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Gary Hamilton challenges his Glenavon side to redeem themselves

Gary Hamilton has challenged his Glenavon side to "redeem" themselves when they travel to Newry City on Friday evening.

The Lurgan Blues were left stunned by Darren Mullen's side back in August after they thumped the hosts 5-1 at Mourneview Park.

But Hamilton is hoping Glenavon will be boosted by their Boxing Day win over Portadown when they head to The Showgrounds tonight.

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"It's a chance for us to redeem ourselves after the performance we gave against them last time," he told Glenavon TV.

"It wasn't good enough or acceptable last time.

"We need the same application, desire and hunger which we got against Portadown on Boxing Day.

"It was there in abundance and hopefully we can take our chances when they come along again."

The victory over the Ports was Glenavon's first game in over three weeks and Hamilton was pleased there were no signs of rustiness from his players.

"You don't want to say too much and have people think you're making excuses, but anyone who's involved in football knows you lose your match sharpness after a couple of weeks," he said.

"The boys have trained hard and worked their socks off, they were still going right to the end which is a credit to them."

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