St Brendans Park Fc took all the honours and bragging rights today in the Tralee derby after a fantastic team performance against neighbours Tralee Dynamos . In truth the Park always look dangerous when they went at the Dynamos defence with pace especially with the on form Fergal Maunsel leading the line .
The Parks first chance came in the opening five minutes when Ryan Downey squared the ball to David Courtney whose first time shot from outside the box was only stopped by the crossbar with the keeper looking on helplessly . Jamie Kelly produced a full stretch save to tip the ball around the post to keep the game level minutes later . The Park took the lead just before the twenty minute mark when a Fergal Maunsel corner was powered home from the head of Martin Bowler . The Park now began to hit their opponents on the break and it wasn’t long before the lead was doubled . Ryan Downey picked out the Run of Fergal Maunsel with a ball over the of the Dynamos defence and with his pace from just inside the half Fergal left three defenders trailing behind and superbly curled the ball into the far top corner passed the advancing keeper .
Dynamos nearly pulled a goal back just before the break but again Jamie Kelly saved brilliantly as his tipped over from close range to send the Park in at half time ahead by two goals to nil .
The second half saw the Park sit back and easily soak up any pressure that was sent towards them and with players like David Courtney , Jesse o Sullivan and Mike Conway backing up Maunsel the Park always looked dangerous on the break . Martin Bowler nearly scored his second of the game but his glancing header was just over from a Ryan Downy corner .
As the half wore on the Dynamos pushed more and more men forward but the back four of James o Sullivan , David Magee, Martin Bowler and Graham o Leary seemed to be very calm and handled any danger brilliantly . Martin Bowler denied a certain goal with a last ditch sliding tackle with fifteen minutes remaining . On the very rare occasions that the Dynamos got in behind the Park defence they found Jamie Kelly in excellent form and with another save from close range in the final ten minutes he made sure of an excellent team clean sheet .
The final nail in the Dynamos coffin came with two remaining when David Courtney intercepted a ball out of the Dynamos defence and sent Fergal Maunsel through on goal . Maunsel’s shot was saved but Courtney followed up to send the rebound home . David’s goal celebration saw him remove his jersey and for this he received his second yellow card which was the only negative point from the game .
An all round team performance which must be very pleasing for the team management of Robert Powell and Peter Williams where everyone played their part including our two subs Scott Hennessey and Brendan Coffey who were introduced during the game .
This win moves the Park into joint fourth in the league standings with eight games remaining .
Team ; Jamie Kelly , James o Sullivan , David Magee , Martin Bowler , Graham o Leary , Jesse o Sullivan , Mark O Sullivan , Mike Conway , David Courtney , Ryan Downey , Fergal Maunsel . Subs , Scott Hennessey for Mark o Sullivan ( 26 mins ) , Brendan Coffey for Jesse o Sullivan ( 60 mins ) .