AIDAN Wilson grabbed the only goal of the game as Coleraine earned a pre-season friendly against Limavady United…
In the Bannsiders' fourth pre-season outing, it was the hosts who threatened first when John Butcher danced his way into the box but his strike from an acute angle was kept at bay by Ryan Schofield.
On 11 minutes, Coleraine thought they had grabbed the breakthrough as a fine team move resulted in Ben Doherty slamming home but the summer signing was denied by the linesman's flag for offside.
The next big chance of note on a lovely summer evening in Limavady fell Coleraine's way as Matthew Shevlin held the ball up, rolled his marker and sent an effort straight down the throat of Marty Gallagher.
Bannsiders boss Ruaidhri Higgins made a quartet of changes at the interval to give game time to his squad as Lewis Webb, Connor Murray, Ben Wylie and Conor McMenamin were introduced.
Coleraine started the second half brightly as Doherty was heavily involved in creating two chances as his crosses into the box saw Shevlin and McMenamin both have chances at goal.
However, just after Aidan Wilson was introduced alongside Trialist A on the hour mark, the former helped give Coleraine the lead. A corner kick delivery initially saw Dean Jarvis have a header saved, with Wilson on hand to smash home the rebound.
On 69 minutes, Coleraine were able to move the ball crisply on Limavady's new 4G pitch as intricate passing between Dylan Boyle, McMenamin and Doherty saw Murray's attempt being saved by Gallagher.
Kodi Lyons-Foster and Alfie Gaston were also subbed on and the big defender went mightily close to extending the advantage when his header from Doherty's corner came back off the underside of the bar, with the ball being adjudged to have not crossed the line.
Just after McMenamin had a low effort gathered by Gallagher, the hosts would then have a goal disallowed for offside themselves as former Bannsider Aaron Jarvis saw his strike cancelled out.
COLERAINE: Schofield (Webb '46 mins), Kane (Trialist A '61 mins), Stewart (Lyons-Foster '70 mins), McDonald (wylie '46 mins), Jarvis, Boyle, Coyle, Devine (Murray '46 mins), Henderson (McMenamin '46 mins), Doherty, Shevlin (Gaston '70 mins).
Sub Not Used: Trialist B