First Division

Carlisle Grounds
25 Sep 2022

Another disappointing defeat for the Seagulls as the season gradually moves towards its end, though hardly unexpected with their visitors lying second in the table.

The damage was largely done in the first half, with an early strike by the Blues in something of a gamouth scramble, Richard Taylor heading home despite close attention from Bray captain Hugh Douglas.

Waterford top scorer Phoenix Patterson doubled their advantage with a superbly taken free just inside the half hour.

Bray's efforts improved in the latter stages of the opening half but to no avail, and despite added impetus by the home side failed to make anything of their chances, with Colin Kelly failing to convert a penalty awarded for a handball by the Waterford defence, shooting low to Paul Martin's left, the keeper reading it well to save.

From then on, the Bray side looked increasingly unnlikely to make a comeback, and Shane Griffin punished a momentary lack of concentration in the seconds after a brace of Wanderers substitutions to put the outcome further beyond reach.

Full report to follow

Bray Wanderers: 1 Stephen McGuinness; 2 Daniel Blackbyrne, 5 Hugh Douglas (c) , 23 Conor McManus, 3 Kevin Knight; 16 Callum Thompson, 18 Zak O'Neill , 26 Ben Feeney, 11 Paul Fox; 37 Colin Kelly, 38 Jamie Hollywood
Subs: 7 Keith Dalton (for McManus 58), 10 Kieran Waters, 12 Jack Hudson (for K Knight H/T), 15 Eoin Massey, 21 Conor Knight (for Kelly 58), 24 Darragh Lynch, 27 Dean Zambra (for Fox 69), 32 Ugo Anny Nzekwue (for Thompson 69)
Waterford: 22 Paul Martin; 2 Darragh Power, 24 Killian Cantwell (c), 5 Alex John Baptiste, 3 Richard Taylor ; 20 Roland Idowu , 4 Niall O'Keeffe, 7 Shane Griffin , 11 Quitirna Junior Armando, 44 Phoenix Patterson ; 9 Wassim Aouachria
Subs: 10 Raul Uche (for Aouachria H/T), 14 Oluwatimilshin Sobowale (for Power 80), 15 Jeremie Milabo, 19 Remi Thompson (for Idowu 69), 26 Dara Kavanagh (gk), 33 Owen Oseni, 34 Dean Larkin (for Baptiste 69), 47 Harvey Warren, 49 Romeo Akachukwu (for O'Keeffe 82)
Referee: Declan Toland