Dillon goal wins Mid-Ulster Cup for Swifts
Dungannon Swifts won the Mid-Ulster Cup with a 2-1 victory over Loughgall at Stangmore Park.Rodney McAree's side led 2-0 at half-time after strikes from Brandon Bermingham and Kealan Dillon before Jordan Gibson pulled one back deep into added time. Bermingham's goal came as early as the 11th minute but the attacker's joy was short-lived after he hobbled off soon after having picked up a knock in the act of scoring.The Swifts' lead was maintained only after Danny Wallace cleared Jay Boyd's goal-bound effort off the line and that intervention loomed all the larger when Dillon doubled the advantage in first-half injury time. In the second half, substitute Tomas Galvin thought he had made it 3-0 only to see his effort flagged for offside.Gibson's strike reduced the arrears in the final minute of the game but, after defeats in the past two finals, Dungannon held on to win the trophy for a first time since 2016.
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