the back of the net, but the effort didn’t stand as he was adjudged to have strayed offside.
They were able to double their lead on the 23rd minute though when Mulvenna controlled Reece Neale’s drop ball and played the ball back for Cushnie with the striker finding the back of the net from 25 yards against his former club.
The visitors, who were forced to make two changes in the first half with Marcus Kane and Joe Thomson picking up injuries, struggled to break down the Bangor defence with the home side looking dangerous when they broke forward.
Substitute Frankie Hvid then made a crucial clearance off the line to deny Arthurs another goal after he had tried to take advantage of a mistake from Daniel Gyollai, who had tried to come out to clear Robbie Garrett’s long delivery.
Solis Grogan had a quiet first half but made a comfortable save to thwart a free-kick from Danny Amos as the first half came to an end.
However the goalscoring didn’t end there with Bangor adding a third on the 44th minute when Arthurs headed down Neale’s throw-in for skipper Harrison, who took multiple clever touches to control the ball and beat his marker before firing into the bottom left hand corner.
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