First Division

Carlisle Grounds
27 Jun 2022

Heartbreak for the home faithful as Bray substitute Kael Manahan, on the pitch barely a minute and deep in time added, turned the ball into Stephen McGuinness's net to give the visitors an unexpected share of the points.

A fairly colourless first period had been livened up half an hour in when Seagulls skipper Conor Clifford slipped a laser-like ball through to the unmarked Paul Fox, who beat Alex Moody with some style to open the scoring.

Things begam to look better still for the hosts when Fox turned provider midway through the second half, with a short pass from the left at the climax of a counter-attack allowing Darragh Lynch to power the ball past the Wexford keeper from a tight angle.

But the two-goal cushion lasted barely two minutes with Conor Davis slipping the ball through a slightly perplexed defence as Referee Oliver Moran played the advantage and substitute Aaron Dobbs made no mistake with the gift.

Bray looked like holding on until the end when Manahan, trying desperately to defend a late attack by Wexford, saw his wild header crash to the back of Stephen McGuinness's net.

Bray Wanderers: 1 Stephen McGuinness; 15 Eoin Massey , 2 Daniel Blackbyrne, 12 Jack Hudson, 23 Conor McManus; 6 Conor Clifford; 16 Callum Thompson, 26 Ben Feeney, 11 Paul Fox ; 10 Kieran Waters; 24 Darragh Lynch
Subs: 8 Kurtis Byrne, 14 Jamie Callaghan, 17 Karl Manahan (for Fox 94+) , 18 Zak O'Neill, 20 Eoin McPhillips, 21 Conor Knight (for Lynch 94+), 22 Vilius Labutis (for Waters 72) , 25 Michael Kelly (gk), 32 Ugo Anny-Nzekwue
Wexford: 13 Alex Moody; 2 Aidan Friel (c), 4 Paul Cleary, 20 Jordan Tallon, 6 Len O'Sullivan; 7 Conor Crowley, 21 Harry Groome, 6 Luka Lovic , 9 Conor Davis; 10 Jack Doherty, 14 Dinny Corcoran
Subs: 1 Paul Hunt (gk), 8 Conor Barry, 11 Aaron Dobbs (for Crowley 65) , 2 Thomas Considine (for Friel 65), 19 Evan Farrell (for Davis 84), 18 Luke Scanlon, 24 Sean Fitzpatrick
Referee: Oliver Moran