A blue night for the appearance of the Whites new away kit.Outgunned, outfought and outplayed meant only one result, Paul Kirk's side are out of this season's CIS Cup.

The Whites were one down in the fourth minute, Ronan Scannell's cross finding John O'Loughlin unmarked and he headed across the goal into the far corner from eight yards out.

The Reds were never in danger in the opening half and Phil Matthews made a great one handed stop on the edge of the area to deny Mark Holland on 27 minutes. Eight minutes later Matthews didn't gather a cross and this time Holland was on hand to penalise the mistake and slot home from 15 yards out.

Ryan Catney fired over when the Whites had their first pot at goal on 37 minutes.Two minutes before the break Matthews made a great save to keep out Chris Scannell's header as Cliftonville continued to make all the running.

The Whites needed something to get themselves back into the game and they got just that on 48 minutes. Conor Hagan was tackled by Scannell and ended up on the pitch and the referee pointed to the spot.It looked harsh indeed but Hagan tucked the penalty away and the Whites were within touching distance.

That though was as close as they came because they never threatened John Connolly in the Reds' goal for the rest of the game and it was all over on 63 minutes. Hesitancy at the back enabled Chris Scannell to come running in and bury a header from George McMullan's corner.

It could have been worse but in the end the Whites had no excuses, well beaten by the better team on the night.