On an afternoon conversation centred around Duncan Ferguson’s imminent appointment as Glentoran’s new boss, The Oval outfit left it late to secure maximum points against Limavady United with Saturday’s 1-0 Premiership triumph.

The Glens extended their unbeaten league run under interim manager Paddy McCourt to five matches - a streak which now includes four wins after Daniel Larmour tapped home from close range in the dying seconds.

It’s expected former Rangers and Everton striker Ferguson will be in place for next weekend’s visit of Ballymena United – the Scotsman will be looking to build further on current momentum.

Here’s what Limavady manager Paul Owens said after the match:

placeholder image — Limavady United manager Paul Owens. (Photo by David Maginnis/Pacemaker Press)

TOUGH WAY FOR THE GAME TO END??

"I'm devastated for the boys in there, they're all gutted.

"They nearly held them out for 94 minutes.

"To be honest, I thought the first half we were really good and looked a real threat.

"The second half, I don't think we were really good in possession. I thought out of possession we were excellent, I don't remember Marty (Gallagher) having to save too many.

"I was disappointed in the manner of the goal. I think we probably could have cleared the corner. I thought we gave away the corner cheap. You just need to really manage the game.

"I just told the players, they're devastated in there, we came within 30 seconds of the team talk and atmosphere being totally different...don't be letting it derail your weekend or derail a season.

"There's loads of positives to take. We played here on the first day of the season. I don't think we offered anything at all. I thought we were a wee bit of a rabbit in the headlights.

"That probably shows today how far we've come. Hopefully we can take that into the next round of fixtures.”

MADE A LOT OF STRIDES IN 10 WEEKS SINCE YOU WERE LAST AT GLENTORAN?

“Definitely a lot of strides.

"It was something I spoke about before, a quarter of our season is against full-time teams. We've played four of them now and haven't picked up any points.

"We've done really well in our head-to-head against the bottom three or four, now we've started to chip into that middle group.

"It was really about can we now get to that next step. How far have we come? In terms of performance, I think we've come a long way.

"We're coming into a real busy schedule. We have a League Cup game (against Annagh on Tuesday), we've got Carrick away, Larne away, which is a rescheduled game, all within the next 10 days.

"There's a lot of bodies out and a lot of bodies aching in there.

"We'll try and manage the load as much as we can over the next two weeks.”

NOT A FULL BENCH, DEALING WITH INJURIES?

"A lot of injuries and a couple of suspensions as well.

"The only issue I have with that is that we have five games in 14 days, so the timing of it isn't great.

"In terms of injuries and suspensions, that totally happens. I told the players, I woke up last Sunday and as delighted as I was, I was trying to do a head count to weigh up how many boys will be available this week.

"But when I'd done my head count, we had more than enough. I had no stress because everybody in there deserves the opportunity and have done really well.

"I have no issues with injuries and suspensions, they are part and parcel of it, it's probably just more the timing of it with a load of games coming up.”