BRNESC BOUNCED BACK TO WINNING WAYS WITH A 7 GOAL MAULING OF REDGATE ROVERS AT FORMBY TO ADVANCE INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE GEORGE MAHON CUP
A MUCH CHANGED BRNESC SIDE TOOK TO THE FIELD AGAINST POTENTIAL BANANA SKIN OPPONENTS IN SECOND DIVISION REDGATE WHO STARTED WELL AND FORCED 2 CORNERS AS THE NEW LOOK BRNESC TEAM TOOK TIME TO SETTLE.BRNESC FIRST SHOT ON TARGET WAS A 25 YARDER FROM RITCHIE CAMPBELL PLUCKED OUT OF THE AIR BY THE KEEPER.BRNESC WERE STARTING TO STAMP THEIR AUTHORITY ON THE GAME AND WERE MORE THREATENING WITH EVERY MINUTE
THEY DULY SCORED IN THE 20 MIN WHEN A CLEVER FLICK BY DANNY KEARNEY RELEASED CHRIS FAGAN WHO FLIGHTED A BALL TO THE BACK POST FOR RITCHIE CAMPBELL TO HEAD PAST THE KEEPER TO OPEN THE SCORING, 1 0
BRNESC FOOTBALL WAS FLOWING AND A CROSSFIELD BALL BY DANNY KEARNEY WAS GATHERED BY CHRIS FAGAN WHO LEFT THE FULLBACK FOR DEAD BEFORE NARROWLY VOLLEYING OVER THE BAR.A MOVE INVOLVING FINN,DANNY ,ADAM AND RITCHIE AND FINN AGAIN WAS INCHES AWAY FROM MAKING IT 2 NIL.
AFTER 35 MINS BRNESC MADE IT 2 0WHEN A STRONG RUN BY ADAM SALAMI WHO PLAYED IN PAUL FINNAN WHO WAS BROUGHT CRASHING TO THE GROUND RITCHIE CAMPBELL SCORED THE PENALTY WITH APLOMBTO BE FAIR TO REDGATE THEY HAD HAD THEIR MOMENTS AND MATTY NAGLE BLOCKED A GOAL BOUND EFFORT WITH HIS LEGS.DANNY KEARNEY THEN HAD A SHOT SAVED BY THE KEEPER AFTER FINE WORK BY GRAEME SIMSON AND RITCHIE CAMPBELL
BRNESC MADE IT 3 0 IN THE 40 MIN WHEN A BALL DOWN THE RIGHTWAS COLLECTED BY CHRIS FAGAN WHO DROVE INTO THE BOX AND AFTER TURNIND HIS MARKER INSIDE OUT HE UNLEASHED A UNSTOPPABLE SHOT INTO THE FAR CORNER VIA THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BAR.PAUL FINNAN JUST FAILED TO REACH A CROSS FRO CHRIS FAGAN AFTER A MOVE INVOLVING HIMSELF AND RITCHIE CAMPBELL HAD OPENED UP THE REDGATE DEFENCE ONCE AGAIN
MATTY NAGLE MADE ANOTHER GOOD BLOCK ON THE HALF TO KEEP IT 3 0 TO BRNESC BRNESC DESERVED THEIR LEAD BUT HAD ALLOWED TO MANY STRIKES BY REDGATE FOR COMFORT.
REDGATE STARTED THE SECOND HALF STRONGLY AND HAD A VOLLEY NARROWLY OVER THE BAR IN THE 46TH MINUTE BRNESC REPLIED WITH A SHOT NARROWLY WIDE FROM THE IMPRESSIVE DANNY KEARNEY AFTER A TYPICAL TWISTING MAZY RUN TWO MINUTES LATER HE SCORED A LONG KICK FROM KEEPER MATTY NAGLE BOUNCED IN THE BOX AND DANNY GOT THERE BEFORETHE KEEPER AND GLANCED THE BALL OVER THE KEEPER INTO THE NET 4 0
ANOTHER TWISTING RUN BY DANNY KEARNEY ENDED WITH ADAM SALAMI VOLLEYING OVER.A LONG BALL INTO THE BOX WAS GATHERED BY PAUL FINNAN WHO LOOKED CERTAIN TO SCORE BUT WAS KICKED ON THE KNEE JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO PULL THE TRIGGER,RITCHIE CAMPBELL THEN HAD A GOALBOUND SHOT DEFLECTED WIDE AS BRNESC TURNED THE SCREW THEY WERE CERTAINLY MUCH TIGHTR ON THEIR OPPOSITE NUMBERS AND WERE NOW IN FULL CONTROL OF THE GAME,DANNT KEARNEY PRODOCED ANOTHER RUN AND FROM HIS ASTUTE BALL PAUL FINNAN DROVE OVER THE BARA DRIVING RUN FROM ADAM SALAMI ENDED WITH SUB JAMIE ASPINWALL DRIVING HIS SHOT NARROWLY WIDE
EVERY TIME BRNESC ATTACKED IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD SCORE SUCH WAS THEIR DOMINANCEDANNY KEARNEY CROSS WAS FLICKED ON BY PAUL FINNAN TO CHRIS FAGAN WHO SHOT OVER THE BAR,THE 5 TH GOAL DULY ARRIVED WHEN A DIAGONAL BALL FROM LIAM ODONOVAN WAS CONTROLLED BY DANNY KEARNEY AND PLAYED INTO THE PATH OF THE ONRUSHING JOE ASPINALL WHO CALMLY SLID IT PAST THE HELPLESS KEEPER JAMIE ASPINWALL SHOT WIDE AS BRNESC KEPT UP THEIR RELENTLESS PRESSURE AND PAUL FINNAN MADE IT 6 0 WHEN HE REACHED A LONG BALL FROM LIAM ODONOVAN JUST BEFORE THE KEEPER TO GLANCE IT OVER HIM AND INTO THE EMPTY NET
PAUL FINNAN GOT HIS SECOND AND BRNESCS SEVENTH WHEN A JAMIE ASPINWALL CORNER WAS TOUCHED ONTO THE BAR BY THE KEEPER AND HE SMASHED THE REBOUND INTO THE BACK OF THE NET FROM 8 YDS7 0 AT THE END
BRNESC WRE WELL WORTH THE VICTORY REDGATE TO BE FAIR COULD HAVE SCORED 3 BUT BRNESC COULD EASILY HAVE HAD DOUBLE FIGURES AND THEY PLAYED WELL PARTICULARILY IN THE SECOND HALF GOOD PERFORMANCES ABOUNDED FROM THE REUNITED CENTRE BACK PAIRING OF YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE LIAM ODONOVAN AND TONY McDERMOTT,THE RUNNIND AND GUILE OF THE MIDFIELD AND THE PLAY IN TANDEM OF PAUL FINNAN AND DANNY KEARNEY UP FRONT AND VITAL SAVES MADE BY MATTY NAGLE EARLY ON IN THE GAME.OPTIMISM IS IN THE AIR ONCE AGAIN AT BRNESC AND ITS A PLEASURE NOT A CHORE EVERY SATURDAY,
