Newry City hit for six by rampant Linfield

Linfield took the lead just after the half-hour mark through Daniel Finlayson when he connected with a corner.

Five minutes later Kyle McClean made it 2-0 with a strike from outside the box which nestled in the bottom corner.

A quick-fire third came just 60 seconds later. A curling left-footed strike by Finlayson from outside the box was sent into the top corner of the goal.

It was 4-0 two minutes before the break when Kirk Millar's well struck effort went in at the far post.

City pulled a goal back just after the hour mark at Windsor Park through Adam Salley. Darragh Owens' initial shot fell to the former Portadown forward to finish at the back post.

Millar then restored Linfield's lead to four goals with a right-footed strike, before ex-Dungannon Swifts man Darragh McBrien found scored on the volley.

Full match report and reaction in this week's Newry Reporter.

Linfield: Johns, Finlayson, East, Shields, Millar, McClean, Cooper, Hall, McKee, Fitzpatrick, McKay subs Walsh, Newberry, Scott, McBrien, Mulgrew, Robertson, Annett

Newry City: Murphy, N. Healy, McGivern, McKeown, Carroll, Hughes, Lockhart, Salley, Bagnall, Poynton, Owens subs Maguire, Martin, Moan, B. Healy, Newell, Mooney, McGovern