20.00 1 Apr 2016 -
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
League Report: Wexford Youths 2 - 0 Bray Wanderers
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- Sat, Apr 02 2016
A brace from striker Paul Murphy helped Wexford Youths to their first ever Premier Division three points after beating Bray Wanderers 2-0 at Ferrycarrig Park on Friday night.
The visitors started strong and central defender Alan McNally almost gave them an early leave when first tested Youths keeper Graham Doyle who produced a low save from the defenders strike. Seconds later Doyle was at his best again by brilliantly touching Alan McNally’s powerful header from the resulting Curtis Murphy corner over his crossbar.
The away side couldn’t make their early pressure count and Wexford Youths took the lead after 19 minutes. Craic McCabe's long throw from the right was only cleared back to his feet and he drove past the defender down the left before crossing for Murphy to head past Cherrie with the help of a deflection.
Wexford Youths almost doubled their lead on the half hour but Cherrie produced a great save from Danny Furlong’s effort.
The game was end to end at this point and Ryan Brennan and McNally both forced Youths keeper Doyle into great saves - Brennan with a back post header and McNally with a strike from the edge of the penalty area
Right on the stroke of half time Bray Wanderers almost grabbed an equaliser. Curtis Murphy swung in the corner from the right endline which found the head of Hugh Douglas but Youths centre back Danny Ledwith was back on the line to hack the ball clear.
The visitors controlled the possession in the latter part of the game but couldn’t get near enough to the Youths goal to test Graham Doyle. At the other end, Murphy almost sealed the win but he couldn’t beat Cherrie after a god through ball from Aidan Friel.
But Murphy did finally seal all three points for Shane Keegan’s side in the fifth and final minute of stoppage time. Andy Mulligan broke down the left in the dying second as the visitors pressed for an equaliser. He squared the ball and Paul Murphy was on hand to make it 2-0 and seal Wexford Youths first ever Premier Division win.
Wexford Youths: Graham Doyle; Craig McCabe, Gary Delaney, Lee Grace, Ryan Delaney; Aidan Friel, Danny Ledwith (Craig Wall 87), Stephen Last (Andy Mulligan 80), Eric Molloy; Danny Furlong (Chris Kenny 74), Paul Murphy.
Subs Not Used: John Peare, Conor English, Conor O’Keefe, Matthew Connor.
Yellow Cards: Danny Ledwith (81)
Bray Wanderers: Peter Cherrie, Hugh Douglas, Conor Kenna, Alan McNally, Curtis Murphy (Dylan Connolly 60); Ryan Brennan, Karl Moore, Jason Marks, Robbie Creevy (Paul Finnegan 90+2), Andrew Lewis (Ger Pender 69), Dean Kelly.
Subs Not Used: Aaron Shanahan, Gareth McDonagh, Sean Noble, Sean Harding.
Yellow Cards: Alan McNally (52)
Referee: Anthony Buttimer.
Attendance: 446
Extratime.ie Man of the Match: Paul Murphy
Subs
Subs
P | Team | Pd | W | D | L | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dundalk | 33 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 77 |
2 | Cork | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 70 |
3 | Derry | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 62 |
4 | Shamrock R | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 55 |
5 | Sligo | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 49 |
6 | Bray | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 46 |
7 | St Patrick's Athl. | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 45 |
8 | Bohs | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 41 |
9 | Galway | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 38 |
10 | Harps | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
11 | Wexford | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 |
12 | Longford | 33 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 14 |
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