He provided the finish when Noel Anderson played the ball across the face of goal for the 26-year-old to tap under the body of home 'keeper Robert Robinson.

Glenavon will feel they should have taken something from the game, however, having created the majority of chances throughout only to be denied by Bangor's teenage custodian Andrew Plummer.

He was in action as early as the sixth minute to keep out a Conor Walsh 20-yard drive but was beaten a minute later when a Tony Grant effort scraped the Bangor crossbar.

And Plummer kept Glenavon at bay again nine minutes into the second half with a stunning stop to deny Wilo McDonagh's close range shot while Trevor Molloy fired just over from the edge of the area on 73 minutes.

However, just when it looked like the game was heading for a scoreless draw Andy Cleary released Anderson to feed Verner ..........