Corinthians clinched the Cu-Plas Railway Cup in style by beating St George’s 4-0 in Wednesday evening’s final at the Bowl.

The two sides had met in the Hospital Cup final only a few days earlier when Geordies had triumphed 4-3, thanks largely to a Frank Jones hat-trick.

However, the midweek game for the much delayed Railway Cup proved to be a completely different affair, with the Whites stunning the Saints with a ruthless first half display.

The star of the show was Stephen Whitley who tormented the Geordies back line throughout the opening 45 minutes.

First he produced a superb inch-perfect cross right onto the head of captain Sean Doyle to score Corinthians first ever Railway Cup final goal.

Whitley then turned goalscorer midway through the half when, having seen his initial shot blocked, he drilled a fierce low drive past Andy Perry in the Geordies goal.

It soon became 3-0 when Dan Simpson stole in behind the Saints defence and beat Perry to Luke Murray’s inswinging cross to turn the ball home.

Just when it looked like matters couldn’t get any worse for Chris Bass Sr’s men, the Whites added a fourth before halftime when Whitley beat the offside trap and coolly rounded Perry before slotting into the net.

Geordies were quite simply stunned.

However, they rallied after the break and searched desperately for a way back into the game.

Chances proved few and far between for the Glencrutchery Road side as they came up against a well-drilled Corinthians defence led superbly by Cameron Lee.

The closest the Saints went to pulling a goal back was when Ciaran McNulty met a low cross from the right wing but the Golden Boot winner dragged his shot wide of the post.

At the other end of the pitch, Doyle nearly added his second of the game but Perry was equal to his header, while Jack McVey and Joey Quayle also went close for Geordies late on.

In the end Corinthians were able to see out the remainder of the game comfortably and the final whistle sparked jubilant scenes among the Ballafletcher faithful as they added the Railway Cup to the FA Cup won at Easter.