BRNESC PROGRESSEDTO THE LAST EIGHT OF THE ROY WADE CUP VIRTUE OF TWO GOALS IN THE LAST 4 MINUTES TO LEAVE COPPERAS HILL DEVESTATED BUT IT WAS THE CORRECT RESULT BRNESC WERE BY FAR THE BETTER TEAM,
BOTH TEAMS TOOK TIME TO SETTLE ON A BRIGHT BREEZY BUT BITTERLY COLD DAY PAUL FINNAN ATTEMTED BALL TO DANNY KEARNEY IN THE 5 TH MINUTE WAS JUST A TAD TO LONG FOR DANNY TO LATCH ON TO,
IT THEN TOOK A DESPERATE TACKLE BY A COPPERAS HILL DEFENDER TO PREVENT PAUL FINNAN BREAKING INTO THE BOX FROM A ANTON McDONNELL PASS AFTER GOOD WORK BY JOE PARLEA FINE RUN AND CROSS FROM THE RIGHT BY CHRIS FAGAN ENDED WITH A PAUL FINNAN HEADER GOING NARROWLY OVER THE BAR
BRNESC WERE DOMINATING NOW AND CUTTING COPPERAS HILL OPEN EVERY TIME THEY ATTACKEDAND IN THE 25TH MINUTE A GOAL BOUND EFFORT FROM PAUL FINNAN WAS BLOCKED BY THE LEG OFV A DESPAIRING DEFENDER.JOE PARLE THEN SHOT STRAIGHT AT THE KEEPER FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX AFTER RACING ONTO A PAUL FINNAN FLICK
TOTALLY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY COPPERAS HILL SCORED WHEN FROM A THROW THE CENTRE FORWARD WAS GIVEN TIME TO TURN IN THE BOX AND WHEN PHIL OLIVER SLIPPED THE PLAYER SHOT ON THE TURN INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER 0 1
BRNESC CRANKED UP THE PRESSURE IN REPLY TO THIS SETBACK AND ANTON MADE A RUN DOWN THE RIGHT BUT HIS CROSS WAS CUT OFF BEFORE THE WITING FORWARDS COULD CAPITALISE DANNY THEN MADE A EQUALLY FORCE FUL RUN DOWN THE LEFT BUT OVERHIT HIS CENTRE WHICH DRIFTED OUT FOR A GOAL KICK.
DANNY KEARNETY THEN HIT THE BAR FROM A CHRIS FAGAN CORNER, JOE PARLE THEN MADE A RUN THROGH THE HILL DEFENCE BUT HIS GOALBOUND SHOT WAS DEFLECTED FOR A CORNER.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT CORNER FROM CHRIS FAGAN WAS NARRWLY PUT OVER THE BAR BY PHIL OLIVER AS BRNESC STRAIND FOR THE EQUALISER
A RUN AND CROSS BY CHRIS FAGAN WAS JUST TO LONG FOR JOE PARLE AND PAUL FINNAN WHO WERE IN THE BOX WAITING TO STRIKE FINN THEN HIT A VOLLEY NARROWLY OVER THE BAR FROM 12 YDS OUT AT A ACUTE ANGLE.
JUST BEFORE HALF TIME DANNY FED FINN WHOSE SHOT WAS BLOCKED BY THE FOOT OF THE KEEPER FOR A CORNER ,FROM THE CORNER TAKEN BY CHRIS FAGAN THE BALL BEAT THE KEEPER BUT HIT THE POST AND JOE PARLE SHOT WAS TIPPED OVER FOR ANOTHER CORNER FROM WHICH JOE ASP SHOT OVER THE BAR, 1 0 TO COPPERAS HILL HALF TIME
BRNESC ATTACKED STRONGLY AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF AND IT TOOK THE KEEPER TWO ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT DANNY KEARRNEYS CHIP MAKING IT 1 1
JOE PARLE THEN MISSED A GLORIOUS CHANCE WHEN HE SHOT STRAIGHT AT THE KEEPER .THE BALL WAS THEN CLEARED OFF THE LINE FROM FINNS HEADER AS BRNESC STROVE FOR THE GOAL TO LEVEL THE SCORE. CHRIS FAGAN WAS NARROWLY WIDE WITH A FREE KICK WITH THE KEEPER STRANDED
HOW BRNESC HAD FAILED TO SCORE WAS A MYSTERY ,THEY HAD DOMINATED THE GAME LITTLE HAD BEEN SEEN OFF THE COPPERA HILL TEAM AS BRNESC POURED FORWARD BUT A COMBINATION OF POOR LAST BALL AND A LOT OFF GOOD LUCK FOR THE COPPERES HILL TEAM LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS FOR BRNESC
AS THE GAME ENTERED THE LAST 5 MINS BRNESC WERE STILL STRIVING FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH THEIR DISPLAY WARRANTED AND IN THE 87 MIN THE GOAL ARRIVED BRNESC HAD PEPPERED THE COPPERAS PENALTY AREA AND THE BALL FELL TO DANNY KEARNEY WHOSE SHOT TOOK THE SLIGHTEST DEFLECTION OFF A DEFENDER AND ROCKETED INTO THE FAR CORNER PAST THE HELPLESS KEEPER 1 1
DANNY THEN HAD A SUPERB RUN DOWN THE RIGHT AND ELECTED TO GO FOR GOAL WHEN A PASS INSIDE WOULD HAVE PAID DIVIDENDS ,HIS SHOT SAILING OVER THE BAR
JUST WHEN THE CLOCK WAS ON 90 AND EXTRA TIME BECKONNING BRNESC STRUCK AGAIN WITH A GLORIOUS LENGTH OF THE PTCH MOVE.IT ALL STARTED WITH A SHUDDERING PHIL NEVILLE TYPE TACKLE BY SUB DAVE DEMPSEY ON THE EDGE OF BRNESC BOX HE THEN DRAGGED THE BALL AWAY FROM A COPPERES HILL FORWARD BEFORE RELEASING CHRIS FAGAN WHO SPED PAST TWO DEFENDERS BEFORE PLAYING IN DANNYKEARNEY WHO SPED DOWN THE LINE CUT INTO THE BOX ALONG THE GOALLINE AND PLAYED A BRILLIANT BALL TO THE BACK POST WHERE PAUL FINNAN ROARED IN A SMASHED THE BALL INTO THE FAR CORNER FOR BRNESCS WINNER AND HIS 11 TH OF THE SEASON.
CUE PANDEMOMIUM AS BRNESC CELEBRATED AND COPPERAS HILL SLUMPED TO THE TURF IN DESPAIR IT THEN TOOK A TREMENDOUS FINGERTIP SAVE BY MATTY NAGLE IN THE 95 MIN TO PRESERVE BRNESC LEAD AND PUT THEM INTO THE LAST EIGHT.
THOUGH IT WAS LATE IT WAS WELL DESERVED AND IT SPOKE VOLUMES FOR THE CHARACTER OF THE SIDE TO KEEP GOING WHEN ALL SEEMED LOST .AS WITH LAST WEEK THERE WRRE MANY CANDITATES FOR MOM BUT CHRIS BELLS DISPLAY THROUGHOUT THE 90 JUST EDGES IT
