Mayfield suffer as clinical Bohs hit top gear

Bohemians 8 Mayfield United 1

And making life even more difficult for themselves, Mayfield were forced to play the whole of the second half with 10 men after Stephen Hurley was sent off for retaliation against Bohs captain Owen Heary.

After a deceptively bright opening by the visitors, it took only six minutes for their task to become mountainous — and in the most unfortunate circumstances too. Raiding from the left-back berth, Bohs’ Conor Powell caused the initial havoc with a penetrating run into the box which took out goalkeeper Peter Cuthbert before, with the ball running free and Bohs strikers closing in, Dave Kiely’s panicked attempt at a clearance cannoned off luckless team mate Stephen Hurley and into the unguarded net.