Rovers put four past Bray
Saturday, 7 August 2004 22:41Blackburn Rovers ended their pre-season campaign with a convincing victory over the Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds.
First-half goals by Barry Ferguson and Jonathan Stead were added to in the second half by Nils-Eric Johansson and Lorenzo Amoruso.
The eircom League outfit were not overawed by their Barclays Premiership visitors and Lucas Neill had to hack the ball off the line from Eamon Zayed before Colm James forced Peter Enckelman into a parry.
Rovers took control from then on and took a 28th-minute lead when Ferguson twisted and turned from a Javier de Pedro corner before curling a shot in off the post.
Graeme Souness' charges doubled their lead on half-time when Stead bundled home Jonathan Douglas' centre from the left.
Johansson added the third on 56 before de Pedro, Brett Emerton and Paul Gallagher all spurned chances to score.
Amoruso added a fourth in the 74th minute after a goalmouth scramble.
Filed by Barry McEneaney
