The first 45 minutes were a fairly sluggish affair with neither side looking dangerous in front of goal although of the chances that were created Peter Thompson perhaps came closest in the opening quarter with a header which Swifts keeper Dwayne Nelson safely gathered.

Indeed the only real moment of note after an hours play was Johnny Montgomery's 57th minute dismissal following a tussle with Michael Gault.

Despite the extra man it still took the Blues until the 71st minute to finally break the deadlock when Thompson got on the end of a Gault pass to drill the ball home from 18 yards.

And the issue was put beyond doubt just a couple of minutes after that as Thomas Stewart knocked home his second goal in as many games after he met a Tim Mouncey ball from the left.