Athlone close the gap at the top after comfortable win over Finn Harps

Athlone cruised past an out-of-sorts Finn Harps in Ballybofey to go third in the SSE Airtricity League First Division and close the gap on leaders Galway United and Waterford

CLOSING THE GAP: Athlone Town manager Dermot Lennon. Pic: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile

Finn Harps 1 Da Silva 88 Athlone Town 4 Pierrot 12, 33 (pen), Abdikadir 70, Dolia 74 

A brace of goals from Frantz Pierrot paved the way for Athlone to cruise past an out-of-sorts Finn Harps in Ballybofey to go third in the SSE Airtricity League First Division and close the gap on leaders Galway United and Waterford FC who both lost.