Premier

Richmond Park
03 Aug 2018

Perhaps the most obvious sign of a change in the Seagulls' fortunes was the appearance on their shirts of a sponsor - O'Driscoll O'Neil insurance - for the first time this season.

In truth, little separated the teams for the first half hour, even if the visitors left big holes on the wings that Conan Byrne and Simon Madden on the right, in particular, were keen to exploit.

And it was from a ball into that hole that Ryan Brennan opened the scoring after Byrne's shot was blocked into his path.

It took almost another half hour for the Saints to improve their position, Byrne again the provider, crossing for Ian Turner to head home.

When the influential Gary McCabe left the fray consequent on a second caution, it was perhaps inevitable that the home side would press their advantage, former Seagull Graham Kelly capitalising on a Byrne cross to touch the ball home.

Mícheál Ó hUanacháin

Bray Wanderers: 29 Evan Moran; 12 Dylan Hayes, 15 Darragh Gibbons, 4 Conor Kenna (c), 3 Kevin Lynch; 31 Seán Harding, 14 Rhys Gorman; 11 Jake Kelly, 21 Gary McCabe +=, 24 Jake Ellis; 9 Gerald Pender
Subs: 5 Seán Heaney, 22 Darragh Noone (for Kelly 77), 25 Cian Walsh, 27 Dragos Mamaliga (for Ellis 63), 28 Alex Rafferty (for Harding 89), 30 Jamie Crilly, 50 Enda Minogue (gk)
St Patricks Athletic: 26 Brendan Clarke (c); 17 Simon Madden, 23 Michael Leahy, 4 Kevin Toner, 5 Lee Desmond; 20 Jamie Lennon ; 7 Conan Byrne, 11 Ryan Brennan , 15 Darragh Markey, 18 Dean Clarke; 14 Ian Turner
Subs: 1 Barry Murphy (gk), 6 Conor Clifford (for Brennan 64 inj), 8 Graham Kelly (for Lennon 82) , 10 Killian Brennan, 12 James Doona (for D Clarke 74), 21 Jake Keegan, 29 Joe Manley
Referee: Ray Matthews