He opened the scoring on 29 minutes when he met a Mark Teggart cross with a firmly delivered header before being William McFrederick again five minutes later.

However, City were thrown a lifeline after an hour when Banbridge suffered the dismissal of Richard Copeland before reducing the deficit five minutes later through a strong Peter McNeill 10-yard drive.

But Banbridge responded immediately when Matthew McCartan rose to nod a Dale Malone cross home to put the game beyond doubt.