The first half was a largely tepid and uninspiring affair which offered none of the excitement one would normally associate with a derby.

Indeed, the only real effort of note was a 26th minute David Rainey effort which did little to tax Reds 'keeper John Connolly.

The second period was barely any better but at least it did produce the only goal of the game.

George McMullan finally found a way through with an eight yard tap-in on the hour after Chris Scannell did all the hard work with a squared ball after a run down the right wing.