Now the JJB Sports Premiership table has a more familiar look to it with Bangor's spell at the top ending after champions Linfield cruised past Institute at Windsor Park last night.

It was literally a walk in the park for the Blues, inspired a hat-trick from grand old master Glenn Ferguson, Michael Carvill's first two league goals for the club and a late cameo brace by young striker Mark Miskimmin.

New signing Paul Munster, sitting in the director's box, must be rubbing his hands if the Blues are going to make as many chances as they did last night, scoring four in the final 16 minutes.

It could have been so very different during the opening exchanges. Institute’s Calvin Mooney escaped the shaky Blues defence on two minutes but could only fire into Alan Mannus' hands.

Two minutes later, another slip at the back gave Mooney a sniff of goal, but Billy Joe Burns reacted quickly to snuff out the danger.

That was as good as it got for John Gregg's troops.

Carvill gave the visitors a glimpse of what was about to happen when he pounced on an attempted chest-back to keeper Michael Doherty by Martin Cutmore, but facing an acute angle, he could only found the side netting.

Despite the obvious warning signs, Stute failed to get tight on the nippy Carvill and he punished them with the opening goal on 12 minutes - but he will owe this one to the endeavour of new crowd favourite, Burns.

The 19-year old skipped down the right flank past two players, cut inside and put the ball on Carvill's toe four yards out and he tapped the ball into an empty net.

Within a minute it was double trouble for the Drumahoe men and the match was over as a con

test. Carvill collected a pass from Damian Curran and slid the ball past Doherty from just inside the box.

There was little respite for the visitors either as Carvill got in on the act once again on 23 minutes, this time he dug out a cross from the right for Ferguson to powerfully head downwards and past the hapless Doherty.

Carvill wasted a glorious chance to complete his first treble for Blues three minutes before the break when Ferguson put it on a plate for him, but with all the time in the world he stroked his strike wide of goal form 12 yards.

After the break it was more of the same. The Blues continued to press but Stute got wise to Carvill's movement.

The Blues made it four 16 minutes from time when Carvill thought he's finally claimed the match ball, but Ferguson's strike surely crossed the line before Carvill made sure by bundling the ball into the net.

The goal-scoring grandfather might just let his new apprentice claim it though.

On 86 minutes substitute Miskimmin hit the fifth when he showed great poise to drill the ball across Doherty and into the corner and then teased the defence before drilling in the sixth with two minutes left.

Ferguson wrapped up the rout in injury time with a near post header from Jamie Mulgrew's corner.

LINFIELD: Mannus, Burns, O'Kane, Gault (McAreavey 46), Murphy, Mulgrew, Curran, Downey (Miskimmin 71), Ferguson, Carvill, Bailie. Subs: Lindsay, Martin.

INSTITUTE: Doherty, Boyle, Cutmore, McLaughlin, McClean, Ogilby, Semple (Campbell 62), Kee, Mooney, Lowry, Harkin (Roddy 46). Subs: Seydak, McCreadie, Ryan.

Referee: Trevor Moutray (Belfast)