Match report

Richard Duffy, Jamie Rewbury, Stuart Jones and Antonio Corbisiero played influential roles in a 4-1 victory over Coleraine in the Bradford City centenary tournament's third-place play-off.

Boasting just a handful of senior appearances between them, the quartet showed great promise in helping Flynn's men to what turned into a comfortable win over the Northern Irish part-timers.

Strikes from Duffy, Brad Maylett and James Thomas, plus an unfortunate own goal, helped Swansea to a confidence-boosting success after a stronger side had lost in lacklustre fashion to Aberdeen on Saturday.

''I had to test the youngsters because they are all going to play a part in the Third Division this year,'' said Flynn, ''and I thought they came through it very well.

''We could have mixed them in with some of the more experienced lads over the two games, but we put them all in together because I had confidence in them. I cannot take the credit for bringing these players through, but I can for giving them their chances in the first team.

''It's nothing to do with the financial state of football at the moment, I like bringing young players through and there's no harm bringing a group through all at once.

''We want them to play five games each next season, maybe 10 or 15 in Stuart's case because he had some experience in the first team last year.

''He's a good example of how good these players can be.

''When I was at Wrexham, I gave (full-back) Mark McGregor his debut and he is now an established First Division player (at Burnley). At the same age, I would say Stuart is ahead of where he was.''

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